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Belur Math (Feb 1898 - Jan 1901)
Belur Math (Feb 1898 - Jan 1901)
Total Records Found: 1771
Notes
TRAINING UNBER SHRI RAMAKRISHNA : While on board a shop to England, Swami Vivekananda was touched by the childike devotion of the ship's serveants (CW SV 9.332 CW SN 1.159)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math (under construction) - 12 (CW SV 7.177)
13 Feb 1898
ME
Math transferred from Alambazar to Nilambar Mukherjee's garden at Belur as the old building had received an awful shaking in an earthquake (LSV 2.309)
14 Feb 1898
S
Swami Saradanand accompanied by Mrs. Bull and Josephine MacLeod arrived in Culcutta. (LSV 2. 310)
1898
0
Miss Macleod and Mrs. Bull came to live at river side house at Belur and later Nivedita joined them. They stayed there nearly 2 months (LSV 2.310)
1898
0
Swamiji spend hours daily with them, training them in Indian culture, heritage and religion. Trained Nivedita for her Indian mission. (LSV 2.311)
1898
S
Swamiji regarded the coming to India of his Western disciples as a test and experiment. (LSV 2.312)
1898
S
The young sannyasis and Brahmacharis prepared, during the afternoon of the Shivaratri day, thanksgiving addresses in English to every one of the senior Swamis, and these were read out to them at a gathering of the Brotherhood held at the Math. Swamiji was in the chair. He called upon his brother-monks to reply by turn to the addresses. (LSV 2.313)
22 Feb 1898
ME
Thakur BD celebrated at Nilambar Mukherjee's house under the supervision of Swamiji. At the time of evening aratrika the song "khandana bhavabandhana", newly composed by Swamiji, was sung. Nivedita's first visit to Dakshineshwar, later she attended Belur math for the Thakur jayanti (LSV 2. 313)
1898
S
On Shivratri Swamiji decorated as Shiva by brother disciples (LSV 2.315)
1898
S
On the spur of the moment, the Swami removed the symbolic decorations on himself and put them on Girishbabu after smearing Girish's body with ashes. (LSV 2.316)
1898
S
In the meantime Swami Akhandananda arrived at the Math from his orphanage in Murshidabad. (LSV 2.316)
22 Feb 1898
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversations with Sarat Chandra Chakravarti - Conversations and Dialogues - 1 (CW SV 7.107)
Feb 1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 3 (CW SV 7.122)
24 Feb 1898
News reports
BHAKTI : The Indian Mirror (CW SV 9.544)
25 Feb 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MUKHERJEE PYARIMOHAN RAJA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.441)
25 Feb 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.442)
27 Feb 1898
ME
Public celebration of Ramakrishna's birthday, for the first time held outside Dakshineshwar at Daw's temple. As trustees of Dakshineshwar temple objected to Swamiji's western disciple's participation. (LSV 2.317)
2 Mar 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.445)
3 Mar 1898
News report
Indian Mirror repoted the celebration of sixty fifth birht annerversary of Sri Ramakrishna. (LSV 2. 317)
3 Mar 1898
S
Agreement entered into purchase of the Belur math plot (LSV 2.308)
4 Mar 1898
ME
Belur Math plot secured. (LSV 2. 308)
Mar 1898
ME
The purchase price of Rs. 39,000 was given by Miss F. Henrietta Muller. (LSV 2. 308)
Mar 1898
S
Total expenditure for repairing and construction of the buildings plus an endowment for the monastery to put it on a sound financial basis came to more than Rs. 1,00,000. a handsome contribution from Mrs. Bull greatly helped in this (LSV 2.308)
Mar 1898
S
The purchase of this site at Belur, on the bank of the Ganga, was in a way the fulfil-ment of the Swami's prophecy. (LSV 2.308)
5 Mar 1898
0
Belur math land registered (BC)
5 Mar 1898
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Shashi mj. from Belur Math (SS 100)
6 Mar 1898
Letter
Baburam Mj.'s letter to Swami Ramakrishnanandaji from Nilambar Mukherjee's Garden House,Belur Math (SPP.170)
11 Mar 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.101 LSV 2.310)
11 Mar 1898
S
During these days the Swami made only a few public appearances in Calcutta. One of them was on the evening of March 11, (LSV 2.318)
11 Mar 1898
Lecture
Swamiji presided over a meeting arranged for Margaret Noble's first public speech in India at Star theatre. Introducing her to the audience Swamiji talked about INFLUENCE OF INDIAN SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS ON ENGLAND (CW SV 3.440)
11 Mar 1898
Lecture
Margaret Noble spoke on "The Influence of Indian Spiritual thought in England" (LSV 2.318)
11 Mar 1898
S
When she had finished, the Swami called on Mrs. Ole Bull and Miss Henrietta Muller to say a few words. (LSV 2.318)
16 Mar 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.102 LSV 2.319)
16 Mar 1898
News Report
An English lady wrote in Brahmavadin about celebration of sixty fifth birht annerversary of Sri Rankrishna. (LSV 2.318)
17 Mar 1898
I
Nivedita with Mrs. Bull and Miss Macleod met mother for the first time. Mother received them warmly saying "my children" (LSV 2.320)
Mar 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.447)
Mar 1898
0
first photo of mother by Mrs. Ole bull and Nivedita (*)
18 Mar 1898
S
Another of the Swami's engagements in Calcutta was on March 18, when he presided over a public meeting at the Emerald Theatre. That evening Swami Saradananda spoke on "Our Mission in America". Admission was by free ticket. (LSV 2.319)
18 Mar 1898
News reports
The Indian Mirror report of the lecture ran as follows: (LSV 2.319)
18 Mar 1898
Letter
About these two lectures the Swami wrote to Swami Ramakrishnananda that same month: (LSV 2.319)
20 Mar 1898
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture WORK WITHOUT MOTIVE at Calcutta (CW SV 5.246)
25 Mar 1898
I
Swamiji ordains Nivedita as Brahmacharini on the Christian feat of Annunciation at the cottage at Belur and gave her the name- Nivedita (LSV 2.320)
27 Mar 1898
Letter
Shashi Mj.'s letter to Sri N.Krishna Ayangar,Sub Overseer,Chintamani Water Works,Chintamani,Dist. Kolar,TamilNadu from ? (SRS 488)
29 Mar 1898
S
Swamiji initiated Swami Swarupanand and Sureshwaranand. (LSV 2. 321)
29 Mar 1898
I
Among the many distinguished visitors who met the Swami at this time was the Buddhist missionary, Anagarika Dharmapala. (LSV 2. 322)
29 Mar 1898
S
With Margaret Nobel's arrival in Calcutta, the task of training her to be of service to her adopted land exercised the Swami's mind. (LSV 2. 322)
29 Mar 1898
S
The Swamiji was defiant in the defence of his people's culture. (LSV 2. 323)
29 Mar 1898
S
In order to bind his Eastern and Western disciples together, the Swami would, on occasion, do something strikingly unorthodox before a large number of his own people: (LSV 2. 324)
29 Mar 1898
S
The period of the Swamiji's intensive training of his Western disciples extended over. Nearly the whole of 1898. (LSV 2. 325)
29 Mar 1898
S
To what extent the Swami's vision translated itself, through his talks and personality, into the sensibilities and attitudes of his Western disciples, is clear from Sister Nivedita's own words, written at the year's end, after they had been to the Himalayas and Kashmir with the Swami: (LSV 2. 326)
30 Mar 1898
S
Left for Darjeeling with Nirbhayananda and Nityagopal ghosh, guest of M N Banerjee. Tried to follow the instruction of physicians not to think on any serious subject. (LSV 2.326)
3 Apr 1898
Lecture
Swamiji lectured on Hinduism in Darjeeling Hindu hall with shri A.C. Bose in chair. (LSV 2. 327)
4 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From DARJEELING (CW SV 9.102 LSV 2.327 ND 5.059)
7 Apr 1898
0
first visit of mother on Belur math land before construction (*)
7 Apr 1898
S
Miss Müller, with Swami Akhandananda, reached Darjeeling to have the company of Swamiji. They stayed separately in a bungalow called "Rose Bank", where Mr. and Mrs. Sevier had stayed the preceding year. It was about a mile and a half from where the Swami was staying. (LSV 2.327)
Apr 1898
S
Daily, in the morning, Swamij would to go to "Rose Bank" for coffee. After spending two or three hours there, he would return to his place with Swami Akhandananda. After lunch and the noon rest, Akhandananda would return to "Rose Bank". (LSV 2.327)
Apr 1898
S
On Easter Sunday, 1898, Sister Nivedita wrote in reply to Swami Akhandananda, at Darjeeling: (LSV 2.327)
1898
S
While at Darjeeling the Swami went to Sandukphu [3634 m] and other places, to see the snow. He was then in good health. (LSV 2.327)
1898
S
Swamiji got fever and then cough and cold after returning to Darjeeling (LSV 2.327)
1898
S
Swamiji got fever and then cough and cold after returning to Darjeeling (LSV 2.327)
1898
S
When the Swami was only partially restored to health, news reached him of the outbreak of plague in Calcutta. (LSV 2.328)
15 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to JAGMOHANLAL MUNSHI From DARJEELING (CW SV 9.104)
15 Apr 1898
Letter
Shashi Mj.'s letter to Swami Vivekananda from Triplicane,Madras (SRS 422)
18 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From DARJEELING (CW SV 8.448 LSV 2.327)
19 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From DARJEELING (CW SV 9.104)
19 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to OFFICER INCHARGE OF TELEG From DARJEELING (CW SV 9.105)
23 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From DARJEELING (CW SV 8.449 LSV 2.352)
24 Apr 1898
News reports
OUR MISSION IN AMERICA : The Indian Mirror (CW SV 9.544)
29 Apr 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From DARJEELING (CW SV 8.450)
3 May 1898
S
On receiving the news of plague outbreak in Calcutta Swamiji returned to Culcutta. (LSV 2. 304 LSV 2.328)
3 May 1898
Writing
PLAGUE MENIFESTO : On the day of his return to Culcutta Swamiji drafted plague menifesto in Hindi and Bengali.He wanted to start relief operations immediately to help the afflicted. (CW SV 9.300 LSV 2. 328)
May 1898
S
Swamiji ready to sale the Math land to raise money for plague relief. Fortunately the fund soon begin to arrive. (LSV 2. 328)
May 1898
S
It was settled that an extensive plot of ground should be rented at once, on which segregation camps would be set up in compliance with the Government’s plague regulations. (LSV 2. 328)
7 May 1898
0
Dharmapala visits Swamiji at Belur Math (CB SV)
1898
S
The Swami remained in Calcutta until the possibility of an epidemic had passed and the stringent plague regulations had been withdrawn. (LSV 2.330)
11 May 1898
S
Swamiji departed with a large party: Niranjan mj, Hari mj, Sadananda, Swarupananda, Mrs. Bull, Miss Macleod, Nivedita, Mrs. Patterson-wife of American consul gen. to India (LSV 2.330)
May 1898
S
From Howrah station to Kathgodam, it took Swamiji and party two nights and a day in the train. At Kathgodam, the rail terminus, they changed to carriages and dandies for Naini Tal. (LSV 2.330)
May 1898
S
Throughout the journey from Calcutta to Naini Tal the Swami's historic consciousness and love of country were much in evidence. (LSV 2.330)
May 1898
S
In word-pictures the Swami would lovingly paint the broad rivers, far-stretching forests, and massive mountains — all of them vital elements in the culture of his people. (LSV 2.331)
May 1898
S
The disciples, hearing his portrayals, the poetic or the more philosophical, could now feel the full truth of what he had said to an English friend on leaving the West, and what he had repeated in his reply to the welcome address in Calcutta: "India I loved before I came away: now the very dust of India has become holy to me; the very air is now to me holy; it is now the holy land, the place of pilgrimage, the Tirtha." (LSV 2.332)
13 May 1898
S
Arrived Nainital. Swamiji halted to see his disciple Ajit Singh of khetri (LSV 2.332)
May 1898
S
At Nainital Swamiji left his Western disciples alone for three days, to stay in a hotel. They, too, gave him full freedom, and took care not to make themselves a burden on him. After three days he sent for them and welcomed them at his place of residence. (LSV 2.332)
May 1898
S
Swamiji met a Muslim who was an Advaita Vedantist at heart. His name was Mohammed Sarfaraz Hussain. (LSV 2.332)
May 1898
S
Swamiji had several talks at Naini Tal with distinguished residents. (LSV 2.333)
May 1898
S
Swamiji met Jogeshchandra Datta, whom he had known in his school-days at the Metropolitan Institution, and had seen the previous year at Murree. (LSV 2.334)
May 1898
I
Swamiji allowed two dancing women to meet him, which caused a social furore. (LSV 2.334)
16 May 1898
S
Departed at evening for Almora and reached there late at night. (LSV 2.335)
May 1898
S
At Almora, Swamiji, his brother-disciples, and his sannyasi disciples were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sevier, at Thompson House. His Western disciples stayed nearby in what is now called Oakley House. (LSV 2.335)
May 1898
S
Swamiji started training Nivedita at Almora. (LSV 2. 336)
May 1898
S
Of this period of trial Nivedita writes some years later as follows: (LSV 2. 336)
May 1898
S
Swamiji started training Nivedita at Almora. (LSV 2. 336)
May 1898
S
The Swami's daily tussles with the Sister resulted in the gradual Hinduizing, or better, Indianizing, of her outlook. (LSV 2. 337)
May 1898
S
How this clash of attitudes and sensibilities came to an end in peace, is best told in the Sister's own words: (LSV 2. 337)
May 1898
S
The Swami's teachings and discussions of these days, though meant in the first instance for his Western disciples, subsequently proved to be of great value to his own countrymen. His thought took in all angles of vision, and through him the light of the Supreme Realization was thrown on vital aspects of human wisdom. (LSV 2. 338)
May 1898
S
Some of these morning talks at Almora were recorded by Sister Nivedita and are to be found in her Notes of Some Wanderings with Swami Vivekananda. We can hardly do better than give some extracts: (LSV 2. 338)
May 1898
S
But all the more universal forms of human feeling were open to the Master. In one mood he talked of China as if she were the treasure-house of the world. (LSV 2. 339)
May 1898
S
Or he might wander far afield as Italy, “greatest of the countries of Europe, land or religion and of art; alike of imperial organization and of Mazzini; mother of ideas, of culture, and of freedom!” (LSV 2. 339)
May 1898
S
One day it was Shivaji and Mahrattas and the year’s wanderings as a sannyasi, that won him home to Raigarh. “And to this day,” said Swami, “authority in India dreads the sannyasi, lest he conceals beneath his yellow garb another Shivaji.” (LSV 2. 339)
May 1898
S
Often the enquiry, who and what are the Aryans? (LSV 2. 339)
May 1898
S
Sometimes the Swami would deal with the rift between Brahmins and Kshatriyas, (LSV 2. 340)
May 1898
S
That was a great hour indeed, when he spoke of Buddha (LSV 2. 340)
May 1898
S
That was a great hour indeed, when he spoke of Buddha (LSV 2. 340)
May 1898
S
It was that same morning that he talked of the Babists of Persia — in their era of martyrdom (LSV 2. 341)
May 1898
S
Another day coming at sunrise when the snows could be seen, dawn lighted, from the garden, it was Shiva and Uma on whom he dwelt. (LSV 2. 341)
May 1898
S
Another day in Almora the Swami talked of the great humanizing lives that had arisen in Bengal, (LSV 2. 342)
May 1898
S
The Swami introduced Vidyasagar to us now as "the hero of widow remarriage, (LSV 2. 343)
May 1898
S
On this day we took advantage of the natural turn of the conversation to cross-question the Swami as to the possible influence that Christianity might have exerted over himself. (LSV 2. 344)
May 1898
I
We heard charming stories, too, on less serious subjects. (LSV 2. 344)
May 1898
S
Swamiji met many residents of Almora, and also some noted people from other parts of India who had gone there to spend the summer months. To all of them he gave religious instruction. (LSV 2.346)
May 1898
S
Swamiji met Mrs. Annie Besant twice. She was staying at the house of Shri G. N. Chakravarty, son-in-law of Shri Gaganbabu of Ghazipur. (LSV 2.346)
May 1898
S
At Almora the police were watching Swamiji's movements. His association with the Western disciples may have set them guessing; Especially his association with Nivedita, who had earlier had some connection with the Irish revolution. (LSV 2.346)
20 May 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From ALMORA (CW SV 8.451)
20 May 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From ALMORA (CW SV 6.415)
20 May 1898
Letter
Soon after he reached Almora the Swami was pained to hear from Christine Greenstidel of the demise of his admirer and friend Mrs. Bagley. On May 20 he wrote in reply: (LSV 2.347)
22 May 1898
0
Shivanandaji journey to Darjeeling for solitary stay. Started relief for the victims of a destructive avalanche (MS)
22 May 1898
Letter
In her letter of May 22 to Mrs. Eric Hammond, Nivedita wrote: (LSV 2.346)
25 May 1898
S
A strange longing for quiet took hold of Swamiji. He left the circle of friends and disciples, and retired to Shiyadevi, some distance from Almora. There he was in the silence of the forests for ten hours each day. (LSV 2.346)
28 May 1898
S
At Shiyadevi Swamiji returned to his tent in the evening, and found a number of people seeking him even there; so he returned to Almora on Saturday. (LSV 2.347)
30 May 1898
S
On Monday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sevier, Swamiji left Almora for a week, partly in search of seclusion, and partly on business, in connection with the possible purchase of an estate for his monastery. But this possibility came to nothing. (LSV 2.347)
2 Jun 1898
0
Death of Goodwin at Ootakamund (CB SV)
3 Jun 1898
S
A telegram was received by the Western disciples at Almora: "Goodwin died last night at Ootacamund." (LSV 2.348)
5 Jun 1898
CE
Swamiji returned to Almora. The Swami met with two heavy blows: (LSV 2.347)
5 Jun 1898
CE
Mr. Goodwin was of his being with the Swami at Lahore in November 1897. (LSV 2.347)
5 Jun 1898
I
In the evening read letter announcing the death of Pavhari baba (LSV 2.350)
5 Jun 1898
I
Another rude shock that the Swami had received since coming to Almora, was caused by the death of B. R. Rajam lyer, Editor of Prabuddha Bharata, then published from Madras. (LSV 2.350)
6 Jun 1898
S
Taking the loss calmly, Swamiji sat down and talked quietly with his Western disciples. (LSV 2.348)
6 Jun 1898
S
But the Swami's tender heart was indeed afflicted by the loss of a loving disciple who had served him for so long with the warmest devotion. (LSV 2.349)
6 Jun 1898
S
He took away a few faulty lines of someone's writing and brought back a beautiful little poem, Requiescat in Pace, in which nothing of the original was left. (LSV 2.349)
Jun 1898
Poem
REQUIESCAT IN PACE (CW SV 4.389 LSV 2.349)
Jun 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to GOODWIN J J 'S MOTHER From ALMORA (CW SV 9.106)
Jun 1898
S
Prabuddha Bharata planned to transfer from Madras to 'Thomson house' at Almora where Mr. Sevier was staying (LSV 2.350)
Jun 1898
S
Up at Almora, as also many a time before, the Swami spoke of his intention of starting papers in English and in the regional languages, to be conducted by his brother-disciples and his own disciples. (LSV 2.351)
Jun 1898
S
Although this Calcutta plan of the Swami's did not materialize, he at least could leave Almora with the satisfaction of knowing that Prabuddha Bharata, or Awakened India, would be published from there as soon as the arrangements that he had made could be put into effect. (LSV 2.352)
1898
S
Ashwinikumar Dutta came to meet Swamiji. (LSV 2.352)
Jun 1898
S
A little while after, Aswinibabu went into the compound and enquired at the door, "Is Naren Datta here?" A young monk answered in disgust, "No sir, there is no Naren Datta here. He died long ago. (LSV 2.353)
Jun 1898
S
Conversation between Swamiji and Aswinkumar datta. (LSV 2.353)
9 Jun 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From ALMORA (CW SV 5.140)
9 Jun 1898
S
This Thursday morning there was a talk on Krishna. (LSV 2.345)
10 Jun 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HUSEN SARFARAZ MOHAMMAD From ALMORA (CW SV 6.415 LSV 2.333)
10 Jun 1898
S
It was our last afternoon at Almora that we heard the story of the fatal illness of Shri Ramakrishna. (LSV 2.345)
Jun 1898
CE
Become restless and impatient to be away and alone after receiving the news of Goodwin's death. Decided to spend some time in Kashmir with women disciples who came with him from Calcutta as guests of Mrs. Bull (LSV 2. 355)
11 Jun 1898
S
With the women disciples who had come with him from Calcutta, Swamiji left Almora for Kashmir. They went as guests of Mrs. Ole Bull. (LSV 2.355)
Jun 1898
S
On the way Swamiji pointed out a certain hillside which, so legend had it, was inhabited by a race of centaurs. He himself had once seen a phantom of such kind before ever hearing of the legend. (LSV 2.356)
12 Jun 1898
S
The party reached the enchanting lake Bhim Tal, overlooking which they rested. (LSV 2.356)
12 Jun 1898
S
In his talk that afternoon the Swami translated some Vedic verses of great beauty, and also some songs of Surdas and other poet devotees. (LSV 2.356)
Jun 1898
S
The party reached Kathgodam from Almora after two and a half days. The hills, and the pine and deodar forests, were left behind. They took train for the Punjab, which was reached on June 14. (LSV 2.356)
1898
Poem
BHARTRIHARI'S VERSES ON RENUNCIATION (CW SV 9.306)
1898
Notes
ON KALI : Nivedita's reminiscence of a coversation with Swamiji when she was learning the Kali worship (CW SV 9.331 ND 1.118)
14 Jun 1898
S
Swamiji and party reached Punjab by train. (LSV 2.356)
Jun 1898
S
Passing through Ludhiana, Lahore, and across the Doab, they arrived at Rawalpindi. (LSV 2.356)
15 Jun 1898
S
From Rawalpindi by tonga to Murree, reaching on June 15, where Swamiji and party stayed for three days. (LSV 2.356)
Jun 1898
S
Sister Nivedita recalls : (LSV 2.357)
18 Jun 1898
S
The party made their way to Srinagar, partly by tonga and partly by boat. (LSV 2.357)
18 Jun 1898
S
One of Swamiji's party was ill; so they had to stop on the first day after going the short distance to Dulai, where the first dak bungalow was, across the border. They were now in the valley of the Jhelum. Most of that afternoon they had to remain in-doors on account of a storm. (LSV 2.357)
18 Jun 1898
S
Nivedita writes: (LSV 2.357)
19 Jun 1898
S
Swamiji and party resumed their journey to Baramula by tonga. The route took them along the rapidly-ascending ravine of the Jhelum, which cuts a narrow twisting passage through the hills. The Westerners took turns to drive with Swamiji in his tonga. (LSV 2.357)
19 Jun 1898
I
On the way he was in a reminiscent mood. Speaking of Brahmavidya, the Realization of the Absolute, and of how love conquers evil, he related the story of one of his classmates, who subsequently became a rich man. (LSV 2.357)
19 Jun 1898
S
To his disciples he spoke of the Puranic conception of the oneness of Shiva and His consort, Uma, under the guise of half-man and half-woman. (LSV 2.358)
19 Jun 1898
S
in the evening Swamiji and party stopped at the Uri dak bungalow and in the twilight, they all walked in the meadows and through the bazaar. (LSV 2.358)
Jun 1898
S
The next day, driving through the most beautiful part of the pass, with cathedral-like rocks and an old ruined temple of the Sun, the party reached Baramula. (LSV 2.359)
Jun 1898
S
As they entered further into Kashmir, the Swami's mind was filled with the legends of the Kashmiris. (LSV 2.359)
Jun 1898
S
Swamiji introduce his western disciples to a woman of whose faith and self-assurance he had spoken not only in conversation, but even in one of his speeches in Calcutta. (LSV 2.360)
Jun 1898
S
On one of these walks Sister Nivedita complained to the Swami of the abandonment of feeling that she had seen at the Kalighat temple in Calcutta. "Why do they kiss the ground before the image'?" she asked. The Swami became very quiet, and then said, "Is it not the same thing to kiss the ground before that image, as to kiss the ground before these mountains ?" (LSV 2.360)
Jun 1898
S
Swamiji reaches Srinagar. Period from 22 June to 15 July was spent in houseboats on the Jhelum in and about Srinagar. (LSV 2.360)
Jun 1898
S
It was an unparalleled educational experience for the Swami's companions. (LSV 2.360)
Jun 1898
S
The transfer of Prabuddha Bharata from Madras to Almora was much in the Swami's thoughts. (LSV 2.361)
26 Jun 1898
S
Swamiji suddenly felt a longing to leave the party and go to a quiet place all alone. But not knowing that this was his intention, the party followed him to the Coloured Springs, called Kshir-Bhavani (or Kheer Bhawani). (LSV 2.361)
26 Jun 1898
S
Speaking of these days Sister Nivedita writes: (LSV 2.362)
27 Jun 1898
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Pramadadas Mitra from Mahula (SS 101)
29 Jun 1898
S
Swamiji visited Shankaracharya Hill (takht-e-suleman) with his western disciples. (LSV 2.362)
3 Jul 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From KASHMIR (CW SV 8.453)
3 Jul 1898
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Pramadadas Mitra from Mahula (SS 102)
3 Jul 1898
S
Ready for fun as the Swami usually was, he postponed a contemplated journey to organize for his American friends a surprise celebration of the Fourth of July, their national festival. (LSV 2.363)
4 Jul 1898
0
During an excursion from Srinagar to the Dal Lake, where they visited the Shalimar Bagh with its Noor Mahal and the Nishat Bagh, Swamiji gave surprise celebration of American independence day to his American friends (LSV 2.363)
4 Jul 1898
Poem
TO THE FOURTH OF JULY - Kashmir (CW SV 5.439)
4 Jul 1898
Poem
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5 Jul 1898
S
in the evening, the Swami was pained to notice that one of the group was counting the cherry-stones left on her plate, to see when she would be married. (LSV 2.363)
10 Jul 1898
S
A desire for quiet and peace grow more and more upon him and without revealing his plans to any one, left penniless and alone for a pilgrimage to the Amarnath. (LSV 2.364)
15 Jul 1898
0
Swamiji returned, having found that route impracticable because the summer heat had melted some of the glaciers. (LSV 2.364)
17 Jul 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From SRINAGAR (CW SV 8.454)
Jul 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From KASHMIR (CW SV 9.105)
19 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party started for Anantnag (Islamabad) by boat. (LSV 2.364)
19 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party reached the temple of Pandrenath in the afternoon (LSV 2.365)
Jul 1898
S
"To the Swami", writes Sister Nivedita, "the place was delightfully suggestive", and she adds: (LSV 2.365)
Jul 1898
S
It was sunset when the party returned to their boats. That silent shrine in the woods, and the presence of the Buddha, must have moved the Swami deeply, for, that evening, his mind overflowed with historical comparisons. (LSV 2.365)
20 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party reached the ruins of two great temples of Avantipur. (LSV 2.367)
20 Jul 1898
S
Whole afternoon and night Swamiji laid ill. (LSV 2.368)
21 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party landed at the temple of Bijbehara, then already thronged with Amarnath pilgrims. He was able to join them for a little while.- DELETE (LSV 2.365)
22 Jul 1898
S
Arrived Anantnag. (LSV 2.368)
23 Jul 1898
0
Visited the ruins of Martand. (LSV 2.368)
25 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party went on to Achabal through scenery of exquisite beauty. They roamed about the gardens of Jehangir, bathed in a still pool opposite the Pathan Khan's Zenana, took their lunch in the first garden, and in the after- noon rode down to Islamabad (Anantnag). (LSV 2.369)
25 Jul 1898
S
At Achabal the Swami announced to his companions during the open-air lunch, his intention of going to Amarnath with the two or three thousand pilgrims then en route for that shrine. As a special privilege Sister Nivedita was allowed to join him on the pilgrimage, so that she, as a future worker, might have a direct knowledge and insight into that time-honoured religious institution of his country. (LSV 2.369)
25 Jul 1898
S
It was settled that his other Western disciples would accompany the party as fir as Pahalgam and there wait for the Swami's return. Accordingly, they returned to the boats that evening and prepared for the journey. (LSV 2.369)
26 Jul 1898
S
Left for Bhavan, the first stopping place for Amarnath. Swamiji full of enthusiasm for the pilgrimage, living mostly on one meal a day and seeking no company much save of sadhus. (LSV 2.370)
27 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji halted for the night at Bhavan. The place had been transformed into a village fair, but with a religious touch and centring on the sacred springs. When Mrs. Bull and Nivedita approached the Swami's tent, they found him surrounded by a crowd of Hindi-speaking sadhus who were plying him with questions. (LSV 2.370)
28 Jul 1898
S
Reached Pahalgam and camped at the foot of an arrow shaped ravine, beside roaring torrents of Lidder. (LSV 2.370)
28 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji stayed at Pahalgam whole next day in order to observe Ekadasi. Other members of the party stayed here awaiting the return of Swamiji and Nivedita. (LSV 2.370)
29 Jul 1898
S
On their journey to Amarnath. (LSV 2.370)
Jul 1898
S
Swamiji encountered strong opposition from the orthodox sadhus, because of the presence of his foreign disciples. When their tents were pitched too near the pilgrims' camp, the sadhus clamoured for their removal to a greater distance. The Swami treated their complaints with scorn, till a Naga sadhu came up to him and said meekly, "Swamiji, you have the power, but you ought not to manifest it!" The Swami understood, and on the next morning (29th) the party's tents were moved up to a lovely knoll, at the head of the camp, where they had the rushing Lidder in front of them, and pine-covered mountains beyond. (LSV 2.371)
29 Jul 1898
S
That afternoon the Swami took Nivedita round the camp to be blessed -- which really meant, says the latter, to distribute alms. (LSV 2.371)
30 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and those with him left for Chandanwari, where they camped on the edge of a ravine. It rained all afternoon. (LSV 2.372)
31 Jul 1898
S
Just after Chandanwari, there is an ice-bridge, which the Swami insisted on Nivedita's crossing on foot, this being her first experience of such a thing. A steep climb towards Pishu Ghati followed, and then a long walk on a narrow path that twisted round the mountain-side. Above the tree-line, where they were now, the ground was carpeted with edelweiss and many other kinds of flowers. The path passed above Sheshnag, a lake fed by two small glaciers. Nivedita writes of its "sulky water". That is how its green water appeared to her. (LSV 2.372)
31 Jul 1898
S
Swamiji and party camped at Wavjan, at a height of 12,500 ft. All afternoon and evening the coolies had to forage for juniper, to use for the camp fires. The Tahsildar's, Swamiji's, and Nivedita's tents were pitched close together, and a large fire was lighted in front of them; but it did not burn well. (LSV 2.372)
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Harimohan from Belur math (STP 07)
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Harimohan from Belur math (STP 08)
1 Aug 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From SRINAGAR (CW SV 8.456)
1 Aug 1898
S
After crossing the Mahagunus Top, a pass at 14,500 feet, they reached Panchtarani, the "Place of the Five Streams", at the same height as Wavjan. The cold there, says Nivedita, was dry and exhilarating. In front of their camp was a dry river-bed, all gravel, and through this ran the five streams, in all of which the pilgrim was to bathe, going from one to the other in wet clothes. Heedful to observe every rite of the pilgrimage, Swamiji fulfilled the law to the letter in this matter, escaping the observation of his spiritual daughter in doing so. (LSV 2.372)
2 Aug 1898
ME
The day of Amarnath itself, there was first a steep climb, followed by a descent, where one false step would have meant death. Then they walked along a glacier till they reached a flowing stream. In this the pilgrims bathed, before entering the cave after a short, stiff ascent. Swamiji had fallen behind, perhaps intentionally, so as to be alone with his thoughts. He came up, sent his waiting disciple on ahead, and bathed in the stream. When he reached the cave, his whole frame was shaking with emotion. The cave itself, says Nivedita, was "large enough to hold a cathedral, and the great ice-shiva in a niche of deepest shadow, seemed as if throned on its own base". His body covered with ashes, his face aflame with devotion to Shiva, the Swami entered the shrine itself, nude except for a loin-cloth, and prostrated in adoration before the Lord. A song of praise from a hundred throats resounded in the cave, and the shining purity of the great ice-linga overpowered him. He almost swooned with emotion. A profound mystical experience came to him, of which he never spoke, beyond saying that Shiva Himself had appeared before him, and that he had been granted the grace of Amarnath, the Lord of Immortality, namely not to die until he himself should choose to do so. (LSV 2.372)
Aug 1898
S
The reader will see a connection between this experience and the words of Shri Ramakrishna. (LSV 2.373)
Aug 1898
0
As a result of exertion, Swamiji's physical condition was permanently affected. We do not know whether the intensity of his mystical experience was the cause or whether it was the combination of freezing cold, excessive physical exertion, and lack of oxygen; or both. A doctor later on said of this Amarnath experience: "Swamiji, it was almost death! Your heart ought naturally to have stopped beating. It has undergone a permanent enlargement instead." (LSV 2.373)
Aug 1898
S
On the journey back to Pahalgam the party passed the celebrated Lake of Death. (LSV 2.374)
Aug 1898
S
At Pahalgam, there was joy when he again met his other Western disciples. He talked, says Nivedita, "of Shiva, and the Cave and the great verge of vision". (LSV 2.374)
Aug 1898
S
From Pahalgam the Swami and party returned to Islamabad (Anantnag) (LSV 2.374)
7 Aug 1898
S
(LSV 2.374)
7 Aug 1898
Letter
Nivedita wrote to Mrs. Eric Hammond, a friend: (LSV 2.374)
8 Aug 1898
S
Reached Srinagar by boat. (LSV 2.374)
Aug 1898
0
During this period at Kashmir Swamiji frequently sought solitude and his desire for meditation and reflection became more and more pronounced and his devotion become concentrated on mother. (LSV 2.375)
Aug 1898
S
Nevertheless, Swamiji continued to instruct his disciples about India and his own ideas. (LSV 2.375)
Aug 1898
S
In Kashmir the Swami and his party were treated with marked consideration by the Maharaja; and during his stay various high officials visited the Swami's houseboat to receive religious instruction and to converse with him on general topics. (LSV 2.375)
Aug 1898
S
The Swami had come at the invitation of the Maharaja, to choose a piece of land for the establishment of a monastery and a Sanskrit college. There was a beautiful spot by the riverside that was used as a camping-ground by Europeans. The Swami chose this, and the Maharaja, approving of his choice, expressed his willingness to give it to him for his educational scheme. (LSV 2.376)
Aug 1898
S
Some time after the return from Amarnath, the Western disciples, caught up in the Swami's prevailing meditative mood, were keen to practise meditation in silence and solitude. The Swami encouraged them, and suggested that they go and live in tents on the proposed Math ground, adding that it was auspicious, according to the Hindu idea, for a new homestead to be blessed by women. And thus a "women's Math", as it were, was established there; and the Swami, occasionally making a short visit, would talk to them of realizing his dream of service rendered "by the people, for the people, as a joy to the worker and to the served". (LSV 2.376)
10 Aug 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From SRINAGAR (CW SV 9.107)
20 Aug 1898
S
Visited Dal lake to meet Mr. and Mrs. Patterson the American consulate general and his wife. Stayed there a couple of days. (LSV 2.377)
Aug 1898
S
Then he rejoined the party of his disciples, who had gone to the so-called "new Math", which we have just mentioned, and had his boat moored close by for a few days, till he left for Ganderbal. (LSV 2.377)
Aug 1898
0
First issue of Prabuddha Bharata published from Almora office (LSV 2.)
