Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday termed India “the soul of the world”, asserting that the country’s spiritual wisdom has helped it weather the storms of materialism and consumerism that have destroyed many societies.
Addressing a gathering of seers at the ‘Panchkalyanak Pratishtha Gajrath Mahotsav’ in Nagpur, Bhagwat emphasised the country’s rich spiritual knowledge and the role of saints in spreading the same among people.
“As long as our country exists, the world will be fine because if the world is the body, then India is its soul,” he said.
Bhagwat said that while “storms of materialism and consumerism” have destroyed many societies around the world, India has endured these because of its spiritual knowledge and wisdom, embodied by saints.
“While it is said that the ancient civilisations of Greece, Egypt, and Rome have vanished from the world, there is something special about our existence that it has not been wiped out. This existence is the knowledge we have received from our saints and great souls,” he said.
The world doesn’t possess the spiritual knowledge that our ancestors possessed, he said, adding that whenever the world faces crises, India shows the way forward.