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London: Second Season ( Apr. - Oct. 1896)
London: Second Season ( Apr. - Oct. 1896)
Total Records Found: 123
Oct 1896
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By coincidence, or so it seems, on the day Josiah J. Goodwin sailed from New York on the England-bound Teutonic Swamiji opened the climactic season of his first visit to the West (ND 4.348)
Oct 1896
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The day of the first meeting was Wednesday, October 7. (ND 4.348)
7 Oct 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From WIMBLEDON (CW SV 6.373)
Oct 1896
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Writing on October 3 to Miss MacLeod, who was no doubt one of the guarantors, Sturdy described the new rooms: (ND 4.349)
Oct 1896
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Victoria Street, as Goodwin would write to Mrs. Bull, was "one of the best thoroughfares in London. (ND 4.350)
Oct 1896
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Although Swamiji missed Josephine MacLeod's cheerful face that first day, he saw others familiar to him. (ND 4.350)
Oct 1896
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We do not know exactly when Swamiji decided to live in London rather than to remain at Miss Muller's in Wimbledon and commute, as he had originally intended. (ND 4.351)
Oct 1896
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Swamiji’s move from Wimbledon to London was not made without disturbance. (ND 4.352)
Oct 1896
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Meanwhile he lived in peace at Greycoat Gardens. (ND 4.353)
8 Oct 1896
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Weekday classes resumed in London at a large room in Victoria st. one of the best thoroughfares in London, engaged by Sturdy (ND 4.353 LSV 128)
8 Oct 1896
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Swamiji conducted Tuesday and Thursday morninng classes and Wednesday evening class. (ND 4.354)
8 Oct 1896
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Swamiji's Tuesday and Thursday classes were divided in two series. (ND 4.355 LSV 2.130)
8 Oct 1896
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"Vedic Religious Ideals" could well have been Swamiji's introductory lecture to his entire fall course (ND 4.355)
8 Oct 1896
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This was Swamiji's introduction to the Vedanta philosophy as it had been developed through the ages by the groping but unflagging search for truth. Swamiji Started, in other words, with the given-"what we are and what we see around us. Maya is "simply a statement of facts about the universe as it exists. (ND 4.356)
8 Oct 1896
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Swamiji explains in detail on Maya (ND 4.357)
8 Oct 1896
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Swamiji gave many examples in his Maya lectures of the nonsensical nature of the life of individuals, of societies, of nations, of the human race. (ND 4.358)
8 Oct 1896
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In each of his three lectures on Maya Swamiji stressed this point. (ND 4.359)
8 Oct 1896
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Swamiji insisted that his nineteenth-century audience, so given to the idea of progress and positive thinking, face the world as it is rather than hide the facts under a cloak of optimism. (ND 4.360)
1896
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Around the second week of October, the Swami, his brother- disciple Swami Abhedananda, who had just arrived from India at his urgent call, and J. J. Goodwin, now returned from America. (LSV 2.128)
1896
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Professor Deussen often visited the Swami, discussing with him the principles of the Vedanta. (LSV 2.129)
1896
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During the time Swami Saradananda was working in Cambridge, the New York Vedanta Society was without an authorized teacher. (LSV 2.137)
1896
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To the Swami's joy, Miss Waldo organized weekly classes in the New York Vedanta Society during the last two months of 1896 and conducted them with great credit. (LSV 2.137)
1896
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From London the Swami kept in close touch through Mrs. Bull, Miss Waldo, and others with the progress of the Vedanta work in America. (LSV 2.138)
1896
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That the interest in the Vedanta philosophy had gone on steadily increasing since the Swami had left America for England (LSV 2.139)
13 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture VEDIC RELIGIOUS IDEALS at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 1.344)
Oct 1896
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Nor does the concept of God as Creator and Governor serve to explain the universe. In his lecture "Vedic Religious Ideals," Swamiji elaborated on this theme. (ND 4.363)
