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London: First Season (Apr-July 1896)
London: First Season (Apr-July 1896)
Total Records Found: 148
15 Apr 1896
CE
Swamiji sets out for his second visit to England. Reached Liverpool, there to Reading by train. He wrote, shortly after his arrival, to Mary Hale on April 20: (LSV 2.095 ND 4.139)
Apr 1896
CE
Swamiji was delighted to find there (as he knew he would) his brother disciple Swami Saradananda, who had arrived in England on April 1. (LSV 2.095 ND 4.139)
Apr 1896
CE
It would not appear that the Swami stayed in Reading for more than a week or so. To facilitate his work, Mr. Sturdy had rented Lady Isabel Margesson's house at 63 St. George's Road, in Southwest London. (LSV 2.096 ND 4.141)
Apr 1896
I
Swamiji spent a few days, along with Swami Saradananda, at Miss Muller's home (LSV 2.096)
Apr 1896
I
Before starting work, however, he and Swami Saradananda spent a few days with Miss Muller at her house, the Meads, in the village of Pinkney's Green.There they were joined by Mahendra Nath Datta, the elder of Swamiji's two younger brothers. (ND 4.141)
Apr 1896
I
There were, of course, other modes of talk at Pinkney's Green. Mahendra recalled that Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy arrived one afternoon on bicycles from Caversham, some twelve miles distant. (ND 4.142)
Apr 1896
I
During his previous visit in England he had devoted a good deal of his time to helping Mr Sturdy in his translation of the Narada-Sutras on Bhakti-Yoga. (LSV 2.107)
20 Apr 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE SISTERS From READING (CW SV 8.377)
26 Apr 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From LONDON (CW SV 9.084 ND 4.140)
27 Apr 1896
0
On receiving news of Alambazar Math from newly arrived Sarat mj, wrote a long letter to Shashi mj. To how to organize the Math routine (LSV)
27 Apr 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MEMBERS OF ALAMBAZAR MATH From READING (CW SV 7.491)
Apr 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From LONDON (CW SV 8.376)
May 1896
Writing
ON DR. PAUL DEUSSEN (1896) (CW SV 4.272)
May 1896
Interview
INDIA'S MISSION (LONDON 1896) (CW SV 5.188)
May 1896
Interview
INDIA & ENGLAND (LONDON 1896) (CW SV 5.194)
May 1896
Interview
INDIAN MISSIONARY'S MISSION TO ENGLAND (LONDON 1896) (CW SV 5.201)
6 May 1896
CE
By the end of the first week in May the Swami had settled down at 63 St. George's Road. (LSV 2.097 ND 4.143)
7 May 1896
CE
On May 7 Swamiji began holding classes in his quarters, (LSV 2.097 ND 4.143)
7 May 1896
CE
In his first series of class lectures he dealt mainly with the history of the Aryan race, its development, its religious advance, and the diffusion of its religious influence. (LSV 2.097)
7 May 1896
CE
From May 7 to July 16 the Swami regularly held five classes a week. (LSV 2.097 ND 4.143)
May 1896
CE
Description of the house at London, 63 George's Road. (ND 4.143)
May 1896
CE
Generally, the day began around nine o'clock when Swamiji came into the parlor for breakfast, still wearing his dressing gown and slippers. (ND 4.145)
May 1896
CE
There was also, of course, work to be discussed. (ND 4.146)
7 May 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's class lecture on THE HISTORY OF THE ARYAN RACE delivered in London on Thursday morning; recorded by Goodwin (CW SV 9.249 ND 4.154)
7 May 1896
Notes
A large portion of Mr. Goodwin's unpublished transcript of Swamiji's morning class of May 7 has recently been found among Mrs. Bull's papers. (ND 4.154)
7 May 1896
Notes
Swamiji then proceeded, as Goodwin informed Mrs. Bull, to trace the history of the Aryan race through the spread of the Sanskrit language, speaking of the various theories that had been put forward in that regard. (ND 4.154)
7 May 1896
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture ON BHAKTI-YOGA (CW SV 6.090)
May 1896
CE
On May 8, Swamiji took matters in hand. His letter of that date to Mrs. Bull, not heretofore published. (ND 4.147)
8 May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 9.085 ND 4.148)
May 1896
I
Swamiji was often in a spontaneously playful and joyous mood. (ND 4.152)
May 1896
Notes
In his letter of May 12 to Mrs. Bull, Mr. Goodwin wrote: (ND 4.156)
12 May 1896
S
Thc talk Swamiji gave on the Tuesday evening of May 12 was not announced in the "club Papers. (ND 4.158)
12 May 1896
CE
One of the first of the lectures Swamiji gave on invitation was at the Sesame Club, where on May 12, he delivered an address on "Education". (LSV 2.098 LSV 2.099 LSV 2.100)
