Swami Vivekananda · Philosophy

Strength Is Life, Weakness Is Death

Vivekananda&rsquo;s gospel of fearlessness: that weakness is the root of all sin and misery, that the one word bursting from the Upanishads is <em>fearlessness</em>, and that true religion is &lsquo;man-making&rsquo; - it should make us strong, not cower us into feeling like sinners.

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You learned that Vivekananda made strength and fearlessness the centre of his message - &lsquo;strength is life, weakness is death&rsquo; - traced sin and misery to weakness, called fearlessness the great word of the Upanishads, and wanted a &lsquo;man-making&rsquo; religion. Explain the idea and his critique of life-…

Leads to The Katha Upanishad.

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