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Southern California: Pasadena (Jan - Feb 1900)
Southern California: Pasadena (Jan - Feb 1900)
Total Records Found: 101
24 Dec 1899
S
Swamiji and Miss MacLeod first visited the Mead sisters on December 24. (ND 5. 242)
Dec 1899
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Swamiji went for dinner at the home of Mead sisters, Pasadena and agreed to come and stay with them. (ND 5. 243)
Dec 1899
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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)
Dec 1899
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Swamiji was also a guest of others at Pasadena during this period. (ND 5. 243 LSV 2. 498)
13 Jan 1900
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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
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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)
14 Jan 1900
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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
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
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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
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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
News reports
News paper Report of Los Angels Times of January 17. (ND 5. 268)
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
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Swamiji gave, extemporaneously as always, one of his most beautiful and comprehensive talks on Hindu women. (ND 5. 270)
18 Jan 1900
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Swamiji did not spare critics in the audience. (ND 5. 270)
18 Jan 1900
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Certain members in the audience made an attempt to trap Swamiji into saying something that would discredit him. (ND 5. 271)
18 Jan 1900
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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
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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
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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
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Swamiji's daily routine at Mead's house. (ND 5. 252)
Jan 1900
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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
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one more incident at Mead's house (ND 5. 254)
Jan 1900
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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
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Often Swamiji would invite one person or another from his morning class to lunch at the Meads (ND 5. 256)
Jan 1900
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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
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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
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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
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Swamiji's routine was simple. (ND 5. 259)
Jan 1900
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Perhaps Swamiji also did some writing in the afternoons. (ND 5. 260)
Jan 1900
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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
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In the late afternoons Swamiji would help Mrs. Wyckoff prepare dinner, and often he himself cooked the whole meal. (ND 5. 261)
Jan 1900
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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)
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)
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)
1900
Poem
WHO KNOWS HOW MOTHER PLAYS ! (CW SV 5.439)
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
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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)
1900
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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
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There is evidence that a Vedanta Society was also formed in Los Angeles. (ND 5.285)
Feb 1900
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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
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)
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