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#84, I hear that he was mad

The most favourite word of Swami Vivekananda was "jealousy". In his Complete Works, the word is used at least 71 times as per a search-result. At some places, the word is used very fittingly and at some other places quite out of context/place. He attributed "jealousy" to many people with whom he interacted. SWAMIJI attributed jealosy to P.C. Mozoomdar, who helped him in getting admitted as a speaker in the World Parliament of Religions. SWAMIJI attributed jealosy to Ms. Henrietta Muller who helped financially in purchasing the Belur Math land. SWAMIJI AND NIVEDITA ATTRIBUTE JEALOSY TO ONE ANOTHER He wrote to Sister Nivedita from Paris on Aug. 25, 1900: "... Your letter indicates that I am jealous of your new friends. You must know once for all, I am born without jealousy, without avarice, without the desire to rule — whatever other vices I am born with. ..... ... I never directed you before; now, after I am nobody in the work, I have no direction whatever. ...

#083, Any fool may abstain from eating this or that!

Vivekananda preached in Chapter 10 "The method and means", of his Bhakti Yoga. (Volume 3 of his Complete Works). " ... The cow does not eat meat, nor does the sheep. Are they great Yogis, great non-injurers? Any fool may abstain from eating this or that; surely that gives him no more distinction than to herbivorous animals. The man who will mercilessly cheat widows and orphans and do the vilest deed for money is worse than any brute even if he lives entirely on grass. ... " BLOGGER'S VIEWS *How can cows be yogis? They eat grass and give milk in return. Man eats beef and blames the cow. Fake monks drink milk and utter sermons of grass. Only ochre-robe wearing, beef crunching, turtle-eating and fish munching monks can be yogis. *SV does not realise that kindness to animals and non-cheating widows and orphans are not mutually exclusive. *A person who does the vilest deeds for money can be either a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian. Vivekananda presumes...