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#50 he should feed himself by spending from his own pocket

Swami Vivekananda like any other average human being tends to view himself and others from different planks. Examples from his Complete Works. On the 20th May 1897 he writes from Almora a hill centre, to Brahmananda (Rakhal) (brother-disciple and his successor to Belur Math): "... Write to Gangadhar that if he finds it difficult to get alms etc. there, he should feed himself by spending from his own pocket ...". Gangadhar's another name is Swami Akhand`ananda. He was another brother disciple of Vivekananda. When Vivekananda (before he left for US in 1893) was taking rest at Pavahari Baba Asram, Akhand`ananda toured Tibet mostly on foot, starving and living like a true monk. He was a real worker. At this point of time May 1897 Vivekananda returned from US and is taking rest at Almora. Akhand`ananda seems to be working somewhere in Rajastan or N.W. Uttar Pradesh (this is to be checked and correct). From the context of this letter, we can deduce that Brahmananda i