Duke of Richelieu
(Marie Odet Jean Armand de Chapelle de Jumilhac)
Duc de Richelieu
When the Swami was about to leave France, he asked the Duke why he did not renounce the world and become his disciple. The young man wanted to know what he would gain from such renunciation, and the Swami said, "I shall give you the desire for death." When asked to explain so dubious a blessing, he replied that he would give the Duke such knowledge and insight that when confronted by death he would laugh at it. But the Duke preferred to remain in the world.
(From the 'Life of Swami Vivekananda by Eastern and Western Disciples' (Advaita Ashrama, 1979, vol. II, p. 550))
Article on Duke of Richelieu published in 1952, in The Modern Review, Kolkata
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