A SUMMARY OF “BUDDHISM, THE FULFILMENT OF
HINDUISM”
(Vivekananda in Indian Newspapers, p. 73.)
[The Indian Mirror, June 29, 1895]
Swami Vivekananda’s speech, delivered in Chicago at the presentation of the Buddhists on September 26, 1893, is published in MacNeely’s edition of the “History of the Parliament of Religions”. The following were his concluding words: —
We cannot live without you, nor you without us. Then believe that separation has shown to us, that you cannot stand without the brain and the philosophy of the Brahman [sic], nor we without your heart. This separation between the Buddhist and the Brahman [Brahmin] is the cause of the downfall of India. That is why India has been the slave of conquerors for the past 1000 years. Let us then join the wonderful intellect of the Brahman [Brahmin] with the heart, the noble soul, the wonderful humanising power of the Great Master. (Vide “Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism”, Complete Works , I: 21-23, for a somewhat different summary paragraph.)