006, The Indian People owe something భారతీయులు నాకు బాకీ ఉన్నారు
According to Swami Vivekananda's biographers, Swami Vivekananda met his brother-disciples Brahmananda and Turiyananda enroute Bombay to Khetri, and told them, the purpose of his visit. It was for eradicating poverty in India. But, what Vivekananda ended up with? Trying to eradicating his own poverty? "... 'I travelled,' he said, 'all over India. But alas, it was agony to me, my brothers, to see with my own eyes the terrible poverty of the masses, and I could not restrain my tears! It is now my firm conviction that to preach religion amongst them, without first trying to remove their poverty and suffering, is futile. It is for this reason — to find means for the salvation of the poor of India — that I am going to America.' ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWS Ans: Swamiji's letter dated 18th December 1899 to Mrs. Ole Bull gives some indication: "... Mr. Leggett has got a little over £ 500 I had with Sturdy on account of Raja-Yoga and the Maharaj...