Aug 1898
Poem
TO THE AWAKENED INDIA written at Srinagar (CW SV 4.387 LSV 2.352)
25 Aug 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From KASHMIR (CW SV 6.416)
27 Aug 1898
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Shukuj mh.from Alamoda (STP 09)
27 Aug 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Christine Greenstidel. (LSV 2.377)
28 Aug 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From SRINAGAR (CW SV 8.457 LSV 2.377)
Sep 1898
Interview
REAWAKENING OF HINDUISM ON A NATIONAL BASIS (SEPT. 1898) (CW SV 5.225)
2 Sep 1898
Letter
Nivedita's letter to a friend.' We are going off early tomorrow morning fifty miles up the river, then a camp in a forest, with the King [the Swami], for meditation. In a fortnight's time we shall leave Kashmir …' (LSV 2.377)
3 Sep 1898
Letter
Nivedita's letter to a friend. (LSV 2.377)
3 Sep 1898
S
Swamiji left for Achabal again, via Islamabad (Anantnag) (LSV 2.378)
5 Sep 1898
S
Swamiji arrived at Achabal (LSV 2.378)
10 Sep 1898
S
Swamiji went to visit the temple at Martand again (LSV 2.378)
11 Sep 1898
S
Swamiji had to return to Srinagar on account of illness. (LSV 2.378)
Sep 1898
S
Swamiji worshipped, as Uma, the four-year-old daughter of his Muslim boatman. (LSV 2.378)
Sep 1898
I
(second week) Had gone alone in his boat to a solitary place there one evening he centered his whole attention on dark, painful and inscrutable in the world in order to reach the One behind all. Out of the tempest came the vision and wrote- Kali the Mother (LSV 2.379)
Sep 1898
I
Sister Nivedita writes: (LSV 2.380)
Aug 1898
S
It was a disappointment to the Swami, therefore, when about the middle of September, he heard that official discussion of the use for a monastery and Sanskrit college, of the site that he had chosen, had been twice vetoed by the Resident. (LSV 2.376)
17 Sep 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MITRA HARIPADA From SRINAGAR (CW SV 8.459 LSV 2.378)
17 Sep 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From KASHMIR (CW SV 5.141 LSV 2.378)
27 Sep 1898
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Harimohan from Alamoda (STP 10)
27 Sep 1898
S
Sarat Mj. Left Calcutta for Srinagar (LSV 2.385)
Sep 1898
0
Sarat mj. Came to Kashmir and met Swamiji, very ill then, at Srinagar. (LSV 2.385)
30 Sep 1898
S
After this vision abruptly retired to Kshirbhavani alone, there he daily performed homa, practiced sternest austerities, all thought of work gone and remain the pure Sanyasa. Had visions also Mother spoke to him (LSV 2.381)
3 Oct 1898
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Pramadadas Mitra from Mahula (SS 103)
6 Oct 1898
0
Returned to Srinagar, a transfigured presence. Now it is only "Mother, Mother" (LSV 2.381)
Oct 1898
I
At Kshir-bhavani Mother said to Swamiji : 'What, even if unbelievers should enter my temples, and defile My images! What is that to you ? Do you protect Me ? Or do I protect you ?' (LSV 2.382)
Oct 1898
I
One day at Kshir-Bhavani he had been pondering over the ruination and desecration of the temple wrought by the Muslim invaders. (LSV 2.382)
Oct 1898
S
After returning from Kshir-bhavani Swamiji would walk in the woods beside the river for hours, absorbed within himself, so much so that he would not even notice his companions on the roof of their houseboat. (LSV 2.382)
1898
I
Swamiji had a crisis in his life. Was cursed by a Muslim fakir that he will vomit and feel giddy before leaving, which actually happened. Swamiji angry to himself and towards Thakur. Complained of this to the Mother when he reached Calcutta (LSV 2.383)
1898
S
Josephine MacLeod, who was one of the Swami's party, gives a lively account of this visit to Kashmir in her reminiscences of the Swami. The details given by her go to fill in the account given above. She writes: (LSV 2.383)
1898
S
When Swamiji felt better through the care of Sarat Mj., the whole party left by boat for Baramula. (LSV 2.385)
1898
S
Sister Nivedita gives an account of swamiji's health. (LSV 2.386)
1898
S
To continue in the words of Sister Nivedita : (LSV 2.386)
11 Oct 1898
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Pramadadas Mitra from Bhavata (SS 104)
11 Oct 1898
S
Reached Baramulla. (LSV 2.387)
Oct 1898
S
The Swami started for Rawalpindi and Lahore, leaving the Western disciples in the care of Swami Saradananda. (LSV 2.387)
Oct 1898
S
Sister Nivedita describes the leave-taking as follows: (LSV 2.387)
13 Oct 1898
S
Nivedita wrote to her friend: (LSV 2.387)
Oct 1898
S
Swamiji arrived at Lahore (LSV 2.388)
16 Oct 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From LAHORE (CW SV 5.142 LSV 2.388)
16 Oct 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MITRA HARIPADA From LAHORE (CW SV 8.460)
Oct 1898
S
Sister Nivedita, however, did not want to go to Jaipur, for she was anxious to return to Calcutta to start work. About her tour programme she had written to her friend on September 18, "In about seven or eight days I go off 'All by my lone' to Calcutta, examining on the way Lahore, Delhi, Agra, and Benares (Varanasi). Once in Calcutta, I hope to be at work — and won't I work!" (LSV 2.388)
Oct 1898
S
Swami Sadananda met Swamiji at Lahore, having left Almora on September 25. (LSV 2.388)
Oct 1898
S
Sister Nivedita, however, did not want to go to Jaipur, for she was anxious to return to Calcutta to start work. About her tour programme she had written to her friend on September 18, "In about seven or eight days I go off 'All by my lone' to Calcutta, examining on the way Lahore, Delhi, Agra, and Benares (Varanasi). Once in Calcutta, I hope to be at work — and won't I work!" (LSV 2.388)
16 Oct 1898
0
Swamiji and this sannyasi disciple of his left Lahore by train for Calcutta. (LSV 2.388)
18 Oct 1898
CE
Swamiji along with sadananda arrived at Calcutta without prior notice. (LSV 2.389)
1898
S
No sooner Swamiji reached the Math at Nilambar Mukherjee's garden house then he became bedridden. He often suffered from hard breathing of an asthmatic nature. He wont leave his bed from morning till night and seldom spoke with anybody. Doctor advised him to be careful. (LSV 2.389)
1898
S
Not withstanding his failing health, resumed his old life with the monks. (LSV 2.391)
19 Oct 1898
0
Performed homa rite on 19th and 20th. Next three days celebrated Durga Puja. Large number of devotees attended. (LSV 2.392)
24 Oct 1898
0
Hari Mj. Returned from Almora to the Math (LSV 2.392)
25 Oct 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.107 LSV 2.391)
26 Oct 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.143)
27 Oct 1898
S
At the request of some of the monks, Swamiji had his chest examined by the well-known specialist, Dr. R. L., Dutt. In consultation with some other doctors Dr. Dutt gave the opinion that he must be careful of himself. A clot of blood was found to have formed in his left eye, possibly due to intense concentration. (LSV 2.391)
Nov 1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 4 (CW SV 7.129 LSV 2.389)
Nov 1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 5 (CW SV 7.132)
1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 6 (CW SV 7.139)
1 Nov 1898
S
From November 1 on, Swamiji's place of residence alternated between the monastery and Balarambabu's house in Baghbazar, Calcutta, where he was obliged to stay for the sake of treatment. (LSV 2.392)
Nov 1898
S
But he did not allow his illness to prevent him from meeting the many people who flocked to him for instruction. About these days one of his disciples writes: (LSV 2.392)
Nov 1898
S
The Swami at that time was an embodiment of love. Sometimes he used to speak the words which it appears could very well have been spoken by the Swami's Master also — Shri Ramakrishna! (LSV 2.394)
1 Nov 1898
0
Sister Nivedita, eager to return to Calcutta and begin her work, left the company of the American ladies, and reached Calcutta on November 1, via Varanasi. From the station she went straight to the Swami, who was then at Balaram Babu's house. The Holy Mother was also living in Calcutta at that time in a house nearby in Baghbazar. The Swami received his disciple warmly and arranged for her stay at the Holy Mother's house till she could find a place for herself. (LSV 2.394)
3 Nov 1898
Letter
Shashi Mj.'s letter to His prodigal Father Sri Ishwar Chandra Bhattacharya from Triplicane,Madras (SRS 489)
4 Nov 1898
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Harimohan from Belur math (STP 10)
5 Nov 1898
S
swamiji received at the Math Shri Rishibar Mukherjee, the Chief justice, and Shri Nilambar Mukherjee, the Prime Minister of Kashmir. (LSV 2.394)
Nov 1898
0
After a week or so a house was found for Nivedita at 16 Bosepara Lane, where she happily lived till she left for the West in June 1899. (LSV 2.394)
6 Nov 1898
S
Sarat Mj. Along with Mrs. Ole Bull and Miss MacLeod, reached Calcutta after a tour of some of the Historic cities of Northern India. Stayed a few days with Nivedita. (LSV 2.394)
Oct 1898
0
During their stay with Nivedita Mrs. Ole Bull and Nivedita arranged for the mother's photo to be taken (LSV 2.394)
11 Nov 1898
0
Shivanandaji returned to the Belur Math (MS)
12 Nov 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From CALCUTTA (CW SV 8.461)
12 Nov 1898
S
The day before the Kali Puja, the Holy Mother, accompanied by a number of women devotees, visited the site where the Ramakrishna Order was shortly going to have its headquarters. The Swami had invited the Western disciples also. All the monks were present, and elaborate arrangements had been made for worship. (LSV 2.395)
12 Nov 1898
S
In the afternoon Mother with her party, and also Swamiji, Raja Mj. And Sarat Mj. , returned to Calcutta. Swamiji had requested them to take part in the ceremonial opening of Sister Nivedita's girls' school, in Baghbazar. (LSV 2.395)
13 Nov 1898
ME
On the day of Kalipuja, Swamiji, mother, Swamiji, Sarat mj and Raja mj etc attended opening ceremony of Nivedita's school. Mother worshiped Thakur. (LSV 2.395)
Nov 1898
S
From his first meeting with Sister Nivedita, the Swami had discussed with her at great length the situation of Indian women. (LSV 2.395)
Nov 1898
S
The opening of her school marks the beginning of Sister Nivedita's work in India. The Swami showed keen interest in it. (LSV 2.396)
14 Nov 1898
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Harimohan from Belur math (STP 11)
17 Nov 1898
Letter
Shashi Mj.'s letter to His prodigal Father Sri Ishwar Chandra Bhattacharya from Triplicane,Madras (SRS 489)
1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 7 (CW SV 7.144)
1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Calcutta - 8 (CW SV 7.151)
22 Nov 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.108)
1898
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 9 (CW SV 7.157)
23 Nov 1898
Letter
Jamashedji Tata's letter to Swamiji. (LSV 2.397)
Nov 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.143)
Dec 1898
Interview
ON INDIAN WOMAN - THEIR PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE (DEC.1898) (CW SV 5.228)
1 Dec 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.110)
9 Dec 1898
ME
Then came the day of the consecration of the Ramakrishna Math — Friday, December 9. (LSV 2.398)
9 Dec 1898
S
Afterwards a procession of the whole brotherhood was formed. It wended its way along the bank of the Ganga, from Nilambar Mukherjee's garden-house to the new site. (LSV 2.398)
9 Dec 1898
S
This day was a memorable one in the history of the Ramakrishna Order. (LSV 2.399)
Dec 1898
S
The disciple's record of what he heard gives a glimpse of the Swami's schemes for a national education and for philanthropic work in his own country. Some extracts will be of interest. (LSV 2.399)
Dec 1898
S
Although the new Math was consecrated, and Shri Ramakrishna ceremonially installed there, on December 9, 1898, as related above, it was not until January 2, 1899, that the Math was finally moved from Nilambar Mukherjee's garden-house. (LSV 2. 404)
9 Dec 1898
Conversations & Dialogues
Consecration of Ramakrishna Math. A procession of the whole brotherhood started from Nilambar Mukherjee's house to the new Math along the bank of the Ganga led by Swamiji. Swamiji himself performed Viraja homa. Recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarti. (CW SV 7.113 LSV 2.398)
9 Dec 1898
Conversations & Dialogues
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Dec 1898
S
Swami, along with Swami Yogananda, Sharatchandra Chakravarty, and Sister Nivedita, went to see the Calcutta Zoological Gardens. (LSV 2. 404)
Dec 1898
I
Sleep rarely visited the Swami at this time. His disease kept his brain constantly active, and at frequent intervals during the night he would he awake. He therefore very much desired rest, as is evident from the following incident: (LSV 2. 406)
Dec 1898
S
As we have already seen, the Swami had for some time wished for a Bengali paper or journal to be started in Calcutta. On account of many difficulties that had not yet been done. (LSV 2. 406)
11 Dec 1898
0
Baburam mj returned to Belur math from vrindavan and Niranjan mj from banaras (LSV 2.)
15 Dec 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.144)
15 Dec 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ? From BELUR MATH (CW SV 6.417)
16 Dec 1898
S
Swamiji announced to the monks that he would go for a short change to Baidyanath (Deoghar), and that, later on, probably in the summer, he would again visit Europe and America. (LSV 2.408)
16 Dec 1898
CE
Swamiji left for Baidyanath. (LSV 2.408)
Dec 1898
CE
During the Swami’s absence from Calcutta, the Holy Mother visited the new monastery on December 20th On January 2, 1899 the Math was finally moved entirely from Nilambar Mukherjee’s garden-house to its present quarters. (LSV 2.409)
17 Dec 1898
I
Ram Chandra Dutta passed away. (LSV 2.450)
19 Dec 1898
CE
Swamiji attended by Harendranath, a Brahmachari disciple, arrived in Baidyanath, where he was the guest of Babu Priyanath Mukherjee. (LSV 2.408)
Dec 1898
I
At Deoghar Swamiji and Swami Niranjananada nursed the sick man back to recovery. The host realized that the heart of Vivekananda was as great as his intellect. (LSV 2.408)
19 Dec 1898
S
Swamiji had gone to Baidyanath, Deoghar, thinking that the climate there might do him some good; but the result was otherwise. (LSV 2.410)
Dec 1898
0
On the whole, his health was bad; and here, for a time, there were complications. An acute form of asthma set in, causing him severe discomfort. In one attack he was almost suffocated; and those who stood about him feared that the time had come for him to leave his body. (LSV 2.408)
20 Dec 1898
0
mother visited Belur math again. (LSV 2.409 BC)
20 Dec 1898
CE
At Deoghar the Swami received letters almost daily from the Math, giving him news of its activities and members. He must have been happy to learn of the Holy Mother's visit there and to the residence of Mrs. Ole Bull at Bally, on December 20. (LSV 2.410)
20 Dec 1898
0
mother visited the residence of Mrs. Bull at Bally. (LSV 2.410)
23 Dec 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BOSE MRINALINI From DEOGHAR (OUR PRESENT SOCIAL PROBLEM) (CW SV 4.488)
25 Dec 1898
S
On Christmas Day some of the monks were invited by Mrs. Ole Bull and Miss MacLeod to their house at Bally. (LSV 2.410)
25 Dec 1898
News report
On Christmas Day some of the monks were invited by Mrs. Ole Bull and Miss MacLeod to their house. (LSV 2.410)
25 Dec 1898
News report
Indian Social Reformer news reporting defection of Miss Muller. (LSV 2.414)
29 Dec 1898
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From BAIDYANATH (CW SV 6.417 LSV 2.410)
29 Dec 1898
S
But alas! His hope was soon shattered, for by the second week of January 1899 his illness had taken a serious turn, and he had to wire Swamis, Saradananda and Sadananda to come to Deoghar. (LSV 2.410)
30 Dec 1898
S
The American ladies were entertained by the monks at the Math before their leaving for America. (LSV 2.410)
1899
Letter
[early 1899] Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA (CW SV 9.111)
1899
Letter
[early 1899] Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From (CW SV 9.111)
2 Jan 1899
0
Belur Math occupied by monks. (LSV 2. 410)
3 Jan 1899
CE
In spite of his illness, the Swami was active. The letter that he wrote from Deoghar on January 3, 1899 to Mrinalini Bose, one of his Bengali lady-disciples, reveals his many sidedness. We find him here as a sociologist giving his views on the origin of customs, and on widow-marriage, liberty, and other matters. (LSV 2. 2410)
3 Jan 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BOSE MRINALINI From BAIDYANATH (CW SV 5.144 LSV 2.411)
10 Jan 1899
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Pramadadas Mitra from Bhavata (SS 106)
14 Jan 1899
0
Udbodhan published. Sarada Mj. Volunteered to be it's editor and manager. Nothing but positive ideas were to be published. (LSV 2.407)
14 Jan 1899
Writing
THE PROBLEM OF MODERN INDIA & ITS SOLUTION 14.01.1899 (CW SV 4.399)
17 Jan 1899
CE
Accordingly Swamis Saradananda and Sadananda left Calcutta on January 17 to attend the Swami. (LSV 2.410)
18 Jan 1899
S
Miss Muller departed for England (LSV 2.414)
19 Jan 1899
Letter
Soon after reaching there Swami Saradananda wrote to Josephine MacLeod : (LSV 2.410 LSV 2.414)
19 Jan 1899
0
Thakur's BD celebrated first time at Belur Math (CB SV)
19 Jan 1899
0
(CB SV)
19 Jan 1899
0
On Thakur Puja day Mayavati Ashram land purchased and Advaita Ashram formally established (LSV 2.)
