It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history.
Interpretation
India's spiritual depth has allowed it to endure beyond political and social changes.
In this quote, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan emphasizes that India's resilience through history is rooted not in its political or social frameworks, but in its profound spiritual heritage. This spirituality acts as a stabilizing force, enabling the nation to withstand the challenges posed by time and the unpredictable events that have shaped its past.
In practice
During a lecture on the importance of spirituality in culture, one might quote this to emphasize India's unique position in history.
Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love.
The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.
Love thy neighbor as thyself because you are your neighbor. It is illusion that makes you think that your neighbor is someone other than yourself.
The word Atman (Soul) means the "breath of life". Atman is the principle of man's life, the Soul that pervades his being, his breath, his intellect and transcends them. Atman is what remains when everything that is not the self is eliminated. It is the unborn and immortal element in man, which is not to be confused with body, mind or intellect.
God is the Soul of all souls - The Supreme Soul - The Supreme Consciousness.
There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death?
The simplification of anything is always sensational.
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record - Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages - you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
It is one of the sternest judgments confronting a human being after death that insofar as he is himself evil, he can see only what resembles himself because he can reproduce in his own being only the physiognomy of other evil people.
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is.
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