May 1896
Notes
In another reminiscence of the Swami, Mr. Eric Hammond describes what appears to have been another lecture. (LSV 2.100)
May 1896
Notes
From first to last of this address he dwelt on the message of his Master, Shri Ramakrishna. (LSV 2.101)
May 1896
Notes
Mr. Goodwin was present taking his shorthand notes, and on May 12 he wrote to Mrs. Bull, giving her a brief resume of Swamiji's first three talks. (ND 4.153)
May 1896
News reports
Another report of Swamiji's Sesame Club talk comes to us from the pen of Swami Saradananda, who included it in a May news-letter to the Brahmavadin. His letter published in the issue of June 6, 1896, read in part: (ND 4.160)
May 1896
News reports
The Queen; the Lady’s Newspaper, published the following, as quoted in the Indian Mirror of June 3 1896: (ND 4.161)
14 May 1896
News reports
In the Daily Chronicle of May 14, one finds the following item: (ND 4.157)
16 May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to WRIGHT PROF.JOHN H From LONDON (CW SV 7.500)
28 May 1896
ME
On May 28, Swamiji had one of the most memorable experiences of his visit in England. He had gone by train with Mr. Sturdy to see Professor Max Muller at his home in Oxford. (ND 4.167)
May 1896
S
Max Muller had "a deep, unfathomable respect for Sri Ramakrishna, which particularly endeared him to Swamiji. In April of 1896 he had sent Swamiji the following postcard, the first of their communications: (ND 4.170)
May 1896
S
It had been through making inquiries into the power behind the sudden and momentous changes in the life of Keshab Chandra Sen that Max Muller had discovered the Paramahamsa of Dakshineswar and had thereafter been "an earnest student and admirer" of his life and teachings. He had, in fact, written an article entitled "A Real Mahatman," which was to be published in the August 1896 issue of the Nineteenth Century, a highly reputable and widely read magazine. (ND 4.171)
May 1896
S
Max Muller told Swamiji that he would be "very glad to write a larger and fuller account . . . If sufficient materials were forthcoming." It would appear that Swamiji accordingly sent him some information, for on June 22 the Professor wrote to him from Scotland, where he was then staying. (ND 4.171)
May 1896
S
Max Muller's letter to Swamiji, a copy of which came by way of John P. Fox to Mrs. Bull, and thence to us, has not previously been published. It read: (ND 4.171)
May 1896
S
On receiving this letter, Swamiji at once wrote to Swami Ramakrishnananda: (ND 4.172)
May 1896
ME
One of the memorable events during the Swami's stay in London was his meeting with the celebrated Orientalist, Professor Max Muller of Oxford University. By invitation, the Swami visited Professor Muller at his residence in Oxford on May 28. Of that pleasant experience the Swami himself wrote to the Brahmavadin, on June 6, 1896: (LSV 2.103)
May 1896
ME
This letter was written by the Swami shortly after the Professor had completed an article on Shri Ramakrishna entitled "A Real Mahatman". (LSV 2.104)
1896
0
letter from swamiji urging all to serve narayana in all beings (*)
30 May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 6.362)
30 May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From LONDON (CW SV 8.378)
30 May 1896
CE
And by the end of May, Swamiji wrote to Mary Hale, "The classes are very big. (ND 4.161)
May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURGES ALBERTA From LONDON (CW SV 7.498)
May 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From READING (CW SV 7.499)
May 1896
CE
As has been mentioned earlier, these classes were held in a double drawing room that could seat approximately one hundred people: (ND 4.161)
May 1896
CE
To the morning classes more women came than men, and some were noteworthy. (ND 4.161)
May 1896
CE
There were, of course, many others who came regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays and -on Fridays as well. (ND 4.164)
May 1896
S
Some of those who attended Swamiji's talks were, it is said, lifted into a state bordering on samadhi. (ND 4.165)
May 1896
S
Often, Swamiji would go out to lunch, sometimes with Miss MacLeod and a friend or two, sometimes with people who struck Mahendra as very important personages. (ND 4.166)
Jun 1896
CE
Before receiving a letter of clarification from Mrs. Bull, Mr. Sturdy was satisfied enough with Mr. Goodwin's explanation of her wishes. (ND 4.149)
