Swami Vivekananda
Bhuvaneswari Devi
Vishwanath Dutta wrote a semi autobiographical novel, entitled “ Sulochona.” Set in the 19th century Calcutta , the novel centers on a joint-family dispute. The central character, Ramhari Basu, bears resemblance to Vishwanath. Like the author, the dispute drains him physically, emotionally a
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
Younger brother of Margaret Noble, first got an opportunity to spend time with the Swami when he visited England July 31 1899 to August 17 1899.
VENGEANCE OF HISTORY
Mary Tappan Wright was the wife of Harvard Professor of Greek, John Henry Wright , who was a friend of Vivekananda. As a faculty spouse, she attended the swami 's talk at Radcliffe and recorded the following in her journal:
NY 1895
of the Swami's early classes in NY: Those first classes!. How intensely interesting they were! Who that was privileged to attend them can ever forget them! The Swami dignified, yet simple, so gravely earnest, so eloquent, and the close ranks of students, forgetting all inconveniences, hangi
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
BEFORE I knew Swamiji personally, I had heard much about his greatness from persons who had moved and lived with him on the closest terms of intimacy. Therefore, when it was announced in the year 1893 that he had gone over to America to represent our religion at the Chicago Parliament of Relig
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
LONG years have rolled away, It was February 1897.I believe, when Swami Vivekananda set his foot in Bharatavarsha (India) after his triumph in the West. From the moment when in the Parliament of Religions at Chicago Swamiji proved the superiority of the Hindu dharma and left the banner of Hi
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
FOR the first time in my life I heard the holy name of Swami Vivekananda from an advocate practising in the district court of Arrah, a remote town in Bihar. It was in a public library that he was speaking to some of his friends of the wonderful exploits of a Hindu Monk of India who hailed from
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
In a letter to Miss MacLeod by Mrs. Roxanne Blodgett in July of 1902, first published in Vedanta and the West of November-December 1953, Roxanne Blodgett recalls when Swami Vivekananda stayed at her house in December 1899.
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
MY first impression of the Swami was not happy one. He had come to the World's Fair as India's representative at the Chicago Parliament of Religions, and I, a young preacher fresh from the University, did not greatly admire the magnificent ease with which he waved aside Christian history and a
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
EARLY in March 1900 the Swami Vivekananda gave a series of three lectures on "Indian Ideals" in Redmen's Hall, Union Square, San Francisco, and it was at the first lecture of this series that I had the blessed privilege of hearing him. Being in ill health, both mentally and physically, it was
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
IN response to your wish that I should write a few words recalling early memories of my friendship with and admiration for Swami Vivekananda, I find to my regret that they have grown faint after the lapse of nearly forty years.
Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda
I MET Swami Vivekananda in San Francisco in California. It was at a lecture in the year 1900.