Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

Swami Vivekananda in his book Raja Yoga clarifies that ignorance is the cause of misery. "...These are the five pains, the fivefold tie that binds us down, of which ignorance is the cause and the other four its effects. It is the only cause of all our misery. What else can make us miserable? ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWS In his letter dated Dec. 1900 from Belur Math, to the Raja of Khetri, Vivekananda lamented that his life was miserable and nothing else.. ".. The one great lesson I was taught is that life is misery, nothing but misery. ..." *Did Swamiji suffer from ignorance? He himself said that ignorance was the cause of misery. *Was his misery owing to red patches on his chest? *Was his misery a result of 'nobody subscribing to his personal fund'? *Was his misery a result of 'everybody in US coming for free lectures and nobody paying for them'? *Was his misery a result of foreign donors asking for accounts? *Was his misery a result of being made to ...

One commonly found quotation of Swami Vivekananda on the internet is his exhortation to his brother-disciples and followers to serve in plague affected areas. VIVEKANANDA THEORY QUOTE "... Go, all of you, wherever there is an outbreak of plague or famine, or wherever the people are in distress, and mitigate their suffereings. At the most, you may die in the attempt ..." VIVEKANANDA PRACTICE QUOTE Swamiji wrote to Rakhal (Brahmananda) from Varanasi on Feb. 21, 1902: "... It is better to get away from Calcutta now when the season of plague is on. There is wide-spread plague in Allahabad; I do not know if it will spread to Varanasi this time ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Others will die. *Swamiji will get away from Calcutta. *Worried whether it will spread to Varanasi. If it spreads where will he go? *Rakhal was in Calcutta facing plague *Swamiji asked Rakhal to release Rs. 100 to Nivedita from Monastery funds for Plague work. Some biographies and books praise that Vive...

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Christina Greenstidel from Boston, on the 22nd March 1896. "... Herewith [words excised] to countersign it and put it [words excised]. I am afraid I have made a mistake in writing Miss to your name. In that case you will have to sign also as Miss etc. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWS *What could be this document which needed countersignature? *Why words in brackets were excised? *What is wrong in writing Miss to a name? *Was she Mrs.? *Why did Vivekananda sign it? *Vivekananda's devotees say that his relationship with Ms. Christina is that of a father and daughter. If so, could this document be an adoption deed? If Vivekananda made a mistake by writing "Miss" in her name, did he mean that she was Mrs.? If she was a Mrs., can a monk adopt a married woman as daughter?

There are three paths primarily discussed in Hinduism: 1. Karma Yoga: This has three branches. First branch: Karma Yoga in the meaning of doing duty, dispassionately. Great men like Mahatma Gandhi, Lokmanya Tilak followed this path. There are no verses to prove that Hindu scriptures preached this path of duty in its purest sense. Gandhiji and Bala Gangadhara Tilak derived this sense, as they were great men working in the direction of Indian freedom. Second branch: Karma Yoga in the meaning of doing duty as stipulated by a person's caste. This is preached by Bhagavad Gita and most Hindu scriptures. Arjuna was made to practise it by Krishna. Ramayana, Mahabharata (& Gita), Maha Bhagavata insist on people doing their duty stipulated by their caste. Third branch: Performing sacrifices (yagnas), charity (Dana), penance (tapas). If these actions are performed people will get access to heaven. After exhausting the fruits of their good deeds (they have to return back to earth:...

In May 1896 Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Alberta Sturges (age 19) that he liked Amerique - the yankee land. He called India a jelly fish. " ... I have had two classes already — they will go on for four or five months and after that to India I go. But it is to Amerique — there where the heart is. I love the Yankee land. I like to see new things. I do not care a fig to loaf about old ruins and mope a life out about old histories and keep sighing about the ancients. I have too much vigour in my blood for that. In America is the place, the people, the opportunity for everything. I have become horribly radical. I am just going to India to see what I can do in that awful mass of conservative jelly-fish, ... " BLOGGER'S VIEWS Let Swamiji love the yankee land as much as he likes. Why call India a jelly fish? *Ms. Indra Nooyi, C.E.O. of Pepsico is reported to have said: “Where I am has a lot to do with the United States. I think the United States represents the greatest ...

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Albert Sturges from his ship on Dec. 5, 1895: "...In your country, Alberta, the Vedantic thought was introduced in the beginning by ignorant "cranks ", and one has to work his way through the difficulties created by such introductions ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *This girl (Alberta) was just 19 when Swamiji wrote to her. How does she know the difference between a crank and a genuine teacher? *This burst is aimed at P.C. Mozoomdar. The Great Philosophical Ambassador from India, and a Nation-lifting Monk using this type of language! (To continue. असंपूर्ण,सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది).

VIVEKANANDA QUOTE THEORY Swamiji wrote to Alasinga from USA on Nov. 18, 1895: "... I am really tired from incessant work. Any other Hindu would have died if he had to work as hard as I have to ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Did M.N. Roy die? *Did Subas Chandra Bose die? *Did Mahatma Gandhi die in South Africa? *Did they say anything of this sort? *Sky was the limit for his self-praise!