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#173, That makes me lose my temper, ... send money!

Swami Vivekananda wrote to his brother-disciple Rakhal (Brahmananda) from Benares on 12th Feb. 1902, from Banaras. "...Don't ask my opinion on any other matter either. That makes me lose my temper. Just do that work for me — that is all. Send money, for at present only a few rupees are left. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Monk losing temper if opinion is asked! *Monk demanding 'Send money!' *Losing temper on his own brother disciples!

#172, If, like me, you had visited the slums of Europe and America

Swami Vivekananda, after his return from the first trip to US, speaking at Chennai (from the memories of Shri A. Srinivasa Pai): "...If, like me, you had visited the slums of Europe and America and seen how near to brutes the inhabitants of those slums are, and then compared them with our masses in India, your doubts as to the effect of Hindu religious belief on the masses would have vanished..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *When and where did he visit slums? Absolutely no proof. I invite the readers to search and show. *Were the dwellers of European and American slums, brutes? How did he know without even visiting them? How did he generalise? *See #067, where he wrote: "Why should they take me to a low hotel?" *See #030, where he wrote: "I am mostly guest of the big people" *Visited Alps of Switzerland *Countesses were his disciples