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In Chicago after the Parliament (Oct 1893)
In Chicago after the Parliament (Oct 1893)
Total Records Found: 38
Oct 1893
Analysis
New Discovery's attempt to throw more light upon Swamiji's post Parliament activities (ND 1.146)
Oct 1893
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Overnight popularity did not affect Swamiji's intense longing to return to his home land. But the divine mandate was different. (LSV 1. 441)
Oct 1893
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One thing that has been obscure is the length of time he remained in Chicago before commencing his lecture tour. Supported by one or two contemporary reports, we can now hazard the guess that he made his home there for at least two months, during which time he took short trips to nearby towns. (ND 1. 146)
Oct 1893
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Some glimpse of Swamiji's activities can be made from two letters he wrote to professor wright. (ND 1. 146)
2 Oct 1893
Letter
The first letter was written by Swamiji to Prof. Wright from Chicago. (ND 1. 146 LSV 1.440)
2 Oct 1893
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Swamiji remained in Chicago after the Parliament of Religions (ND 1.175)
Oct 1893
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Swamiji was a guest of honor at a reception given by Prof.and Mrs. Elisha Gray, a chairman of International Electrical Congress. (ND 1.158 LSV 1.448)
Oct 1893
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In September of 1894, the Chicago Inter Ocean ran an article on him which included the following sentence: (ND 1. 159)
Oct 1893
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City of Chicago at that time. (ND 1.160)
Oct 1893
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Swamiji's visit to Cook County Normal School in Chicago. (ND 1.160)
Oct 1893
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The story, taken from an article by Henrietta Holmes Earl, first appeared in Prabuddha Bharata of September 1933. Mrs. Earl wrote: (ND 1.161)
Oct 1893
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During the stay in Chicago Swamiji lectured in the city and nearby towns. (ND 1.162)
Oct 1893
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A small portion of the following report may be familiar to the reader, for, by way of illustrating the fact that he was proving to America that Hindus "are not savages," Swamiji himself quoted from it in a letter to India. The full report reads as follows: (ND 1.162)
Oct 1893
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But although the Swamiji was thus able to remain rooted in the mental attitudes befitting a sannyasi, he had to make changes in the methods of his contemplated work. He wanted to propagate the essential tenets of Indian thought, to remove the prevailing misconceptions about India, and to acquire funds for his Indian work. His actual experience in America, however, made him relinquish for the time being his decision to ask for money in public. (LSV 1.441)
26 Oct 1893
Letter
The statement that Swamiji had abandoned his purpose of interesting Americans in the starting of new industries among the Hindus is clarified by his second hitherto unpublished letter to Professor Wright: (ND 1.163 LSV 1.441)
26 Oct 1893
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In other words, the Swami decided to earn money for his contemplated work in India through his own labour, without appealing publicly for contributions. (LSV 1.441)
Oct 1893
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Swamiji was to lecture on Buddhism at ladies' fortnightly club on 27th October (ND 1.165)
Oct 1893
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The ladies club was most influential in city (ND 1.165)
Oct 1893
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Unfortunately this club has traditionally avoided publicity. (ND 1.165)
Oct 1893
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While in Chicago, many people came to him for private interviews, seeking help and guidance. (ND 1.178)
Oct 1893
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Swamiji took keen interest in Western life and institutions, and explaining India's life and culture in their true significance. (ND 1.178)
Oct 1893
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Swamiji was always absorbed in God, ready to pour out blessings upon and alter the lives of those who came to him. (ND 1.178)
Oct 1893
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" Although it must indeed have been around this time that the lecture tour started, Swamiji used the expression "I was whirling to and fro" at a much later date and in connection with his rapid travel between New York and Boston.18 He actually tells very little about his midwestern "whirlings," or when and why he had joined a lecture bureau. (ND 1.179)
Oct 1893
Analysis
