Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Alasinga, his disciple-cum-patron at Chennai, from Chicago, on 2nd November 1893. This letter was very lengthy. Vivekananda thundered and trumpeted his own success at the World Parliament of Religions. I have discussed this letter in other postings at this blog. One quote which I missed earlier, as adequate info. was not available, I am presenting now. ... A boy called Narasimhacharya has cropped up in our midst. He has been loafing about the city for the last three years. Loafing or no loafing, I like him; but please write to me all about him if you know anything. He knows you. He came in the year of the Paris Exhibition to Europe... ybrems This Narasimhacharya, I could not trace earlier. Now, his details are available from the agenda of the Parliament of Religions, 1893. Here is a quote from the programme of the 22nd September 1893: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 10:30 A.M. * Address by Rev. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. * Conference on Orthodox Hind...

I have spent last three years searching for authentic websites which contained the authentic proceedings of the World Congress of Religions (Or Parliament of Religions), Chicago, 1893. This has become necessary because the Indian websites on Swami VivEkAnanda trumpeted his speeches at the Parliament as something unequal, unique and unparalleled in Indian History and the History of the World, and the History of the World Religions. On the other hand, the North American sites presented everything from the Christian side. They ignored Swami Vivekananda. But we cannot estimate the degree to which they ignored his work at the Parliament. (Of course, the object of the Parliament was to inject Christianity into the heads of the representatives of the pagan religions.) At last, I found one reasonably dependable and informative website on the proceedings of the World Congress of Religions. It is, as per the URL, a website of the Neobuddhism. http://www.payer.de/neobuddhismus/neobud0202.htm...

2016 India is agog with countrywide demands for ban on cow-slaughter, and ban on beef eating. For millions of Indians, Swami Vivekananda is the role model. They are eager to produce hundreds of Vivekanandas. But many Indians do not know about Vivekananda's three B's slogan: Bhagavad Gita, Biceps, Beef. Here is one conversation, from the Reminescences of Dr. John Henry Barrow which suggests that Swami Vivekananda was not averse to consuming beef. *The Outlook* *July 17, 1897 * Dr. John Henry Barrow's reminiscences of Vivekananda (9/11/93) Dr. Barrows says: "After the first session of the Parliament of Religions I went with Vivekananda to the restaurant in the basement of the Art Institute, and I said to him, 'What shall I get you to eat?' His reply was "Give me beef !"" ybrems --The Outlook - was the name of the magazine, which published the report. Year of publication was July 1897. --Dr. John Henry Barrows (Reverend Barrows) was one of th...

Here is a quote from the 'gnAna yOga' of sWAmi vivEkAnanda. Source: his Complete Works. Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe, and this world of work the best place in it, because only herein is the greatest and the best chance for him to become perfect. Angels or gods, whatever you may call them, have all to become men, if they want to become perfect. This is the great centre, the wonderful poise, and the wonderful opportunity — this human life. ybrems Great persons should always make lofty writings, if they have to impress themselves on innocent persons. For others, the lofty books will become show-pieces in glass cup-boards. *It is a belief of humans that they are the greatest beings in the Universe. Another belief is that they are born to do great things. This belief is not new, something first propounded by Swami VivEkAnanda. It has been there since several centuries. Yet, what is done by the so called Great...