THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN TWO VOLU1ffiS VOL. II THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA By HIS EASTERN AND WESTERN DISCIPLES VOL. II ADV AlTA ASHRAMA MAY AVA TI, ALMORA, HThiALAYAS PUBLISHED BY SWAMI VIRESWARANANDA ADVAITA ASHRAMA MAYAVATI, ALMORA, HIMALAYAS PRINTED BY BIBHUTY BHUSAN BISWAS AT THE MODERN ART PRESS I /2, DURGA PITURI LANE CALCUTTA CONTENTS' PAGE XXVI. BACK TO LONDON AND A TOUR OF THE CONTINENT •.. · 503 XXVII. TOWARDS INDIA 54! XXVIII. TRIUMPHAL MARCH THROUGH CEYLON AND SOUTHERN INDIA 550 XXIX. BACK TO BENGAL 582 XXX. IN NoRTHERN INDIA 6rg XXXI. LIFE AT THE MATH AND TRAIN1NG OF THE DISCIPLES 654 XXXII. IN KAsHMIR: A.MARNATH AND KsHrR~ BHAVANI 70I XXXIII. CoNSECRATION oF THE MATH: Irs ScoPE AND IDEALS 731 XXXIV. AMONGST Hrs OwN PEOPLE 742 XXXV. SECOND VISIT TO AMERICA .. 787 XXXVI. THE PARIS CoNGRESS &'I'D A TOUR IN EUROPE XXXVII. VISIT TO MAYAVATI X,XXVIII. A TRIP TO EAST BENGAL AND LIFE AT THE :MATH X,XXIX. TOWARDS THE E'I\"D XL. MAHASA~1ADHI ... LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. Frontispiece- FACING PAGE I. SWAMI ABHEDANANDA: SWA.."'l:I SARADANANDA ... 528 2. SwAM:r VIVEKANANDA AT Cow~mo ... 554 3· SwAMI VIVEKANANDA WITH SoME OF Hrs GURUBHAIS AND DISCIPLES AT MADRAS 574 · 4· RECEPTION TO SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN CALCUTTA 584 5· SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN CALCUTTA ... 6oo 6. SwAMI BR.AID!ANANDA: SwAMI YoGANANDA . 6m 7· Miss J. MAcLEoD, MRs. OLE Bun, SwAMI VIVEKANA_;'l'DA, SISTER NIVEDITA 704 8. THE MONASTERY AT BELUR 736 g. SwA.'!I VIVEKANANDA WITH soME oF Hrs GuRu- BHAis AND DISCIPLES 756 10. SWA1II !W.IAKRISHNANANDA: SWAMI SHIVANANDA 771 II. SWA1II AKHANDANANDA: SWALV!:I TRIGU~ATITA ... 77S 12. RIDGELY MANoR 8oz 13. SWAMI TURIYANANDA AT THE SHANT! ASHRAMA, CALIFORNIA, U.S. A. 8n 14. "AND HE WouLD OFTEN JorN PICNIC PARTIES ARRANGED BY HIS DISCIPLES " 812 15. FACSIMILE OF A POEM IN SWAMI VIVEKANANDA's HANDWRITING 818 r6. MRs. J. H. SEVIER: CAPTAIN J. H. SEVIER... 848 17. ADVAITA ASHRiUIA, MAYAVATI, HIMALAYAS 849 18. SWA:\!1 VIVEKANANDA AT SHILLO~G ... 858 19. THE SwA:In's Romr AT THE BELUR ~IoNASTERY 866 20. THE SHRI:sE AT THE BEWR l\IONASTERY 878 21. SWA:\!1 VIVEK.A..\'A.\'DA AFTER ILL}.."ESS 8g2 22. THE TDIPLE DEDICATED TO SwA.\!1 VIVEKA.'iA.\'DA gr6 Swami Vivekananda in Californ ia, U. S. A . ( 1900) INDEX Abdar Rahman, Amir, 243 Bhaskara Setupati, Raja of Abhayananda, Swami, 425, Ramnad, 303, 56r-564 464,, 776 Bhattacharya, Manmatha Abhedananda, Swami, 168, Nath, 300, 323 227, 523, 528, 533. 774. Bhattacharya, Raghunath, 775, 8o3 240 Absolute, The, 427 Biswas, Mathura Nath, 41, Adbhutananda, Swami, 183 43 Adhikarivada, 758 Bois, Jules, 829, 8J.t. 840 Advaita Ashrama, 515, 772; Bose, J. C., 834 visited by the Swami, 848; Boston Evening Transport, discards ceremonial wor­ 379 ship, 851-852 Brahmananda, Swami, 76, Advaitananda, Swami, 183 203, 659 Ajit Singh, Maharaja of Brahmavtidin, 420, 462, 468, Khetri, 263-267, 338-340, 469, 505, 508, 530, 648 629, 68o Brahmanas and Kshatriyas, Akbar, 794 687 Akhandananda, Swami, 203, Brahmo Samaj, 33-35 205, 207, 218, 236. 