15 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MAYA AND ILLUSION at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.088)
20 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MAYA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCERPTION OF GOD at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.105)
20 Oct 1896
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On October 20, Goodwin arrived in London. (ND 4.351)
22 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture MAYA AND FREEDOM at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.118)
22 Oct 1896
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Two days later he wrote in more detail: (ND 4.351)
Oct 1896
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As providing an explanation of the universe, the Personal God was deficient in yet another respect, which Swamiji discussed in "Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God." (ND 4.363)
Oct 1896
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Swamiji's next lecture in his Tuesday-Thursday morning classes was entitled "God in Everything." (ND 4.366)
Oct 1896
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Even when there were no visitors, the conversation at Greycoat Gardens was full of liveliness and interest-at least for the participants. (ND 4.386)
23 Oct 1896
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Swami Abhedananda, who was getting on well in this foreign land. (ND 4.386)
24 Oct 1896
Lecture
On October 24 Swami Saradananda visited New York in order to fill an engagement with the Brooklyn Ethical Association. (ND 4.338)
Oct 1896
News reports
Miss Phillips also informed the New York newspapers, one of which (unidentified) printed the following piece: (ND 4.339)
Oct 1896
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In a letter dated October 24 to Miss Mary Phillips, Goodwin wrote: (LSV 2.131)
Oct 1896
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Aside from his Victoria Street lectures the Swami often spoke on invitation in pri-vate drawing-rooms. (LSV 2.131)
Oct 1896
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Swamiji came in contact with many other persons of culture and enlightenment. (LSV 2.132)
Oct 1896
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At this time the Swami's long-cherished desire to write was again pressing forward for fulfilment. (LSV 2.132)
Oct 1896
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Besides giving numerous private interviews, holding many classes a week, often lecturing publicly, and constantly writing, the Swami was still paying attention to his work in India. (LSV 2.132)
Oct 1896
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In an earlier chapter we have shown how deeply occupied the Swami was with his Indian work, even while he was in the midst of hard, concentrated, and important work in America. (LSV 2.134)
Oct 1896
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Miss Waldo, who had known Swami Saradananda at Greenacre, was warmed and uplifted by his brief stay. (ND 4.339)
Oct 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From LONDON (CW SV 5.116)
27 Oct 1896
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Miss waldo's letter to Mrs. Bull (ND 4.340)
27 Oct 1896
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Mrs. Bull replied in her most formal manner. (ND 4.341)
Oct 1896
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Miss Waldo did, in fact, do exceedingly well. (ND 4.341)
Oct 1896
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Mrs. Bull also heard from Miss Phillips, who in a long letter, dated November 14, sang Miss Waldo's praises. (ND 4.341)
Oct 1896
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Swami Saradananda stayed in or around Cambridge during most of October, November, and December of 1896. (ND 4.342)
Oct 1896
Letter
The following letter to Swamiji, in which she put in a good word for her young and energetic friend Goodwin perhaps to counteract other, predictably different report had reached Swamiji along with Goodwin himself: (ND 4.342)
Oct 1896
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Except for his brief visit in October to New York, Swami Saradananda stayed at Mrs. Bull's spacious and guest-filled home for three months. His first letter to Mrs. Bull. (ND 4.344)
Oct 1896
News reports
A news¬letter in the Brahmavadin of March 13, 1897, read: (ND 4.346)
Oct 1896
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Reading the above in India, Swamiji was dismayed. "By the bye," Goodwin would write to Mrs. Bull on March 30, 1897, (ND 4.346)
Oct 1896
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But by the time Mrs. Bull received this letter Swami Saradananda was back in her home, to which he had returned in March. (ND 4.346)
Oct 1896
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Miss Mary Phillips had summed up the lessons learned from the attempts Mrs. Bull had made to centralize the work. (ND 4.347)
27 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture GOD IN EVERYTHING at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.144)
