• Dr. Naba Kr. Kalita

The religious concepts of Vivekananda are very much broad in attitude. He says that religion is not talk or doctrines or theories. It is not sectarianism, i.e., it cannot live in sects and societies. Religion is the relation between the soul and God. It doesn’t consist in erecting temples or building churches or attending public worship. Religion is not to be detected in books or in words or in lectures or in organizations. It is realization. The intention of Vivekananda is that religion cannot be accepted as signifying a particular creed or faith but in a state of spiritual realization. All religions should cultivate the divinity within to the perpetual level. It is neither blind faith nor mere intellectual understanding, but being and becoming are more significant regarding spiritual life. Each and every religion of the world should understand that this building of life and character and spiritual transformation is the essence of religion. We can notice in the philosophy of Vivekananda that spirituality gets prime importance through which he doesn’t denote the changing manners and customs but the idea of oneness of all. He wanted to make man understand that the more the religions of the world rise to spiritual realization the more conflicting or quarrelling forms and clear cut variations are bound to disappear. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, in this regard, says that all paths of ascent lead to the top of the hill. Whatever approach we take is immaterial. Like all birds fly in the air and all the fishes swim in water without any trace behind, the seeker of the spirit also traverses the pathway.

Being and Becoming, Divinity, Intellectual Understanding, Spiritual Life, Spiritual Realization, Universal Religion

"A Study of the Ideals of Vivekananda’s Concept of Universal Religion in Present Indian Context with a Positive Message to the World Community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 3, page no.336-343, March-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2003352.pdf

"A Study of the Ideals of Vivekananda’s Concept of Universal Religion in Present Indian Context with a Positive Message to the World Community", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 3, page no. pp336-343, March-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2003352.pdf