22 Jan 1899
CE
Swamiji returned from Baidyanath to Calcutta in the night with Sarat Mj, who was urgently called to the Baidyanath when he had the fit of asthma (LSV 2.412 ND 5.001)
23 Jan 1899
0
In the morning Nivedita went to see Swamiji at his call. (LSV 2.412)
23 Jan 1899
Letter
Nivedita's letter to Miss Mcleod. (LSV 2.412 LSV 2.415)
Jan 1899
0
Swamiji occupied himself with a comprehensive study of Sanskrit scriptures and literature. In these days he composed his two great Sanskrit poems on Shri Ramakrishna, one of which is now daily sung during Arati, the evening service, at the Ramakrishna monasteries. (LSV 2.42)
25 Jan 1899
Letter
Swami Sadananda (Sarat Mj.)'s letter to Miss Mcleod. (LSV 2.413)
26 Jan 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From Bagh Bazzar, Calcutta. (CW SV 9.112 LSV 2.2413)
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversation with SARAT CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTI- Conversation and Dialogues - 1 (CW SV 5.379)
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversation with SARAT CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTI- Conversation and Dialogues - 2 (CW SV 5.384)
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversation with SARAT CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTI - Conversation and Dialogues - 3 (CW SV 5.390)
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversation with SARAT CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTI - Conversation and Dialogues - 4 (CW SV 5.396)
Conversations & Dialogues
Conversation with SARAT CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTI- Conversation and Dialogues - 5 (CW SV 5.400)
2 Feb 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.148 LSV 2.413)
2 Feb 1899
S
The Math was finally moved from Nilambar Mukherjee's garden house to the present site. (LSV 2.404)
2 Feb 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.148 LSV 2.413)
2 Feb 1899
S
In addition to physical illness, the Swami also had to suffer at this time from the shock caused by the defection of his formerly-devoted admirer, Miss F. Henrietta Muller. (LSV 2.413)
Feb 1899
S
(Beginning of Feb.) Swamiji feeling better. Trained disciples earnestly. Is seen in these days pre eminently as a monastic leader and as the builder of a monastic order. (LSV 2.417)
Feb 1899
S
The affairs of the Math were capably organized by Swami Saradananda, who had been called back from America for that purpose. (LSV 2.418)
Feb 1899
S
The Swami is seen in these days pre-eminently as a monastic leader and as the builder of a monastic order. (LSV 2.419)
Feb 1899
S
In one of the gatherings of disciples the talk drifted to Adhikarivada, or the doctrine of special rights and privileges. (LSV 2.420)
Feb 1899
S
Again and again he would say that only a great monk can be a great worker. (LSV 2.420)
Feb 1899
S
In discussing the kinds of service that the monks should take up, he would mention the feeding of the poor, relief in times of famine, nursing the sick, supervising sanitation in epidemic-infected towns, founding orphanages and hospitals and centres of education and training . (LSV 2.421)
Feb 1899
S
The Swami was never tired of impressing upon the minds of his monastic disciples that renunciation with unbroken Brahmacharya was the only key to Illumination, to the realization of the Highest. (LSV 2.421)
Feb 1899
S
The Swami insisted that in their preparatory stage his disciples must submit themselves to strict discipline, and scrupulously observe the regulations about food and the other external restrictions enjoined on the Brahmacharis. (LSV 2.421)
Feb 1899
S
After his return from Baidyanath the Swami framed certain rules for his young disciples in order to guard them from the least touch of worldliness or contact with worldly-minded people. (LSV 2.423)
Feb 1899
S
There was the instance of his rating a young Brahmachari of blameless character, whom he found there after returning from Kashmir, and of his appointing an aged but energetic disciple in the latter's place. (LSV 2.424)
Feb 1899
S
Sometimes in a mood of remonstrance he would exclaim: (LSV 2.424)
Feb 1899
S
The Swami was sometimes tempted to give way to despair and think his life a failure, (LSV 2.425)
Feb 1899
I
One evening while pacing to and fro, restless with the greatness of his thought, he suddenly stopped and exclaimed to a sannyasi disciple: (LSV 2.425)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 14 (CW SV 7.186)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 15 (CW SV 7.190)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
SHRI SURENDRA NATH DAS GUPTA (CW SV 5.329)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at Belur, the rented math premises - 10 (CW SV 7.167)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math (under construction) - 11 (CW SV 7.172)
1899
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 13 (CW SV 7.183)
1899
S
When the Swami returned to Calcutta from Deoghar (Baidyanath), he lived sometimes at the new monastery and sometimes at Balarambabu's house. Though his health was still poor, he came with new plans and an invigorated spirit. Baidyanath had done him some good in that it had rested him. (LSV 2.425)
1899
S
The day after his return he held a meeting of his brother-monks. (LSV 2.426)
1899
S
It was the Swami's desire that the Vedas and other scriptures should be studied at the Math. (LSV 2.426)
1899
S
Swamiji made Seal’s Garden his headquarters for meeting people. (LSV 2.427)
1899
S
The conversation continued: (LSV 2.428)
1899
S
The four preachers sent out by the Swami did excellent work in the cities they visited. (LSV 2.429)
7 Feb 1899
0
Sarat mj and Hari mj. Departed for Gujarat for fund collection (LSV 2.429)
7 Feb 1899
Letter
Nivedita's letter to Miss. MacLeod. (ND 5.010)
12 Feb 1899
Writing
KNOWLEDGE: IT'S SOURCE & ACQUIREMENT 12.02.1899 (CW SV 4.430)
13 Feb 1899
S
Sister Nivedita delivered a lecture at the Albert Hall, Calcutta, on "Kali and Her Worship", with Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar in the chair. (LSV 2.440)
14 Feb 1899
S
Swamiji suddenly decided, to go to Madras with Swami Sadananda. (LSV 2.441)
19 Feb 1899
I
Swamiji and Nivedita went to meet Devendranath Tagore at his ancestral home (Joda sanko). (LSV 2.442)
23 Feb 1899
Letter
Nivedita's letter to Miss Macleod about their visit to shri Devendranath Tagore. (LSV 2.442)
Feb 1899
I
Sarala Ghoshal, a grand-daughter of Devendranath Tagore and Editor of Bharati visited Swami. (LSV 2.442)
24 Feb 1899
CE
Abhayananda, lady disciple of Swamiji, reached India. Gave public lectures at Bombay, Madras, Calcutta and Dhaka etc. Got estranged with Swamiji (LSV 2.444)
26 Feb 1899
S
Sister Nivedita's lecture on "The Young India Movement". Swamiji present on the occasion. (LSV 2.444)
27 Feb 1899
Lecture
Abhayananda lectured at Gaiety Theatre in Bombay (LSV 2.444)
Mar 1899
Writing
MODERN INDIA (CW SV 4.438)
Mar 1899
Writing
THE ADVAITA ASHRAMA , HIMALAYAS (CW SV 5.435)
Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.113)
Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SWARUPANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.113)
2 Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.114)
4 Mar 1899
S
Abhayananda reached Madras from Bombay (LSV 2.445)
5 Mar 1899
News reports
The Mahratta of Poona wrote about Swami Abhayananda. (LSV 2.444)
6 Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to GHOSH ISHWARCHANDRA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.114)
8 Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji allowed his disciple to learn for herself. A month later she was still determined to hang on. “Swami has had another serious talk with me,” Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod (ND 5.011)
11 Mar 1899
Interview
Nivedita interviews Swamiji for Prabuddha Bharata. ON THE BOUNDS OF HINDUISM (published in April) (CW SV 5.233 LSV 2.443)
14 Mar 1899
Writing
RAMAKRISHNA: HIS LIFE AND SAYINGS (CW SV 4.409)
16 Mar 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.461 LSV 2.441)
16 Mar 1899
Letter
Sister Nivedita writes to Miss Macleod about Swamiji's advice to her. (LSV 2.443)
17 Mar 1899
S
Abhayananda reached Calcutta from Madras in the evening. (LSV 2.445)
18 Mar 1899
S
Abhayananda accorded a grand reception by the Ramakrishna Mission at Balarambabu's house (57 Bosepara Lane) (LSV 2.445)
Mar 1899
S
It will be interesting to note how the movement started by the Swami was being carried on by his co-workers in India and abroad. (LSV 2.430)
Mar 1899
S
The activities of Math and Mission in and out of Calcutta. (LSV 2.430)
Jan 1899
S
When Swamiji went to Kashmir, he left the matter deciding the place for Ashram in himalayas in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Sevier. (LSV 2.431)
19 Mar 1899
S
Public celebration of Sri Ramakrishna's birth anniversary. The Advaita Ashrama was founded on this auspicious day. (LSV 2.431)
Mar 1899
S
Advaita Ashrama established at Mayavati. (LSV 2.432)
Mar 1899
S
Before he left on his second visit to the West, the Swami, in response to a request, agreed to send four of his disciples to help in the work of the Ashrama. (LSV 2.433)
Mar 1899
S
Like the above-mentioned institutions, the three magazines that had been started either under the auspices of or under the direct control and guidance of the Swami and conducted by his brother-disciples and his own disciples, did a large amount of educational work in India and abroad. (LSV 2.433)
23 Mar 1899
S
The vedanta movement in the West was at its peak. Swami Abhedananda, Swami Saradananda and Swami Abhayananda did the great job. (LSV 2.433)
1899
S
Thus the seeds sown by Swami Vivekananda on American soil were growing vigorously as the days passed, striking roots in the heart of the nation. (LSV 2.435)
1899
S
Note of the humanitarian works undertaken by the Order in the service of suffering India, starting with Bengal as a nucleus. (LSV 2.435)
1899
S
In those days when famine raged with all its attendant suffering, the Swami's dominant thought was for the victims. The cry of the distressed seemed to transfix his heart. All who heard him talk at that time about the ways of alleviating the lot of the people, were amazed by the intensity of his sympathy for his countrymen. (LSV 2.438)
1899
S
To return now to the months immediately preceding the Swami's second visit to the West, there are a number of happenings yet to record. (LSV 2.439)
25 Mar 1899
I
Swamiji ordains Nivedita as naishthik brahmacharini at the Math (LSV 2.448)
28 Mar 1899
I
Sw. Yogananda passed away (LSV 2.450)
28 Mar 1899
S
The Seviers wanted the Swami to go up to Mayavati to give them spiritual initiation. But unfortunately for Mr. Sevier, his wish was not fulfilled, since he passed away in October 1900, while the Swami was in the West. (LSV 2.450)
Apr 1899
S
During the early summer of 1899 Swamiji's health was again bad. The zemindars of Narail, his admirers, placed at his disposal a Bazra, or houseboat, so that he might spend the mornings and evenings in the fresh air on the Ganga. (LSV 2.443)
4 Apr 1899
Letter
Sarat Mj.'s letter to Dr.William James (PMS 2.14)
5 Apr 1899
S
Abhayananda departed for Dhaka with Swami Virajananda (LSV 2.445)
7 Apr 1899
S
Abhayananda given a fine reception at Dhaka at Northbrook Hall. (LSV 2.445)
7 Apr 1899
Lecture
Abhayananda delivered an address under the presidency of Rai Kaliprasanna Ghosh Bahadur at the Northbrook Hall. (LSV 2.445)
11 Apr 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ? From BELUR MATH (CW SV 6.418)
11 Apr 1899
S
Swamiji himself wrote to Christine Greenstidel about his health and his forth coming sea voyage to England as follows: (LSV 2.450)
14 Apr 1899
Lecture
Abhayananda delivered a second lecture at Ramakrishna Mission, Dhaka and a third at the Jagannath College on the same day. About her, a reporter wrote. (LSV 2.445)
14 Apr 1899
Lecture
Abhayananda delivered a lecture at the Jagannath College. (LSV 2.445)
Apr 1899
S
From Dacca Swami Abhayananda went to Mymensingh and Barisal, from where she returned alone to Calcutta. She remained in Calcutta till the beginning of June. This was her visit to India in outline. (LSV 2.446)
Apr 1899
S
Other personality and of her attitude towards the Swami and the Order, we catch glimpses from the letters that Sister Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod during this period. About Abhayananda, Nivedita had written: (LSV 2.446)
16 Apr 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to GHOSHAL SARALA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 7.513)
22 Apr 1899
Lecture
Swamiji presided over the meeting in the Classic Theatre, when Sister Nivedita spoke to students on "The Plague and the Duties of Students". (LSV 2.444)
25 Apr 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.115)
26 Apr 1899
Lecture
Swamiji went into Calcutta and gave a talk in Hindi to his Gujarati disciples of Baghbazar. (LSV 2.444)
May 1899
S
On this point, one day in May 1899, he charged them in a fever of monastic passion: (LSV 2.422)
3 May 1899
S
Sarat mj and Hari mj returned to the Math from Kathiawar, called by the Swamiji as he wanted to hand over the administration of the Math to Sarat mj and take Hari mj with him to the West (LSV 2.451)
May 1899
S
Swami Turiyananda, being a man of meditation, was averse to public life. Since long the Swami had been trying to persuade him to come out into the arena of work, but in vain. (LSV 2.451)
May 1899
S
Till the middle of May, nothing had been decided about Nivedita's going to England. (LSV 2.452)
May 1899
S
Once the decision to sail had been made, Swamiji was anxious to get to the West, as Swami Saradananda wrote to Mrs. Bull at the beginning of May. (ND 5.012)
May 1899
S
By the second week of May, Sister Nivedita had bought two first-class tickets for Swamis Vivekananda and Turiyananda on B.1.S.N. Company's S.S. Golconda, due to sail on June 20. (LSV 2.454)
9 May 1899
Lecture
One of Swamiji’s question classes of this period, which has been recorded in the Belur Math Diary, contains a theme that was to resound insistently throughout his coming visit to the West. The class was held on the evening of May 9, 1899, and Swamiji said in part: (ND 5.013)
10 May 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.115)
11 May 1899
Letter
Swami Saradananda wrote to Mrs. Bull. (ND 5.013)
21 May 1899
0
Swamiji visits Kalighat temple (CB SV)
21 May 1899
Letter
Many more weeks passed before Nivedita finally acknowledged that Swamiji knew whereof he spoke. (ND 5.012)
Jun 1899
0
Nivedita moved to the Mother's house at 16 Bosepara lane and stayed there till her departure for the West (LSV 2.)
May 1899
S
In the third week of May, Nivedita heard from Josephine MacLeod, who suggested that she (Nivedita) go to England. (LSV 2.453 ND 5.012)
28 May 1899
S
Sister Nivedita's lecture at Albert Hall was very impressive. She was invited to speak at Kalighat Temple. (LSV 2.441)
Jun 1899
Writing
MEMOIRS OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL (CW SV 7.297)
Jun 1899
Conversations & dialogues
SHRI PRIYA NATH SINHA (CW SV 7.271)
1 Jun 1899
0
Abhayananda departed for US. (LSV 2.447)
7 Jun 1899
S
The Swami had thought out a plan for Nivedita. She wrote about it to Mss MacLeod as follows: (LSV 2.454)
14 Jun 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RELATIVE OF KHETRI MJ From ALAMBAZAR (CW SV 5.149)
Jun 1899
S
Sometime in the second week of June, Nivedita left her house at 16 Bosepara Lane and moved to the Holy Mother's residence at 8 Bosepara Lane (Baghbazar), where she lived till she left for the West. (LSV 2.455)
17 Jun 1899
S
Swmiji went to the chapel on the Math grounds where the relics of Sri Ramakrishna were enshrined and worshiped. (ND 5.014)
17 Jun 1899
S
Swamiji went on invitation to the house of Master Mahashaya along with others. (LSV 2.455 ND 5.015)
18 Jun 1899
0
A tea party given to Nivedita at the Math and a bouquet of seven roses presented to Nivedita by the younger members of the Math (LSV 2.455)
19 Jun 1899
Lecture
In the night a farewell meeting was held at Belur Math for Swamiji and Hari Mj. The members of the monastery presented addresses to them both. Swamiji made a fiery speech on "Sannyasa: Its Ideal and Practice" (CW SV 3.446 LSV 2.456)
20 Jun 1899
ME
On the day of departure the Holy Mother gave a sumptuous feast to the Swamiji, Hari Mj., and all her sannyasi children of the Math, at her Calcutta house. (ND 5.017 LSV 2.456)
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)
20 Jun 1899
ME
After receiving the Mother's blessings, Swamiji and Party left for Princep Ghat about 3 p.m. by coach. Many friends had assembled at the ghat to bid them a farewell. The Ship launched at about 5 p.m. (ND 5.001 ND 5.017 LSV 2.456)
21 Jun 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From CALCUTTA (CW SV 9.116)
1899
S
Background to Swamiji's second visit to the West (ND 5.001)
Jun 1899
CE
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
CE
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
CE
Swamiji’s brother Bhupendranath Datta wrote many years later in his book Swami Vivekananda: Patriot Prophet. (ND 5.019)
Jun 1899
CE
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
CE
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
CE
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
CE
'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
CE
The accommodations, under any conditions, were none too comfortable. Swamiji writes about accomodations in the Golconda. (ND 5.031)
1899
CE
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
CE
Swamiji records an exchange between himself and Mr. Bogesh during the Golconda’s passage up the Red Sea. (ND 5.034)
1899
CE
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
CE
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
CE
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
CE
After a time Sister Nivedita quieted down, herself sitting at Swamiji’s feet with an absorbed and single mind; (ND 5.036)
1899
CE
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
CE
The last two years had been for him a period of physical and mental torture. (ND 5.038)
1899
CE
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
CE
One reads, for instance, in a letter Sister Nivedita wrote to Swami Akhandananda from England: (ND 5.042)
1899
CE
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
CE
But to Swamiji’s mind nothing had been enough. (ND 5.042)
1899
CE
Perhaps the most frustrating obstacle to Swami Vivekananda’s Indian work had been his uncertain health. (ND 5.043)
1899
CE
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)
29 Jun 1899
0
Shivanandaji journeyed to Darjeeling and returned to the math after a few months (MS)
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 Sardananda's letter to Mrs. Bull. (ND 5.045)
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
CE
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)
28 Jul 1899
Letter
Shashi Mj.'s letter to Sri Lalaji from Triplicane,Madras (SRS 490)
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
Notes
The Swami spoke with great feeling of Nag Mahashaya. (LSV 2.469)
Jul 1899
Notes
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
Notes
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
Notes
Swamiji reaches London. Christine and Mrs Funke received him at dock, who travelled from America to London to receive him. It being summer time most of Swamiji's friends and disciples were out of town. (ND 5.052 LSV 2. 477)
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)
Jul 1899
Letter
Of this event Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod, "We arrived on Monday morning [July 31]. (ND 5.067)
Jul 1899
CE
The story of tragedy of Mr. Sturdy. (From March 1895 that Mr. Sturdy introduced himself by aletter to Swamiji to December 1896, Swamiji sailed back for India). (ND 5.052)
Jul 1899
CE
The story of tragedy of Mr. Sturdy while Swamiji was in India. (ND 5.056)
1899
0
After a day in London Swamiji went to Wimbeldon, home town of Nivedita. There he stayed in a rented flat house with Hari Mj. Christine and Funke stayed nearby. Swamiji came in intimate contact with the Nivedita's household. (ND)
Jul 1899
CE
Rest of the story of tragedy of Mr. Sturdy. (ND 5.060)
1899
S
Sturdy avoided Swamiji's company. He was unsatisfied with the latter's way of life. His devotion to the cause was gone sour. Though he didn’t react in presence of Swamiji, later on he engage in acrimonious correspondence with the latter. His defection and Miss Muller's malicious gossips alienated many of Swamiji's London friends. Thus during his stay at Wimbeldon few of his old acquintances came to meet him (LSV 2.478 ND 5.063)
1899
S
In I899 Wimbledon was a charming English town, full of trees, history, old houses, curving roads, and a large wooded common where one could take long meandering walks. (ND 5.069)
1899
S
Inspite of the seeming collapse of London work, the rest at Wimbeldon and the company of friends relaxed Swamiji and he recovered a lot (LSV 2.479 ND)
1899
S
It was during this period that the members of the Noble household came in intimate contact with the Swami for the first time. (LSV 2.479 ND)
Aug 1899
Poem
TO MY OWN SOUL - Composed at Ridgley Manor, New York (CW SV 8.170)
Aug 1899
H
Swami Virjananda joined monastcism and took over work of bulding of new land. (LSV 2. 308)
2 Aug 1899
0
death of Abhay (mother's brother) (*)
1899
0
mother soon left for Jayrambati with swami trigunatita. On the way, Sarada mj slept in a hole on the road so that mother's cart can go over him and do not disturb her sleep with a jerk. Mother woke up suddenly and saw him lying on the road. She stopped the cart and scold him (*)
3 Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From WIMBLEDON (CW SV 8.464 ND 5.069)
Aug 1899
Notes
But unfortunately it did not remain; in a few days Swamiji's health underwent a sharp decline, as did his spirits. (ND 5.069)
Aug 1899
Notes
Mr. Sturdy, it would appear, had written to Mrs. Bull in regard to the donations, and she had sent Swamiji a copy of her reply. Swamiji’s answer of August 6 to Mrs. Bull in which he dealt with this and other harassments, has not heretofore been published: (ND 5.070)
6 Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From WIMBLEDON (CW SV 9.118 ND 5.070)
Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALBOISTER MARY From WIMBLEDON (CW SV 8.466)
Aug 1899
Notes
From the early days of his mission in the West, money had been a trial to Swamiji. (ND 5.071)
10 Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From LONDON (CW SV 8.468)
Aug 1899
I
Although Swamiji’s poor health made it difficult for him to walk up the hill to 21A High Street, he would sometimes join the Noble family in the garden behind the house. (ND 5.074)
Aug 1899
Notes
The quiet and gentle Sister Christine and the lively, charming Mary Funke added to the pleasantness of the fortnight Swamiji spent at Wimbledon. (ND 5.075)
16 Aug 1899
CE
Swamiji leaves for new York with Hari mj, Christine, and Mrs. Funke. The ten days of ocean voyage were wonderful for Swamiji's companions, he talked inspiringly on many subjects (LSV 2.480 CB SV ND 5.075)
17 Aug 1899
CE
they set sail on the S.S. Numidian for America. Of the voyage across the Atlantic Mrs. Funke wrote: (LSV 2.480 CB SV ND 5.076)
Aug 1899
CE
Only after Swamiji was safely out of England did Mr. Sturdy speak his mind. (ND 5.076)
17 Aug 1899
CE
Josephine MacLeod wrote to Mrs. Bull on August I7, I899. Her letter, full of heavy underscorings, continued: (ND 5.107)
22 Aug 1899
CE
Five days later, Miss MacLeod again wrote to "Saint Sara, " telling her, with more underscorings, the exact date of Swamiji’s arrival in New York: (ND 5.107)
24 Aug 1899
CE
Nivedita's reply was dated August 24: (ND 5.077)
Aug 1899
CE
Mr Sturdy had not sought all this warmth. He had not asked for Nivedita’s opinion or advice. (ND 5.079)
Aug 1899
CE
Perhaps the first was Sturdy’s blood¬chilling rebuff. It read in full: (ND 5.080)
24 Aug 1899
CE
Nivedita forwarded the first part of the correspondence between herself and Mr. Sturdy to Miss MacLeod and Mrs. Bull, who were then in America. (ND 5.081)
28 Aug 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at New York with Swami Turiyananda (Hari Mj.) After a little stay at Legget's at NY, he was immediately escorted to Ridgley manor by Mr. and Mrs. Leggett. Miss McLeod was also there ( ND 5.108 LSV 2.482)
Aug 1899
CE
Miss Stumm wrote letter of Swamiji's arrival and travel to Ridgely Manor. ( ND 5.109 LSV 2.482)
Aug 1899
CE
This was not Swamiji’s first visit to Ridgely Manor. ( ND 5.111)
Aug 1899
CE
Swamiji and Swami Turiananda were given the "Little Cottage". ( ND 5.111)
Aug 1899
CE
The "Big Cottage" was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leggett, Miss MacLeod and many other guests. ( ND 5.112 LSV 2.483)
31 Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MCKINDLEY ISABELLE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.119 ND 5.114)
31 Aug 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod sent off an invitation to the two girls on the same day. Her letter, interesting, I believe, for its directions and time tables, read: (ND 5.115)
Aug 1899
CE
He was indeed. "I am dying to see Isabel and Harriet," he wrote to Mary Hale. But for one reason or another, the two girls were long in coming. (ND 5.115 LSV 2.484)
Aug 1899
CE
Swami Abhedananda arrived at Swamiji’s call two weeks before them. (ND 5.115)
Sep 1899
Letter
Gangadhar Mj.'s letter to Nivedita from Bhavata (SS 107)
1899
Poem
ONE CIRCLE MORE : a fragmentary poem composed at Ridgley Manor (CW SV 9.302)
Sep 1899
S
Dr. Helmer’s diagnosis of Swamiji’s illness, it should be noted here, was later to be rejected by Miss MacLeod’s next miracle worker, of whom more in a later chapter. But whatever the cause and nature of his poor health, the cheerful, well-regulated, but informal life at Ridgely was a balm to him from the start. (ND 5.120)
2 Sep 1899
S
As early as September 2 Betty Leggett had written to the absent Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.120)
2 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Sister Christine From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 5.150 ND 5.120 LSV 2.484)
Sep 1899
Notes
When Nivedita’s letter with its enclosures reached Ridgely Manor, Swamiji had already arrived. (ND 5.082)
Sep 1899
Notes
Swamiji’s hosts and fellow guests at Ridgely well understood his need for rest, for privacy, and for freedom, as well as for congenial, lighthearted company, and they gave him whatever his mood called for. (ND 5.121)
3 Sep 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod wrote to Mrs. Bull on September 3, (ND 5.122)
Sep 1899
Letter
"New York Letter" dated September, 1899, to the Brahmavadin. (ND 5.122)
Sep 1899
Letter
But the full development and pronouncement of Swamiji’s new message had to wait its season. (ND 5.123)
Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's daily life at Ridgely. (ND 5.123)
Sep 1899
Letter
Of those evening talks (held on chilly nights around a fire) Miss MacLeod wrote in her memoirs: (ND 5.125)
Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji’s occupations at Ridgely Manor. (ND 5.125)
4 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 6.418)
4 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.470 ND 5.083)
4 Sep 1899
Notes
It was ten days before Swamiji felt inclined to write to Sturdy. Some parts of his letter of September 14 have appeared in the Complete Works. (ND 5.083)
6 Sep 1899
Letter
Sarat Mj.'s letter to Swami Akhandananda(Gangadhar) (PMS 2.20)
8 Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji stayed there for ten weeks, The great summer at Ridgley. In the intimate and relaxing company of friends and admirers Swamiji recovered rapidly. He often soared into the higher realm of consciousness and an atmosphere of bliss pervaded the whole Manor. (ND 5.114 LSV 2.483)
8 Sep 1899
S
Swami Abhedananda (Kali Mj.), who was lecturing at Greenacres, came to meet him and stayed for seven days (LSV 2.483)
Sep 1899
S
By mid Sept Swamiji's health was noticeably improving (LSV 2.484)
14 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.470 LSV 2.416)
14 Sep 1899
Letter
The unpublished portions (together with a published passage or two) of Swamiji’s first letter to Sturdy from America (written from Ridgely Manor and dated September I4, 1899) read as follows: (ND 5.083)
17 Sep 1899
CE
Swami Abhedananda stayed at Ridgely for about ten days, leaving on September 17 or 18 for New York, met sister Nivedita on September 19. (ND 5.116)
17 Sep 1899
CE
Josephine MacLeod went down to New York on September 17 to meet Nivedita’s ship--so one learns, among other things, from the following letter written by Betty Leggett to Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.116)
19 Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji had written one of his most beautiful poems, entitled "Peace," and had dedicated it to Mrs. Bull "with eternal love. (ND 5.116)
20 Sep 1899
S
Nivedita reaches Ridgley Manor. It was not until the following day, Wednesday, September 20, that Joe and Nivedita arrived from New York. The day after that they wrote jointly to Mrs. Bull, whose ill luck at being detained for so many weeks is, one cannot help but note, our good luck, for we learn considerably more about events and people through the letters written to her from Ridgely Manor than we would otherwise have known. (CB SV ND 5.117)
20 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 9.120)
1899
Letter
That same week the McKindley sisters at last arrived, much to Swamiji’s joy. Of this event, as well as of the arrival and verdict of Dr. Helmer, Miss MacLeod wrote to Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.119)
Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.472)
1 Oct 1899
Letter
Emboldened, Sturdy replied to Swamiji on October I. His letter (the curious punctuation of which is not necessarily his own, for I quote from a typed copy) read in full: (ND 5.086)
3 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.475)
5 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 9.121 ND 5.135)
7 Oct 1899
CE
October brought changes to the household. Mrs. Bull finally arrived on Saturday, October 7, followed several days later by Olea. But as things turned out, Miss MacLeod’s plans again miscarried. (ND 5.127)
9 Oct 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod and her sister received a letter saying that their elder brother, Taylor MacLeod, lay seriously ill, perhaps dying, in her home in Los Angeles, where she was nursing him. (ND 5.127)
9 Oct 1899
CE
October was a relatively quiet month at Ridgely. Yet it was not a dull one. (ND 5.128)
Oct 1899
S
Swamiji's days at Ridgely Manor were in different moods. (ND 5.130)
1899
0
Swamiji told Hari mj that he is going to SF as he is low on money and Hari mj should look after himself now. Hari mj became angry at this desertion but later realized that this was the ploy top make him independent
Oct 1899
S
(Oct end) Hari Mj. Left for Montclair, a town in New Jersey to stay with Mrs. Wheeler. Here, work opened for him in the form of classes for children in the home of Mrs. Wheeler. He also visited NY once a week to hold another class for children and later participated fully in the NY work of Kali Mj. (LSV 2.485)
18 Oct 1899
S
One day at lunch his friends teased him for his pride in so relatively minor a talent as his poetry or his painting: (ND 5.131)
Oct 1899
S
At other times he could be hilariously funny. (ND 5.132)
Oct 1899
S
The next day Swamiji was "radiant," and that night he slept well. But the following day he spoke so impassionedly of a deeper anguish that Nivedita "fled to her room to cry." (ND 5.132)
20 Nov 1899
0
Miss MacLeod's brother passed away at Los Angeles at the home of Mrs. Blodgett where she was nursing him (ND 5)
23 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.122 ND 5.136)
Oct 1899
I
Incendents of Swamiji's compassion and concern for others while at Ridgely Manor. (ND 5.137)
1899
0
Met Hale family again who have now moved out of their Dearborn Ave. House. Swamiji gave private talks, staying at a studio (ND 5)
25 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.123)
30 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.475)
30 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.123)
Oct 1899
Notes
Swamiji replied softly, obviously wanting to bring to a close this impossible correspondence and bid his disciple Godspeed. His letter bears no date but was written in October from Ridgely Manor. Although it has been published in the Complete Works, I shall give it here in full: (ND 5.090)
Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.478 ND 5.090)
Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.478 ND 5.090)
Oct 1899
CE
Sturdy would not let the matter rest there. As though com¬pelled by some demonic spirit, he had to answer Swamiji with further insult and abuse. "Oh the terrible results when the sons of God marry the daughters of men!" Sister Nivedita had written earlier to Miss MacLeod and Mrs. Bull in connection with Sturdy’s change of attitude. Indeed the man, one thinks, was mad. (ND 5.091)
1 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 6.419)
3 Nov 1899
Letter
The following letter was written by Sturdy to Swamiji : (ND 5.091)
4 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.124)
Nov 1899
S
Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod about tremendous mandate she received from Swamiji. (ND 5.140)
7 Nov 1899
S
Swamiji departed Ridgley and arrived at NY. In the evening he went to the new Office and Library of the Vedant Society, which he had founded five years earlier. (ND 5.145 LSV 2.485)
1899
ME
Before leaving Ridgley Manor Swamiji gave informal sanyasa to Mrs. Bull and gave command to her and Nivedita to carry on the work of Thakur. He is greatly relieved from his burden now (ND 5.141)
7 Nov 1899
ME
But before the last partings came, an extraordinary event took place, which seemed at the time to be of great import to all concerned. (ND 5.140)
Nov 1899
S
Peramanent quarters of Vedanta society were formally opened by Swami Abhedananda at 146 east 55th street. (ND 5.145 LSV 2.485)
7 Nov 1899
S
Swamiji was introduced by Swami Abhedananda in a regular weekly lecture at Vedant Society. He precided and gave the evening to questions and answers. (ND 5.146)
Nov 1899
Notes
As far as is known, Mrs. Bull never made public (or, for that matter, private) claim to the title of sannyasini, which she clearly received in that spontaneous, brief, and informal ceremony at Ridgely. (ND 5.142)
Nov 1899
CE
There was a limit to the insolence Swamiji would permit. In his letter before this last Sturdy had written: "If you think there is anything further to say or to clear up, let us have it " Swamiji now let him have it. His reply, which was written from New York in November and first published in the 1958 edition of volume seven of the Complete Works, is given below in full and as it appears in an early typed copy: (ND 5.093)
Nov 1899
S
Swami Abhedananda walked down with Swamiji to Mr. Leggett’s house [at 21 West Thirty-fourth Street]." (ND 5.146)
Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From NEW YORK (CW SV 7.515 ND 5.093)
Nov 1899
CE
It would appear that even this did not silence Mr. Sturdy. (ND 5.097)
8 Nov 1899
S
Next day Swami Abhadananda went with S.V. to Dr. Guerandzy [Guernsey] and lunched with him. The Guernseys looked upon Swamiji as a son, and he was ever welcome in their home. All about Dr. Guernseys. (ND 5.147)
9 Nov 1899
Notes
Two days later Swamiji left Ridgely Manor for New York. And thus the "great summer"-so restful that it may have added almost three years to his life-that golden time, never to be repeated, came to an end. (ND 5.143)
9 Nov 1899
S
Swamiji’s stay at Ridgely Manor had restored his health to some extent, but, as Gurudasa noted, he was still far from well. he moved from the Leggetts’ house to the Guernseys’. (ND 5.159)
Nov 1899
I
Swamiji suffered an emotional shock at the unexpected sight of one (Mr. Leon Landsberg) who, lamentably, had closed his heart. Along with Swamiji's letter to Miss MacLeod (which in the Complete Works has been wrongly dated "June, 1895"). (ND 5.148)
Nov 1899
S
Swamiji had last seen his disciple Leon Landsberg in March of 1896. Since that time Landsberg had not fared well; his story was, indeed, a dismal one. A brief review. (ND 5.148)
Nov 1899
S
Mrs. Bull, through many letters, persuaded Landsberg to return at least in spirit. (ND 5.150)
Nov 1899
S
We now lose all track of Kripananda until Sunday, March 27, 1898. On that day there appeared in the, New York Herald a full page illustrated article. A large banner headline and prominent sub-headings read: (ND 5.152)
10 Nov 1899
ME
In the evening, the New York Vedanta Society held a reception for Swamiji. (ND 5.155 LSV 2.486)
10 Nov 1899
I
Swamiji seldom willed to use his power and never wished to impose his ideas upon the minds of others, as he so easily could. An incident took place at one of Swamiji’s class talks or lectures during this period in New York that, aware of his power, he suddenly stopped and left the room. (ND 5.157)
Nov 1899
I
Another version of the same insident: (ND 5.157 LSV 2.487)
Nov 1899
Notes
In an article that appeared in Prabuddha Bharata of April 1918, Gurudasa recalled Swamiji’s reply to an objection of this sort: (ND 5.158 LSV 2.488)
Nov 1899
Notes
Another of Gurudasa’s memories of this happy time is to be found in the same Prabuddha Bharata article. He had come to the Society one afternoon with a large picture of Jesus in his hand. (ND 5.159)
10 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.124)
12 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.125 ND 5.163)
12 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.126 ND 5.160)
Nov 1899
S
Swamiji had been thinking for some time about taking Battle Creek food. (ND 5.161)
Nov 1899
S
One may remark here parenthetically that Swamiji was a good deal more concerned about Sister Christine’s health than about his own. In a reply to a letter of hers, which evidently gave signs of depression and fatigue, he wrote from Ridgely: (ND 5.161)
Nov 1899
S
Sister Christine finally accepted Mrs. Bull’s invitation, perhaps for Swamiji’s sake as much as for her own. On November 15 he wrote to her: (ND 5.162)
15 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 6.419)
15 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.479)
20 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.480)
Letter
Hari mj. Letter to A from USA (STP 12)
Nov 1899
I
Swamiji had a glimpse of a strange foreboding regarding his life on this mortal plane. (LSV 2.489)
Nov 1899
S
The East Coast, with its constant bustle and increasing cold, was doing the Swami's physical condition little good. (LSV 2.489)
1899
S
Bitter and recriminating correspondence with Sturdy. The shock possibly affected his health adversely (LSV 2. 489)
Nov 1899
S
Then suddenly the picture changed, and Swamiji decided to start for California. (ND 5.164 LSV 2.490)
Nov 1899
S
At the earnest request of his devoted friends and admirers in Chicago, the Swami stopped over in that city for a week. (LSV 2.490)
20 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.482)
20 Nov 1899
S
Background of Swamiji's California Visit. (ND 5.165)
21 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.482 ND 5.165)
Nov 1899
S
He did not disappear from his brothers’ sight without healing any wounds he may have inflicted over the past months. (ND 5.165)
Nov 1899
S
These, then, were the circumstances that took Swamiji to California: his poor health, his need for seclusion, and his hope to earn money for his Indian work. (ND 5.166)
21 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.127)
21 Nov 1899
S
In his letter of November 15 to Mrs. Bull, Swamiji mentioned that he might visit Montclair. (ND 5.167)
22 Nov 1899
S
Departed for California via Chicago from NY (ND 5.167 LSV 2. 490)
22 Nov 1899
S
Things had changed in Chicago. (ND 5.168)
23 Nov 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at Chicago and stopped there for a week. Nivedita also in Chicago at that time, coming there from Ridgley Manor directly for fund rising (ND 5.168 LSV 2.490)
23 Nov 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at Chicago and stopped there for a week. Nivedita also in Chicago at that time, coming there from Ridgley Manor directly for fund rising (ND 5.168 LSV 2.490)
24 Nov 1899
Letter
Hari Mj.'s letter to Sarada mj.from Montclair, NY (STP 12)
Letter
Hari mj. Letter to S from USA (STP 13)
26 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From CHICAGO (CW SV 7.519)
30 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From CHICAGO (CW SV 7.520)
30 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From CHICAGO (CW SV 9.127 ND 5.171)
30 Nov 1899
CE
On Thanksgiving Day, November 30, he finished packing all his things into a new trunk. (ND 5.170)
30 Nov 1899
CE
Entrained for Los Angeles on California express (ND 5.171 LSV 2.491)
Nov 1899
CE
1 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From train on the way to CALIFORNIA (CW SV 9.128)
2 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From train while on way to CALIFORNIA (CW SV 9.128)
2 Dec 1899
News reports
The following article, which appeared December 2 in the Capital, a Los Angeles weekly, accompanied by a photograph captioned "Swami Vivekananda Who Will Lecture at Blanchard Hall Next Friday Evening." (ND 5.179)
3 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at Los Angeles. Miss MacLeod escorted him to the home of a miss Spencer. He stayed there for four or five days and then moved to Mrs. Blodgett at whose house Miss McLeod was staying, nursing her fatally ill brother (ND 5.176 LSV 2. 491)
3 Dec 1899
0
Swamiji arrived at Los Angeles. Miss MacLeod escorted him to the home of a miss Spencer. He stayed there for four or five days and then moved to Mrs. Blodgett at whose house Miss McLeod was staying, nursing her fatally ill brother (LSV 2.)
