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#178, When it is cooler in the plains, I will make a lecture tour

VIVEKANANDA PRACTICE QUOTE Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Marie Halboister from Almora on July 25, 1897. "... In a few days I am going down to the plains and from thence go to the Western parts of the mountains. When it is cooler in the plains, I will make a lecture tour all over and see what work can be done. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Will lecture only when it is cool. *There should not be malaria. *There should not be plague. *People: Wait, till it is cool!

#177, In this land of Shuka's birth renunciation is looked down upon as madness and sin

VIVEKANANDA THEORY QUOTE Swami Vivekananda wrote to Shri ... (Dear Sir) from Ghazipur on the 21st Jan. 1890: "... Alas for the irony of our fate, that in this land of Bhagavân Shuka's birth, renunciation is looked down upon as madness and sin! ..." VIVEKANANDA PRACTICE QUOTE Swamiji wrote to Alasinga in 1893: "... For I am very sorry to tell you that I cannot go back at present to Rajputana. It is so very dreadfully hot here already. I do not know how hot it would be at Rajputana, and I cannot bear heat at all. So the next thing, I would do, would be to go back to Bangalore and then to Ootacamund to pass the summer there. My brain boils in heat. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Did Suka crave for Bangalore and Ooty? *Gita 12-18: A person should take both head and cold equanimously. (s`iitooshn`a sukha du:kheeshu sama: samgavivarjita).

#176, I am going to NWP as Bengal is malarious

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Margot (Nivedita) from Belur Math, on 12th Nov. 1901: "... I am going off to the N.W.P. [North-Western Provinces] etc. soon, as Bengal is malarious ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *If NWP catch malaria, where will Swamiji go? *About half million people lived in Calcutta in 1900. Where would they have gone to escape from malaria?