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Ocean voyage (June 1899)
Ocean voyage (June 1899)
Total Records Found: 58
Jun 1899
Writing
MEMOIRS OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL (CW SV 7.297)
20 Jun 1899
CE
Swamiji boarded the S.S. Golconda at the Calcutta port on the Hooghly River and was off for the West, accompanied by Swami Turiyananda and Sister Nivedita and began his second and last voyage to the Western world. (ND 5.001 LSV 2.458)
21 Jun 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From CALCUTTA (CW SV 9.116)
1899
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Background to Swamiji's second visit to the West (ND 5.001)
Jun 1899
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Swamiji wrote his travelogue of this voyage in a series of articles entitled "Parivrajaka" for the Udbodhan, the newly started Bengali journal of the Ramakrishna Order. (ND 5.019 LSV 2.458)
Jun 1899
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Swamiji’s brother Bhupendranath Datta wrote many years later in his book Swami Vivekananda: Patriot Prophet. (ND 5.019)
Jun 1899
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Initial riding was of exceedingly rough seas for more than two days and nights in the Bay of Bengal, (ND 5.021 LSV 2.458)
Jun 1899
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Yet the turbulent blue sea into whichthe Golconda had entered was, in a sense, still a part of the “Land of Renunciation,” for the sacred soil of India literally carpeted its floor. (ND 5.021)
24 Jun 1899
CE
Reached Madras at night. Were not allowed to land on shore as the ship was under quarantine due to the plague in Calcutta. All Madrasi devotees gathered on the shore to greet him. (ND 5. 024 LSV 2. 458)
24 Jun 1899
CE
From one point of view, the regulation that kept him aboard the Golconda was heaven-sent. (ND 5. 025)
24 Jun 1899
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About this voyage Swamiji wrote in his memoirs: (ND 5.025 LSV 2.459)
Jun 1899
CE
According to Swamiji’s Memoirs, the S.S. Golconda took four days to sail from Madras to Colombo, going the far way around Ceylon. (ND 5.026)
Jun 1899
CE
Swamiji apparently did not suffer from seasickness; nor did his Madrasi disciple Alasinga Perumal, who had hurriedly bought a ticket to Colombo and boarded the ship. (ND 5.027)
Jun 1899
Notes
On the voyage to Ceylon, Swamiji spoke to Nivedita of the extreme scarcity of such unswerving love. Nivedita writes to Miss MacLeod. (ND 5.028)
28 Jun 1899
CE
Reached Colombo. Came ashore and greeted heartily by the devotees.Swamiji wrote: (ND 5.029 LSV 2.461)
28 Jun 1899
CE
Alasinga returned to Madras from Colombo. And the Golconda left Colombo on the evening of Wednesday, June 28, on a long voyage from "the Land of Renunciation to the Land of Enjoyment of the World". The Swami wrote in his memoirs: (ND 5.031 LSV 2.462)
1899
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'Golconda' took 10 instead of usual 6 days to travel from Colombo to Aden due to unusually rough monsoon. (ND 5.031 ND 5.047 LSV 2. 462)
1899
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The accommodations, under any conditions, were none too comfortable. Swamiji writes about accomodations in the Golconda. (ND 5.031)
1899
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There were two Christian missionaries on board, one of whom was an American – ‘a very good man named Bogesh. Swamiji paints a graphic picture of this Mr. Bogesh and his family: (ND 5.033)
1899
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Swamiji records an exchange between himself and Mr. Bogesh during the Golconda’s passage up the Red Sea. (ND 5.034)
1899
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Throughout the voyage Swamiji wrote a portion, at least, of his memoirs for the Udbodhan, working at times “like a slave in his cabin.” (ND 5.035)
1899
CE
During the voyage the Swami passed his time in reading, or writing for the Bengali magazine of the Order, or talking to Nivedita or his brother-disciple. (LSV 2.463)
1899
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The long ocean voyage appears to have been not only physically beneficial to the Swami, but mentally relaxing as well. (ND 5.038 LSV 2.464)
1899
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Swamiji talked inspiringly on many topics ranging from history to Buddhism during the voyage. A great experience for Nivedita, who note them down (ND 5.035)
1899
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After a time Sister Nivedita quieted down, herself sitting at Swamiji’s feet with an absorbed and single mind; (ND 5.036)