Dec 1899
CE
At the turn of the century, Los Angeles bore almost no resemblance to the huge, sprawling metropolis of today. (ND 5.175 LSV 2.)
3 Dec 1899
S
In December 1899 Swami Turiyananda went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he did much valuable work. On December 10 he read a paper on "Shankaracharya" before the Cambridge Conferences, an annual course of lectures given by well-known speakers, conducted by Dr. Lewis Janes, and sponsored by Mrs. Ole Bull. Swami Turiyananda's lecture, the first he had ever given, was attended by professors of Harvard University and many other learned men, all of whom spoke highly of it. (LSV 2.485)
Dec 1899
S
Miss MacLeod did not say just who Miss Spencer was, just where she lived, or why she and Swamiji visited her during his first week in Los Angeles. (ND 5.176)
6 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 7.520 ND 5.177)
6 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.129 ND 5.177)
6 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji attended a gathering at Judge Cheney escorted by miss MacLeod. There he met Mr. Baumgardt, an accomplished young man who aranged his first and second lecture at LA. (ND 5.178)
Dec 1899
CE
Mr. Baumgardt, who was to become one of Swamiji’s ardent admirers, was in the printing business and was himself a master printer. (ND 5.178 LSV 2.492)
Dec 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod had written to Sister Nivedita in regard to the plans being made for Swamiji. (ND 5.178)
Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji’s first lecture in Los Angeles was scheduled for December 8. From December 3 up until the morning of the event the Los Angeles newspapers ran daily announcements similar to the following, which appeared in the Los Angeles Record: (ND 5.182)
8 Dec 1899
News reports
On the morning of the lecture, the Los Angeles Herald printed, in addition to an announcement, a more formal introduction: (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
S
The Blanchard Building was situated in the heart of town, opposite the City Hall. (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
News reports
Both the 'Los Angeles Times' and the 'Los Angeles Herald' published fairly good reports of Swami Vivekananda’s first public lecture in California. (ND 5.183)
8 Dec 1899
S
Sitting enthralled in the audience at Blanchard Hall were three women who were to play an important part in Swamiji’s life in California. (ND 5.188 LSV 2. 492)
8 Dec 1899
S
The story is told in Mrs. Hansbrough’s unpublished "Reminiscences". It happened like this: (ND 5.188)
8 Dec 1899
S
On the memorable evening of December 8, when he was to speak at Blanchard Hall, the Mead sisters "rushed through dinner, made up a party and went in to Los Angeles." (ND 5.189 LSV 2. 492 ND 5. 242)
8 Dec 1899
S
After the lecture Mrs. Hansbrough enquired about when and where the Swami was to speak again. (ND 5.189)
8 Dec 1899
S
After the lecture was over Mrs. Hansbrough enquired about when and where the Swami was to speak again. (ND 5.189)
1899
ME
This is how Mrs. Hansbrough’s "Reminiscences" came into existence. (ND 5.190)
1899
S
Swamiji delivered his second lecture in Los Angeles on the evening of Tuesday, December I2. (ND 5.191)
1899
0
Delivered classes at Home of Truth and other places (LSV 2.)
9 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.130 LSV 2.499)
9 Dec 1899
News reports
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA : Lectures on Hindoo Religion and Philosophy, Los Angeles Times (CW SV 9.499 ND 4.184)
10 Dec 1899
News reports
In the Los Angeles Herald of December 10 an announcement of the lecture read as follows: (ND 5.191)
Dec 1899
Notes
By the time Swamiji delivered his second lecture, he had no doubt moved from Miss Spencer’s home to Mrs. Blodgett’a at 921 West Twenty-first Street. (ND 5.198 LSV 2. 493)
12 Dec 1899
News reports
A somewhat different version of the above appeared in the same paper (The Los Angeles Herald) two days later: (ND 5.191)
1899
CE
Swamiji had not only lectured to a large audience that day, December I2, he had also written a letter to Mrs. Bull full of annoyance and, as well, of anguish. (ND 5.197)
12 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From (CW SV 6.419 ND 5.197)
12 Dec 1899
CE
Mrs. Bull must have given way to a long sigh-not the first since she had met Swamiji and tried to counsel him. (ND 5.198)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
"Cosmos: veda conception of universe", Second lecture at Southern california academy of science, arranged by Baumgardt- it's director. News Report in the Los Angeles Herald. (ND 5.192)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
HINDU PHILOSOPHY - CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE IN DISTANT INDIA : Los Angeles Times (CW SV 9.501 ND 5.194)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
"Cosmos: veda conception of universe", Second lecture at Southern california academy of science, arranged by Baumgardt- it's director. The Los Angeles Times was more brief: (ND 5.194)
13 Dec 1899
News reports
CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE : Los Angeles Herald (CW SV 9.502 ND 5.192)
Dec 1899
S
All round applaud to Swamiji's lecture. (ND 5.196)
Dec 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod wrote to her sister about Swamiji's lacture on Cosmos. (ND 5.196)
Dec 1899
Notes
Swamiji’s life at Mrs. Blodgett’s was simple, relaxed, and filled with the peace that he himself brought to it. (ND 5.200)
Dec 1899
Notes
In a letter written to Miss MacLeod by Mrs. Blodgett in July of 1902, the light Swamiji shed over those days in Los Angeles is almost visible. (ND 5.201)
1899
S
Swamiji treated by a woman with "magnetic healing powers" (ND 5.203)
1899
S
Returning from Mrs. Melton’s or, as the case might have been, from a morning class, Swamiji would generally cook the noon dinner. (ND 5.203)
1899
S
After lunch, if nothing interfered, Swamiji would lie in the garden hammock. (ND 5.203)
13 Dec 1899
CE
Mrs. Hansborough and Helen Mead went to meet Swamiji at Mrs. Blodgett's house to request him to stay with them. Swamiji politely refused. She invited him for Sunday dinner which he accepted. (ND 5.210 LSV 2.493 ND 5. 242)
13 Dec 1899
CE
Swamiji agreed to hold classes. preliminary arrangements were made then and there. Everyone was delighted. (ND 5.210 LSV 2 493)
13 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From (CW SV 9.131 ND 5.211)
15 Dec 1899
CE
Thus Miss MacLeod informed Sister Nivedita about this incident. (ND 5.211)
17 Dec 1899
News reports
On the same Sunday (December I7) the following advertisement appeared in both the Los Angeles Times and the Los Aageles Herald: (ND 5.211)
19 Dec 1899
0
The series of three classes is called "Applied Psychoilogy" on 19, 20, 21 Dec. first class was held at Blanchard building, subsequent ones at Home of Truth, invited there by it's director J. Ransome Bransby. No notes exist of these classes (ND 5.212 LSV 2. 493)
19 Dec 1899
CE
Many years later (after 35 years) Mr. J. Ransome Bransby recalled these meetings in a letter to Mr. Thomas J. Allan. (ND 5.212)
20 Dec 1899
CE
A note to this effect appeared on December 20 in a column of the Los Angeles Times entitled “City Briefs": (ND 5.213)
Dec 1899
S
Miss MacLeod wrote to Sister Nivedita about Swamiji going to see play "My friend from India" in a theater on December 23. (ND 5.205)
20 Dec 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod wrote on December 20 to Nivedita,. (ND 5.213)
Dec 1899
CE
The transcripts of Swamiji’s three classes on "Applied Psychology" are not available,though the transcript were once there. (ND 5.214)
Dec 1899
S
The play was really very funny and Swamiji enjoyed it hugely. (ND 5.206)
22 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From (CW SV 8.483)
23 Dec 1899
S
On the day following Swamiji’s third and last class of the "Applied Psychology" series a morning reception was held for him by a Mrs. Caroline M. Severance. (ND 5.214)
23 Dec 1899
S
Swamiji may have intended to hold no more than one series of three classes in Los Angeles. (ND 5.216)
23 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 6.421 ND 5.216)
23 Dec 1899
News reports
And the following day a series of six classes to be held at the Home of Truth was announced in large type on the theater page of the Sunday Times: (ND 5.216 ND 2.494)
Dec 1899
CE
It is possible that Swamiji now’ moved his living quarters to the Home of Truth, which could accommodate, with board, "students and patients" and surely teachers and healers as well. But wether he moved or not is not known. (ND 5.217)
Dec 1899
News reports
Many of the members of the "Home" became the Swami's ardent followers. Describing his work there, the leader of the Los Angeles "Home" wrote in part in the magazine Unity for February 1900: (LSV 2. 494)
23 Dec 1899
S
The play, which was making a three-day stand at the Los Angeles Theater, had opened in New York in October of I896. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
This three act play had been written as a result of Swamiji's first visit to the United States. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
The play was really very funny and Swamiji enjoyed it hugely. (ND 5.206)
Dec 1899
S
One might mention in passing that Swamiji went also to a vaudeville in Los Angeles. (ND 5.207)
Dec 1899
S
The circumstances that brought about Swamiji’s attendance at the show were told by Betty Leggett in a letter of January 12 to her husband: (ND 5.208)
24 Dec 1899
S
Swamiji and Miss MacLeod first visited the Mead sisters on December 24. (ND 5. 242)
Dec 1899
S
Swamiji went for dinner at the home of Mead sisters, Pasadena and agreed to come and stay with them. (ND 5. 243)
Dec 1899
S
In 1900 the town of Pasadena, then barely twenty-five years old, covered six square miles and was inhabited by 1o,ooo pleased people, most of whom had come from the Midwest and East. (ND 5. 265)
24 Dec 1899
Notes
Of the reception itself, we learn a little from the following item that appeared in the Los Angeles Herald of December 24: (ND 5.215)
Dec 1899
S
Swamiji was also a guest of others at Pasadena during this period. (ND 5. 243 LSV 2. 498)
24 Dec 1899
Notes
Swamiji met his old friend Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods at the reception. (ND 5.216)
Dec 1899
Notes
A series of six classes on "Mind and its powers" to be held at Home of Truth only two class titles have been known to us: "Christ’s Message to the World" and "Hints on Practical Spirituality." (ND 5.218)
Dec 1899
Notes
The following account, some portions of which have been quoted in the Life, will have to suffice. It is given here in full: (ND 5.218)
Dec 1899
Notes
There is combined in the Swami Vivekananda the learning of a university president, the dignity of an archbishop, with the grace and winsomeness of a free natural child. (ND 5.219)
Dec 1899
Notes
A lecture on Christmas day from the Swami entitled, "Christ’s Mission to the World," and a better one on this subject was never heard. (ND 5.220)
Dec 1899
I
Miss MacLeod recalled an incident of Swamiji's outstanding characterstics. (ND 5.221)
Dec 1899
I
Another incident, which Miss MacLeod did not relate in her published reminiscences. (ND 5.222)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.485)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.487 ND 5.208)
27 Dec 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.131 LSV 2. 499)
27 Dec 1899
S
There is no doubt that life in Los Angeles benefited Swamiji’s health and thereby fulfilled at least one purpose of his visit. (ND 5.209)
27 Dec 1899
S
Of Swamiji’s eight class lectures at the Home of Truth (including his two classes of December 21. and 22 on "Applied Psychology") the only transcript that has come down to us is "Hints on Practical Spirituality" (ND 5.222 LSV 2. 495)
27 Dec 1899
S
Many of Swamiji’s listeners must have been stunned. But to some, his emphasis on renunciation in this class and others came, perhaps, as a greater blow. (ND 5.224 LSV 2. 496)
Dec 1899
S
There was always joy in his company, the childlike nature of the Paramahamsa continually revealing itself. His Los Angeles hostess, Mrs. Blodgett, who had opportunity to know him in relaxed and informal hours, reminisced in a letter of September 2, 1902 to Miss MacLeod: (LSV 2. 497)
Dec 1899
S
At the beginning of the year Swamiji moved his classes to Payne’s Hall. (ND 5.225 LSV 2.498)
Dec 1899
S
Swamiji had written letters to Sister Nivedita, Mrs. Bull and Christine on December 23 and 27 about his concern over collection of funds. (ND 5.236)
Dec 1899
S
Two of Swamiji’s original purposes in coming to Los Angeles-the restoration of his health and the collection of funds-had been accomplished. Now again he wanted to return to India. (ND 5.237)
Dec 1899
S
But the Divine Mother did no such thing. Her work in California was not yet done. (ND 5.239)
Dec 1899
S
In any event, Swamiji remained in southern California, reconciled to Mother’s will-and perhaps to his own will, as well. (ND 5.239)
Dec 1899
S
There can be little doubt that if so great and free a soul as Swami Vivekananda had strongly wanted to leave California, nothing could have prevented him. (ND 5.239)
29 Dec 1899
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture HINTS ON PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY (LOS ANGELS) at Los Angeles (26 Dec?) (CW SV 2.024)
29 Dec 1899
Notes
LINE OF DEMARCATION : Mrs. Hansbrough's reminiscences of a question answer exchange following the class entitled "Hints on Practical Spirituality" (CW SV 9.329 ND 5.225)
Notes
GOD IS : Alice Hansbrough's record of a question-answer session after a class lecture (CW SV 9.329 ND 5.276)
2 Jan 1900
News reports
"The people of India" Evening lecture at Blanchard building. Summary of the lecture as appeared in 'Herald' and the title appeared in 'Los Angeles Evening Express'. (ND 5.227)
3 Jan 1900
0
a court case was started by the math against the tax on math land by howrah municipality. Raja mj looked after it (BC)
3 Jan 1900
News reports
TOLD ABOUT INDIA : Los Angeles Herald (CW SV 9.505 ND 5.227)
Jan 1900
Notes
As its present title implies, "Work and Its Secret" was a class on karma yoga, and it was the only such class, as far as is known, that Swamiji held in southern California. (ND 5.226)
4 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WORK AND ITS SECRET at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.001)
5 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE OPEN SECRET 05.01.1900 at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.397)
7 Jan 1900
Notes
'Christ the messenger'. Public lecture at Payne's hall. Swamiji's best one, he was radiating a halo delivering it. (ND 5.229 LSV 2. 498)
7 Jan 1900
News reports
Powers of the mind. Lecture at Paynes hall- News Report in Times " City Briefs" (ND 5.232)
7 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture CHRIST, THE MESSENGER (CALIFORNIA 1900) at Los Angeles (CW SV 4.138)
Jan 1900
Notes
According to Mrs. Hansbrough, the house was not only packed to capacity that Sunday afternoon, but over a hundred people were turned away. (ND 5.232)
8 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE POWERS OF THE MIND at Los Angeles (CW SV 2.010)
8 Jan 1900
News reports
The Los Angeles Times of January 8 printed a fairly long and, as far as it went, excellent report of this Payne’s Hall lecture. (ND 5.231)
Jan 1900
Notes
At the end of the lecture " The Powers of mind" Swamiji announced the clouser of this course of lectures altogether. (ND 5.233 LSV 2. 498)
13 Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji was persuaded during his stay in Pasadena to make excursions here and there. (ND 5.244 LSV 2.502)
Jan 1900
CE
It was not until the second weekend in January that Swamiji made the trip up Mount Lowe, a high peak of the San Gabriel Range that rose just northeast of Pasadena. (ND 5.244)
Jan 1900
CE
From Mount Lowe entire party went to Echo Summit. (ND 5.245)
13 Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji, Mr. and Mrs. Baumgardt, Miss MacLeod, and Mrs. Leggett looked at the stars through the telescope at the nearby Lowe Observatory: (ND 5.245)
14 Jan 1900
News reports
the following short paragraph from the Los Angeles Times of January 14, 1900, may indicate that there were one or two more lectures than we know of. (ND 5.233)
14 Jan 1900
CE
In the late morning or early afternoon of Sunday, January 14, they boarded a small trolley car and proceeded up the mountain. Just three weeks after his stay at Echo Mountain House, that edifice, with all its seventy bedrooms, burned to the ground. (ND 5.245)
14 Jan 1900
News reports
News Report in the Los Angeles Times. (ND 5. 266)
Jan 1900
Notes
Swamiji gave some lectures in private homes. (ND 5.234 LSV 2. 498)
14 Jan 1900
S
The Swami's work in Pasadena started with a lecture in the small theatre of the then famous and luxurious Green Hotel on the morning of Monday, January 15. (ND 5.266 LSV 2. 499)
Jan 1900
Notes
Beyond verbal expressions of interest and sympathy, Swamiji seems to have received little outside help for the establishment of industrial schools in India. (ND 5.234)
Jan 1900
Notes
Swamiji seems to have regretted particularly the letter to Mrs. Hale, whom he would not have asked for money through a third person, if at all. (ND 5.235)
Jan 1900
News reports
The Pasadena Star, also announced dates of further lectures of Swamiji. (ND 5.266)
Jan 1900
S
The Green was as elegant a hotel as one could find anywhere in that age of elegant hotels. (ND 5.267)
Jan 1900
S
Admission to Swamiji’s three morning lectures, or classes, at the Green was free. (ND 5.268)
15 Jan 1900
CE
The largest number of the Swami's Pasadena lectures were delivered at the Shakespeare Club. (LSV 2. 499)
16 Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji’s excursion up Mount Lowe was followed almost immediately by a trip to Redlands, a small town some seventy miles east of Los Angeles. (ND 5. 246)
16 Jan 1900
News reports
The Daily Facts of January i6 printed the following item: (ND 5. 247)
16 Jan 1900
News reports
It is certain that Swamiji did not stay overnight at Redlands and most probable that he did not speak there, for on the evening of January 16 he had a lecture engagement at the Shakespeare Club in Pasadena. (ND 5. 247)
17 Jan 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.489)
17 Jan 1900
News reports
THE RELIGIOUS LEGENDS OF INDIA : Los Angeles Times (CW SV 9.506 ND 5.269)
17 Jan 1900
News reports
News paper Report of Los Angels Times of January 17. (ND 5. 268)
18 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WOMEN OF INDIA at Los Angeles (CW SV 8.053)
18 Jan 1900
S
Swamiji's second lecture was on January 18, He asked audience to suggest the subject. The subject decided was " The Indian Women". (ND 5. 269)
18 Jan 1900
S
Swamiji gave, extemporaneously as always, one of his most beautiful and comprehensive talks on Hindu women. (ND 5. 270)
18 Jan 1900
S
Swamiji did not spare critics in the audience. (ND 5. 270)
18 Jan 1900
S
Certain members in the audience made an attempt to trap Swamiji into saying something that would discredit him. (ND 5. 271)
18 Jan 1900
I
One of the women in particular set out to corner Swamiji. This unpleasant incident constituted Swamiji’s only direct encounter with missionary groups during his second visit to the West. (ND 5. 271)
Jan 1900
CE
The Shakespeare Club, where this collision took place and where Swamiji was to speak at least twelve more times during the following two weeks, was the queen of the town’s women’s clubs. (ND 5. 272)
21 Jan 1900
News reports
Los Angeles Times reported about the receptions given to Swmiji at the Shakespeare Club snd at Hotel Green. (ND 5. 274)
21 Jan 1900
News reports
The Los Angeles Herald of January 21 also commented on the reception: (ND 5. 274)
21 Jan 1900
S
It is interesting to note that Swamiji gave a lecture on Persian art. (ND 5. 275)
21 Jan 1900
S
The announcement in the above newspaper items that Swami Vivekananda was to speak almost every morning of that week. (ND 5. 275)
24 Jan 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 6.422)
24 Jan 1900
I
Swamiji gave a surprise to Meads sisters. (ND 5. 243)
24 Jan 1900
CE
Deatiled description and layout of Meads' house at Pasadena. (ND 5. 248)
Jan 1900
CE
Deatails of Mead household and arrangements during Swamiji's stay. (ND 5. 251)
Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji's daily routine at Mead's house. (ND 5. 252)
Jan 1900
I
A memorable incedent occurred on one Sunday. To Mrs. Hansbrough the moment was clearly a sacred one; it seemed that her daughter and nephew had received a special blessing, to which she gave the name "baptism." (ND 5. 253)
Jan 1900
I
one more incident at Mead's house (ND 5. 254)
Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji held a ten o’clock class in nearby Pasadena. On such occasions he would leave the house around nine or nine-thirty, accompanied by Mrs. Hansbrough. (ND 5. 254)
Jan 1900
CE
Swamiji was taking treatment from Mrs. Melton and was feeling well. (ND 5. 255)
Jan 1900
CE
Not only did Swamiji come to all meals, but he ate almost every kind of food, apparently without ill effect. (ND 5. 255)
Jan 1900
S
Often Swamiji would invite one person or another from his morning class to lunch at the Meads (ND 5. 256)
Jan 1900
S
But the best lunches of all were the picnics that took place on the open top of the nearby hill. (ND 5. 256 LSV 2. 502)
Jan 1900
S
Mrs. Wyckoff once experienced relief from physical and mental suffering just through contact with an object that had belonged to Swamiji-his pipe. (ND 5. 258)
Jan 1900
S
It was this steady miracle of grace, that made the Mead sisters feel, from moment to moment, that Christ himself was there. (ND 5. 259)
Jan 1900
S
Swamiji's routine was simple. (ND 5. 259)
Jan 1900
S
Perhaps Swamiji also did some writing in the afternoons. (ND 5. 260)
Jan 1900
S
Swamiji would sometimes give private interviews in the afternoons or talk with visitors who came to see the Mead sisters. (ND 5. 261)
Jan 1900
S
In the late afternoons Swamiji would help Mrs. Wyckoff prepare dinner, and often he himself cooked the whole meal. (ND 5. 261)
Jan 1900
S
Among those who joined this family gathering was Miss MacLeod, who for a few days was a house guest of the Meads’, sleeping, as we have seen, in the already crowded front bedroom. (ND 5. 263)
Jan 1900
S
Mead sisters may not, strictly speaking, have been Swamiji’s disciples, they loved and served him devotedly. (ND 5. 264)
Jan 1900
CE
Mrs. Hansbrough was, indeed, to act as his secretary and, for a time, his housekeeper during his coming stay in northern California. (LSV 2. 504)
Jan 1900
Letter
Although the Swami seems to have lectured almost every day in the latter part of January, he felt dissatisfied with the amount of work he was doing. (ND 5.304 LSV 2. 502)
25 Jan 1900
News reports
The report appeared in Los Angles Herald. (ND 5. 276)
26 Jan 1900
0
birth of Radhu at jayrambati (*)
26 Jan 1900
News reports
THE SCIENCE OF YOGA : Los Angeles Herald (CW SV 9.507 ND 5.276)
27 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MY LIFE & MISSON at Pasadena (CW SV 8.073)
27 Jan 1900
Notes
From the Complete Works we learn that on Saturday, January 27, Swamiji closed his week’s series of classes with "My Life and Mission. (ND 5. 277)
Jan 1900
Notes
Mrs. Hansbrough recalled that Swamiji used slang in his lectures and had been outspoken. (ND 5. 278)
Jan 1900
Notes
As far as we know, no one stalked out, indignant, from the halls of Los Angeles or Pasadena when Swamiji touched the quick of the Western ego. (ND 5. 278)
Jan 1900
Notes
From an often-repeated item in the Pasadena Star, as well as from lectures that have been published in the Complete Works, we can reconstruct the follow¬ing schedule for this third week of Pasadena classes: (ND 5. 279)
Jan 1900
Notes
Swamiji's new message to the people of Los Angeles and Pasadena. (ND 5. 287)
Jan 1900
Analysis
Breaking down of Swamiji's thirty-two titles according to subject. (ND 5. 290)
28 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE WAY TO THE RELISATION OF A UNIVERSAL RELIGION IN Pasadena (CW SV 2.359 ND 5.276)
31 Jan 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE RAMAYANA (31.01.1900) at Pasadena (CW SV 4.063)
Feb 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 9.133)
Feb 1900
News reports
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AT THE LOS ANGELES HOME : Unity (CW SV 9.507 ND 5.218)
1 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE STORY OF MAHABHARATA (01. 02. 1900) at Pasadena (CW SV 4.078)
2 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture BUDDHISTIC INDIA (PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 02.02.1900 at Pasadena (CW SV 3.511)
3 Feb 1900
CE
Lecturing work in southern California came to a close with "THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE WORLD", which he gave at Pasadena Shakespeare club. We now lose almost all knowledge of his activities for a period of nearly three weeks, at the end of which we find him (on February 22) in San Francisco. (ND 5. 280 LSV 2. 505)
3 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE WORLD (03.02.1900) at Pasadena (CW SV 4.120)
1900
CE
Indeed, if the Swami had "lost the zest for work", there was no evidence of it in his lectures. (LSV 2. 501)
Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji's lectures on " Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" were heavily edited as compared to his lecture on "Buddhistic India." (ND 5.280)
6 Feb 1900
CE
Visited Throop Polytechnic Institute which was to grow into CALTECH (ND 5. 282 LSV 2. 506)
6 Feb 1900
CE
Swamiji Visited Throop Polytechnic Institute which was to grow into CALTECH (ND 5. 282 LSV 2.)
1900
S
During this period Vedanta Societies were formed in LA and Pasadena by groups of his ardent followers. (ND 5. 283 LSV 2.)
Feb 1900
CE
As Swamiji's health improved during his stay in LA, he began to think of extending his work and his mission fuirther afield. The Pacific cost, he discovered, was a fertile ground for the reception of Vedantic ideals. (ND 5.283 LSV 2.)