Oct 1896
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Swami Abhedananda ( Kali Mj.), initially nervous but ultimately gave a most memorable speech. (ND 4.387)
Oct 1896
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One of the events in London that satisfied the Swami immensely was the success of the maiden speech of Swami Abhedananda (Kali Mj.), whom he had designated to speak in his stead at the Christ Theosophical Society in Bloomsbury Square, on October 27. (LSV 2. 135)
Oct 1896
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Swamiji’s English work had lost nothing of its impetus and strength during the summer vacation. (ND 4.388)
27 Oct 1896
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At this time the Swami was also filled with joy to hear frequently, chiefly through newspaper cuttings, of Swami Saradananda's immediate success and constantly growing influence in America. (LSV 2.136)
Oct 1896
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Swamiji wrote to Alasinga in the second or third week of October, and continued: (ND 4.389)
28 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture VEDANTA AND PRIVILEGE at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 1.417)
28 Oct 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From LONDON (CW SV 5.120)
28 Oct 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to INDIAN MIRROR From LONDON (CW SV 5.121)
28 Oct 1896
News reports
In the following review one sees and almost hears Swamiji, then at the height of his powers, through the eyes and ears of a stranger: (ND 4.370)
28 Oct 1896
News reports
On the same day as Light published the above paragraphs, there appeared in the London Daily Graphic a longer article. (ND 4.371)
Oct 1896
News reports
In Swamiji's next two class-lectures, "Realizations" and "Unity in Diversity," he took up the Katha Upanishad, giving a running commentary on it. (ND 4.374)
Oct 1896
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In this same class he again reviewed the various arguments put forth by the utilitarian’s who sought pleasure, by the evolutionists who believed that in time evil would be eliminated from the earth. (ND 4.375)
29 Oct 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture REALISATION at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.155)
29 Oct 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From WESTMINSTER (CW SV 9.090)
Oct 1896
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During the month of October 1896 the Swami's mind turned more and more towards India. (LSV 2.139)
Oct 1896
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The Swami's English friends contributed as well to another cause that was close to the Swami's heart. (LSV 2.140)
Nov 1896
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Famine in India. Swamiji send money for relief from London (LSV)
1 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From LONDON (CW SV 6.378)
1 Nov 1896
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The six Tuesday-Thursday morning class-lectures quoted from above-the three classes on Maya, one on the Isha Upanishad, and two on the Katha Upanishad-were only the beginning of Swamiji's exposition that fall of practical Advaita Vedanta. (ND 4.378)
Nov 1896
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Swamiji's statement in this letter to Mary Hale that he was a socialist obviously did not apply, as some have thought, to his views on Indian politics. (ND 4.380)
Nov 1896
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While Swamiji would not have agreed that social and economic reforms could in themselves bring about a society consisting of moral and happy men and women, he would not have discouraged these dedicated socialists from doing their utmost for the welfare of others. (ND 4.383)
Nov 1896
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As far as India was concerned, Swamiji had written to Alasinga in 1895, "There cannot be any reform without spiritual reform first. (ND 4.384)
Nov 1896
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Here again was Swamiji's "political" stand. (ND 4.385)
3 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture UNITY IN DIVERSITY at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.175)
Oct 1896
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In his next class, "Unity in Diversity," held on Tuesday morning, November 3, Swamiji continued his commentary on the Katha Upanishad. (ND 4.377)
5 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE FREEDOM OF THE SOUL at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.189)
10 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture PRACTICAL VEDANTA : PART 1 at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.291)
11 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From WESTMINSTER (CW SV 5.122)
12 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture PRACTICAL VEDANTA : PART 2 at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.309)
13 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From WESTMINSTER (CW SV 6.382)
