BIOGRAPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

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40 SWAMI VIVEKANANDAas the road was closed by the Government onaccount of famine.By February 1891, the Swami finally became asolitary monk and began his historic wandering oftwo years through India. He wandered, free fromany plan, constantly with the thought of God inhis mind. The Swami, in the course of hispilgrimage around India, met with all sorts andconditions of men and found himself—today adespised beggar sheltered by pariahs or a brotherof the oppressed identifying himself in keensympathy with their misery, and tomorrow a guestof the princes, conversing on equal terms withPrime Ministers and Maharajas and probing theluxury of the great, and awakening care for thepublic weal in their torpid hearts.First he visited Rajputana, the land of heroes,where he met some of the most enlightened princesof the day. While at Alwar the Swami had a veryinteresting discussion with Prince Mangal Singh.The Maharaja asked the Swami, ‘Well, I have nofaith in idol worship. I cannot worship wood, earth,stone, or metal, like other people. Does this meanthat I shall fare worse in the life hereafter?’ Theeyes of the Swami alighted on a picture of theMaharaja which was hanging on the wall. At hisexpress desire it was passed to him. Holding it inhis hand, the Swami asked, ‘Whose picture is this?’
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 41The Dewan answered, ‘It is the likeness of ourMaharaja.’ A moment later those present trembledwith fear when they heard the Swami commandingthe Dewan to spit on it. The Dewan wasthunderstruck, and the eyes of all glanced in terrorand awe from the Prince to the monk, from themonk to the Prince. But all the while the Swamiinsisted, ‘Spit on it! I say, spit on it!’ And the Dewanin fear and bewilderment cried out, ‘What! Swamiji!What are you asking me to do? This is the likenessof our Maharaja. How can I do such a thing?’ ‘Be itso,’ said the Swami, ‘but the Maharaja is not bodilypresent in this photograph. This is only a piece ofpaper. It does not contain his bones and flesh andblood. It does not speak or behave or move in anyway as does the Maharaja. And yet all of you refuseto spit on it, because you see in this photo theshadow of the Maharaja’s form. Indeed, in spittingupon the photo, you feel that you insult your master,the Prince himself.’ Turning to the Maharaja, hecontinued: ‘See, Your Highness, though this is notyou in one sense, in another sense it is you. Thatwas why your devoted servants were so perplexedwhen I asked them to spit upon it. It has a shadowof you; it brings you into their minds. One glanceat it makes them see you in it! Therefore they lookupon it with as much respect as they do upon yourown person. Thus it is with the devotees who
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In the course of a short life of th
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eluctant to study English because o
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About Narendra's scholarship, Profe
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security and devoted to the contemp
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of various extreme spiritual discip
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Narendra, careless about his clothe
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Samaj he was critical of image wors
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Ramakrishna fell into a deep ecstas
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only as a dream. While strolling in
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accepting as the principle of moral
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Bitterly Naren said: 'Will you plea
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'Today,' the Master continued, 'is
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fire.Narendra always came to the Ma
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made by Naren's relatives for his m
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mind absorbed in deep thought. And
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devotees of God fall victims to men
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leader. It was an easy task for the
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told Sri Ramakrishna about it, but
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Hindu religious tradition. One of t
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AS A WANDERING MONKAmong the Master
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Divine Nectar!" And long after midn
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pilgrimage centre of Hardwar in the
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held him in high respect as a Divin
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materialistic conception of life en
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The degradation of the Indian masse
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lood, yet it reminded everyone of h
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And as regards death, what does it
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TRIP TO AMERICAAt Cape Comorin the
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in order to extricate itself from t
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fashion? A little learning has mudd
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celebrated song of Mirabai, and tea
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His thoughts always returned to Ind
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Swami Vivekananda had no friends in
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sympathy, while not yielding to it
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esist that onslaught you are indeed
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of other people. America discovered
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from Christ? Christ would have deni
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landed on the barren cost of Cape C
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show that Whitman was directly infl
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of India. This accounts for the spo
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enunciation, and truth as taught by
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to see the women of this country. T
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from door to door of the so-called
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Mother Earth, and I enjoyed every b
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He began to instruct several chosen
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staff of a prominent New York newsp
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one day expressed the desire to tal
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exclaimed, 'What have we ever done
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his arm, in the fashion of the negr
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mental depression. The Swami, who d
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daughters were named Mary and Harri
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EXPERIENCES IN THE WESTFor some tim
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The metropolis of the British Empir
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Kripananda, Abhayananda, and Miss W
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experience.'On March 25, 1896, he d
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Another was the story of a 'darky'
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and with divine prodigality.' The S
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Coming out of one of the Swami's le
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can retire from the labours of my l
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touch of whose waters all distincti
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Line, sailing from Naples for Ceylo
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The Swami felt that the finger of G
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my playful darling. I am His playfe
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man, like a rishi of India, who sai
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simple, strong, new and fresh as th
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Since the day of his success at the
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Iyengar, where arrangements had bee
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forms the centre, the keynote of th
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invigorating. Give up these weakeni
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their respects or to hear his expos
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The brother disciples, who respecte
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starvation of the masses, the humil
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and again against preaching, excess
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From this incident one sees how Viv
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IN NORTHERN INDIAFrom May 1897 to t
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Next the Swami travelled to Dehra-D
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spend hours with the students in me
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superstition, and the slavery that
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eligious service, the shrine used f
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Before the Swami left Almora, he ar
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have found the way. Enter all of yo
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of Her destructive side. But is the
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enevolent God ordered it? You will
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Sri Ramakrishna's consort, 'prayed
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of the Swami's own disciples were s
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Swami thundered: 'Why? What is the
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SECOND VISIT TO THE WESTOn December
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'But anyone will be great in a grea
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Los Angeles. As she was leaving for
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Mills, the minister of the First Un
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flying, carried, by its original im
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I wrote to him only to tell him his
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the desire for death.' When asked t
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Constantinople after passing throug
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During his trip through Eastern Eur
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The Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati had
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Concerning the impressions of his t
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future work.Though his body was wea
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 91came to him. So
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 93America for thi
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 95there was alway
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 97all on the surf
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 99‘Hansi’ the
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 101means wherewit
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 103THE PASSINGThe
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 105all was calm a
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 107He is an athei
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 109God—think of
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 111— ( o ) —T
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 113that of the wo
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 115NOTES1The Swam
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