Feb 1900
CE
There is evidence that a Vedanta Society was also formed in Los Angeles. (ND 5.285)
Feb 1900
CE
Vedanta Societies in Los Angels and Pasadena did not last beyond 1918, again founded in 1930, which is flourishing even now. (ND 5. 287)
7 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE STORY OF JADA BHARATA (CALIFORNIA) at Pasadena (CW SV 4.111)
10 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE STORY OF PRAHALADA (California) at Pasadena (CW SV 4.115)
15 Feb 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 6.423 ND 5.304)
15 Feb 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LOS ANGELES (CW SV 8.491 ND 5.305)
20 Feb 1900
Writing
THE BENGALI LANGUAGE (CW SV 6.187)
20 Feb 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From PASADENA (CW SV 8.492)
21 Feb 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to AKHANDANANDA From CALIFORNIA (CW SV 6.425)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Statistics and analysis of Swamiji's talks in Los Angeles and Pasadena. (ND 5. 289)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Breaking down of Swamiji's thirty-two titles according to subject. (ND 5. 290)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Swamiji's intension on giving six lectures on India. (ND 5. 290)
Feb 1900
Analysis
After Swamiji returned to India at the beginning of 1897, he set about putting his ideas into effect. (ND 5. 291)
Feb 1900
Analysis
One thing that is strikingly clear in the above classification of his lectures is that he devoted almost none to philosophy as such. (ND 5. 293)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Swamiji's approach in lectures during second visit is different than the first visit. (ND 5. 293)
Feb 1900
Analysis
In Los Angeles, Swamiji held, or intended to hold, two series of three classes each on "Applied Psychology," (ND 5. 294)
Jan 1900
Analysis
In "Hints on Practical Spirituality" he explained briefly the methods of gaining control over one’s mind from top to bottom, conscious and unconscious. (ND 5. 295)
Feb 1900
Analysis
In "The Powers of the Mind," Swamiji stated his purpose in teaching the science of yoga even more clearly: (ND 5. 295)
Feb 1900
Analysis
In Pasadena Swamiji held, as far as we know, only one class on the science of yoga. (ND 5. 296)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Swamiji felt that the science of yoga was the quickest and surest way to the making of a man. (ND 5. 296)
Feb 1900
Notes
In his lectures and classes during this period the Swamiji laid great emphasis on practical Vedanta and yoga. (LSV 2.504)
Feb 1900
Analysis
In "We Ourselves," Swamiji stressed the goal and the certainty of its attainment. (ND 5. 297)
Feb 1900
Analysis
Swamiji’s "new gospel" was not only explicit in his classes in southern California, but implicit in many of his lectures. (ND 5. 298)
Feb 1900
Analysis
A question that may well have arisen in the minds of Swamiji’s listeners was what part the Saviors of the world played in man’s independent, self propelled, and bold journey to Self realization. (ND 5. 299)
Feb 1900
Analysis
As a teacher and exemplifier of the doctrine of man’s innate ability to save himself, Buddha was, to Swamiji, perhaps the greatest Incarnation of all. (ND 5. 301)
Feb 1900
Analysis
"The Great Teachers of the World" was Swamiji’s last known lecture in southern California. (ND 5. 302)
Feb 1900
Analysis
One might say, correctly, that most of the things Swamiji said in southern California he had said before at one time or another. (ND 5. 303)
Feb 1900
CE
A full and clear picture of Swamiji’s work in California cannot be gained without taking into account his teachings in northern California. (ND 5. 303)
Feb 1900
CE
He began during those weeks to move from active leadership in the organizational aspect of his work toward retirement. (ND 5. 303)
22 Feb 1900
CE
Swamiji reaches San Francisco in the evening (ND 5.307 LSV 2. 507)
22 Feb 1900
CE
Less than a week after writing the above, Swamiji left southern California for the city of San Francisco, some four hundred miles to the north. (ND 5. 305)
Feb 1900
CE
The world to which Swamiji had come was a very different one from that of southern California. (ND 5.308)
Feb 1900
CE
About city of San Francisco at that time. (ND 5.308)
Feb 1900
CE
About the people of San Francisco. (ND 5.309)
Feb 1900
CE
The thought of working in San Francisco had been in Swamiji’s mind as early as December 27 and had perhaps become a definite plan shortly after he moved to Pasadena, at which time Mrs. Hansbrough had conceived the idea of becoming his advance agent. (ND 5.310 LSV 2. 507)
Feb 1900
CE
Finally around the middle of February, Mrs. Hansbrough traveled north in the role of advance agent. (ND 5.311 LSV 2. 507)
Feb 1900
CE
Mrs. Hansbrough arranged for Swamiji free lodging and Boarding at Home of Truth in San Franscisco. (ND 5.310 LSV 2. 507)
Feb 1900
CE
More than two weeks before her departure she and Miss MacLeod had discussed whether or not Swamiji’s first lecture in nothern California should be free. (ND 5.312)
23 Feb 1900
S
Swamiji's first lecture at San Francisco, organised by Mrs. Hansbrough, at Golden Gate Hall (ND 5. 314 LSV 2. 507)
23 Feb 1900
News reports
From the following write ups which appeared the next morning in the local newspapers one would scarcely have guessed it. (ND 5. 315)
Feb 1900
S
Swamiji was now ready, and certainly willing, to speak before the Congress of Religions in Oakland. (ND 5. 316)
Feb 1900
CE
About Oakland city at that time (in 1900) (ND 5. 316)
Feb 1900
CE
About the people of Oakland city. (ND 5. 317)
Feb 1900
CE
The schedule of Swamiji's lectures was conceived by the Revernd B. Fay Mills. (ND 5. 318)
Feb 1900
CE
About Revernd B. Fay Mills. (ND 5. 318 LSV 2. 507)
Feb 1900
CE
The second series of the Congress of Religions created a rumbling among the Oakland clergy. They were against Putting a Hindoo in the pulpit in the name of progress. (ND 5. 320)
Feb 1900
News reports
News Report appeared in the Enquirer (ND 5. 321)
24 Feb 1900
News reports
HINDOO MONK LECTURES : San Francisco Chronicle (CW SV 9.509 ND 5.315)
24 Feb 1900
News reports
News Report appeared in the Enquirer of 24th February,1900. (ND 5. 322)
24 Feb 1900
News reports
On February 24, the Oakland Tribune added its own heralding news of Swamiji. This announcement read respectively: (ND 5. 322)
25 Feb 1900
News reports
The second announcement in San Francisco Buletin. (ND 5. 324)
25 Feb 1900
S
About First Unitarian Church. (ND 5. 324)
25 Feb 1900
S
Lectured at Oakland "Congress of Religion". An unprecedented crowd gathered to listen to him. Hundreds were turned away for the lack of room. The organiser of the Congress Rev. Mills had spoke at Chicago Parliament and was highly appreciative of Swamiji. (ND 5. 321 ND 5.325 LSV 2. 508)
25 Feb 1900
S
But let us see him through the eyes of one who was present. (ND 5.325)
25 Feb 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE CLAIMS OF VEDANTA ON THE MODERN WORLD 25.2.1900 at (CW SV 8.231)
26 Feb 1900
News reports
VEDANTISM, AND WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT, Lecture of Swami Vivekananda on the Religion of the Hindoos : Oakland Tribune CW 8.231 (CW SV 9.510 ND 5.329)
26 Feb 1900
News reports
News Reports in Oakland Times and San Francisco Call. (ND 5. 328)
Feb 1900
Notes
When at the beginning of 1900 he had invited the great and famous Hindu monk to speak at the Unitarian church in Oakland (ND 5. 335 LSV 2. 508)
28 Feb 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE VEDANTA PHILOSOPHY & CHRISTIANITY at Oakland (CW SV 6.046)
Feb 1900
Notes
Thirty-five years later in the temple of the Vedanta Society of San Francisco, Mr. Allan, then president of the Society, recounted his memories of the great Swami. (ND 5. 341 LSV 2. 508)
Feb 1900
Notes
In Ida Ansell’s memoirs of Swamiji as published in Reminiscences of Smami Vivekananda one finds an addition to the above: (ND 5. 342)
Feb 1900
Notes
During the course of the interview Mr. Applegarth, then eighty-four, recalled the impression the Swami had made upon his listeners so many years before: (ND 5. 343)
Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.505)
Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.507)
2 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.493)
2 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.133 ND 5.345)
2 Mar 1900
News reports
There was, to be sure, one complaint, which the Enquirer of March 2 printed in conjunction with two firm replies: (ND 5. 335)
2 Mar 1900
News reports
The article continued with the church’s staunch rejoinder: (ND 5. 336)
Mar 1900
News reports
Judge John W. Stetson, who is one of the prominent members of the Unitarian Church and president of the Starr King Fraternity, spoke of "C.J.P.’s" protest against the Hindoo, Swami Vivekananda, having a hearing, as follows: (ND 5. 337)
Mar 1900
News reports
As far as the Oakland papers were concerned, this ended the controversy. (ND 5. 338)
Mar 1900
News reports
After airing both sides of the short-lived controversy over Swamiji, the Enquirer of March 2 went on in the same article to a report of his second lecture at the Unitarian church. (ND 5. 338)
Mar 1900
Notes
In volume six of the Complete Works, under the heading "The Vedanta Philosophy and Christianity," one can find notes of this lecture, taken down by Franklin Sprague ("Frank") Rhodehamel.Mr. Rhodehamel was a better listener than the Enquirer reporter. (ND 5. 339)
Mar 1900
Notes
The ideas contained in this lecture were clearly similar to those in "The Ideal of a Universal Religion." (ND 5. 340)
Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji was pleased with his reception in Oakland. (ND 5. 341)
3 Mar 1900
News reports
Announcement of Swamiji's lecture in "The Examiner" (ND 5. 349)
4 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture RELIGION & SCIENCE at (CW SV 6.081)
4 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.494 ND 5.341 LSV 2. 508)
4 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 6.428)
4 Mar 1900
Notes
RELIGION IS REALIZATION (CW SV 6.082)
4 Mar 1900
Notes
RELIGION IS SELF ABNEGATION (CW SV 6.083)
4 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji wrote a letter to Sister Christine in which one finds an indication of his mood in those days¬ neither dark nor bright (in part). (ND 5. 346)
Mar 1900
News reports
The first series, which began on the evening of Wednesday, March 7, was announced in the Enquirer of the same date with an article whose concise heading attested clearly to his quick renown in the city: (ND 5. 344 LSV 2. 509)
7 Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji's notes on THE LAWS OF LIFE & DEATH (CW SV 8.235)
Mar 1900
S
This lecture created a sensation among the church-going populace of Oakland. (LSV 2. 509)
7 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.495 ND 5. 354)
7 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.498)
Mar 1900
News reports
News Reports in The social column of the 'San Francisco Call' (ND 5. 345)
Mar 1900
S
But first there was more work to be done, and in San Francisco that work was slow in getting started. His guess had proved correct. "They come in crowds when there is a free lecture and very few when there is something to pay". (ND 5. 348)
Mar 1900
News reports
The announcement under SUNDAY MEETINGS in the Classified Ad sections of the "Chronicle" and the "Examiner". (ND 5. 349)
8 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE REALITY & SHADOW at (CW SV 6.092)
8 Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji's notes on THE REALITY & SHADOW (CW SV 8.237)
9 Mar 1900
CE
A room was rented for Swamiji in San Francisco at Turk Street and Mrs. Hansbrough and Mrs. Aspinall came to live there as his secretaries, housekeepers, cook, press agents and general keeper of accounts (ND 5. 354 LSV 2.)
Mar 1900
CE
The detailed description of the flat. (ND 5.356)
Mar 1900
CE
Not untill Swamiji moved into the Turk Street flat and hold classes there, deciding to remain for at least a month more in San Francisco, that his work assumed a definite and distinctive character. Now lectures markedly assumed the emphasis that distinguishes the main body of his work on the Pacific Coast: the emphasis on the essential divinity of Man (ND 5. 359 LSV 2. 511)
1900
0
According to Swamiji the last two years of struggle was momentous in his life; one such send him to the Thakur and the other brought him to America; the last one was even greater then them. Now he is feeling calm. (LSV 2.)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji started holding classes in his flat at 1719 Turk Street in San Francisco somewhere in second week of March,1900. (ND 6.001)
Mar 1900
S
Generally Swamuji held morning classes,but also held at least a few afternoon classes as well is almost certain. (ND 6. 001)
Mar 1900
S
Mr. Frank Rhodehamel, whose first interview took place one morning before a class, has given us a vivid picture of Swamiji's swift passage from dining room to front parlor. (ND 6. 002)
Mar 1900
S
Two incedents of western difficulty with crossed legged sitting. (ND 6. 003)
Mar 1900
S
Mr. Rhodehamel recalled, still reliving those wonderful days as he wrote: (ND 6. 005)
Mar 1900
S
Two occations Mrs.Hansbrough recollects Swamiji raising his mind in to the state of bliss and the tendency to raise the same bliss in other's mind. (ND 6. 005)
Mar 1900
S
Another account by one who attended a class of Swamiji's and who felt the power of his meditation is to be found in Prabuddha Bharata of March 1927. (ND 6. 007)
Mar 1900
S
Speaking of the morning classes, "Swamiji would discourse on some sacred book. (ND 6. 008)
Mar 1900
S
The scope and purpose of Swamiji's classes, more concrete is the glimpse Mr. Rhodehamel gives in his earlier memoirs published in the Life. (ND 6. 009)
Mar 1900
S
A brief note with the heading "Class lessons in meditation by Swami Vivekananda" and the date "Monday, March 26, 1900." (ND 6. 009)
Mar 1900
S
The value of Swamiji's small classes lay more in his direct, living contact with each person who sat near him than in the details of his instruction. (ND 6. 011)
Mar 1900
S
But if crowds failed to attend Swamiji’s series on India, those who did attend were enthralled. (ND 5. 350)
Mar 1900
S
The date of this move is not unimportant in the story, of his life in San Francisco. (ND 5. 351)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's anxiety on finance arrangement for going back to India. (ND 5. 352)
1900
CE
Yet he well recognized that while Vedanta was the answer to present day problems, it was not an easy answer, thus he questioned its universal acceptance: (LSV 2. 512)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's anxiety on financial arrangement for passage back to India and other commitmemts. (ND 5. 352)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's concern over the welfare of his mother Bhuvaneswari devi. (ND 5. 353)
Mar 1900
S
In the Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda one finds the following glimpse of her as given by a Manmatha Nath Ganguli. The year was 1901 or 1902 the place, Belur Math. (ND 5. 353)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji expressed his concern about his mother in a letter to Mrs. Bull. (ND 5. 354)
Mar 1900
S
Edith Allan, the wife of Thomas Allan, was the other person who we know talked privately with Swamiji. (ND 6. 014)
10 Mar 1900
S
Mrs. Allan arrived at the Turk Street flat at the appointed time (nine o'clock, according to one account) on what must have been the morning of March 10. (ND 6. 015)
Mar 1900
S
She came the following morning and perhaps one or two mornings after that. (ND 6. 016)
Mar 1900
S
Yet he continued to be extremely gracious to her. (ND 6. 016)
Mar 1900
S
One more incident in one of the rough drafts of her memoirs (ND 6. 017)
Mar 1900
S
Once Mrs. Allan asked Swamiji about his triumphant reception when he returned to India in 1897 (ND 6. 017)
11 Mar 1900
Christ's message to the world (ND 5.379)
11 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji’s evening lectures, to which admission was charged, were given in groups, or series, of three. (ND 5.378)
11 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's first lecture of Sunday series in San Franscico beginning on March 11,was on " Christ's Message to the World". (ND 5.378)
11 Mar 1900
S
According to the information given in the city’s Sunday morning papers of March 11, Swami delivered "Christ’s Message to the World" at Golden Gate Hall that morning at eleven o’clock. (ND 5.378)
11 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture CHRIST'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD delivered in San Fransisco; recorded by Frank Rhodehamel. (CW SV 9.271 ND 5.379)
Mar 1900
Notes
The only reference to Swamiji’s lecture on Christ is a passing mention of it in the unpublished memories of Mrs. George Roorbach. (ND 5.379)
Mar 1900
Notes
A portion of the brief reminiscences of Christina Albers may be pertinent to this same lecture. (ND 5.380)
Mar 1900
Notes
Because of bad cold Swamiji could not remain present that Sunday afternoon at one of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst’s musicales in Berkeley. (ND 5.381)
Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji did not go to Mrs.Hearst's musicale for some other reason. (ND 5.381)
12 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture WAY TO SALVATION 12.03.1900 at (CW SV 8.239)
12 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMANANDA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.499)
12 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.500)
12 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.501)
12 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.135)
Mar 1900
S
Among the lectures that were preliminary in both time and nature to Swamiji’s main work in San Francisco one can include his first series of three lectures at Wendte Hall in Oakland, given on the evenings of March 7, 8, and 12. (ND 5.361)
Mar 1900
S
In March and April all of Swamiji's evening lectures in San Francisco were given in the Red Men's Building at 320 Post Street, which like Union Square Hall was in the center of town. (ND 6. 045)
13 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY at San Fransisco (CW SV 6.028)
14 Mar 1900
News reports
At the complition of the well-attened Hall series the following item appeared in the Enquerer of March 14: (ND 5.363)
Mar 1900
S
The purpose of Swamiji’s lectures on India was to destroy prejudice. (ND 5.364)
Mar 1900
I
One looks to the old Oakland papers to see if anything in particular had called forth a sharp reply from Swamiji. (ND 5.364)
Mar 1900
S
Vitriolic condemnation of his country in the name of Christian service never failed to anger Swamiji; but his anger was not on behalf of his countrymen alone. (ND 5.365)
14 Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's general indifference to sightseeing as a pastime, he did go to see a ship being launched at one of the city's shipyards. (ND 6. 036)
15 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE POWERS OF THE MIND at San Fransisco (CW SV 6.125)
16 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture CONCENTRATION (16.03.1900) at THE WASHINGTON HALL, San Francisco (CW SV 4.218)
16 Mar 1900
Notes
During the third lecture Ida Ansell took shorthand notes. Yet her notes are much more full than Frank Rhodehamel's of this same lecture, and from her transcripts one can follow the gist of his talk. (ND 6.053)
Mar 1900
Notes
Miss Albers and Mrs. Allan on Swamiji's wit, his vibrant life, his many-faceted attrctiveness. (ND 6.055)
Mar 1900
Notes
Everything about Swamiji was expressive of the greatness of his personality, and that personality was as startling a revelation to his listeners as were his teachings. (ND 6.056)
Mar 1900
Notes
From the rough drafts of Mrs. Allan's memoirs one learns that during the question and answer period following Swamiji's lecture on "Concentration" someone in the audience requested that he speak on philosophy in his next series: A murmur of agreement arose from the audience. "So you want philosophy," Swamiji replied. "Then you must be prepared for cannon balls." "We got them," Mrs. Allan remarked . (ND 6.058)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji had been working steadily and successfully in San Francisco. (LSV 2. 510)
Mar 1900
S
At some point during his stay in San Francisco he spent at least two days with a Dr. Albert D. Hiller, a surgeon and homeopathic physician whose home and offices were at 1011 Sutter Street, in a residential block between Larkin and Hyde. (ND 6. 038)
Mar 1900
S
At some point during his stay in San Francisco he spent at least two days with a Dr. Albert D. Hiller, a surgeon and homeopathic physician whose home and offices were at 1011 Sutter Street, in a residential block between Larkin and Hyde. (ND 6. 038)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's main work now began, and it began, so to speak, with a bang. (ND 6. 047)
17 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 7.521 LSV 2. 510 ND 6. 028)
17 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 7.522)
17 Mar 1900
S
Indeed, wherever the Swami went in the West, there seemed to be hands and hearts ready to help him. (LSV 2. 510)
17 Mar 1900
S
During most of March and the first week or so of April, the Swami held classes daily, and often twice daily, in the two adjoining parlours of the Turk Street flat. Here he settled down to teaching the practice of meditation to those who would pursue such spiritual training with serious intent. (LSV 2. 510)
17 Mar 1900
S
The following night there was barely standing room, and Swamiji kept his word. (ND 6. 047)
17 Mar 1900
ME
Once at the conclusion of a lecture he thus announced his next lecture: "Tomorrow night I shall lecture on 'The Mind: Its Powers and Possibilities'. Come to hear me. I have something to say to you, I shall do a little bomb-throwing." (LSV 2. 517 ND 6. 047)
17 Mar 1900
S
Frank Rhodehamel's memoirs are not his only contribution to our knowledge of Swamiji's lectures in San Francisco. (ND 6. 048)
17 Mar 1900
S
Frank Rhodehamel's memoirs are not his only contribution to our knowledge of Swamiji's lectures in San Francisco. (ND 6. 048)
17 Mar 1900
S
Swamiji's views on 'Mind.' (ND 6. 049)
Mar 1900
S
Views of some members of the audience. (ND 6. 050)
Mar 1900
S
While some people, their pride badly damaged, may have stopped coming to Swamiji's lectures, his following as a whole was to remain constant throughout his stay in San Francisco. (ND 6. 051)
18 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION (18.03.1900) at (CW SV 6.101)
18 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture BUDDHA `S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD at San Fransisco (CW SV 8.092)
18 Mar 1900
Interview
A DUSKY PHILOSOPHER FROM INDIA : A interview by Blanche Partington, San Francisco Chronicle (CW SV 9.323 ND 5.389)
18 Mar 1900
Interview
WE ARE HYPNOTIZED INTO WEAKNESS BY OUR SURROUNDINGS :An interview by the San Francisco Examiner (CW SV 9.327 ND 5.396)
18 Mar 1900
Notes
Swamiji gave the second lecture of his Sunday series on the afternoon of March 18. Its title was "Buddha’s Message to the World," (ND 5.382)
18 Mar 1900
Notes
Mr. Brown related in his reminiscences as published in the London magazine Vedanta for East and West (July-August, 1959), "a great patriot and lover of freedom. (ND 5.382)
Mar 1900
Notes
"Buddha’s Message to the World" was the second lecture during which Miss Ansell practiced her shorthand. (ND 5.384)
Mar 1900
News reports
Two days later, the San Francisco newspapers carried small advertisements that read: (ND 6.058)
Mar 1900
News reports
Of these three lectures the only one that the newspapers later commented upon was the first. On March 21 the San Francisco Call produced the following: (ND 6.058)
Mar 1900
Notes
The second series of three lectures dealt with India's customs, culture, and ideals. Delivered respectively on the Monday evenings of March 19, 26, and April 2. (LSV 2. 509)
Mar 1900
Notes
This second Wendte Hall series completed the Swami's work in Oakland. (LSV 2. 509)
19 Mar 1900
News reports
Fairly long report of lecture printed in Chronicle (ND 5.384)
19 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE PEOPLE OF INDIA 19.03.1900 at (CW SV 8.241)
Mar 1900
Notes
As will be clear from a comparison of "Buddha’s Message to the World" as given in the Complete Works with the above report, the latter is not a full or altogether clear exposition of what Swami said. (ND 5.386)
Mar 1900
S
On the same Sunday that Swamiji delivered his lecture on Buddha, two interviews with him appeared in the San Francisco papers-one in the Chronicle, the other in the Examiner. (ND 5.388)
Mar 1900
News reports
The story of morning visit of the reporter from the chronocle, Miss Partington. (ND 5.389)
Mar 1900
S
The Examiner’s interview with Swamiji came out in the Magazine Section of that paper on the same Sunday as the Chronicle’s. (ND 5.395)
Mar 1900
News reports
The text of the Examiner's interview with Swamiji. (ND 5.396)
Mar 1900
News reports
The text of the Examiner's interview with Swamiji. (ND 5.396)
Mar 1900
S
The above was followed without explanation by a fairly long article headed simply "By Swami Vivekananda." (ND 5.398)
20 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture NATURE & MAN (CW SV 6.033)
20 Mar 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture I AM THAT I AM 20.03.1900 at (CW SV 8.244)
20 Mar 1900
Notes
The series started out quietly enough. In "Nature and Man" Swamiji gave a clear, concise explanation. (ND 6.059)
22 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.502)
23 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE SOUL AND GOD 23.03.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.489)
23 Mar 1900
Notes
In "Soul and God" and "The Goal" Swamiji left no question as to the implications of the philosophy he had expounded. (ND 6.060)
25 Mar 1900
I
Swamiji’s lecture of Sunday, March 25, 1900, at Union Square Hall was to have been on "Sri Khrisna and His Message"- (ND 5. 398)
25 Mar 1900
I
Swamiji’s lecture of Sunday, March 25, 1900, at Union Square Hall was to have been on "Sri Khrisna and His Message"- (ND 5. 398)
25 Mar 1900
S
For one reason or another, Swamiji decided to speak that day not on Sri Krishna’s message to the world, as had been announced, but on Mohammed’s. (ND 5. 399)
Mar 1900
S
The published portion of Miss Ansell’s second transcript of "Mohammed’s Message to the World," or more simply, "Mohammed", gives no idea of what had so amazed Mr. Allan, for it comprises only the latter half of the lecture. (ND 5. 400)
25 Mar 1900
Notes
Excerpts of Ida Ansell's first transcript of Swamiji's San Francisco lecture MOHAMMED'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD delivered on Sunday. Rest of the lecture is in CW SV 1.481 (CW SV 9.272 ND 5.401)
25 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MOHAMMED 25.03.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.481)
25 Mar 1900
S
"In the midst of all this chaos was born the prophet." (ND 5. 403)
25 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 6.429 ND 6. 044)
25 Mar 1900
News reports
Under "Church Notices" the San Francisco papers of March 25 announced: (ND 6. 067)
26 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture ON ART IN INDIA at San Fransisco (CW SV 4.196)
Mar 1900
News reports
The Enquier's brief report of Swamiji’s second lecture of the series on India, "Arts and Sciences in India" (ND 5. 366)
26 Mar 1900
Notes
Frank Rhodehamel's notes of Swamiji's class MEDITATION delivered in San Francisco on Monday (CW SV 9.274 ND 6.010)
Mar 1900
Notes
During his stay in California the Swami's health continued to improve. (LSV 2. 515)
27 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE GOAL 27.03.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 2.463)
27 Mar 1900
Notes
In "The Goal" Swamiji continued to blast concepts dear to Christian thought-new as well as old. (ND 6. 060)
28 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture BREATHING at San Francisco (CW SV 1.503)
28 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 6.430 LSV 2. 515 ND 6. 043 ND 6. 045)
28 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.503 ND 6. 044)
Mar 1900
Letter
It was in this mood, or rather, in this state of being which no mood could disturb-that Swamiji lectured, held classes, and gave interviews in San Francisco, delivering his final and, as he was heard to say, his highest teachings. (ND 6. 045)
30 Mar 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture DISCIPLESHIP (29.3.1900) at San Fransisco (CW SV 8.106)
Mar 1900
Notes
In "Discipleship" Swamiji dealt with the four basic conditions of discipleship. (ND 6. 082)
30 Mar 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.506 ND 6. 043)
30 Mar 1900
Letter
One finds a gradual crescendo of mood, from depression and nervousness in Los Angeles to a growing peace in San Francisco (ND 6. 043)
Mar 1900
Notes
RENUNCIATION : Alice Hansbrough's reminiscences of a question - answer session following one of Swamiji's San Francisco classes pertaining to renunciation (CW SV 9.329 ND 6.011)
Mar 1900
Notes
SRI RAMAKRISHNA'S DISCIPLE : Mrs. Edith Allan described a teacher - student exchange in one of Swamiji's San Francisco classes (CW SV 9.330 ND 6.012)
Mar 1900
Notes
THE MASTER'S DIVINE INCARNATION : Edith Allan's reminiscences (CW SV 9.330 ND 6.017)
Mar 1900
Notes
A PRIVATE ADMISSION : From Mrs. Edith Allan's reminiscences of Swamiji in San Francisco (CW SV 9.330 ND 6.212)
Mar 1900
Notes
In March and April, all the Swami's evening lectures were given in Washington Hall in the Red Men's Building. (LSV 2. 513)
Mar 1900
Notes
But in this mood of increasing calm the Swami's lectures and classes remained extraordinarily dynamic, and his power of attraction was as strong as ever. (LSV 2. 516)
Mar 1900
Notes
He encouraged the asking of questions at the conclusion of every lecture, and would go to any length to make his questioners understand. (LSV 2. 517)
Mar 1900
S
In the questions which usually followed a talk on this subject, there was almost sure to he the question: (LSV 2. 519)
Mar 1900
I
Incedent occurred while Swamiji was expounding Advaita. (LSV 2. 520 ND 6. 063)
Mar 1900
I
Once Swamiji was Dilating on the life of the sannyasin as compared to that of the householder. (LSV 2. 521)
Mar 1900
I
Once Swamiji was Dilating on the life of the sannyasin as compared to that of the householder. (LSV 2. 521)
Mar 1900
S
The Swami commanded reverence when he revealed himself at times to his audience in one of those wonderful waves of transcendental feeling which he did not try to cheek. (LSV 2. 521)
Mar 1900
S
Swamiji in question - answer session. (LSV 2. 522 ND 6. 012)
Mar 1900
S
At these yoga classes one came closer to the man and teacher than was possible in the lecture hall. (LSV 2. 523)
Mar 1900
S
In the last week of March Swamiji had lectured at least once on Raja-Yoga in Alameda. In addition, he had given a series of three evening lectures at Tucker Hall in Alameda on the evenings of April 4, 6, and 11. (LSV 2.524)
Mar 1900
Notes
According to a brief report in the San Francisco Chronicle of March 30, "Vivekananda answered questions at the close of the lecture as he will after the next two which will be on `Meditation' and `Explanations in Regard to Breathing.' " (ND 6.069)
Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.508)
Apr 1900
S
Initially Swamiji was not in favour of suggestions of founding a Vedanta Society in San Fransisco or Pasadena. (ND 6. 099)
Apr 1900
S
At the same time Swamiji would himself want to found Vedanta societies in those places where he had poured out spiritual energy. (ND 6. 100)
Apr 1900
S
There was also another reason why he wanted to found Vedanta societies. (ND 6. 100)
1 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture KRISHNA 01.04.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.437)
1 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.510 ND 6.039)
1 Apr 1900
S
1 Apr 1900
S
The next Sunday, at the same hall and, as far as is known, at the appointed hour of three o’clock, Swamiji spoke on "Krishna’s Message to the World." (ND 5. 404)
2 Apr 1900
S
The third lecture, "The Ideals of India" (not, after all, "The Ideals of Quakers," as the Enquirer had announced on March 14), was not reported upon by any of the newspapers. (ND 5. 366)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji never tired of talking about anything connected with his beloved motherland. (ND 5. 367)
Apr 1900
S
The second Wendte Hall series, which has taken us into April, completed Swamiji’s work in Oakland. (ND 5. 367)
Apr 1900
S
From Notes of Mr. Rhodehame. (ND 5. 368)
Apr 1900
S
From Notes of Mr. Allan. (ND 5. 368)
Apr 1900
S
Several years after Swamiji had passed away, a number of Vedanta students in Oakland formed a study and discussion group under the leadership of the young man named Gurudasa. (ND 5. 369)
Apr 1900
S
In 1931 Swami Ashokananda, who had just begun his ministry at the Vedanta Society in San Francisco. (ND 5. 370)
