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humanity was cherished in the seclusion of this peninsula from of
old. It is to give this religion that India is rising. She does not rise as
other countries do, for self or when she is strong, to trample on the
weak. She is rising to shed the eternal light entrusted to her over
the world. India has always existed for humanity and not for herself
and it is for humanity and not for herself that she must be great.
...This is the Sanatana Dharma, this is the eternal religion which
you did not really know before, but which I have now revealed to
you. The agnostic and the sceptic in you have been answered, for I
have given you proofs within and without you, physical and subjec-
tive, which have satisfied you. When you go forth, speak to your
nation always this word that it is for the Sanatana Dharma that they
arise, it is for the world and not for themselves that they arise. I
am giving them freedom for the service of the world. When there-
fore it is said that India shall rise, it is the Sanatana Dharma that
shall rise. When it is said that India shall be great, it is the Sanatana
Dharma that shall be great. When it is said that India shall expand
and extend herself, it is the Sanatana Dharma that shall expand and
extend itself over the world. It is for the dharma and by the dhar-
ma that India exists. To magnify the religion means to magnify the
country. I have shown you that I am everywhere and in all men and
in all things, that I am in this movement and I am not only working
in those who are striving for the country but I am working also in
those who oppose them and stand in their path. I am working in
everybody and whatever men may think or do they can do noth-
ing but help on my purpose. They also are doing my work; they are
not my enemies but my instruments. In all your actions you are
moving forward without knowing which way you move. You mean
to do one thing and you do another. You aim at a result and your
efforts subserve one that is different or contrary. It is Shakti that
has gone forth and entered into the people. Since long ago I have
been preparing this uprising and now the time has come and it is
I who will lead it to its fulfilment." CWSA 8: 6-11

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