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👉Once someone asked Swami Vivekanand that "Child marriages happen among Hindus, this is wrong, should there be any reform in Hinduism or not?"
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👉Once someone asked Swami Vivekanand that "Child marriages happen among Hindus, this is wrong, should there be any reform in Hinduism or not?"
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Swamiji asked him: - "Has Hinduism ever said that every person should get married and that marriage should happen in his childhood only?" The person asking the question was a little hesitant but still insisted and said, "Don't child marriages happen among Hindus?"
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Swami Ji: First tell me whether marriage is prevalent in Hindu society or Hindu religion. Religion emphasizes on celibacy. No Smriti allows entering the household before the age of 25 years and Smriti is also sociology, it is the law of society. Swami Ji paused and said again–
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Religion does not talk about marriage. Religion does not talk about getting a wife, it talks about getting God.
The question was asked again: Swami Ji, reform is necessary.
Swami Ji: Now you decide for yourself whose reform is necessary,
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The question was asked again: Swami Ji, reform is necessary.
Swami Ji: Now you decide for yourself whose reform is necessary,
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society's or Hindu religion's... We do not need religious reform, we need social reform and this is the crime we have been committing till now... We needed social reform and we started reforming religion.
Swami ji said further... Hindus were not reformed in the name of
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Swami ji said further... Hindus were not reformed in the name of
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religious reform, but it is true that Hindus were definitely divided. The feeling of inferiority became more deep-rooted in them. In the name of religious reform,new sects kept forming and they all kept linking the faults of Hindu society with Hindu religion and kept counting
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them. At the same time, these sects also kept moving away from each other. There was a kind of competition among all and every sect today wants to win in it, wants to come first. They want to get the grace of the government by criticizing Hindu religion and for that,
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criticizing Hindu religion is the easiest way... Look today, all these sects have become closer to Christians than Hindus. They link the faults of Hindu society with Hindu religion and tell the faults of Hindus and the virtues of Christians.
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It is unfortunate that social reform was linked with religious reform, whereas there was no need to reform religion, the need is only to reform society according to religion.
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Source - Telegram
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