#149, WHO IS THIS YOUNG MAN R_?
Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ms. S.E. Waldo, from Wimbledon on Oct. 8, 1896: I know very little of the young man R—. He is a Bengali and can teach a little Sanskrit. You know my settled doctrine. I do not trust any one who has not conquered "lust and gold". You may try him in theoretical subjects, but keep him off from teaching Raja-Yoga — that is a dangerous game except for the regularly trained to play at. Of Saradananda, the blessing of the greatest Yogi of modern India is on him — and there is no danger. Why do you not begin to teach? . . . You have a thousand times more philosophy than this boy R—. BLOGGER'S VIEW 1. It is not clear who this young man R__ is. 2. Why Swamiji is belittling him , particularly when Swamiji himself says that he knows very little about the young man? 3. Did Swamiji conquer "lust and gold "? -- If he has conquered "gold", why should he beg foreigners few dollars per month, for his personal maintenance? -- If he has conq