Swami Vivekananda

DEAR —
Poetry & Prose

DEAR —

(Letter written by Swamiji, to accompany the First Report of the Ramakrishna Home of Service, Varanasi, February, 1902.)

January 1, 1900
Prose: The Advaita Ashrama Himalayas
Poetry & Prose

Prose: The Advaita Ashrama Himalayas

(These lines there sent in a letter , March, 1899, by Swamiji, for embodying in the prospectus of the Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas.)

January 1, 1900
VIVEKANANDA.
Poetry & Prose

VIVEKANANDA.

The success which attended the labours of the disciples of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in diffusing the principles of Hindu religion and obtaining some respect for our much abused faith in the West, gave rise to the hope of training a number of young Sannyâsins to carry on the propaganda, bot

January 1, 1900
I BONDAGE
Poetry & Prose

I BONDAGE

[The following three chapters were discovered among Swami Vivekananda's papers. He evidently intended to write a book and jotted down some points for the work.]

January 1, 1900
Prose: Six Sanskrit Mottoes
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Six Sanskrit Mottoes

(Reproduced from Swami Vivekananda in America: New Discoveries. These together with the English translations, were transcribed by Swamiji in six of his photographs.)

January 1, 1900
Prose: Reason, Faith and Love
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Reason, Faith and Love

[Swamiji had made the home of the Hale family his headquarters during almost all of 1894 before the pivot of his activities moved eastward to the Atlantic Coast. It was on George W. Hale's letter paper and thus, presumably, during one of his stays in the latter's home, that Swamiji jotted down

January 1, 1900
Prose: Our Present Social Problems
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Our Present Social Problems

(Translated from a Bengali letter written to Shrimati Mrinalini Bose from Deoghar (Vaidyanâth), on 23rd December, 1898.)

January 1, 1900
Prose: Ramakrishna: His life and sayings
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Ramakrishna: His life and sayings

(Translation of a review of Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings by Prof. Max Müller, contributed to the Udbodhana, 14th March, 1899.)

January 1, 1900
Prose: Fundamentals of Religion
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Fundamentals of Religion

(This incomplete article was found in the papers of Miss S. E. Waldo. The heading is inserted by us — Publisher.)

January 1, 1900
Prose: A plan of work for India
Poetry & Prose

Prose: A plan of work for India

It is with a heart full of love, gratitude, and trust that I take up my pen to write to you. Let me tell you first, that you are one of the few men that I have met in my life who are thorough in their convictions. You have a whole-souled possession of a wonderful combination of feeling and kno

January 1, 1900
Prose: To my brave boys
Poetry & Prose

Prose: To my brave boys

Push on with the organization. Nothing else is necessary but these — love, sincerity, and patience. What is life but growth, i.e. expansion, i.e. love? Therefore all love is life, it is the only law of life; all selfishness is death, and this is true here or hereafter. It is life to do good, i

January 1, 1900
Prose: Reply to the Calcutta Address
Poetry & Prose

Prose: Reply to the Calcutta Address

(Written from New York on Nov. 18, 1894, to Raja Pyari Mohan Mukherji, President of the public meeting held on Sept. 5, 1894 at the Calcutta Town Hall in appreciation of Swami Vivekananda's work in the West.)

January 1, 1900
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