3 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MEDITATION at San Fransisco (CW SV 4.227)
4 Apr 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture INFLUENCE OF SURROUNDINGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGION (ND 6.118-9/405-6)
4 Apr 1900
Letter
Mother's letter to Sister Nivedita from 'Punyotirtho' Joyrambaty on 21st of Chaitra (MC 185)
4 Apr 1900
News reports
The following announcement appeared often (and with variations) in both Alameda papers: (ND 6.115)
4 Apr 1900
News reports
As had an interviewer in San Francisco, the Argus reporter quoted from the pamphlet of Swamiji's Harvard lecture of March 25, 1896; (ND 6.116)
Apr 1900
S
Background of Tucker Hall. (ND 6.117)
5 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture PRACTICAL RELIGION :BREATHING & MEDITATION at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.513)
5 Apr 1900
News reports
TRUE RELIGION : The Alameda Encinal (CW SV 9.511 ND 6.405)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji firmly explained what is practical Religion? (ND 6. 076)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji answering to the questions. (ND 6. 079)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji once said to Mrs. Hansbrough in San Francisco, "I may have to be born again." (ND 6. 079)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji replied a question " what, then was the practical religion?" (ND 6. 080)
Apr 1900
Notes
Notes on ' The Science of Breathing' (ND 6.068)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji kept the goal of meditation in clear view of his audience: (ND 6.070)
Apr 1900
Notes
Ida Ansell's second transcripts of these three lectures have been published in volumes one, four, and one, respectively, of the Complete Works. (ND 6. 068)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji seems to have been satisfied with the with the work he had done (ND 6. 088)
5 Apr 1900
News reports
On April 5 the Daily Encinal and the Daily Argus printed on their front pages fairly long and almost identical reports of Swamiji's lecture "The Influence of Surroundings on the Development of Religion"-his only lecture in Alameda upon which the newspapers wrote at any length. The Daily Argus's article read as follows: (ND 6.118)
5 Apr 1900
News reports
Article from The Alameda Encinal, April 5, 1900. (APPENDIX) TRUE RELIGION. Hindu Philosopher Gives His Ideas. (ND 6.405)
5 Apr 1900
News reports
APPENDIX : Article from The Alameda Encinal, April 5, 1900. TRUE RELIGION Hindu Philosopher Gives His Ideas. (ND 6.405)
6 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.512)
Apr 1900
Notes
As it happened, however, Swamiji's work in San Francisco was not yet done. (ND 6. 088)
Apr 1900
Notes
the Raja of Khetri had "stopped the stipend" was not a matter of small importance, and since it has bearing on our present story, something of the relationship between Swamiji and his good friend and disciple Maharaja Ajit Singh of Khetri can be told here. (ND 6. 089)
Apr 1900
Notes
Yet Swamiji did not seem sorry to work longer and harder than he had intended. (ND 6. 092)
7 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to AMERICAN FRIEND From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.513)
7 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 7.523)
7 Apr 1900
News reports
On April 7 the Daily Argus noted that Swamiji had lectured as scheduled on "The Formation of God Ideals" but did not report what he had said. The very title of this lecture, however, suggests that it was not unlike "The Soul and God," in which, in San Francisco, he had traced the evolution of religious concepts. (ND 6.119)
8 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture IS VEDANTA THE FUTURE RELIGION ? At San Franscisco (CW SV 8.122)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji would have learned of his financial standing through consultation with Mrs. Hansbrough. (ND 6. 087)
8 Apr 1900
Notes
On April 8 Swamiji delivered the fifth and last lecture in his Sunday series on the Great Teachers of the World. (ND 6. 083)
8 Apr 1900
Notes
It was indeed a "man-making religion" that Swamiji preached in San Francisco, a religion to build heroes. (ND 6. 085)
8 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.513)
Apr 1900
S
Towards the end of his stay in San Francisco, he gave a series of three lectures on Bhakti- Yoga, also at the Red Men's Building, on April 9, 10, and 12. The titles were respectively, "Worshipper and Worshipped", "Formal Worship", and "Divine Love". (LSV 2.514 ND 6. 092)
Apr 1900
S
In addition to lecturing in downtown San Francisco, the Swami spoke at least once at the Pine Street Home of Truth and also at the Home of Truth on California Street. Although we have very little information regarding these talks, it is known that the latter took place before April 8. (LSV 2.515)
9 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WORSHIPPER & WORSHIPPED at San Franscisco (CW SV 6.049)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji's definition of the Personal God-reonciled in a few words the philosophy of monism and the path of devotion. (ND 6. 092)
9 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.135)
Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.515)
Apr 1900
S
Between March 4 and April 18, a period of forty-six days that overlapped his stay at Turk Street at both ends, Swamiji delivered at least forty-two public lectures. (ND 5.370)
Apr 1900
S
It was long thought that almost all of Swamiji’s lectures in San Francisco, and all of those he was to give later in Alameda, were lost to everyone but those who heard them. (ND 5.371)
Apr 1900
S
Almost half a century passed before Miss Ansell looked again at her notes of Swamiji’s lectures and, at the request of Swami Ashokananda, began to transcribe them. (ND 5.373)
Apr 1900
S
On July 19, 1945, when Miss Ansell sent her first transcript to Swami Ashokananda, her accompanying letter was full of apology, if not despair: (ND 5.373)
Apr 1900
S
As time went on, Miss Ansell became more confident that her scraps of notes would somehow be made whole: (ND 5.374)
Apr 1900
S
When Miss Ansell wrote the above passage, she had transcribed less than half the lecture notes. (ND 5.375)
Apr 1900
S
According to Mrs. Hansbrough, who had, of course, heard Swamiji lecture in both southern and northern California, he "showed greater power in San Francisco than in Los Angeles. (ND 6. 064)
Apr 1900
Notes
Largely thinkers, writers, reformers, and clergymen of the well-to-do middle classes, had become aware, first in England, then in America, that the Industrial Revolution was not turning out to be an unmitigated blessing. (ND 6. 071)
Apr 1900
Notes
During his first visit to the West Swamiji had had a firsthand acquaintance with the views of Socialized Christianity. (ND 6. 073)
Apr 1900
Notes
One might say that there was a sort of undeclared, and to the majority of churchgoers unsuspected, war of good work going on in America at the end of the century. (ND 6. 075)
10 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture FORMAL WORSHIP at San Franscisco (CW SV 6.059)
10 Apr 1900
Notes
In "Formal Worship," Swamiji explained the value of (but did not necessarily recommend) the various stages of worship, the "kindergartens of religion," through which man passes. (ND 6. 095)
Apr 1900
S
Four of Ida Ansell’s transcripts, as edited by Swami Ashokananda, were published in the 1946 issues of The Voice of India. (ND 5.375)
Apr 1900
S
It was, indeed, not until the Swami had moved into the Turk Street flat on March 9, deciding to remain for at least a month more in San Francisco, that his work assumed a definite and distinctive character. (LSV 2. 511)
Apr 1900
S
Two years later, in February of 1948, she wrote, still worried: (ND 5.376)
Apr 1900
S
This, however, was not the last chapter of the story of her shorthand notes. (ND 5.377)
Apr 1900
S
But however that may be, readers now have the benefit of Miss Ansell’s second transcriptions of sixteen of Swamiji’s lectures. (ND 5.377)
Apr 1900
S
In San Francisco, as elsewhere, the Swami's towering and benign personality stood before his listeners as irrefutable proof of his message. (LSV 2. 513)
Apr 1900
S
Two Stories Told By Swami Vivekananda at Ridgely Manor as Recorded by Maud Stumm. (ND 5.409)
Apr 1900
S
When Swamiji moved in April to the Alameda Home of Truth, Mrs. Allan continued to see him every day. (ND 6. 018)
Apr 1900
S
Mrs. Allan describing Swamiji many-sided and wonderful beyond descripption. (ND 6. 018)
Apr 1900
S
While speaking of the interviews Swamiji gave at his Turk Street flat. (ND 6. 020)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji had many kind of desciples. (ND 6. 022)
Apr 1900
S
Many other people in the various places Swamiji visited, such as Boston, Detroit, Chicago, London, received a formal initiation from him. (ND 6. 023)
Apr 1900
S
According to Mrs. Hansbrough, Swamiji's daily routine in San Francisco was more or less the same as it had been in Pasadena. (ND 6. 025)
Apr 1900
S
On a sheet of foolscap paper Mrs.Hansbrough later wrote out for the Allans the following deeply personal word. (ND 6. 026)
Apr 1900
S
Mrs. Hansbrough recalled couple of incidences while at San Francisco. (ND 6. 028)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji did not spend all his time in San Francisco in either his flat or a lecture hall. (ND 6. 030)
Apr 1900
S
One of the places to which Swamiji may have sometimes gone alone, however, was Chinatown. (ND 6. 032)
Apr 1900
S
According to Mrs. Hansbrough's account another place Swamiji liked to visit was Golden Gate Park. (ND 6. 034)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji also visited the Cliff House, going by means of a street car pulled along by a little steam engine through empty sand and dunes. (ND 6. 035)
Apr 1900
S
Couple of incidents occurred with Swamiji at outside dinner. (ND 6. 037)
Apr 1900
S
Happily, Mr. Neilson had other opportunities to entertain Swamiji. (ND 6. 038)
Apr 1900
S
Probably during the first part of the month, his heart gave in to the old German and, as the following account from Mrs. French's memoirs shows, he went to stay at his home: (ND 6. 040)
Apr 1900
S
One of the last people one would expect him to meet and come to know quite well was Mrs. Collis P. Huntington. (ND 6. 041)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji met people of all kinds in San Francisco, and, as was the case always, he was equally friendly to all. (ND 6. 042)
11 Apr 1900
0
Swamiji reaches Alameda, stayed at the home of truth (LSV 2.)
Apr 1900
S
In regard to the trouble seething in the New York Vedanta Society, Swamiji was not greatly concerned. (ND 6.135)
12 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture DIVINE LOVE . (CW SV 6.070)
12 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to AMERICAN FRIEND From ALAMEDA (CW SV 8.517)
12 Apr 1900
S
In a unpublished letter to Mrs. Bull, Swamiji praised Californians for this warm heartedness. (ND 6. 100)
12 Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji said in "Divine Love," "To be completely turned into love of God,-there is the real worship! (ND 6. 095)
12 Apr 1900
S
Swamiji expected the societies in both southern and northern California to send regularly what money they could to Belur. (ND 6. 101)
12 Apr 1900
Notes
The house, which stood uncrowded by neighbors at 2527 Central Avenue, was a large mid-Victorian dwelling with wide lawns and well-kept gardens. (ND 6.111)
Apr 1900
S
Just as this letter bespoke the great peace in which Swamiji was living on his arrival in Alameda. (ND 6.136)
12 Apr 1900
S
There was another condition equally necessary: this was the existence of a group of people eager to band together under his leadership. (ND 6. 101)
12 Apr 1900
Notes
Mrs. Hansbrough continued in her account of Swamiji's move from San Francisco to Alameda. (ND 6.111)
Apr 1900
Notes
In addition to giving lectures in downtown San Francisco, Swamiji spoke at least once during his stay in the city at the Pine Street Home of Truth and once at the California Street Home of Truth. (ND 6. 096)
12 Apr 1900
Notes
About Alameda. (ND 6.112)
Apr 1900
Notes
n his lecture at the California Street Home of Truth Swamiji rebuked American doctors for advising against the practice of chastity. (ND 6. 097)
12 Apr 1900
News reports
Alameda was not new to Swamiji. Before April 11 he had lectured there at least three, and possibly five times. (ND 6.113)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji's work in San Francisco was virtually finished. (ND 6. 098)
Apr 1900
Notes
Thus with the series "Divine Love," Swamiji's public lectures in Washington Hall came to a close. (ND 6. 099)
Apr 1900
Notes
During his stay in Alameda the Swami gave another series of three lectures at Tucker Hall on the evenings of April 13, 16, and 18. (LSV 2.525)
Apr 1900
Notes
As for the third lecture of the series, the Daily Encinal told its readers on April 12. (ND 6.120)
Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji intended to rest for a week in Alameda. (ND 6.121)
Apr 1900
Notes
Mrs. Allan, however, tells us something more of this particular lecture. (ND 6.120)
Apr 1900
Notes
Remembering that Swamiji always spoke, as Swami Saradananda once said: (ND 6.120)
13 Apr 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE SCIENCE OF YOGA at Tucker Hall, Alameda, California (CW SV 7.430)
13 Apr 1900
News reports
Of Swamiji's lectures in Tucker's Hall the Daily Argus noted as early as April 11, "Another series of lectures by the Hindu philosopher has been arranged for to be given shortly." The three lectures of this second series were announced duly, and often, in both Alameda papers, the most comprehensive notices appearing, of course, at an early date. That in the Encinal of April 13 read as follows: (ND 6.122)
Apr 1900
Notes
The three lectures of this series were, clearly, concerned with raja yoga. (ND 6.123)
Apr 1900
Notes
According to Frank Rhodehamel's notes of "Concentration and Breathing," Swamiji spoke in that second lecture of the series: (ND 6.123)
Apr 1900
Notes
But not everybody at the Alameda Home of Truth approved of Swamiji. (ND 6.124)
Apr 1900
Notes
All Homes of Truth seem to have had difficulty with Swamiji's pipe. A story in this regard is told in Swami Nikhilananda's Vivekananda: A Biography: (ND 6.125)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji had a sometimes childlike, sometimes lordly indifference to rules. Mr. Rhodehamel tells a relevant tale in Prabuddha Bharata: (ND 6.126)
Apr 1900
S
One finds Swamiji in many moods during his stay at the Alameda Home of Truth. (ND 6.128)
Apr 1900
S
Another glimpse of Swamiji in Alameda comes to us from Mr. Allan-that big and burly Scotsman. (ND 6.129)
Apr 1900
S
At other times, Swamiji would entertain a group of friends with jokes and stories, or, suddenly growing serious in response to a need or a question. (ND 6.130)
Apr 1900
S
Mrs. Hansbrough once said during her reminiscences of him. (ND 6.131)
14 Apr 1900
0
Vedanta Society of San Francisco founded by Swamiji (LSV 2.)
14 Apr 1900
S
After the lecture was over, a meeting was held in an adjoining room to inaugurate the Vedanta Society of San Francisco. (LSV 2. 515)
14 Apr 1900
ME
it was immediately after the lecture that the Vedanta Society of San Francisco was founded. (ND 6. 099)
14 Apr 1900
ME
There are three firsthand accounts of this historic meeting. (ND 6. 102)
14 Apr 1900
ME
The first account of this Historic Meeting as per Mr. Wallberg. (ND 6. 102)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji's stay in Alameda did not by any means give him the complete rest that he needed. (ND 6.121)
14 Apr 1900
ME
Turning again to Mrs. Hansbrough's "Reminiscences," we find more details in connection with the Society's inaugural meeting: (ND 6. 103)
14 Apr 1900
ME
The third and, as I said, perhaps the most important record of this first meeting of the Vedanta Society is its Minutes. These, together with the Minutes of the subsequent meetings, were neatly written in an ornate, feminine hand in a red leather-covered, wide ruled copybook, which has been preserved in the archives of the Society. The Minutes for Saturday, April 14, 1900, read as follows: (ND 6. 104)
Apr 1900
S
Presumably, but not certainly, the "bill of $4-for rent of hall" was for the rent of the anteroom in which the meeting was held. (ND 6. 105)
Apr 1900
ME
The Minutes of 19 th April, 1900 read: (ND 6. 105)
Apr 1900
ME
Although the Society was at first called the "Vedanta Class," after about a year the term "Vedanta Society" began to be used off and on in the Minutes. (ND 6. 106)
16 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture CONCENTRATION & BREATHING at Alameda (CW SV 6.037)
17 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT FRANCIS From (CW SV 7.524)
18 Apr 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION in Alameda (CW SV 4.238)
18 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From ALAMEDA (CW SV 6.431)
18 Apr 1900
Notes
Swamiji delivered at Tucker Hall, Alameda, his last public lecture in California — entitled, "The Practice of Religion". (LSV 2.528)
Apr 1900
S
In San Francisco, as elsewhere, the Swami's towering and benign personality stood before his listeners as irrefutable proof of his message. (LSV 2. 513)
20 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From ALAMEDA (CW SV 8.518)
Apr 1900
Notes
But as it happened, Swamiji did not use his railway pass until more than five weeks later. (ND 6.138)
Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji had many friends in Alameda. There was a Mrs. Betts, whom he mentioned in a published letter of April 20, writing to Miss MacLeod that he had given Mrs. Betts her message. (ND 6.133)
Apr 1900
S
The event of taking of Swmiji's pictures took place at lunch at homre of Mr. Charles Neilson, anothrt friend of Swamiji at Alameda. (ND 6.133)
Apr 1900
Analysis
One does indeed find everything in Swamiji's smiling picture, and it is small wonder; for throughout his stay in Alameda he was in an exceedingly exalted state of mind. (ND 6.134)
Apr 1900
S
Swamiji was physically exhausted by end April. He required rest. (LSV 2.528)
22 Apr 1900
S
In her "Reminiscences," Mrs. Hansbrough tells of this sudden change of plan. (ND 6.138)
23 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From (CW SV 8.519)
23 Apr 1900
S
Only one lecture was reported upon by the Alameda papers, and this not altogether clearly. The item, which appeared in the "Social and Personal" column of the Alameda Daily Encinal of March 23, read: (ND 6.114)
Apr 1900
ME
Mrs. Hansbrough has told of the events, or mishaps, that prevented Swamiji from arriving when he had first intended. (ND 6.140)
30 Apr 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From (CW SV 8.520)
30 Apr 1900
Notes
As it happened, the Swami, prevented from leaving Alameda by a severe setback in his health, did not arrive at the camp in the woods until May 2. (LSV 2.528)
Apr 1900
ME
A full week passed before Swamiji and Mrs. Hansbrough again set out for Mr. Juhl's camp. (ND 6.142)
May 1900
0
By May Swamiji found his California work prospering. In Vedanta Societies of LA and Pasadena, meetings were being held regularly by his students. Informal study groups were formed in Oakland and Alameda (LSV 2.)
Notes
A GREETING : Thomas Allan's reminiscenses of Swamiji's visit to Alameda (CW SV 9.331 ND 6.136)
1900
0
In California Swamiji made some life long followers of his teaching and supporters of his work. Notable among them were Mrs. Mead Hansbrough, Mrs. Mead Wyckoff (of LA) Mrs. Mead Allan, Mrs. Aspinall, Dr. Logan, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Wolberg, the last three were office bearers of VS of SF (LSV 2.)
1900
0
Received invitation from Paris to attend the Parliament of the History of Religion, also from Mr. and Mrs. Legget to join them in Paris in July (LSV 2.)
2 May 1900
0
Swamiji reaches camp Taylor, Marine county to rest after the exhaustion of the work and a severe set back in health at Alameda (LSV 2.)
2 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From (CW SV 8.521)
2 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BLODGETT MRS. From (CW SV 7.525)
2 May 1900
Notes
Swamiji left for Camp Taylor. (ND 6.142)
2 May 1900
Notes
Swamiji left for Camp Taylor - Journey to Camp Taylor. (LSV 2.528 ND 6.142)
2 May 1900
Notes
A descriptiom of the route as per Mr. A. Bray Dickinson in the book 'Narrow Guage to the Radwoods'. (ND 6.144)
2 May 1900
Notes
A mile or two before coming to the old paper mill, the train had stopped to let Swamiji and Mrs. Hansbrough alight at what was known as Irving Flag Station. (ND 6.145)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji spent little over two weeks at Camp Taylor. (LSV 2.529)
May 1900
Notes
Of the Swami's first night at the Camp, Miss Ansell reminisced. (LSV 2.529)
May 1900
S
The story of Swamiji's concentration of the mind. (LSV 2.529 ND 2.160)
1900
S
Strangers sometimes wandered into Swamiji's camp, curious to see what manner of place it was. (ND 2.160)
May 1900
S
Description of the Camp with few photographs taken in 1900. (ND 6.146)
May 1900
S
In September of 1948 a group of devotees from the Vedanta Society of Northern California took Miss Ansell to revisit the camp site in order to verify its location. (ND 6.147)
May 1900
S
A mission was set in September 1969 to visit Camp Taylor to spot exact location of Swamiji's tent and other objectives. (ND 6.148)
May 1900
S
The mission was successful in finding out exact location of Swamiji's tent and bring holy earth, treasure to be imbaded in a monument to Swami Vivekananda at Vedanta Retreat at Olema. (ND 6.148)
3 May 1900
S
Three firsthand accounts of Swamiji's two weeks' stay at Camp Taylor: (ND 6.149)
4 May 1900
S
The next day there was a trace of rain; and the day following that, which was Friday, May 4, there was more than a trace. (ND 6.151)
4 May 1900
S
In 1900 the camp was not without neighbors. (ND 6.152)
4 May 1900
S
Life at the camp settled into a simple routine. (ND 6.152)
May 1900
S
A few details of Swamiji's morning talks from Miss Ansell's memoirs. (ND 6.155)
May 1900
S
Of Swamiji's talks at Camp Taylor Mrs. Roorbach also told a little: (ND 6.155)
May 1900
S
At another time he spoke of the regard we must have for all approaches to worship. (ND 6.156)
May 1900
S
In speaking of Swamiji's most exalted moods, Mrs. Hans¬brough mentioned three occasions that stood out in her memory: (ND 6.156)
May 1900
S
One indication of the special luminosity of Swamiji's mood during his days at the camp. (ND 6.156)
May 1900
S
"After the morning meditation and talk, Swamiji would be interested in the preparations for dinner" (ND 6.157)
May 1900
S
The women did most of the cooking most of the time, and now and then, they taught Swamiji a new trick. (ND 6.158)
May 1900
S
Reminances of Mrs. Roorbach. (ND 6.159)
May 1900
S
The activities in the evenings after returning from walks at camp. (ND 6.161)
May 1900
S
There were two weekends at Camp Taylor. Mrs. Allan's first hand observation on both weekends. (ND 6.161)
May 1900
News reports
Even those who knew Swamiji less well, even they held him in profound esteem and affection. (ND 6.221)
9 May 1900
S
While Swamiji was resting at Camp Taylor, his public work finished, Blanche Partington wrote a heartfelt letter, dated May 9, 1900, to the editor of Prabuddha Bharata. (ND 6.221)
Notes
THIS WORLD IS A CIRCUS RING : Mrs. Alice Hansbrough's reminiscense of Swamiji in Camp Tylor (CW SV 9.331 ND 6.136)
12 May 1900
S
Stay of almost two weeks at camp Taylor with Swamiji. (ND 6.162)
16 May 1900
0
(16 or 17) Returned to San Francisco. He was not yet restored to health thus it was decided that he stay at the residence of his disciple Dr. Logan under constant medical care and observation (LSV 2.)
16 May 1900
S
Swamiji returned to San Franscisco on either 16th or 17th. (ND 6.163)
17 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.136)
18 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.137)
18 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.137)
18 May 1900
S
Swamiji replied to Mrs. Bull's following letter on 18th. (ND 6.164)
19 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.138)
19 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ABHEDANANDA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 9.138)
19 May 1900
S
Swamiji's visit to California was drawing to a close. Yet, as he wrote in another heretofore unpublished letter from Dr. Logan's house, a number of things still detained him. (ND 6.166)
May 1900
S
Back in San Francisco, Mrs. Hansbrough again felt drawn to South Pasadena, where her small daughter awaited her. (ND 6.167)
May 1900
S
Swamiji took another brief vacation trip somewhere outside the city with a Dr. Miller before he left for the East Coast. (ND 6.168)
May 1900
S
But whether or not Swamiji went to Mount Shasta for a few days' rest, he seems to have made Dr. Logan's home his head quarters during the last two weeks of May. (ND 6.168)
May 1900
S
Mrs. Hansbrough once said, "Dr. Logan was a man of middle age at that time, and was apparently devoted to Swamiji. He was very helpful to Swamiji. Background of Dr. Logan. (ND 6.168)
May 1900
S
In 1900 Dr. Logan's downtown office suite was the best he could offer the Vedanta Society for a meeting place. (ND 6.171)
May 1900
S
One may wonder why Swamiji stayed for so many days in a household where he was not wholly welcome. Dr. Logan wrote a open letter to Swami Abhadanand in 1902, which reflects his attitude when Swamiji was a guest in his house: (ND 6.172)
May 1900
S
Since April 14, when Swamiji had founded the Society, its members had been meeting there regularly every Thursday evening. No meeting was eventful. Only event of note had taken place on May 17. (ND 6.173)
23 May 1900
Letter
Sart Mj.'s letter to Swami Akhandananda(Gangadhar) (PMS 2.21)
24 May 1900
Questions & Answers
San Franscisco - IN ANSWER TO NIVEDITA (CW SV 5.320)
24 May 1900
Notes
Frank Rhodehamel's notes of Swamiji's Bhagavad GITA class delivered on Thursday in San Francisco (CW SV 9.274 ND 6.175-76)
24 May 1900
S
On Thursday, May 24, 1900, Swamiji was well enough to attend a regular meeting of the Vedanta Society at Dr. Logan's offices at 6-8-10 Geary Street, a building that stood on the north side of the street near the triangular intersection of Geary, Kearny, and Market. (ND 6.173)
24 May 1900
S
The minutes of meeting of 24th May which was attended by Swamiji. (ND 6.174)
24 May 1900
S
But that is not our only record of this historic occasion. It so happened that Frank Rhodehamel was among those present and that he took notes of Swamiji's talk, or, at least, of some of it, placing quotation marks around sentences that were entirely verbatim. Heretofore unpublished, his notes read as follows: (ND 6.174)
May 1900
Notes
As a prelude to Swamiji's classes at Dr. Logan's, it may be worthwhile to discuss here his other discourses, as well as his scattered comments, on the Gita, or at least to mention the primary points he made in regard to this great book which he held in such high esteem. (ND 6.177)
May 1900
Notes
In discussing Swamiji's talks and comments on the Gita, it will be best, I believe, to use his class at the Alambazar Math as a sort of framework. (ND 6.177)
May 1900
Notes
In his "Reply to the Maharaja of Khetri," written in the spring of 1895, Swamiji gave a more political interpretation of the struggle between the two clashing sects. (ND 6.180)
May 1900
Notes
In his lecture "The Sages of India" Swamiji declared that there must indeed have lived a supremely great soul known by the name of Krishna. (ND 6.181)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji's views on Gita. (ND 6.181)
May 1900
Notes
In a conversation in Calcutta with a Hindu gentleman, Swamiji described his own conception of that immortal event. (ND 6.182)
May 1900
Notes
In London in 1896 Swamiji had expressed somewhat the same idea when he compared the Gita to the older Upanishads. (ND 6.184)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji recommended the study of the Gita to all: (ND 6.184)
May 1900
Notes
At the Math Swamiji insisted upon the study of the scriptures, among them the Gita. (ND 6.185)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji elaborated elsewhere upon the universality of the Gita, in which were reconciled the various clashing sects, all of which purported to be based upon the Upanishads. (ND 6.186)
May 1900
Notes
In his catholicity and in his many-sidedness Sri Krishna, in Swamiji's opinion, stood greater than all other Incarnations of the past. (ND 6.187)
May 1900
Notes
The task of reconciliation of the varios sects were necessary. It remained for Sri Ramakrishna and for Swamiji. Himself. (ND 6.189)
May 1900
Notes
It was for Swamiji not only to spread Sri Ramakrishna's message of harmony to the world at large but to give it philosophical form. (ND 6.190)
May 1900
Notes
In Calcutta Swamiji said during the course of his lecture "The Vedanta in All Its Phases" (ND 6.190)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji also to revive and restate Sri Krishna's, teaching of karma yoga. (ND 6.191)
May 1900
Notes
Gita that Swamiji discussed during the course of his class at the Alambazar Math, work without desire or attachment was the second. (ND 6.192)
May 1900
Notes
In San Francisco Swamiji again pointed to the need for attachment as well as for detachment and stressed the element of power necessary to both. (ND 6.194)
May 1900
Notes
There was a lesson here for Westerners, who were prone to mouth the highest of ideals, as well as for Indians. (ND 6.196)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji said at the conclusion of his class on Gita at the Math. (ND 6.198)
May 1900
Notes
On other occasions also, Swamiji declared that the essential teaching of the Gita was Advaita Vedanta. (ND 6.199)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji's talk with Chakravarty on Gita in 1897. (ND 6.200)
May 1900
Notes
This was in part the counsel Swamiji gave to the people of California. (ND 6.201)
May 1900
Notes
Before we discuss these San Francisco Gita lectures, it should be mentioned that Swamiji's earlier Sunday afternoon lecture "Sri Krishna's Message to the World" dealt almost wholly with the teachings of the Gita and can be counted among his talks on this subject. (ND 6.202)
May 1900
Notes
Three Gita lectures at Dr. Logan's house were given on the evenings of Saturday, May 26; Monday, May 28; and Tuesday, May 29. They were, in a sense, public lectures. (ND 6.202)
26 May 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture SPIRIT & NATURE at (CW SV 6.098)
26 May 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture GITA 1 26.05.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.446)
26 May 1900
Notes
Frank Rhodehamel's notes of Swamiji's Bhagavad GITA 1 class delivered on Saturday in San Francisco (CW SV 9.276 ND 6.205)
26 May 1900
Notes
Miss Ansell's first transcript on Swamiji's first public lecture on Gita at Dr. Logan's house. (ND 6.204)
26 May 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From SAN FRANCISCO (CW SV 8.522)
28 May 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture GITA 2 28.05.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.459)
May 1900
Notes
In his next lecture Swamiji took up the whole of the second chapter of the Gita almost verse for verse. (ND 6.207)
May 1900
Notes
Unfortunately Frank Rhodehamel's notes of this second Gita lecture no longer exist (if they ever did), and thus we cannot turn to them for help. (ND 6.207)
May 1900
Notes
Never before had Swamiji brought out this particular message of Sri Krishna's with such intensity as in these classes: weakness by whatever name was death. (ND 6.210)
29 May 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture GITA 3 29.05.1900 at San Franscisco (CW SV 1.467)
29 May 1900
Notes
Frank Rhodehamel's notes of Swamiji's lecture GITA 3 delivered on Tuesday in San Franscisco (CW SV 9.278, 1.467 ND 6.213)
May 1900
Notes
In his next lecture, delivered on May 29, Swamiji discussed the third chapter of the Gita and a part of the fourth. (ND 6.211)
1900
Notes
REMARKS FORM VARIOUS LECTURES : Frank Rhodehamel's random lecture notes of Swamiji (CW SV 9.282 ND 6.209)
May 1900
Notes
Swamiji concluded his last lecture on the Gita (and his last lecture in California). (ND 6.216)
May 1900
S
Therefore, on the evening of May 29, after his last lecture at Dr. Logan's house, he bade farewell to his disciples and friends, promising to send in the near future "a most spiritual Swami by name of Swami Turiyananda" as the head of the Vedanta movement in California. (LSV 2.531)
May 1900
Notes
Minutes of the Vedanta Society for May 29 read, and continue: (ND 6.218)
30 May 1900
S
The love of people of San Fransciso is refledted in a tribute by the "San Francisco Class of Vedanta Philosophy" to its "Great Leader" when word of Swamiji's death in July of 1902 reached America. (ND 6.219)
30 May 1900
0
Swamiji leaves San Francisco for Chicago en route to New York (LSV 2.)