238, Brooklyn Ethical Associa­ 240-2.p, 243, 002, 631, tion, 409 66], 777. 778 Buddha, 167-168, 170-171, Alasinga Perumal, 336 288, 3771 6871 712, 789, America : people and insti­ 836 tutions, 359; women, 392, Buddhism, 789, 883 blg-630 Bull, .Mrs. Ole, 425, 489, 497, Aryans, 686 658 BJburam, see Premananda Bull, Mrs. Sara C., 622 B.uhi SJh, Lala, 238 Calve, Madame, 426-428, 8.p, BJgley, ~Irs. John J., 4o8, 845 -490 Cannibalism, 789 BJrrows, Rev. J. H., 38o, Caste, 685 h.n, 624 Chatterjee, Haridas, 277. 651 Bl's.lnt, Dr. Annie, 3So, Charity, individual, 286 5•l.f, (lQ] Chelliah, 555 lkmhan1t, Sarah, 426, 840 Chenghis Khan, 705 Hlul.. ti, (l8; China: the people, 348-349, Bha~br.wanda, Swami, 2cx> 656; ladies, 349; monas- INDEX teries, 350-351; Indian in­ ananda fluence in, 350-352 Geddes, Prof., 840 Choudhury, Manmatha Nath, Ghosh, Girish Chandra, 149, 232, 233 586-587, 662-663 Christianity, its origin, 546- Ghosh, Nava Gopal, 655-656 547, 710-7II; doctrine of Ghosh, Trailokya Nath, 242, sin in, 712 243 Christine, Sister, 442, 819 God, and world cannot go Coomaraswamy, Mr. P., 553 together, 139-140, 148; all Continence, 446, 760, 821 merciful, 197-198; His in­ Cotton, Sir Henry, 859 tervention in human Darwinian Theory of Evolu- affairs, 302; Motherhood tion, 747-748 of, 47-49. 723-725; name Datta, Aswini Kumar, 6<:;6- of God greater than He, 700 8oo; one cannot run to Datta, Durga Charan, 4, 5-6 excess in love for, r 3 X: Datta, Michael Madhusudan, our playfellow, 5u; Per­ 894 . sonal and Impersonal, 126, Datta, Ramchandra, 149, 184 332-333· 791 Datta, Ram 1\Iohan, 4 Goodwin, Mr. J. J., 465-466, Datta, Vishwanath, 5, 7, 8, 522, 532, 640, 693-695 27, 28, 103 Gopal, Senior, see Advait­ Detroit Free Press, 401-402 ananda. Deuskar, Sakharam Ganesh, Goswarni, Tirtha Ram, 643- 782 645 Deussen, Paul, 517, 519-520, Goswarni, Vijaya Krishna, 521, 524 35. 69, 149·150 Dharmapala, Anagarika, 663- Grace, 891 664 Greenacre Conferences, 409, Don't-toucbist, 650 522 Dutt, Amba, 237 Greenstidel, see Christine East and West, their ideals, Gupta, Sarat Chandra, see 685, 707, 713, 790, 798 Sadananda Education, 264 Hale, George W., 363, 542 English, their characteristics, Hammond, Eric, 505, 533 461, 510, 538 Hansborough, 812 Everett, C. C., 474 Hari, see Turiyananda Faith, blind, 124 Haridas, Viharidas, 270 Fanaticism, 289 Hastie, Prof. William, 30, Food, its effect on the mind, 32. 6gi 76o Health, how to keep, 285- Funke, 1\lrs. Mary C., 402, 286 4Jg, 472-473. Sor, 8o2 Hindu, not a word of re­ Gangadhar, see Akhand- proach, 235; chooses best 920 INDEX sites for places of pilgrim­ Kanishka, 710 age, 707 Karma, the doctrine of, its Hinduism, 798; and Buddh­ travesty, 594-595 ism, 835; its essence, 371- Kashmir,· .Maharaja of, 638- 374; its genius, 790; not 640 dying, 282; should be Koran, 250 made aggressive, 720; and Kripananda, Swami, 425, Roman Catholicism, 837 464 Hyacinthe, Pere, 839 Krishna, Sri, 272, fi91-6g2, Incarnation, conception of, 797 52, r66-167, 592 Lanman, Charles R., 816 India: causes of her down- Latu, see Adbhutananda hll, 294· 305·307, 353-354· Law, 266 639; condition of her Leggett, Mr. & Mrs., 425, masses, 305-307; Greek 480, 510, 815, 829 influence on, 832-833; in­ Love, conquers everything, fluence of, on the thought 702, 729 of the world, 270, 350-352, MacLeod, Miss J., 425, 667, 353. 