But if his purpose was to broadcast the truth regarding Indian religion, culture, and customs, which had been so systematically and thoroughly misrepresented in America by Christian missionaries, and if he felt that he must earn money both for his own support and For the work in India, then to engage himself with a bureau would seem the logical step for him to take. (ND 1.179)
Oct 1893
Analysis
Then, as now, lecture bureaus, concert agencies, impresarios, and so on were necessary evils to anyone who would come before the general public, there being no other way to make coordinated engagements in many towns. (ND 1.179)
Oct 1893
Analysis
The expedience of this move may have occurred to Swamiji as early as November 2, for in a letter written on that date he speaks of the fact that "a Christian lady from Poona, Miss Sorabji, and the Jain representative, Mr. Gandhi, are going to remain longer in the country and make lecture toms." From this we can gather that while Swamiji had not yet made any definite plans, he may have been considering the advantages of enlisting with a bureau. (ND 1.179)
Oct 1893
Analysis
The head of one of the lecture bureau was advised by the Reverend Dr. W. H. Thomas, a Congregational minister to engage swamiji for lectures. (ND 1.180)
Oct 1893
Analysis
In spite of persuation by Mr. Slayton to sign three years contract with him, Swamiji was uncertain. (ND 1.180)
Oct 1893
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In this connection it might be mentioned that in the "Memoirs of Sister Christine" it is said, "after the Parliament of Religions, Swami Vivekananda was induced to place himself under the direction of Pond's Lecture Bureau and make a lecture tour of the United States. Pond's Lecture Bureau was a well known agency with headquarters in New York and was not the same as the Slayton Lyceum Bureau of Chicago. It is now definitely established that Swamiji signed up with Slayton Lyceum Bureau. (ND 1.181)
Oct 1893
Analysis
But this knowledge is not so valuable as one could wish, for to date one finds no trace of the Bureau's old files. One fears they have been destroyed and with them the information that could enable us to trace Swamiji's itinerary and follow his footsteps in the Midwest. However, even without this help, we are able to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge of his tour, though to be sure many remain. (ND 1.181)
Oct 1893
Analysis
Brother disciples and friends were eager to hear about Swamiji (ND 1.181)
Oct 1893
Analysis
For many years it seemed evident that Swamiji did not communicate with his brother disciples until he had been in America for over seven months, or until March 18, 1894, the date assigned to the published version (in both the Bengali and the English translation) of what is clearly his first letter to any one of them. (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
Swamiji wrote letter to brother disciples after long time. (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
But even though this letter was apparently written after mid January rather than in March, many months had passed since Swamiji had left India, months during which he had written at least three times to his Madras disciples, and the question. remains why he had waited so long before communicating with his brothers. (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
Had he grown out of the habit of writing to them through a long separation? Or was he not yet prepared to offer them the new program which was taking shape in his mind, wanting perhaps to initiate it through his own disciples? Or, again, was he waiting for a divine command before asking his brothers to follow his ideas? (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
Yet another and more simple explanation presents itself: during this time most of the monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna were still wandering through India and were as hard to trace as was Swamiji himself. (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
The difficulty with this answer is that when Swamiji wanted to communicate his plans to his brother monks, he found their dispersion over India no particular drawback. It was possibly in April of 1894 that he wrote to Swami Shivananda asking that he call all the monks back to the Math to begin work. Shortly after receiving this letter, Swami Shivananda met Swami Brahmananda and Swami Turiyananda in Lucknow and `relayed' Swamiji's request to them. Swami Turiyananda returned to Calcutta in August, while Swami Brahmananda went first to Brindavan, not leaving there for Calcutta until November or December. Gradually all returned. (ND 1.183)
Oct 1893
Analysis
During 1894 and the early part of 1895 Swamiji's letters to his brothers were not many, but during the latter part of 1895 and the first part of 1896 we find him writing to them frequently. These letters did not, it is true, give much news of his external life, but they gave something better the power of his inspiration and vision that was to revolutionize the concept of monasticism in India. (ND 1.184)
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