14 Nov 1896
Letter
Goodwin's Letter to Mrs. Bull (LSV 2. 165)
17 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture PRACTICAL VEDANTA : PART 3 at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.328)
18 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture PRACTICAL VEDANTA : PART 4 at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.341)
18 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture REASON AND RELIGION at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 1.366)
Nov 1896
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Swamiji asked Mrs. Sevier quite suddenly to purchase four tickets immediately for the most convenient steamer from Naples. (LSV 2.141)
Nov 1896
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The Swamiji at once wrote to his Madras followers on November 16 informing them of his coming. (LSV 2.142)
Nov 1896
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Swamiji's mind was full of plans, and he discussed them enthusiastically with Captain and Mrs. Sevier, particularly those for India. (LSV 2.142)
20 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From LONDON (CW SV 5.123)
20 Nov 1896
Letter
Goodwin's Letter to Mrs. Bull (LSV 2. 165)
20 Nov 1896
Letter
Before his departure for India, he wrote on November 20 to the Hale sisters in America: (LSV 2. 148)
Nov 1896
Notes
Speaking of the secret of the Swami's "roaring success" in England and America, J. J. Goodwin wrote: (LSV 2. 149)
21 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SHAH LALABADRI From LONDON (CW SV 6.383)
25 Nov 1896
Lecture
Swamiji's lecture THE ABSOLUTE AND MANIFESTATION at Victorial St. class room, London (CW SV 2.130)
28 Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY & HARRIET From LONDON (CW SV 6.384)
Nov 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ABHEDANANDA From READING (CW SV 6.383)
3 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MACLEOD JOSEFINE From LONDON (CW SV 8.392)
3 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURGES ALBERTA From LONDON (CW SV 6.385)
5 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From WESTMINSTER (CW SV 9.091)
9 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From LONDON (CW SV 6.386)
10 Dec 1896
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The Swamiji's last lecture given on Thursday, December 10, 1896 on Advaita Vedanta was the fitting culmination of the whole series, as it speaks the final word on the highest stage of realization. (LSV 2.143)
Dec 1896
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When his English students came to know that the Swami was to leave in the middle of December, they were filled with sadness. (LSV 2.145)
13 Dec 1896
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Farewell party organised at Prince's Hall for Swamiji at London (LSV 2.145)
13 Dec 1896
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The Chairman of the meeting., Mr. E. T. Sturdy, presented the following address to the Swami: (LSV 2.146)
13 Dec 1896
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The Swami was much moved, and replied : (LSV 2.147)
13 Dec 1896
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Sister Nivedita wrote: (LSV 2.147)
Dec 1896
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During his stay in England, both before and after his visit to the Continent, the Swami himself was pleased with the results of his work in London. (LSV 2.148)
13 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to LEGGETT FRANCIS From LONDON (CW SV 6.386)
13 Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to AMERICAN LADY From LONDON (CW SV 5.125)
14 Dec 1896
News reports
Reporting on this last lecture of the Swami's and also commenting on his influence in London, the special correspondent to the Indian Mirror wrote on December 14 as follows: (LSV 2.144)
Dec 1896
Notes
But though everywhere in the West the Swami had created a deep and abiding im-pression, his work in England was particularly satisfactory to him. About this he commented in his famous "Reply to the Address of Welcome in Calcutta", delivered on February 28, 1897: (LSV 2.149)
Dec 1896
Notes
In this same Calcutta lecture the Swami made a bold confession and declared: (LSV 2.149)
15 Dec 1896
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Dr. Barrows arrived in India on a lecture tour of three months. Swamiji urged Indians to receive him warmly (LSV)
16 Dec 1896
News reports
The report of the Swami's talk in the Indian Mirror of December. 16, 1896, ran thus: (LSV 2.141)
16 Dec 1896
Notes
On December 16 the Swami and Captain and Mrs. Sevier left London for the Con-tinent, where they intended to visit some of the important cities of Italy. (LSV 2.150)
16 Dec 1896
Notes
Mr. Bepin Chandra Pal, a celebrated Indian publicist, speaking of the impression which Swami Vivekananda left in England, wrote from London to the Indian Mirror of February 15, 1899: (LSV 2.150)
Dec 1896
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MUKHERJEE S C (the Editor of Light of the East) (CW SV 9.076)
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