Jun 1896
S
Mahendranath had arrived in London, perhaps in the second week of April 1896, a few days earlier than his illustrious elder brother. (LSV 2.107)
Jun 1896
CE
Mahendranath had come to London to study law. (LSV 2.108)
5 Jun 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 6.363)
6 Jun 1896
Writing
ON PROFESSOR MAX MULLER (06.06.1896) (CW SV 4.278)
7 Jun 1896
CE
Swamiji opened a series of three Sunday lectures in the large lecture hall of the Royal Institute of Painters in water-colours, also known as Prince's Hall, at I 9 I Piccadilly. (LSV 2.098 ND 4.200)
7 Jun 1896
CE
Although these Sunday lectures were not written up in the London papers. (ND 4.200)
Jun 1896
CE
In addition to publicity by word of mouth, cards and hand-bills were printed and distributed. (ND 4.203)
Jun 1896
CE
The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours was not within easy walking distance of 63 St. George's Road. (ND 4.204)
Jun 1896
CE
Swamiji began his first series of three Sunday lectures with the same subject matter as that of his first Sunday lecture in New York during the winter of 1895-96. (ND 4.205)
Jun 1896
Lecture
Swamiji explained the difference between a man and an animal. (ND 4.206)
7 Jun 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE NECESSITY OF RELIGION at Piccadilli st., London (CW SV 2.057)
Jun 1896
Notes
In “The Necessity of Religion” as in the New York “Claims of Religion” Swamiji took pains to point out the inadequacy of the doctrine of utilitarianism as a foundation and guide for moral action. (ND 4.206)
Jun 1896
Notes
In pointing out the shortcomings of utilitarianism to his listeners, Swamiji seems to have countered Mill's thesis point by point. Mill wrote: (ND 4.207)
Jun 1896
Notes
What kind of religion could be broad enough to bring about a harmony not only between the various creeds of the world, but also between religions and "the so-called material sciences"? (ND 4.212)
7 Jun 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From LONDON (CW SV 7.501 LSV 2.111)
10 Jun 1896
CE
On June 10 the Swami delivered an address on "The Hindu Idea of Soul" at the residence of Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, at 17 Hyde Park Gate in South Kensington, London. Mrs. Biddulph Martin, the former Victoria Woodhull, was an American by birth; thus the lecture given in her home was attended by many of her countrymen. "There were also present", wrote the London American of June 13, 1896, "some members of the Royal Household, but these were strictly incognito" (LSV 2.099)
10 Jun 1896
News reports
On June 10, shortly after his first Sunday lecture, for instance, the Daily Chronicle printed the following article: (ND 4.200)
Jun 1896
News reports
Another short article appeared around this same time in The Country House for June. It read: (ND 4.201)
Jun 1896
CE
On some afternoons when no one else came, Swamiji would sit in the parlor talking with Swami Saradananda, Sturdy, Goodwin, Mahendra. (ND 4.172)
Jun 1896
I
Meanwhile, Mahendranath was noting down his observations. (LSV 2.108)
Jun 1896
I
In this connection, Mahendranath relates an unpleasant incident that occurred one evening at a lecture-meeting. (LSV 2.109)
Jun 1896
I
Mahendra's memories as evidence of Swamiji's spiritual ecstasy during his life in England. (ND 4.173)
Jun 1896
I
We have not only Mahendra's memories as evidence of Swamiji's spiritual ecstasy during his life in England, but more important and more telling, his own words. (ND 4.174)
Jun 1896
S
The talks in the parlor ranged over innumerable subjects, and the young men were continually amazed at Swamiji's endless fund of knowledge. (ND 4.175)
Jun 1896
S
Of some of these undercurrents one learns from John Fox¬a nice young fellow," a friend of Mrs. Bull's once wrote of him "looking so pure and good." (ND 4.177)
Jun 1896
S
Mr. Sturdy was equally strong-minded. Portions of a letter he was to write in December of 1899 to Miss MacLeod give some insight into his attitude: (ND 4.177)
Jun 1896
S
Mr. Sturdy was to write this letter after he had failed to manage the London work successfully in Swamiji's absence. (ND 4.177)
Jun 1896
I
One incident that may have served Sturdy as an "impression" occurred one day in 1896. (ND 4.177)
Jun 1896
S
As we have already noted, Swamiji had delivered a lecture at a moment's notice at the Sesame Club on the evening of May 12. His next "outside" talk known to us took place on the Wednesday of June 10 at the home of Mrs. John Biddulph Martin at 17 Hyde Park Gate, "a richly somber house on an exclusive and somber street. (ND 4.220)
