what was the original term for ' zero ' ?
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zero as explained by vivekananda it is an Swami Vivekananda… the famous disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa who had reached higher realms of spirituality always spoke extempore.
So much so that he never had to refer a single book in his lifetime.
All his speeches were always extempore… no matter what.
Once it so happened… he was invited for a talk and the organizers wanted to make a fool of him.
At the venue of speech, Swami Vivekananda found a white cloth tied between two trees and in the center of the white cloth was a dot… a black spot.
Swami Vivekananda understood it all and started his speech on zero.
People gathered in the gathering were awed by his phenomenal spiritual powers.
None had told him what he was supposed to speak about path yet, Swami Vivekananda could see it all.
Swami Vivekananda started his speech on zero… the tiny black spot.
Swami Vivekananda expressed that the whole cosmos grew from a tiny spot… the size of half a thumb.
And the lecture that was delivered by Swami Vivekananda made the organizers flabbergasted. They simply could not believe their ears.
A simple monk from India… who had nothing more than a loincloth on his body… how could he speak on the topic of dot… a zero.
Swami Vivekananda expressed he could keep talking for days and months on topic of zero… for it was zero from where grew the whole cosmos.
Swami Vivekananda also reiterated that whole mankind in the daily affairs of life indulged in black spot… forgetting the value of white area surrounding black spot.
The dot did not occupy even 1% of total area yet, the whole mankind seemed glued to the black spot.
As per Swami Vivekananda people failed in life as they failed to recognize the potential of remaining 99% area.
According to Swami Vivekananda only by forgetting and forgiving those who indulged in wrong… serious seekers of spirituality succeeded in life.
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