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Pranav

9 Tweets 5 reads Feb 20, 2023

On #SwamiVivekanandaJayanti, here's a 🧵 busting some misplaced notions about #SwamiVivekananda's views on Religious Intolerance, Atrocities on Hindus & his encounter with missionaries.
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#SwamiVivekananda's response when Missionaries were abusing Hinduism.
"If you abuse my religion again, I'll throw you overboard".
Takeaway : There's a limit to TOLERANCE
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#SwamiVivekananda ji on Missionary welfare activities.
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#SwamiVivekananda ji on Hindus building places of worship for other communities. Chivalry of Hindus always met a dire fate!
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While it is true that #SwamiVivekananda looked at +ve aspects from all religions, Swamji ji never shoed away from how 'they' viewed the Hindus.
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#SwamiVivekananda on dwindling Hindu population.
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#SwamiVivekananda hoped for reformation in fundamentalism. He hoped for universal brotherhood, likely every other Hindu.
He was a progressive, spiritual who believed in pluralism.
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#SwamiVivekananda on atrocities against Hindus by Invaders.
He tried to build Religious Harmony on principles of honesty & consciousness. Bonding cannot be done on shaky foundations of falsified history!
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