Jun 1896
S
About Mrs. Martin. (ND 4.221)
Jun 1896
S
By the time Swamiji met Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, her transformation from the flaming Victoria Claflin Woodhull to the sedate and gracious matron of the English Establishment was complete. (ND 4.222)
13 Jun 1896
News reports
Swamiji saw fit to lecture at Mrs. Biddulph Martin's home oh the afternoon of Wednesday, June 10. The London American of June 13 wrote of the occasion: (ND 4.223)
13 Jun 1896
S
Was the incognito royal party mentioned above the Duchess of Albany and her entourage? Or had other members of the Royal Household, which was extensive, come to hear Swamiji? Unless old letters someday yield this secret, we shall perhaps never know. But it is clear in any case that Mrs. Martin entertained lavishly and with a good deal of social success. On another of her festive occasions even the weather cooperated. (ND 4.224)
13 Jun 1896
S
Although Swamiji's name is not mentioned in the following article, which appeared in The Lady for July 9, 1896-a magazine devoted to the doings of upper class women-he was among the, guests (as he would write to Mr. Leggett two days later)41 at the fashionable Fourth of July party of which it tells: (ND 4.224)
Jun 1896
Notes
To return to Swamiji's first two lectures in London-"The Necessity of Religion" and "The Ideal of a Universal Religion" -Swamiji had established during their course, first, the essential meaning of and need for religion in general and, second, the need in the world today for harmony among all specific religions. (ND 4.214)
18 Jun 1896
CE
The Indian students resident in London naturally looked to the Swamiji for guidance. (LSV 2.102)
19 Jun 1896
CE
On the matter of transfer of Power of Attorney Mr. Goodwin writes to Mrs. Bull on June 19. (ND 4.150)
21 Jun 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE REAL NATURE OF MAN at Piccadilli St., London (CW SV 2.070)
21 Jun 1896
Notes
Indeed the interest in Swamiji was so friendly that the London Sunday Times of June 21, 1896, published a long interview with him. (ND 4.202)
Jun 1896
Notes
In the third lecture of his first London series, "The Real and the Apparent Man", his subject matter was in effect the same as in the two "Cosmos" lectures. (ND 4.215)
Jun 1896
Notes
Swamiji was now in a position to point out with even greater force than in his two earlier London lectures the foundations of ethics according to the principles of Vedanta. (ND 4.218)
24 Jun 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From READING (CW SV 6.364 LSV 2.104)
Jun 1896
S
Many distinguished Anglican clergymen, intellectuals, as well as society people were captivated, until it seemed as if some great movement was about to be born in his name. (LSV 2.112)
Jun 1896
S
To this group were added Captain and Mrs. James Henry Sevier, of whom we shall often have occasion to speak later. (LSV 2.112)
25 Jun 1896
CE
Sarat mj. sailed for US with Goodwin who introduced him to vedanta students in NY and Boston. (LSV 2.113)
Jun 1896
CE
On June 28, July 5, and July 12, Swamiji held a second series of three Sunday afternoon lectures (ND 4.203 ND 4.219)
Jul 1896
0
prabuddha bharat published from madras (BC)
Jul 1896
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture LESSONS ON RAJA - YOGA at London (CW SV 6.128)
Jul 1896
ME
End of lecture season in London. Fund collected for Autumn season classes by his enthusiastic students. (LSV 2.114)
Jul 1896
CE
Swamiji now accepted the invitation of three of his more intimate friends for a tour and a holiday on the Continent. (LSV 2.114)
3 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAMAKRISHNANANDA From READING (CW SV 6.364)
4 Jul 1896
Notes
On July 4, this magazine had printed an aggrieved piece by the supporters of Spiritualism, some of whom had evidently attended a Thursday and a Friday evening class of Swamiji's at St. George's Road. The plaint had read in part: (ND 4.229)
6 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT FRANCIS From LONDON (CW SV 6.365 LSV 2.105)
6 Jul 1896
Notes
Swamiji's Sunday lectures were, in fact, well attended and, as he wrote to Mr. Leggett on July 6, "quite successful" (ND 4.202)
6 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEWIS DR.I.JANES From LONDON (CW SV 7.502)
6 Jul 1896
Letter
