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10, 11 Sept 1893
10, 11 Sept 1893
Total Records Found: 28
10 Sep 1893
News Report
Through a news report in the Chicago Record of September 11, we next find Swamiji seated (probably on Sunday, September 10) in the parlor of Dr. John H. Barrows, the primary organizer of the Parliament. This report, which contains the first known mention of Swamiji as an accepted delegate, read in part: (ND 1.060)
11 Sep 1893
ME
Swamiji at parliament of religion in the city of Chicago [11 to 27 sept,1893] (LSV 1.413)
Sep 1893
S
About the siting arrangement for delegates on platform and for press. (ND 1.075)
Sep 1893
S
Brief outline of day to day function of the parliament. (ND 1.102)
Sep 1893
S
About weather in Chicago during the Parliament of Religions (ND 1.078, 1.079)
Sep 1893
S
But to return to the busy days of the Parliament: apart from the extra plenary sessions, the hospitality which the leading citizens of Chicago offered the delegates allowed them little rest. Enormous receptions were held after the close of some of the afternoon and evening sessions, and smaller parties were given throughout the two weeks. (ND 1.095)
11 Sep 1893
S
10.00 am: New Liberty Bell rang 10 strokes for ten major world religions to proclaim the opening of The World's Parliament of Religions. (ND 1.074, 1.142)
11 Sep 1893
S
The office of the President of world's congress was turned in to the Reception Room and at 10.00 am the procession started. It was marvellous and remarkable. (ND 1.075)
11 Sep 1893
S
The Parliament of Religion commenced with a prayer. (ND 1.078, 1.079)
11 Sep 1893
S
The first day was devoted to speeches of welcome from the officials and responses by the delegates. (ND 1.080)
11 Sep 1893
S
Swamiji's initial hesitation to speak in morning session of first day. (LSV 1.416 ND 1.081)
11 Sep 1893
S
In the late afternoon the Chairman insisted, and Swamiji arose to address the congress and through it, the world. (LSV 1.417 ND 1.081)
11 Sep 1893
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture RESPONSE TO WELCOME at Chicago (Taken from Barrow's History of the World's parliament of Religions) (CW SV 1.003)
11 Sep 1893
News Report
Swamiji's opening address at the Parliament, reconstructed from Reports appeared in four different News Papers of Chicago on 12.09.1893. (ND 1.082)
11 Sep 1893
Analysis
The electric effect on the audience of the first five words of Swamiji's addresss: "Sisters and brothers of America" is well known. (LSV 1.417 ND 1.081)
11 Sep 1893
Analysis
Opinions from different corners about why audience cheered Swamiji at first five words of his address. (LSV 1.418 ND 1.082)
11 Sep 1893
S
On restoration of silence Swamiji addressed further. (LSV 1.417)
11 Sep 1893
S
Swamiji announced at the end of his address that he had learnt from his Master, through both his teachings and his life, the truth that all religions were one, that they were all paths leading to the selfsame goal, the selfsame God. (LSV 1.418)
11 Sep 1893
S
The applause that had punctuated Swamiji's talk thundered out at its close. The people had recognized their hero and had taken him to their hearts; thenceforth he was the star of the Parliament. (ND 1.084)
11 Sep 1893
S
Four talks followed Swamiji's address before the opening day came to a close, making, throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, twenty four talks in all. And now that the foreign delegates and the American people had greeted one another, the serious business of the Parliament could begin. (ND 1.084)
11 Sep 1893
S
There are several contemporaneous descriptions and appreciations of Swamiji quoted in the Life from various journals and periodicals such as the Boston Evening Transcript, the Rutherford American, the Interior Chicago, and the Critic. (ND 1.085)
11 Sep 1893
S
Also one of the finest appraisals comes, as readers of the Life will remember, from the Honorable Mr. Merwin Marie Snell, president of the Scientific Section, who was to write of Swamiji as "beyond question the most popular and influential man in the Parliament, . . . [who] on all occasions . . . Was received with greater enthusiasm than any other speaker, Christian or `Pagan.' " (ND 1.085)
11 Sep 1893
Analysis
Harriet Monroe's impressions of the Parliament from "a poet's life" (ND 1.085)
11 Sep 1893
Analysis
Later Swamiji writes on vast gathering at meeting. (ND 1.078)
11 Sep 1893
Analysis
A noted American author wrote of the Parliament of Religions and of Swami Vivekananda: (LSV 1.415)
11 Sep 1893
S
The Swamiji himself describes in a letter dated November 2, to his disciple Alasinga Perumal, the opening of the Parliament and his own state of mind in replying to the address of welcome offered to the delegates (LSV 1.416)
11 Sep 1893
S
Mrs. S.K. Blodgett Recalles Swamiji's first five words of first address. (LSV 1.418)
11 Sep 1893
S
Swamiji was officially introduced to American society on the evening of the opening day of the Parliament at a huge reception. (ND 1.096 LSV 1.426)
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