1899
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Sometimes Nivedita would beg Swamiji to stop the stream of his thought, for she could contain no more without pouring what she had heard into a notebook. (ND 5.037)
1899
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The last two years had been for him a period of physical and mental torture. (ND 5.038)
1899
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Nor had it been a small, momentary disappointment to him that a number of Sri Ramakrishna’s disciples, including some of his brother monks, had thought, mistakenly, that his ideas were not in accord with the teachings of his Master. (ND 5.040)
1899
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One reads, for instance, in a letter Sister Nivedita wrote to Swami Akhandananda from England: (ND 5.042)
1899
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But to Swamiji’s mind nothing had been enough. (ND 5.042)
1899
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Perhaps the most frustrating obstacle to Swami Vivekananda’s Indian work had been his uncertain health. (ND 5.043)
1899
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With the disappointments and frustrations of the past two years weighing on his heart, the burdens and anxieties of the present weighing on his mind, that Swami Vivekananda set out once again for the West. (ND 5.044)
1899
CE
Swamiji's wrote to Swami Brahmananda about his greatest anxiety. (ND 5.045)
5 Jul 1899
Letter
To Miss MacLeod, Nivedita wrote of the festive farewell reception given to the Swami at the last house he visited on his way back to Golconda: (ND 5.030 LSV 2.461)
8 Jul 1899
CE
The Golconda arrived at Aden. Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod, that Swamiji talked on the subject of charity and, the following day, be¬came absorbed in composing a poem in Bengali. (ND 5.047)
12 Jul 1899
Letter
Swami Saradananda's letter to Mrs. Bull. (ND 5.045)
14 Jul 1899
CE
Steamer reached Suez. Swamiji writes in memories. (ND 5.048)
14 Jul 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From SUEZ (CW SV 9.116 LSV 2.463)
Jul 1899
CE
Christine and Mrs. Funke were already in London, having come to meet him in response to his urging in a letter written from India on April 11, 1899. (LSV 2.463)
14 Jul 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From PORT SAID (CW SV 8.463 LSV 2.464)
15 Jul 1899
CE
The next day the Golconda passed through the Suez Canal to Port Said. (ND 5.049)
Jul 1899
CE
"It was dark when we approached Sicily," Nivedita related. (ND 5.049)
Jul 1899
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The Golconda stopped at Naples. (ND 5.049)
19 Jul 1899
Letter
Swami Saradananda again wrote to Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.046)
19 Jul 1899
CE
Two years of physical suffering have taken away twenty years off Swamiji's life. (ND 5.047)
23 Jul 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From MARSCILLES (CW SV 9.117)
30 Jul 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From (CW SV 9.118)
Jul 1899
CE
Sister Nivedita regarded this voyage with Swamiji as a pilgrimage, and recorded in her diary some of the striking conversations of the Swami, as well as some of her own impressions. (LSV 2.464)
Jul 1899
Notes
Swamiji talked on 'Conservative and liberal ideas'. (LSV 2.465)
Jul 1899
Notes
Swamiji further continues.. (LSV 2.468)
Jul 1899
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The Swami spoke with great feeling of Nag Mahashaya. (LSV 2.469)
Jul 1899
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Speaking of the modern saints of India, such as Pavhari Baba, Trailanga Swami, Raghunath Das, and others, as also of those of ancient times. (LSV 2.469)
Jul 1899
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One day the talk drifted to the question of what becomes of those, who failed to keep their vows. Quoting the memorable verses of the Gita on the point: (LSV 2.470)
Jul 1899
Notes
Swamiji further continues… (LSV 2.471)
Jul 1899
Notes
Swamiji talked on his scemes for the good of India. (LSV 2.472)
Jul 1899
Notes
The Swami was constantly preoccupied with the thought of Hinduism as a whole, and this fact found recurring expression in references to Vaishnavism.... (LSV 2.473)
Jul 1899
Notes
His mind was extraordinarily clear on the subject of what he meant by individualism. (LSV 2.475)
31 Jul 1899
CE
“And thence," as he wrote, "straight at London"--Over moderately quiet seas. On Monday, July 31, after a voyage of forty-two days, the good ship Golconda landed at Tilbury Dock on the Thames. (ND 5.050)
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