Regarding transfer of Power of Attorney, Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT FRANCIS From LONDON. (CW SV 9.086 ND 4.150)
6 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 9.086 ND 4.151)
Jul 1896
S
Mrs. Bull may have resigned in effect from the New York Publication Committee, she was still in overall charge of the American work. (ND 4.151)
7 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE SISTERS From LONDON (CW SV 8.379)
7 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From LONDON (CW SV 9.087 LSV 2.110 ND 4.237)
Jul 1896
Notes
The Swamiji worked indefatigably in these days in London, even more so than during his previous visit. (LSV 2.110)
Jul 1896
Notes
Mrs. Bull decided to come, after all, to London. She was to sail on the S.S. Cestriars, due to arrive in Liverpool on July 17. And then, as suddenly, she canceled her plans. (ND 4.237)
Jul 1896
Notes
It is not known at present what prevented Mrs. Bull from embarking on the Cestrian. (ND 4.238)
Jul 1896
Notes
Such intimations of all round disaster might well unnerve anyone on the eve of a voyage, but it was primarily for reasons of her own that Mrs. Bull changed her plans. (ND 4.239)
8 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 6.367 ND 4.236)
Jul 1896
Notes
But Swamiji knew that his ideas would spread only slowly. (ND 4.236)
Jul 1896
S
On the Thursday evening following this gala affair Swamiji lectured at the invitation of another famous woman, whose early life, in some respects, bore a similarity to that of Victoria Martin. (ND 4.225)
9 Jul 1896
CE
On July 9 at the invitation of Annie Besant, the Swami spoke at the Theosophists' Blavatsky Lodge in Avenue Road, St. John's Wood, a district of London, choosing "Bhakti-Yoga" as his subject. (LSV 2.099)
9 Jul 1896
S
Swamiji stood on the evening of July 9 to deliver "an eloquent discourse on Bhakti Yoga to a crowded lodge -a discourse of which unfortunately there is no available record. (ND 4.227)
9 Jul 1896
S
The only known mention Swamiji made of this talk we find in a letter he wrote to Alasinga on August 8: (ND 4.227)
9 Jul 1896
S
In London toward the end of 1896 he was asked by the editor of an Indian Theosophical monthly, Light of the East, for suggestions toward improving the magazine. (ND 4.227)
9 Jul 1896
S
Several other meetings of a similar nature were arranged. (LSV 2.099)
11 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to EDITOR OF "LIGHT" From LONDON (CW SV 9.087)
11 Jul 1896
Notes
Recognizing the sincerity of its wounded authors, Swamiji replied gently to this defense of Spiritualism. His letter, which appeared in Light for July 11, 1896, is here reprinted for the first time. (ND 4.231)
14 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAO DR.NANJUNDA From ENGLAND (CW SV 5.108)
15 Jul 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE BASIS FOR PSYCHIC OR SPIRITUAL RESEARCH at London (CW SV 4.192)
16 Jul 1896
Notes
It was on that day-July 16-that Swamiji held his last class of the season; but not his last class of the year. (ND 4.235)
17 Jul 1896
Letter
On July 17 Kripananda wrote again to Mrs. Bull. (ND 4.239)
Jul 1896
Notes
While Mrs. Bull may have escaped great danger, she did not escape momentary hurt feelings in connection with her relationship with Swamiji. Although the difficulty does not seem to have been entirely clear to him, he wrote a generally reassuring (and mildly reproving) letter to her. (ND 4.239)
18 Jul 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 9.088 ND 4.240)
18 Jul 1896
Notes
On July 18, Swamiji gave another "outside" talk before the London Hindu Association. (ND 4.232)
18 Jul 1896
Notes
While Mr. Desai tells us that Swamiji electrified the audience at the meeting, John Fox, writing to Mrs. Bull on July 24, reveals a little of what he said: (ND 4.233)
Jul 1896
Notes
In August the India Nation printed the following paragraph: (ND 4.234)
Jul 1896
Notes
How many talks Swamiji gave in London that season it is hard to say with accuracy. (ND 4.235)
19 Jul 1896
Notes
A letter from Goodwin to Mrs. Bull, dated July 19: (ND 4.240)
19 Jul 1896
CE
Swamiji left London for Europe Tour on 19th July, 1896. (LSV 2.115 ND 4.241)
1896
CE
During the time Swami Saradananda was working in Cambridge, the New York Vedanta Society was without an authorized teacher. (LSV 2.137)
Oct 1896
S
The "we" who attended this luncheon included Swami Abhedananda, who was getting on well in this foreign land. (ND 4.387)
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