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065, THE MUMBAI NEWSPAPERS SHOULD HELP

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Mrs. Henrietta Mueller, contributed substantially to the purchase of land for the Belur Math, Howrah, Kolkata. She visited India for the purpose and stayed with Vivekananda during his intermission between the first and second visits to U.S.A.(1897 -1899). Later she was disappointed with the Math. and parted ways with Vivekananda. I furnish below a link to a newspaper clipping of "Naugatuck Daily News" dated 15th May 1899. The clipping is at the site of www.Vivekananda.net, which is a virtual gold mine for those interested in Vivekananda. www.vivekananda.net/NewspaperReports/15May99.html . Ms. Mueller was said to have commented that she was face to face with the unavoidable conclusion that it was utterly rotten from the beginning to end and full of danger to unhappy people who place their faith in it. This clipping is worth reading at www.vivekananda.net. ybrao-a-donkey's personal views, not intended to be imposed on others: -- Now it should be the turn of the Ne

#064, A NEW YORK PAPER TRIED TO SCARE ABHEDANANDA

I furnish below a link to the www.vivekananda.net/NewspaperReports/16Feb1900.html . This contains a newspaper clipping of the paper "The Daily Gleaner" dated 16th Feb. 1900. The clipping explains the work done by done by Swami Abhedananda in New York. As a true monk, he tried to encourage vegetarianism. It also said a New York paper tried to scare him by giving the details of the animals slaughtered in the New York City in 1900. This clipping is worth reading. The site www.Vivekananda.net is a mine of information for those who study the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda. BLOGGER'S VIEWs If the citizens of New York consumed 200,000 pounds of beef in 1900, what will be the City's consumption in 2007? No need to be scared. The world is real. (Advaita or Non-dual philosophy says that the world is Mithya (illusion). Is it really an illusion? It is we, who are unreal. Even our mortal bodies are real. They simply change their form into ash when burt and when