May 1900
S
Significant difference between the teachings of Swamiji's second visit to the West, as judged by what we know of his many California talks, and the teachings of his first visit. (ND 6.227)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's first visit to the Western world-the visit that extended from the end of July, 1893, to the middle of December, 1896, (ND 6.227)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's first visit to the west - Six weeks prior to the Parliament of Religions. (ND 6.228)
May 1900
S
Initial period after the parliament of Religions. The enmity of every zealous bigot in the country. (ND 6.228)
May 1900
S
The battle Swamiji thus fought and won on behalf of his countrymen constituted one of the primary aspects of his work during the months following the Parliament of Religions. (ND 6.229)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's style of working during the period of latter part of 1894 and early part of 1895. (ND 6.231)
May 1900
S
During the latter part of 1895, Swamiji spent a large part of his time in London. (ND 6.232)
May 1900
S
The year of 1896 (or, to be exact, the period extending from December 9, 1895, to December 16, 1896) was the year of golden harvest. (ND 6.232)
May 1900
S
He taught the four primary paths or yogas, giving them, it would appear, equal attention. He explained the three main philosophies of Vedanta: dualism, qualified monism, and monism. (ND 6.234)
May 1900
S
Absorbed as Swamiji may have become in formulating and delivering a message to the Western people, he never forgot his motherland or relegated her to the background of his thought. (ND 6.236)
May 1900
S
Let us turn now to Swamiji's second visit to the West. (ND 6.237)
May 1900
S
It is true that for some months after leaving India Swamiji, physically and nervously exhausted, was filled with a sense of dissatisfaction and impatience with the progress of his Indian work. (ND 6.238)
May 1900
S
As far as we can know, Swamiji had not set forth from India the second time with a definite idea of giving a message to the West. (ND 6.239)
May 1900
S
One cannot but think that Swamiji's new message was born from, or at least intensified by, what had been, on the whole, his disheartening experience in India. (ND 6.240)
May 1900
S
But at the time nothing much came of Swamiji's fiery ex-hortations to his countrymen; there was not the nationwide response that he had hoped for. (ND 6.241)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's nessage to his disciples. (ND 6.241)
May 1900
S
On the evening of March 11 of 1899 Sister Nivedita had gone to the Belur Math to interview Swamiji for Prabuddha Bharata. (ND 6.243)
May 1900
S
One might ask why Swamiji did not lecture in India more than he did, why he did not go about from place to place dictating terms, preaching the divinity of man. (ND 6.244)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's new Gospel: (ND 6.244)
May 1900
S
Inevitably, this "new gospel" was reflected in many aspects of his message and as inevitably altered their appearance, highlighting some, throwing others into shadow. (ND 6.247)
May 1900
S
Another difference in Swamiji's choice of subjects lay in his many talks in California on the great Teachers (or Messengers) of the world-a subject to which he had not earlier devoted a full lecture. (ND 6.248)
May 1900
S
While proceeding for San Francisco Swamiji decided to give Humanity something that will make for strength in the stress of daily life. (ND 6.249)
May 1900
S
It is evident from his lectures in San Francisco that he is giving his audiences a teaching and a practice by means of which they could face whatever life might hold. (ND 6.250)
May 1900
S
It seems that in second visit, not only had Swamiji's message changed in its emphasis, but his conception of the Western Vedanta movement had in some respects changed as well. (ND 6.252)
May 1900
S
Swamiji did, in fact, found a society in New York in November of 1894, it would seem clear that in 1895 Swamiji did not consider this society to be anything like a church. (ND 6.253)
May 1900
S
Swamiji's overall plan for his work, however, remained the same. He still hoped, that is, to see it carried on with a minimum of organization. (ND 6.255)
May 1900
S
Many years later Swami Abhedananda commented upon Swamiji's dislike of organization. (ND 6.256)
May 1900
S
Perhaps there were other reasons as well for Swamiji's early refusal to organize. (ND 6.257)
May 1900
S
Swamiji seems to have changed his views to an appreciable degree in regard to both organization as such and the establishment of a church. (ND 6.257)
Jun 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture MOTHER WORSHIP (CW SV 6.145)
2 Jun 1900
0
last meeting between Swamiji and Hale sisters when stopped for 4 days at Chicago (CB SV)
2 Jun 1900
S
Swamiji travelled by train from San Francisco to Chicago. (ND 6.260)
Jun 1900
S
Swamiji spent quiet hours with the Hales and McKindleys at Chicago. (ND 6.261)
Jun 1900
S
The only detail we have of Swamiji's Chicago visit is a brief episode. Life story of Mary Hale. (ND 6.261)
7 Jun 1900
0
Arrived at New York, stayed at Vedanta Society which now occupy a four storey house (LSV 2.)
7 Jun 1900
Notes
Swamiji arrived in New York. (ND 6.265 LSV 2.532)
Jun 1900
Notes
Changes had taken place in the New York Vedanta Society since Swamiji had last been on the East Coast. (ND 6.265 LSV 2.531)
Jun 1900
Notes
The furnishings and decor of the house were not, perhaps, on the ample or spruce side. (ND 6.266)
Jun 1900
Notes
Swamiji was delighted. (ND 6.266 LSV 2.531)
Jun 1900
Notes
Other changes had taken place in the New York Society while Swamiji had been in California. The differences between Swami Abhedananda on the one hand and the Leggetts, Miss MacLeod, and Mrs. Bull on the other had been resolved or, at least, dissolved. (ND 6.266 LSV 2.532)
Jun 1900
Notes
Swamiji met his friends, old and new, and with particular delight that he embraced his brother monks, Swami Turiyananda and Swami Abhedananda, after a six-month separation. (ND 6.268)
Jun 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture UNITY ( NEWYORK JUNE 1900) at (CW SV 8.250)
Jun 1900
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture THE WORSHIP OF THE DIVINE MOTHER (JUNE1900) at (CW SV 8.252)
9 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.140)
9 Jun 1900
News reports
News Report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: (ND 6.268)
Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HANSBROUGH ALICE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.143)
9 Jun 1900
Notes
On the following Saturday, June 9, Swami Vivekananda conducted the morning class on the Bhagavad-Gita, relieving Swami Turiyananda, who usually taught the class. (LSV 2.532)
Jun 1900
Notes
Nivedita's notes of Swamiji's BHAGAVAT GITA class recorded in 16-6-1900 letter to Josephine MacLeod delivered in New York (CW SV 9.281 ND 6.275)
10 Jun 1900
News reports
News Report in the Tribune: (ND 6.269)
10 Jun 1900
Notes
Of Swamiji's first Sunday lecture and of her own moment of crisis, Sister Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod in a letter. (ND 6.271 LSV 2.532)
Jun 1900
Notes
Sister Nivedita's report of Swamiji's first lecture as published in volume eight of the Complete Works duplicates in essence her report to Miss MacLeod, but it is somewhat more full. (ND 6.273)
Jun 1900
Notes
During lectures Swamiji used to give his audience some thing solid. (ND 6.276)
Jun 1900
Notes
One of the listener of Swamiji's lactures at New York Vedant Society, Mrs. Lillian Montogomery, narrates her experience of lecture. (ND 6.277)
Jun 1900
Notes
Details of Swamiji's classes at New York Vedant Society as per Swami Abhadananda's Diary. (ND 6.282)
12 Jun 1900
Notes
A reception was given to him on the following Friday evening [actually, on Tuesday, June 12, (LSV 2.533)
13 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.141)
15 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.142)
16 Jun 1900
L
The next morning, Saturday, June 16, he also took charge of [Gita] class . (LSV 2.533)
17 Jun 1900
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture WHAT IS RELIGION? In New York (CW SV 1.333)
17 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY (CW SV 8.522)
Jun 1900
Notes
There exist two sets of notes of Swamiji's second lecture (Sunday, June 17), "What is Religion?" Sister Nivedita spoke in the evening on "The Ideals of Hindu Women. (ND 6.273 LSV 2.533)
20 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From NEW YORK (CW SV 6.433)
20 Jun 1900
Letter
And on June 20, 1900 the Swami was to write from New York about Miss Muller to Christine Greenstidel: (LSV 2.416)
20 Jun 1900
Notes
(Miss Muller could not come to New York in June, in July, or in August. It is not likely that she ever made her peace with Swamiji-if that is what she had wanted to do.) (ND 6.301)
20 Jun 1900
Notes
Swamiji's other activities in New York that sweltering summer. (ND 6.283)
23 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.525)
23 Jun 1900
Notes
On June 23, Swami Vivekananda conducted the Gita class, and on Sunday, June 24, he lectured on "The Mother-worship". In the evening Sister Nivedita spoke again on "The Ancient Arts of India". Her talk was most entertaining, because of her familiarity with the subject. Her visit and conversation were very instructive.... (LSV 2.533)
Jun 1900
S
Swamiji made reference of this matter in his letter to Mary Hale in June of 1900. (ND 6.374)
Jun 1900
S
"Swami is all against bhakti and emotion now," Sister Nivedita had written from New York in the same month to Miss MacLeod, "-determined to banish it, he says. (ND 6.375)
Jun 1900
Notes
"Mother Worship" (Swamiji's lecture of Sunday, June 24) was a subject on which he seems never before to have lectured, but this reticence had not been out of distaste. (ND 6.274)
Jun 1900
Notes
Yet in addition to "fragmentary notes, taken by Miss Waldo" (which are published both in The Master as I Saw Him and in volume eight of the Complete Works under the title "The Worship of the Divine Mother"), (ND 6.274)
Jun 1900
Notes
On Mission of Sister Nivedita (ND 6.284)
25 Jun 1900
ME
While Swamiji was in New York an event of great moment took place in connection with his work in California. (ND 6.291)
Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji accepted Miss Boock's gift with what must have been delight and toward the end of June sent off the following heretofore unpublished letter to Mrs. Hansbrough: (ND 6.292)
27 Jun 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.142)
27 Jun 1901
Letter
Sarat Mj.'s letter to Swami Akhandananda(Gangadhar) (PMS 2.21)
28 Jun 1900
0
Nivedita sailed for France after staying for a time in NY (LSV 2.)
28 Jun 1900
Notes
Nivedita's conception of her work in India had not yet changed, as it was to do later on. The day before her departure, a New York newspaper (today unidentified) printed an interview with her in which she outlined her future plans. The article read in part: (ND 6.289)
Jun 1900
S
One is here reminded of how he had turned on Sister Nivedita in New York in June of 1900. (ND 6.375)
30 Jun 1900
Notes
Swami Vivekananda conducted the [Gita] class on the morning of June 30, and the next morning, Sunday, July 1, lectured on the "Source of Religion". As on all previous occasions, the rooms were crowded, and all felt it a privilege to listen to him. (LSV 2.533)
2 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From NEW YORK (CW SV 6.433)
2 Jul 1900
S
Further development took place. (ND 6.302)
2 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji wrote to Christine on July 2 (ND 6.302)
3 Jul 1900
0
Kali mj and Hari mj left NY for Detroit accompanied by Mrs. Boock, who was going to California with Hari mj, had offered Swamiji 160 acres in largely uninhabited San Antone valley, Santa Clara county, California. Swamiji sent Hari mj to take charge of California movement and establish Shanti Ashrama on that land (LSV 2.)
3 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.144)
3 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HANSBROUGH ALICE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.145)
Jul 1900
0
Swamiji's short visit to Detroit, stayed with the family of Christine (LSV 2.)
Jul 1900
News reports
About the same time, Miss Partington wrote also to the Brahmavadin. Her letter to this magazine was published in its July 1900 issue and, like the above, was later printed in the first edition of the Life. As the Brahmavadin letter was somewhat repetitious of that in Prabudda Bharata, I shall give it here only in part: (ND 6.223)
3 Jul 1900
S
On July 3, Swami Vivekananda and Swami Turiyananda left New York, the former going to Detroit to visit old friends, and the latter to California to establish a Shanti Ashrama and to take charge of the Vedanta Society work at San Francisco. (LSV 2.534)
8 Jul 1900
Notes
In the meanwhile, Swamiji asked Swami Turiyananda, to whom he had already assigned the California work, to establish the Ashrama. (ND 6.293)
Jul 1900
S
It is from Mary Funke that we gain a glimpse of Swamiji at this particular period of his life. (ND 3.303)
Jul 1900
Notes
Swamiji's conversation with his Brother Monks during this period. (ND 6.304)
Jul 1900
Letter
Mrs. Funke further writes (ND 6.305)
Jul 1900
S
According to the Life, Swamiji spent seven days in Detroit (ND 6.305 LSV 2.535)
10 Jul 1900
0
Returned to NY. Spend the remaining two weeks there in rest with the circle of friends. During this time designed the emblem of the Order, taking the help of his disciple Mr. Van Haagel, a painter (LSV 2.)
10 Jul 1900
S
Swamiji returned directly to New York, arriving there, as we know from a letter he wrote to Mary Hale, on July 10. (ND 6.305 LSV 2.535)
11 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.526)
18 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.527)
Jul 1900
S
Swamiji's days at New York after his return from Detroit. (ND 6.306)
Jul 1900
ME
Another memory shows us Swamiji at the breakfast table one July morning designing the emblem that was later to become the seal of the Ramakrishna Order and that is today so familiar to readers of the Order's literature. (ND 6.306 LSV 2.535)
Jul 1900
ME
Later on in India Swamiji again explained the significance of the design, this time to the artist Ranadaprasad Das Gupta. (ND 6.308)
20 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.527)
21 Jul 1900
S
In July Sara Bull had given up her Paris apartment and along with her inseparable companion Marian Briggs, had taken the night train to Lannion, Brittany, some three hundred miles to the west. Mrs. Bull had rented a house in a small village Tregastel-Plage. (ND 6.349)
24 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.528)
24 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ABHEDANANDA From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.145)
25 Jul 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.529)
Jul 1900
Notes
Among the disciples, whom the Swami frequently visited in New York and with whom he spent many hours in discussing philosophy and plans of work, was Miss Waldo. (LSV 2.536)
26 Jul 1900
0
Swamiji leaves for Paris on S.S. Champagne from NY. (LSV 2.)
26 Jul 1900
S
Swami Turiyananda stayed in Pasadena for a week. (ND 6.294)
Jul 1900
S
The story of Swami Turiyananda's valiant attempt to establish a Vedanta retreat has been told in "Early Days at Shanti Ashrama," a history that appeared some ten years ago in Prabuddha Bharata and that includes much theretofore unpublished material. (ND 6.294)
26 Jul 1900
0
Swamiji leaves for Paris on S.S. Champagne from NY. (LSV 2.536)
Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BRAHMACHARI IN MAYAVATI From NEW YORK (CW SV 8.529)
2 Aug 1900
0
First visit of Swami Turiyananda to shanti ashram (LSV 2.)
3 Aug 1900
0
Swamiji reaches Paris. Guest of M. Gerald Nobel- and old family friend of the Leggets, then he moved with Mr and Mrs Leggets (CB SV)
Aug 1900
Notes
Swamiji's telegram to Betty Leggett which traces Swamiji's footsteps as closely as possible, supplying information and material that had not before been known. (ND 6.312)
3 Aug 1900
S
Since writing his article, Swami Vidyatmananda has concluded that the "huit hres" of Swamiji's telegram to Mrs. Leggett meant eight o'clock in the evening. (ND 6.312)
3 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From CHMPAGNE (CW SV 9.146)
3 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From FRANCE (CW SV 9.146)
3 Aug 1900
S
Swamiji spent his first night in Paris at Gerald Nobel's apartment. (ND 6.313)
Aug 1900
S
To the known story of Swamiji's life in Paris one can add here a brief description of that apartment. (ND 6.313)
Aug 1900
S
After spending his first night in Paris as the guest of M. Nobel, Swamiji went the next morning at nine o'clock to the Leggetts' house at 6 place des Etats-Unis. (ND 6.314)
Aug 1900
S
In 1967 Swami Vidyatmananda identified the Leggetts' house and supplied a photograph of it in Prabuddha Bharata (March 1967). (ND 6.315)
Aug 1900
S
All types of distinguished personages of both sexes-used to be assembled in Mr. Leggett's residence. (ND 6.316)
Aug 1900
S
Among his old and dear friends at 6 place des Etats-Unis, Swamiji would have felt at home. (ND 6.317)
Aug 1900
S
While he was in Paris, the Swami was a close and keen observer of French culture (LSV 2.538)
Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From PARIS (CW SV 8.532)
Aug 1900
S
Swamiji was not satisfied, to say the least, with the wording of the trust deed appears in the Bengali version of this same letter to Swami Turiyananda from "the seacoast of France." In the Bengali edition of the Complete Works, the letter (there dated, wrongly, "August, 1900") is given with fewer omissions than in the English edition. A translation of the passages that reveal Swamiji's displeasure reads as follows: (ND 6.354)
Aug 1900
S
Later, on his return to India, Swamiji found he had mis¬judged the situation. (ND 6.355)
Aug 1900
0
Swamiji get the deed executed duly at the British Consulate in Paris. (LSV 2.)
13 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From PARIS (CW SV 8.530)
14 Aug 1900
Poem
THOU BLESSED DREAM - Written to Sister Christine from Paris (CW SV 8.168)
14 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to FOX JOHN From PARIS (CW SV 8.531)
14 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 9.147)
23 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From PARIS (CW SV 9.147)
23 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 9.148)
24 Aug 1900
News reports
on August 24 he gave a talk "dans 1es salons de M. leggett." (ND 318)
Aug 1900
News reports
Apart from his intimate circle, many of Swamiji's old friends were in Paris that summer. (ND 318)
Aug 1900
S
In the city that summer was also Hiram Maxim, the famous, delightful, and somewhat eccentric inventor, who was best known, to his regret, for his rapid-fire machine guns. (ND 319)
Aug 1900
S
Among the old friends Swamiji met again in Paris was the amazing Mrs. Melton, the magnetic healer, whom the Leggetts had brought from California to New York and thence to Europe. (ND 321)
Aug 1900
S
In Paris Swamiji surely met many other old friends whose names have not come down to us. (ND 322)
Aug 1900
S
Swamiji had been requested by the committee to debate with the Western Orientalists on whether the Vedic religion. (LSV 2.539)
Aug 1900
S
Even the difference between 1893 and 1900-the years, respectively, of the Chicago World's Fair and of the Paris Exposition-was startling. (ND 324)
Aug 1900
S
Every morning Swamiji went to the Exposition with Alberta, Mr. Leggett, and Professor Patrick Geddes, the last of whom explained the various exhibits. (ND 325)
Aug 1900
S
Of Swamiji's many tours through the Exposition, only one brief story has come down. (ND 326)
Aug 1900
S
Swamiji did not remain aloof from the activity surrounding him. (ND 326)
Aug 1900
S
Another great man with whom Swamiji had many talks was Pere Hyacinthe. (ND 328)
Aug 1900
S
Bois was invited may have been Swamiji's discourse on "Hindu Religion and Philosophy," which, as we have seen, took place on August 24. Recounting his first meeting with Swamiji, M. Bois continues: (ND 337)
25 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From PARIS (CW SV 6.434)
25 Aug 1900
S
Aside from this, he was engaged in the task of training Margaret Noble to become truly nivedita, truly "dedicated" to the "Mother's work". (LSV 2.543)
Aug 1900
S
While in Paris Swamiji had been long anxious that the trust-deed of the Math at Belur be registered at the earliest possible date. (LSV 2.542)
25 Aug 1900
S
Swamiji explained in his letter of 25th August that he had resigned the presidentship of both the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. (ND 6.348)
25 Aug 1900
S
After signing the first draft of the Trust Deed Swamiji was free. (ND 6.373)
Aug 1900
S
Development after Swamiji's letter of 25th August, 1900 to sister Nivedita. (ND 6.349)
Aug 1900
S
Sister Nivedita did not say anything about Swamiji giving a chance to Mrs. Bull to draw her money. (ND 6.354)
28 Aug 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From PARIS (CW SV 6.435)
31 Aug 1900
Notes
Swamiji went to see Bois's flat on August 31 only to see the flat and not to stay there. However he stayed for few days before he moved in with the young Frenchman. (ND 6.338)
Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From PARIS (CW SV 8.535)
1 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to TURIYANANDA From PARIS (CW SV 8.533)
1 Sep 1900
S
In Paris Swamiji stayed in Leggetts' house till September second week. (ND 6.335)
1 Sep 1900
Notes
But not even Swamiji could have learned to speak fluent French out of a dictionary. (ND 6.317)
1 Sep 1900
S
Swamiji made expression of serenity and peace in his above letter to Swami Turananda. (ND 6.370)
Sep 1900
S
Jules Bois was in 1900 enjoying a certain fame as a writer. (ND 6.336)
Sep 1900
S
Swamiji was evidently fond of this young French poet. He stayed with him through most of September and October. (ND 6.339)
Sep 1900
S
Swamiji was delighted to have an opportunity to repay M. Bois's hospitality in February of:. 1901"I am ever so glad to hear that Bois is coming to Calcutta. (ND 6.339)
Sep 1900
S
M. Bois's appreciation of Swamiji: (ND 6.340)
Sep 1900
S
In the autumn of 1900 Jules Bois, then young and idealistic, filled Swamiji's need for a quiet, book-lined room and a restful atmosphere. (ND 6.341)
3 Sep 1900
0
Congress of the History of religions held during september 3 to 8, at the Sorbonne in connection with the Paris exposition. It was concerned exculusively with scholarly matters of different doctrines or beliefs, such as had taken place so fervently at Chicago was not allowed (*)
3 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT MRS. From PARIS (CW SV 6.436)
Sep 1900
Notes
it was an informal gathering of intimate friends, among whom were Josephine MacLeod, "Dr. James" [Dr. Lewis G. Janes?), Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Geddes, Mrs. Ole Bull, and Sister Nivedita. (ND 6.331)
Sep 1900
Notes
The "Dr. James" of this letter (as published) is, I venture to say, almost certainly Dr. Lewis G. Janes, and not Professor William James, as has been thought. (ND 6.333)
Sep 1900
Notes
Swamiji restored peace and calm. (ND 6.334)
1900
0
Pere Hyacinthe (Loyson) , a former carmelite monk and catholic priest, was one of Swamiji's greatest intimates during his stay in France. Duke of Richeliu was another one who become greatly attached to him. Others who were attracted by him were Hiram Maxim, of gun fame, Sarah Bernhardt, a celebrated actress, Madame Calve etc (LSV 2.)
Sep 1900
0
(First week) moved with M. Jules Bois, a well known writer and a student of comparative religion. Swamiji hoped that by living alone with Bois, who spoke nothing but french, he might thereby more proficient in french. Bois' apartment remained his head quarters in Paris, until he left for his European tour (LSV 2.)
7 Sep 1900
0
Swamiji attends a sectional meeting of the paris congress. He was present at several sittings of the Congress but his ill health prevented him from lecturing more than twice (LSV 2.)
7 Sep 1900
Writing
THE PARIS CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS (CW SV 4.422)
7 Sep 1900
S
This rebuttal of Mr. Oppert's paper was, of course, extemporaneous. (LSV 2.540)
Sep 1900
S
The Swamiji went on to reprove the cavalier shallowness of Western scholars in their Indian research. (LSV 2.541)
Sep 1900
S
After the lecture, many present expressed their opinion that the views of the modern school of Sanskrit scholars in the West were largely the same as those of the Swami. (LSV 2.542)
7 Sep 1900
Notes
Swamiji may have been already settled in M. Bois's fifth-floor flat when he spoke at the Congress of the History of Religions on the morning of Friday, September 7. (ND 6.341)
1900
S
Swamiji spoke twice that morning of September 7, both times in rebuttal of the misinformed pedantry of two of the Western speakers-professors both. (ND 6.342)
1900
News reports
A brief item that appeared in the Indian Minor of July 3, 1900, and was repeated in the Indian Spectator of July 8, read: "Swami Vivekananda has been invited to represent Hinduism and Vedanta in the Paris Exhibition, and the Swami will deliver an address in French. (ND 6.343)
1900
Notes
The Paris summer was drawing to an end; the American contingent was disappearing. (ND 6.343)
10 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURGES ALBERTA From PARIS (CW SV 6.439)
10 Sep 1900
Notes
With the departure of her aunt, Alberta Sturges became hostess at 6 place des Etats-Unis. (ND 6.344)
11 Sep 1900
S
Under the impression that Swamiji was in a mood to enjoy the effervescent cultural and intellectual life of Paris, Alberta regretted-a call that had come to him from Brittany. (ND 6.345)
Sep 1900
Notes
However Miss Macleod and Mrs. Bull had reasons for Swamiji to come to Brittany. Sister Nivedita, who had been in Paris to greet Swamiji when he arrived, had found him aloof, withdrawn, suddenly indifferent to her work and to herself. (ND 6.345)
Sep 1900
S
Miss Josephine MacLeod proved a most helpful personal companion for the Swami in Paris. (LSV 2.552)
Sep 1900
S
Sister Nivedita misinterpreted Swamiji's general mood of withdrawal as personal indifference toward herself and her work. (ND 6.345)
Sep 1900
S
Nivedita's many weeks in Paris of "discipleship" (as she called it) to Fatrick Geddes had been weeks of frustration and anguish. (ND 6.346)
Sep 1900
S
Considering Nivedita's involvement with Professor Geddes's work, one cannot be reasonably surprised at her inability to accord Swamiji a wholehearted welcome, nor can one be surprised at a certain coolness on his part. (ND 6.347)
Sep 1900
S
Swamiji's act shocked Nivedita into a fervent rededication of herself to his will and to "those Hindu women of the future who are to be His. (ND 6.348)
15 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 9.148)
15 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 9.148)
15 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 9.148)
17 Sep 1900
0
Swamiji together with Jules bois, accepted an invitation of Mrs. Bull to become her guests in a house she held taken at Perros-Guirec, a small village on the English channel. Here he gave himself up to leisure and rest. Nivedita was also there. (LSV 2.)
