#109, I would pay half of the rent!
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/-...