387, 649. 710, 838; 813, 841, 843 jubilant over the Swami's Madras Times. 569 success at the Parliament Malayans, 348 of Religions, 393-395; land ?~Ian, divine by nature, 376, of spirituality, 541, 554· 399, 651 fx)S; mother of religions, Mangal Singh, Maharaja of 275; races of, an admix­ Alwar, 253-256 tun~, 302; women of : Martanda Varma, Prince, 297 their problems, 299, 734; Mazumdar, Devendra Nath, their ideal, 497 184 Ingmol, Robert, 398 Uaxim, Hiram, 840 Immaculate conception, 826 ?~!eat-eating, 301 lyer, Sundararama, 296-302, Mind reading, how possible, 514 Jagmohan Lal, 264, 338 443 Uitra, Haripada, 282-286, James, Prof. William, 493- 290 494 Janws, Dr. Lewis G., 409 Mitra, Pramadadas, 207, Japan, artistic 352; Indian 216, 230, 2J6 inlluenre in, 353; pa trio­ Mitra, Surendranath, 193 t;sm, 713; race for pro­ .Mohamme<hnanda, 68o ~:ress, 352 Mudaliar, Singaravelu, 326 1\.lli, the:- Divine ~Intht>r, an ~luller, Miss Henrietta, F., t'X rlana tion, 4]-49. 723- 452. 455. 512, 657 i 25, 791 ~luller, Prof. Max, 507-509, 1\.lli, sa Abht'dananda 8JJ 921 INDEX Nag Mahashaya, 767-768, 127, 615, 836; illness, 143, 793, 861 145; king of sannyasins, Nata Krishna, 2II 761; method of teaching, New York American, 471 123-125, 127, 167; Naren Nivedita, Sister, 457-458, ( Swami Vivekananda ) : 512, 533, 67o, 685. 751; estimate and revelations initiation, 665-666; on a about Naren, 61, 69-70, pilgrimage to Amarnath, 74-75, u6, 122; faith in 714; starts a girl school, Naren, 68, xu; initiates 732-733. 745; remini- Naren into Advaita, 78; scences about Swami love for Naren, 55-56, 66- Vivekananda, 357, 536, 68, 71·]3, II3, 138, 147; 540, 674· 685. 788, 837 hands to Naren his spir­ Noble, Miss Margaret E., see itual powers, rn; tests Nivedita Naren, 81-83; tested by Obedience, 6o6, 763 Naren, So; Naren's revela­ Okakura, 881 tions about, 142, 146-147 Organisation, 429, 449-450 Ramakrishna, Sri: passing Paris Congress, 830 away of, 178; pleads for Parliament of Religions, Rakhal, 76; realises the Chicago, 365-366, 367-368, Mother, 43; relation with 378 his disciples, u8-120, 183- Paul, St., 7II 184; relics preserved, 184- Pavhari Baba, 219-220, 221, 187; Sadhanas, 44-46; 224, 225, 6g3 Synthesis of Hinduism, Prabuddha Bharata, 6g6 130; universal spirit, 126; Premananda, Swami, 66, worships Sarada Devi as 203, 227 symbol of Divine Mother, Raja Yoga, 423 47 Rakbal, see Brabmananda Ramakrishna birthday cele- Ramachandraji, Major, 253 brations, 586-587. 659-66o, Ramakrishna, Sri: aversion Bgo Ramakrishna Home of Ser­ to intellectualism, 40; vice, 884 about himself, 164, 16g, Ramakrishna Mission : its 171, 177; birth, 40; con­ aims and objects, 6o8-6u; ception of Kali, 48-49; distinction between Math discrimination about food, and Mission, 612; starts 75: experience about him­ plague relief, 780 self, 49-51; God-intoxica­ Ramakrishna monastery : tion, 41-42; gives Gerua to Baranagore, 186, 188, 192~ some of his disciples, 172; 196, 201; Belur, 654, 657- heights of spiritual reali­ 658; consecration cere­ sation, 163; human side, mony at Belur, 732; Durgil.