17 Sep 1900
S
The Breton coast and its country life suited Mrs. Bull so well that she decided to stay on. Between July and September she took three villas and was expecting Swamiji and his friend on September 17. (ND 6.350)
17 Sep 1900
S
Sister Nivedita quotes the most powerful factors which contributed to the Swami's supreme veneration for Buddha. (LSV 2.545)
Sep 1900
S
The Swami was always the religious observer. (LSV 2.546)
Sep 1900
S
The Swami's September visit to Brittany lasted from the seventeenth to twenty-ninth. (LSV 2.546)
Sep 1900
S
About Perros-Guirec and Swamiji's visit. (ND 6.351)
Sep 1900
S
One can only describe the different aspects of Swamiji's life and nature consecutively during his stay at Perros-Guirec. (ND 6.353)
Sep 1900
S
As early as July of 1899, perhaps earlier, Swamiji had considered making a trust of the Math. To refresh the reader's memory about the Belur Math trust deed: (ND 6.353)
Sep 1900
S
But in September of 1900 when he came to Brittany, Swamiji was annoyed and impatient in some part of his mind. (ND 6.356)
Sep 1900
Poem
Swamiji wrote a poem ' The Benedication ' for his spiritual daughter: (ND 6.356)
22 Sep 1900
Poem
A BENEDICTION (Composed for Sister Nivedita at peroz guirec, Brittanee, France) (CW SV 6.178)
22 Sep 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURGES ALBERTA From BRETAGNE (CW SV 7.526)
Sep 1900
S
On the eve of her departure from Perros-Guirec, Nivedita appears to have been brokenhearted still. (ND 6.357)
Sep 1900
S
Sister Nivedita wrote to Mrs. Bull at the end of 1906 (ND 6.357)
22 Sep 1900
S
In her penetrating and sensitive book The Master as I Saw Him, which she was to complete in 1910, Nivedita caught this element of poetry in her often-quoted account of the scene: (ND 6.357)
Sep 1900
S
It was not until after Swamiji's death that his thought became the truly dominant motive of her life and that she became a strong vessel for his ideas and a sensitive instrument of his will. (ND 6.358)
Sep 1900
S
In London many distractions and influences entered Nivedita's life. (ND 6.359)
Sep 1900
Letter
But now, learning from Mr. Dutt of the substantial work she was doing, he wrote to her from Belur Math on April 4 of 1901: (ND 6.359)
Sep 1900
Letter
On the same day Swamiji wrote to Mr. Dutt himself: (ND 6.360)
Sep 1900
Notes
To Mrs. Bull he had written on March 29, "My advice to Margot would be to mature her plans in England and work them out [at] good length before she comes back. Good solid work must wait. (ND 6.360)
Sep 1900
S
Nivedita stayed on in London & visited Mrs. Bull in Norway. (ND 6.360)
Sep 1900
S
Meanwhile, her concept of her mission was changing. "To my great horror," she wrote to Josephine MacLeod from Norway, (ND 6.361)
28 Sep 1900
0
On way to Paris, Swamiji visits Mt. St. Michael (CB SV)
Sep 1900
S
Mrs. Bull had plans to go to Paris at the same time. But reality seems to be different. (ND 6.368)
Sep 1900
0
(last week) Returned to Paris. Here Swamiji and moved in the most distinguished circles. (LSV 2.)
Sep 1900
S
During the visit of Swamiji and M. Jules Bois to Brittany for four or five days in mid-October Miss MacLeod, rather than Mrs. Bull, was their hostess at this time (ND 6.369)
Sep 1900
S
Actually Miss MacLeod (assuming she was the "Mademoiselle" here addressed) was not in particularly good health. (ND 6.369)
Sep 1900
S
Swamiji added a postscript to M. Bois's letter to "Mademoiselle." (ND 6.370)
Sep 1900
S
One of the Swami's greatest intimates during his stay in France was Père Hyacinthe, the former Carmelite monk and Catholic priest. (LSV 2. 548)
Oct 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to CALVE EMMA From PARIS (CW SV 8.536)
14 Oct 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From PARIS (CW SV 8.537)
14 Oct 1900
S
M. Bois's rooms, quiet and often solitary, were also a good place to meditate. This he expressed in his letter of October 14 to Sister Christine in French. (ND 6.370)
Oct 1900
S
In Paris the Swami also found a congenial conversationalist in M. Jules Bois. (LSV 2.549)
Oct 1900
S
Another native of France who became greatly attached to the Swami and saw him frequently was the young Duke of Richelieu. (LSV 2.550)
Oct 1900
S
With Professor Patrick Geddes the Swami had numerous conversations. (LSV 2.550)
14 Oct 1900
S
Reference of Swamiji's letter of Octobar 14 is also made here. (ND 6.374)
Oct 1900
S
That journey homeward began in France-not only in Swamiji's reiterated cry "Now I am free!" but in his actual journey back to his motherland. (ND 6.376)
Oct 1900
S
Who planned the route is not known. (ND 6.377)
14 Oct 1900
S
The cloud that Swamiji has referred in his letter to Sister Christine is from India and that he had spoken of so often as two years of "torture," physical and mental. (ND 6.371)
14 Oct 1900
S
“On our way back, we shall visit Venice," he wrote in his letter of October 14 to Sister Christine. (ND 6.377)
Oct 1900
S
Sister Nivedita mace reference of the "cloud" in her book : The Master I Saw Him. " (ND 6.372)
Oct 1900
S
In Paris Swamiji's life was falling into order, smoothing itself into a sea that perfectly mirrored the sky. (ND 6.373)
15 Oct 1900
0
Second visit of Swamiji to Perros Guirec with Jules Bois, before leaving France (LSV 2.)
15 Oct 1900
S
Before leaving France, the Swami, together with Jules Bois, again visited Brittany from the fifteenth to the nineteenth of October. (LSV 2.553)
15 Sep 1900
S
Swamiji seems to have visited Brittany between October 15 and 19 or 20. (ND 6.369)
1900
0
While he was guest of Leggetts Swamiji met many distinguished person, men and women of all branches of knowledge and culture, poets, philosophers, writers, actors, singers, painters etc. (LSV 2.)
22 Oct 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From RUE AMPERE (CW SV 9.149)
Oct 1900
S
Paris the Swami again met Madame Sarah Bernhardt, one of the most celebrated actresses of the West, whom he had known in New York in the early part of 1896. (LSV 2.551)
Oct 1900
S
During his stay in Paris the Swami also came into closer touch with one of his old admirers, Madame Calve. (LSV 2.551)
22 Oct 1900
S
During his last days in Paris Swamiji appears to have stayed at the home of his friend Gerald Nobel. (ND 6.378)
Oct 1900
S
There was very little time left. Swamiji made a last tour of the Paris Exposition. (ND 6.378)
Oct 1900
S
It was a dreary day, overcast and rainy. Many of the temporary buildings were being demolished. (ND 6.379)
24 Oct 1900
0
Swamiji boarded famous "Oriental Express" leaving Paris for a journey across southwest Europe to Constantinopal accompanied by madame Calve, M and Mdm Loyson, Jules Bois and Miss MacLeod (LSV 2.)
24 Oct 1900
S
On the first night (October 24) the Orient Express passed through eastern France, and much of the next day through the southern part of Germany. (ND 6.384)
24 Oct 1900
S
On the overcast evening of October 24, Swamiji and his party boarded the famed Orient Express, one of the great trains of the era. Their trip was to be as unspectacular in event as it was undramatic in motive. But according to the New York World, and perhaps according to Mme Calve as well, it was to be the trip of the century. (ND 6.379)
24 Oct 1900
S
The Orient Express was a magnificently furnished and fitted train-de-Luxe. (ND 6.384)
25 Oct 1900
0
Swamiji and party reaches Vienna in the evening. Stayed 3 days. Visited historic sites. Predicted "Europe is on the edge of a volcano" (LSV 2.)
Oct 1900
S
According to Miss MacLeod, they stayed in Vienna for two days; according to Swamiji, for three days. Two days or three, they were spent for the most part in sight-seeing. (ND 6.385)
Oct 1900
S
During a stop of three days, the Swamiji visited many places of interest. (LSV 2.553)
Oct 1900
S
To travel with Swamiji must have been an education in itself. (ND 6.385)
Oct 1900
S
Swamiji, whose eyes saw things precisely as they were, had no illusions in regard to the state of Western civilization. (ND 6.386)
Oct 1900
S
Swamiji writes about Vienna and Paris. (ND 6.387)
28 Oct 1900
0
Left Vienna for Constantinople. On the way pass through Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria (LSV 2.)
28 Oct 1900
0
Death of Captain Savior at Mayavati (LSV 2.)
28 Oct 1900
S
In the late evening of October 28, the party (with the exception of the Loysons, who had gone on ahead) left Vienna for Constantinople, which they reached on the thirtieth, having passed through Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria. (LSV 2.554)
28 Oct 1900
S
In the Hungarian peasant he saw the serpent-worshiping nomads of Turkestan, those ancient tribes of central Asia that had moved down into India centuries earlier. (ND 6.388)
Nov 1900
0
mother at bose para lane (*)
Oct 1900
S
Swamiji's Memoirs published in the Udbodhan, (ND 6.388)
30 Oct 1900
0
Swamiji and party reaches Constantinople (CB SV)
Nov 1900
Poem
ON THE SEA`S BOSOM (Written around mediterranean sea during the return voyage to India after his second visit to the West.) (CW SV 6.180)
1 Nov 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURGES ALBERTA From CONSTANTINOPOLE (CW SV 9.150)
1 Nov 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From CONSTANTINOPOLE (CW SV 9.150)
1 Nov 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From CONSTANTINOPOLE (CW SV 9.151)
1 Nov 1900
News reports
Special Correspondent of the Sunday World, Paris reports on Nov. 1. (ND 6.381)
1 Nov 1900
S
On their arrival, the travelers had "great trouble" with the octroi, or local tax officers. However they went for sight-seeing on first day. (ND 6.389)
1 Nov 1900
S
When they arrived, they had trouble with the customs officers, who confiscated all their books and papers. (LSV 2.554)
Nov 1900
S
The day after their arrival in Constantinople, the Swami and Miss MacLeod decided to visit Scutari. (LSV 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
The trip back to Constantinople proved even more difficult, as the boat in which they had come was found only after a long search, and they were landed far from their hotel, to which they returned by tram. (LSV 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
The Swamiji made his stay in Constantinople useful in various ways. (LSV 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
Through the letters of introduction he had brought with him from Sir Hiram Maxim, the Swami met several distinguished persons in both Vienna and Constantinople. In the latter city he dined with a French charge d'affaires and made the acquaintance of a Greek pasha and also an Albanian gentleman. (LSV 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
As Père Hyacinthe was not permitted to speak publicly in Constantinople, the Swamiji also could not do so. (LS 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
but several private conversaziones and drawing-room talks were arranged for him, at which he spoke on the religion of the Vedanta to select audiences. (LS 2.555)
2 Nov 1900
0
Swamiji delivered a lecture at Scutari where he went to meet Loysons (LSV 2.)
2 Nov 1900
S
Initially Swamiji was prevanted to lecture. But subsequently he gave lecture. (ND 6.389)
Nov 1900
S
Additional information about Swamiji's lecture at Scutari comes from a small travel diary of Mme Calve's. (ND 6.390)
Nov 1900
S
Madame Calve wrote in her reminiscences. (LSV 2.555)
Nov 1900
S
Swamiji's talk appears to have been philosophical and scholarly in tone and content. (ND 6.390)
Nov 1900
S
Several private conversaziones and drawing-room lectures were . . . arranged for him at which he spoke on the religion of Vedanta to select audiences. (ND 6.391)
Nov 1900
S
Swamiji was evidently in good spirits in Constantinople. (ND 6.391)
Nov 1900
S
These were Swamiji's only corrspondence during the entire trip except for a published letter written from Port Tewfick. (ND 6.392)
Nov 1900
S
Yet Swamiji had time to talk (in French) with Pere Hyacinthe, as we learn from excerpts from the Per Hyacinthe's diary. (ND 6.392)
Nov 1900
S
Swamiji's remarks in that last entry must have been his indirect and compassionate way of reassuring the erstwhile monk about his marriage. (ND 6.393)
10 Nov 1900
0
Swamiji and party leaves for Athens (CB SV)
10 Nov 1900
S
Swamiji and party left for Athens. (ND 6.393)
10 Nov 1900
S
After about ten days in Constantinople the Swami and his friends took the steamer for Athens. (LSV 2.556)
11 Nov 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From ATHENS (CW SV 9.151)
11 Nov 1900
S
They sailed on to Piraeus, the port of Athens, where that night the ship was held in quarantine; only the following morning could the Swami and his party disembark. (LSV 2.556)
11 Nov 1900
S
The party stayed in Greece for three or four days. (ND 6.394)
Nov 1900
S
Mme Calve, Quoting decades later from a 1900 diary, she wrote: (ND 6.394)
11 Nov 1900
S
On November 11, a Sunday, the World printed a full-page story steeped in pathos, glamour, malice, falsehood, and the "mystery of the East," all of which were so dear to journalists of the day. (ND 6.380)
11 Nov 1900
S
Describing his visit to Greece in his "Memoirs" the Swami wrote: (LSV 2.556)
Nov 1900
0
After four days at Athens, departed for Egypt (LSV 2.)
15 Nov 1900
S
Emma Calve's published autobiography, My Life, takes up the story, giving us a glimpse of Swamiji in Cairo. (ND 6.394)
Nov 1900
News reports
Extract from the Saturday Evening Post of September 9, 1922 (ND 6.395)
Nov 1900
News reports
Swamiji fascinated his hearers with his magic tongue. (ND 6.396)
Nov 1900
S
In Egypt the Swami was especially interested in the Cairo museum. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
I
One day Swamiji and his party lost their way in Cairo. (ND 6.396)
Nov 1900
I
One day, while sightseeing in Cairo, they found themselves in a squalid street inhabited by women of ill-fame. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
0
Reaches Cairo. Swamiji suddenly announce his decision to leave for India (LSV 2.)
Nov 1900
S
The Swami's meditative habit, which had revealed itself throughout his second visit to the West in increasingly intense forms, now reached a veritable climax. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
S
Swamiji was looking tired and world-weary. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
S
And then there were reasons for his abstraction of mind. In far-off India Captain Sevier, his great friend and disciple, was on his deathbed in the last week of October; and the Swami had perceived this intuitively. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
S
Swamiji became restless to return to India. (LSV 2.557)
Nov 1900
S
Mme Paul Verdier gives more details in regard to Swamiji's departure for his motherland and prediction about his death. (ND 6.397)
Nov 1900
S
Later Calve accepted a singing engagement which took her over the world, She told me that she particularly wanted to go to India, as she wanted to check herself on the date of Swamiji's death. She found that just as he had told her (so she said) he died on the 4th of July. (ND 6.397)
Nov 1900
S
There appears to have been more than one reason - Swamiji's decision had been an unexpected one. (ND 6.398)
Nov 1900
S
There was perhaps another, more compelling reason for his longing to return to India. (ND 6.399)
26 Nov 1900
0
Swamiji boarded "S S Rubbatino" at port Tewfick on way back to India (LSV 2.)
26 Nov 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From PORT TEWFICK (CW SV 8.539)
26 Nov 1900
S
It would seem that Swamiji traveled overland from Cairo, or from nearby EI Giza, to Port Tewfick (or Tawfiq) near Suez at the south end of the Suez Canal. (ND 6.400)
29 Nov 1900
S
A heretofore unpublished letter from Miss MacLeod to Mrs. Bull speaks of his sudden decision and departure. (ND 6.399)
Nov 1900
S
For Swamiji the voyage of eleven or twelve days to India was uneventful. But it was a voyage not soon to be forgotten by one of his fellow passangaers. (ND 6.401)
5 Dec 1900
Letter
Baburam Mj.'s letter to Swami Ramakrishnandaji Maharaj from Belur Math (SPP.173)
6 Dec 1900
0
Swamiji arrived at Bombay. (LSV 2.558)
6 Dec 1900
S
The Rubattino, late at Port Tewfick, was no doubt late at Bombay as well, docking perhaps on December 6 or 7. Swamiji proceeded to Calcutta by train. (ND 6.402)
Dec 1900
0
Travelling on the Bombay Express from Bombay to Calcutta, Swamiji met his old friend Manmathanath Bhattacharya. They stared at each other for a moment in astonishment, and then entered into joyous conversation. (LSV 2.558)
9 Dec 1900
0
Swamiji reaches Belur Math surprisingly without prior information (LSV 2.558)
9 Dec 1900
S
Swamiji reaches Belur Math surprisingly without prior information. (ND 6.403 LSV 2.558)
Dec 1900
S
Thus Swami Vivekananda, the World Teacher who had given his light fully, unstintingly to man, who had given enough, he said, for fifteen hundred years, came home at last, his journey done. (ND 6.404)
Dec 1900
S
Swamiji shared his experience about west. (LSV 2.559)
Dec 1900
S
Swamiji also predicted about China. (LSV 2.559)
Dec 1900
S
The Swami is back in his own world — that of his beloved India and her monastic life. Though now almost ruined in health, he will again take up the direction of his Indian work and the teaching and training of his brother-monks and disciples at Belur Math. (LSV 2.561)
Dec 1900
S
The Swami had hastened to India because of twe reasons mainly. (LSV 2.561)
11 Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 6.439)
11 Dec 1900
S
On December 11 he wrote to Miss MacLeod:, (ND 2.561)
15 Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 8.540)
15 Dec 1900
Notes
To Mrs. Bull the Swami had written on December 15: (LSV 2.562)
16 Dec 1900
S
Ten days after his arrival in India, he writes to Christine Greenstidel: (LSV 2.561)
Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF KHETRI From BELUR MATH (CW SV 9.151)
19 Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 6.440)
26 Dec 1900
Poem
LIGHT (In Swamiji's letter to Miss Macleod from Belur Math) (CW SV 8.168)
26 Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 6.440)
26 Dec 1900
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.150)
26 Dec 1900
S
Sister Nivedita's impression of the Swami during his last visit to the West: (LSV 2.559)
26 Dec 1900
S
A fortnight later swamiji again wrote to Miss MacLeod: (LSV 2.561)
Dec 1900
S
The Swami at once telegraphed to Mrs. Sevier to say that he would be going to Mayavati, the date to be made known before starting. In reply, he was asked to inform her of the date of his going there at least eight days beforehand, to enable them at Mayavati to make the necessary arrangements'. (LSV 2.562)
Dec 1900
S
The Swami at once telegraphed to Mrs. Sevier to say that he would be going to Mayavati, the date to be made known before starting. In reply, he was asked to inform her of the date of his going there at least eight days beforehand, to enable them at Mayavati to make the necessary arrangements'. (LSV 2.562)
Dec 1900
S
Anxious to hurry up matters, at once wired saying that he was leaving Calcutta on December 27, and was due to reach Kathgodam on the 29th. (LSV 2.562)
27 Dec 1900
S
Swamiji leaves for Mayavati with shivananda and sadananda to meet mrs. Savior after mr s's death. Return to plains after staying there for a couple of weeks (LSV 2.562 KM)
27 Dec 1900
S
Swamiji leaves for Mayavati with shivananda and sadananda to meet mrs. Savior's after Mr. savior death. (LSV 2.562 KM)
29 Dec 1900
S
Swamiji's train arrived at Kathgodam at 5 a.m. (LSV 2.562 KM)
29 Dec 1900
S
Winter was aworst period for Swamiji to reach Mayavati in those days. (LSV 2.563)
Dec 1900
S
First days journet from Kothgodam to Dhari on way to Mayati. (LSV 2.563)
Dec 1900
S
On second day, the party left Dhari late in the morning, with a day's march of fifteen miles before them. (LSV 2.563)
1 Jan 1901
S
Next morning the party continued their journey through twelve inches of snow. (LSV 2.566)
2 Jan 1901
S
The next morning, the snow thawed, and the journey to the next two stages, Devidhura and Dhunaghat, a distance of twenty-one miles, was pleasant. (LSV 2.566)
3 Jan 1901
0
Swamiji reaches Mayavati Ashrama. Unfortunately, during most of his stay, Mayavati was snow bound, so that he was compelled to remain indoors. He was obviously in diclining health. (LSV 2.567)
4 Jan 1901
S
In the morning Swamiji went for a walk to the Lohaghat boundary (LSV 2.567)
5 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji told Swami Swarupananda of his ideas about the work that he wished to be carried out at the Ashrama, and charged him to push on with it with zeal and energy. (LSV 2.568)
6 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji received a number of visitors from Champawat (LSV 2.569)
6 Jan 1901
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From MAYAVATI (CW SV 5.151)
6 Jan 1901
S
And on same day Swamiji wrote a letter to Mrs. Bull. (LSV 2.569)
Jan 1901
S
Mr. Sevier had given his life for the cause of his Master. (LSV 2.570)
7 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji with Swamis Sachchidananda, Shivananda, Mrs. Sevier, and others, climbed to Dharamgarh (also known as Dharamghar) early in the day. (LSV 2.570)
Jan 1901
S
Holy Mother replied in September,1902 to Swami Vamalananda in connection with a shrine for Shri Ramakrishna could be reestblished at Mayati. (LSV 2.572)
8 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji did not go out. It snowed from 3 p.m. and stopped in the evening. (LSV 2.570)
9 Jan 1901
S
Mr. Beadon, a son of a former Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and a tea-planter, came in the afternoon from Chirapani, along with one Pandit Kashiram, on invitation from "Mother" (Mrs. Sevier), to see Swamiji. (LSV 2.572)
10 Jan 1901
S
Lala Badri Sah with his youngest brother, Lala Mohanlal Sah, came to meet Swamiji. (LSV 2.573)
10 Jan 1901
Writing
In the afternoon and evening Swamiji wrote an article, "Aryans and Tamilians", for Prabuddha Bharata. (CW SV 4.296 LSV 2.572)
11 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji was not well. The Tahsildar, with others, came to see him (LSV 2.573)
12 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji was feeling better, and went out for a walk. Lala Badri Sah had brought a sun-dial. This he gave to the Ashrama. Through the efforts of Swami Virajananda, there was an ice-cream party. (LSV 2.573)
13 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji's birthday, making him thirty-eight years of age. It was a rainy day, but he was feeling better. (LSV 2.573)
13 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji's birthday, making him thirty-eight years of age. It was a rainy day, but he was feeling better. (LSV 2.573)
13 Jan 1901
S
The day following was Mr. Sevier's birthday. He would have been fifty-six, had he been alive. There was heavy and continuous rain. (LSV 2.573)
14 Jan 1901
Writing
Swamiji began the article "The Social Conference Address" for Prabuddha Bharata. (CW SV 4.303 LSV 2.573)
14 Jan 1901
Writing
The Swami wrote about the Theosophists under the heading "STRAY REMARKS ON THEOSOPHY" for Prabuddha Bharata (CW SV 4.317 LSV 2.573)
15 Jan 1901
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From MAYAVATI (CW SV 5.153 LSV 2.573)
15 Jan 1901
S
It was a clear day, with a little snow on the ground. The Swami went up to the lake, and enjoyed a walk by its side. (LSV 2.573)
Jan 1901
I
At Mayavati, though Swamiji was being served with great love by his discioples, incident occurred on one day at dinner. (LSV 2.574)
Jan 1901
S
It is for a Westerner to understand the Hindu viewpoint as regards service to the guru. (LSV 2.574)
16 Jan 1901
S
It was cloudy in the morning, and very chilly. In the evening Swamiji went for a walk with Mother Sevier. (LSV 2.573)
17 Jan 1901
S
Today is Swamiji's last full day at Mayavati and it was cloudy. (LSV 2.575)
18 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji left Mayavati by noon, and met Swarupananda on the way. The latter accompanied him and his party as far as Champawat, where they stopped for the night in the dak bungalow. The Tahsildar called in the evening. (LSV 2.573)
18 Jan 1901
0
In the morning Raja Ajit Singh fall from an 86 feet high tower of Shikandara, Emperor Akbar's mausoleum near Agra, and died instantly. (LSV 2.579)
18 Jan 1901
S
All the way from Mayavati to Pilibhit the Swami was in excellent spirits. (LSV 2.575)
19 Jan 1901
S
In the morning Swamiji and party left for Deuri, fifteen miles off, while Swami Swarupananda returned to Mayavati. (LSV 2.576)
19 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji reached Deuri at 1 p.m. and halted in a dak bungalow to cook their meal. With him, besides Virajananda, were Swamis Shivananda and Sadananda, and Lala Govind Sah. (LSV 2.576)
19 Jan 1901
S
At Tanakpur, fifteen miles further on, where the plains begin, the dak bungalow was found occupied. Accommodation was obtained in the bazaar above a grocer's shop. Because of the constant cooking for parties of travellers below, the place was very smoky. The shopkeeper kindly gave his own cot for Swamiji; but this, being old and shaky, creaked noisily at his every movement. It seemed about to collapse with a crash! He, however, was in the best of spirits and made fun about it. (LSV 2.577)
20 Jan 1901
S
Next morning, riding-ponies were secured for the remainder of the journey to Pilibhit for Swamiji and party. At that time there was no railway between Tanakpur and Pilibhit. (LSV 2.577)
20 Jan 1901
S
Three miles from Tanakpur, the Swamiji and his party were greeted by Major Hennessy. On seeing them from his bungalow he came out and spoke a few friendly words. (LSV 2.577)
20 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji and party reached Khatima at 2 p.m. (LSV 2.577)
20 Jan 1901
S
In the evening Swamiji told Swami Shivananda that he would have to leave him at Pilibhit, where the latter was to go forth by himself to beg money for the maintenance and improvement of the Belur Math. He said, "Each member of the Belur monastery should go about preaching and teaching in India, and ultimately bring to the general fund at least two thousand rupees." Swami Shivananda bowed in assent to the words of the Leader. (LSV 2.577)
21 Jan 1901
I
On the fourth and last day's journey to Pilibhit, Swamiji, after riding for some time, and seeing that Swami Virajananda was nervous when riding, said, "I will teach you how to ride!" After giving instruction to Virajananda he whipped his own horse to a gallop and shouted to Virajananda to do the same. But the latter's horse, seeing the others gallop, for they had also joined the race, did not wait to be goaded. For Virajananda it was a question of holding on or falling off. At all events, a good deal of his nervousness was thus overcome, and he joined in the general hilarity. (LSV 2.577)
21 Jan 1901
S
Swamiji and party reached Pilibhit at four in the afternoon. They had eaten nothing on the way, lest delay should cause them to miss the train. (LSV 2.578)
21 Jan 1901
S
Deputy Collector Mr. Joshi came to the railway station with his friends to welcome Swamiji. (LSV 2.578)
21 Jan 1901
I
An ugly incident occurred when Swamiji and Swami Sadananda entered a second-class compartment of their train. Occupying the compartment was an English colonel, who rudely objected to having "natives" travel with him. Seeing that many people had gathered round the carriage to pay their respects to the Swami, he did not venture to say anything to him, but hurried to the station-master and demanded to have the "natives" turned out. The station-master came and respectfully begged the Swami to leave that compartment and get into another. He had hardly finished speaking when the Swami roared out, "How dare you say such a thing to me! Are you not ashamed?" The station-master hastily withdrew, and the colonel, thinking that his order had been carried out, presently returned to the compartment, to find it still occupied by the Swami and his disciple. Then he dashed from one end of the platform to the other crying out, "Station-master! Station-master!" but the latter, finding himself caught, as it were, between devil and the deep blue sea, had gone elsewhere. The colonel was furious; but seeing that the train was about to leave, he decided to move into another compartment himself, along with his baggage. The Swami and his disciples had a laugh over the affair. (LSV 2.578)
21 Jan 1901
S
It was now late in the evening, and Sadananda had not returned. (LSV 2.578)
Jan 1901
S
On his way to Calcutta, Swamiji learnt of the sudden death of his beloved disciple, the Raja of Khetri. (LSV 2.579)
24 Jan 1901
0
Swamiji reached Calcutta in the morning (LSV 2.581)
24 Jan 1901
0
Swamiji went to Belur Math in the afternoon. His return was the cause of rejoicing among his brother-disciples and his own disciples. (LSV 2.581)
Jan 1901
S
On his way to Calcutta, the Swami learnt of the sudden death of his beloved disciple, the Raja of Khetri. (LSV 2.579)
Jan 1901
S
This cause of the death of Raja of Khetri differs from that given in Adarsh Naresh, the Hindi biography of the Raja. (LSV 2.579)
1901
0
Swamiji was thinking of vesting the central Math with legal authority to manage property and take care of all other matters connected with growing organization. After considering several alternative plans, he at last decided to make a trust of the Math. (LSV 2.)
26 Jan 1901
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.154)
27 Jan 1901
0
Swamiji presided over the prize-distribution ceremony at Belur Middle English School on Sunday. (LSV 2.581)
Jan 1901
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From BELUR MATH (CW SV 5.155)
Jan 1901
0
In the last week of January Miss MacLeod came to Calcutta en route for Japan, and met Swamiji. (LSV 2.581)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 16 (CW SV 7.200)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 17 (CW SV 7.206)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 18 (CW SV 7.213)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 19 (CW SV 7.222)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 20 (CW SV 7.226)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 21 (CW SV 7.230)
1901
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 22 (CW SV 7.237)
25 Dec 1901
S
And so at long last, at the very end of 1901, impelled by a driving sense of her mission for India, Nivedita left England on the Mombassa, together with Mrs. Ole Bull and Romesh Chandra Dutt. The ship docked in Madras on February 3. (ND 6.362)
3 Feb 1902
S
Swamiji, who was at the time in Benares, welcomed Nivedita by letter with deep affection and blessing. (ND 6.362)
11 Mar 1902
Conversations & dialogues
Conversations with Sharat Chandra Chakravarti at The Belur math - 23 (CW SV 7.239)
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