Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

After terminating the lecturing contract with an American Lecture Bureau, Swami Vivekananda tried lecturing independently. But they did not take off for various reasons. Then he received an invitation from Mr. E.T. Sturdy, Sanskrit Scholar, England, in 1895. During his stay in England, Swamiji and Mr. Sturdy worked jointly on Raja Yoga and some other Sanskrit Works. Mr. Sturdy and Miss Muller bore the boarding and lodging expenses of Swamiji and his brother disciples. Swamiji regarded Mr. Sturdy as his Business Secretary as can be seen from his letter from England to Kaal`i (Swami Abhedananda who worked in New York Vedanta Society), dt. Oct. 1895: "... Inform Mahendra Babu that he is my Calcutta agent. Tell him to send a letter to Mr. Sturdy by next mail informing him that he is ready to look after all business transactions in Calcutta on your behalf. In effect, Mr. Sturdy is my secretary in England, Mahendra Babu in Calcutta, and Alasinga in Madras. Send this information...

Swamiji wrote to Swami Shivananda, from Almora, on July 9, 1897: "... We stayed at the Binsar Dak Bungalow [rest-house] for two or three days, and then I left for Shyamdhura. At this, Miss [Henrietta] Müller got infuriated and left for Almora. Terribly upset, Miss Müller accused Shivananda of telling her first that I shall live with a friend as his guest and of renting later such a big house for the season at 80 rupees without consulting her. Very cross with everybody, she has been reproving one and all but has cooled down a little when I said I would pay half of the rent. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Monks pass on costs to devotees. This is a great practice all over India. *Rs. 80/- in 1897 was a substantially large amount as rent. *Henrietta Muller might have been a frugal person. She mighe have been infuriated to hear the lavish rent which she had to bear. *Even the Gurudeva of Swami Vivekananda, Shri Ramakrishna stayed at a house in Cossipore, Calcutta hired at Rs. 65/-...

Ms. Henrietta Muller was a major contributor to the purchase of the land for the Belur Math. On 15th May 1899, the American Newspaper Nagautuck Daily News published an item quoting a Mumbai newspaper her as saying that she is face to face with the unavoidable conclusion that it is utterly rotten and corrupt from beginning to end and full of danger to the unhappy people who place their faith in it. Ms. Henrietta Muller was a major contributor to the purchase of the land for the Belur Math. On 15th May 1899, the American Newspaper Nagautuck Daily News published an item quoting a Mumbai newspaper her as saying that she is face to face with the unavoidable conclusion that it is utterly rotten and corrupt from beginning to end and full of danger to the unhappy people who place their faith in it. In this connection, pl see review #65 by clicking the label #65 or the following link: http://vivekanandayb.blogspot.com/search/label/%23065 . The report of the Mumbai Newspaper is not trace...