Listen to the recorded welcome address Swami Vivekananda delivered on September 11, 1893, in Chicago at the first Parliament of World's Religions. The audience included Unity founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, who were influenced by Swami Vivekananda's words and his ensuing lectures in the west. His teachings included the power of thought and word to shape reality, innate divinity, and religion as philosophy. Swami Vivekananda shared the sentiment of inclusivity and oneness that is at the heart of the Parliament's work today.