#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. ...