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Chicago (May-June 1894)
Chicago (May-June 1894)
Total Records Found: 68
24 May 1894
CE
Swamiji arrived in Chicago on May 24 and remained at the Hale's through most of June, getting rest. (ND 2.077 LSV 1.478)
May 1894
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During month of June 1894, Swamiji found time to write of his plans for the rejuvenation of his moherland. (ND 2.079)
May 1894
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The news of the unparalleled success of the Swami in America began to reach India after about two months after the great Parliament of Religions had commenced in Chicago. (LSV 1.478)
May 1894
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Though people in India were jubilant, it did not occur to them to take united and official action to acknowledge Swamiji publicly as the champion of their country and to thank the American people for their reception of him. (LSV 1.479 ND 2.079)
May 1894
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From the day of the Swami's extraordinary and spectacular success at the Parliament of Religions, American public was thrilled. (LSV 1.479)
May 1894
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Ever since the opening of the Parliament of Religions, the Hindu communities in India had uttered not a word of official support, making situation difficult for Swamiji in America. (ND 2.079 LSV 1.480)
May 1894
CE
Swamiji, however, received no answer to his important letter to Alasinga from New York on 9th April till the second week of July. (ND 2.080 LSV 1.485)
24 May 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Wright Prof. John H from Chicago. (CW SV 7.467)
1894
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In a whirl of controversies. His credenials, honour and authenticity are questioned. No news of any public action from India is forthcoming and he gets despaired. The darkest summer for him (LSV)
28 May 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From CHICAGO (CW SV 5.033)
May 1894
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The first collection of friends who later serve him when he started Vedanta Society of New York (VSNY) (LSV)
May 1894
Analysis
Analysis of Swamiji's enemies. (ND 2.082)
May 1894
S
During the course of this lecture Swamiji also told of another of his enemies. Mr. Mazumdar was, perhaps, Swamiji's worst single enemy. (ND 2.082 LSV 1.481)
May 1894
Letter
Swamiji wrote to his brother-disciple, Swami Ramakrishnananda, in January of 1894. (LSV 1.481)
May 1894
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The following incident provides an example of the resistance Mazoomdar's campaign encountered. (LSV 1.482)
May 1894
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The women of America, those at least who were well acquainted with Swamiji, certainly knew better of him. ( LSV 1.482 ND 2.084)
May 1894
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Couple of incidences of harm created by enimies to Swamiji. (ND 2.085 LSV 1.490)
May 1894
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Mazumdar's behavior offended and incensed Swamiji's brother-monks who wrote to him of it. But Swamiji console them. (ND 2.085)
May 1894
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Mazumdar was well acquainted with Swamiji's true character and background. Not only had he known him for many years, but he had also known his Master, Sri Ramakrishna. (ND 2.086)
May 1894
S
About Mazumdar's article on Sri Ramakrishna. (ND 2.086)
May 1894
I
Yet for many months Swamiji took no action in his own defence. Rather, sannyasi that he was, he depended on the Lord. (LSV 1.483)
May 1894
S
One Of Mazumdar's attacks, accusing Swamiji of being a sort of Bohemian impostor who preached a pseudo-Hinduism, (ND 2.087 LSV 1.485)
May 1894
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The Swamiji's long imperturbability in the face of such virulence is clearly shown by a letter written to his disciples in Madras on January 24, 1894: (LSV 1.483)
May 1894
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Campaign to destroy the Swami and his mission assumed such menacing proportions that if unchecked it could defeat the very purpose of his coming to America. (LSV 1.483)
May 1894
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The Indian Evangelical Review at Calcutta, in its April issue, remarked: (ND 2.089)
May 1894
S
The following is from Unity and the Minister, published at Calcutta which is the official organ of that branch of the Brahmo Somaj of which Mr. Mazumdar is the leading member. (ND 2.090)
May 1894
S
Various allegations published against Swamiji (ND 2.091)
May 1894
News reports
Some Americans, however who, were better informed, kept level heads, a fact attested to by the following anonymous letter, which appeared in the Boston Daily Advertiser of May 17 : (ND 2.091)
May 1894
S
Inspite of oppsition Swamiji never gave up his fight for his motherland. (ND 2.093 LSV 1.486)
May 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Prof. John Henry Wright from Boston Prior to May 24. (ND 2.093 LSV 1.486)
May 1894
CE
In a second letter from Chicago to prof. John Henry Wright Swamiji enclosed further testimony regarding his good standing in India. (ND 2.095 LSV 1.487 LSV 1.488)
May 1894
Letter
Among Professor Wright's papers was the letter from the Maharaja of Khetri, dated April 7, 1894, which Swamiji had sent him. It read: (ND 2.097 LSV 1.488)
May 1894
News reports
Swamiji also sent to Professor Wright a leading article from the Indian Mirror of February 22. (ND 2.099)
Jun 1894
Letter
Swamiji also wrote in June to his friend, the Dewan of Junagadh State, Haridas Viharidas Desai: (ND 2.082)
9 Jun 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Hale Mrs.G W from Chicago. (CW SV 9.022 ND 2.122)
9 Jun 1894
S
But let us return to the dark month of June 1894, when the Swami was living in the Hale house in Chicago. By mid June, Professor Wright seems to have been satisfied by the many assurances the Swami had given him-if ever he had been in doubt. But now another close friend had, the Swami thought, given him up. (LSV 1.490 ND 2.101)
Jun 1894
S
Here in Chicago was Narasimha again (ND 2.123)
18 Jun 1894
Letter
Another close friend, however, began to have qualms, or so, at least, Swamiji thought. On June 18 he wrote again to Professor Wright as follows: (CW SV 7.469 LSV 1.490)
20 Jun 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Desai Haridas Viharidas from Chicago. (CW SV 8.305 ND 2.082 LSV 1.489)
22 Jun 1894
S
The Swami must have been much hurt to think that his good friend and hostess had lost faith to the extent of cancelling an invitation to him to visit her summer home in Annisquam, Massachusetts. Happily, he was mistaken. (LSV 1.491)
22 Jun 1894
Letter
Only a Few days after he had written the above letter to Professor Wright, one finds Mrs. Bagley writing to a friend in eloquent defence of the Swami. Her letter, written from Annisquam, was dated June 22, and read as follows: (LSV 1.491 ND 2.101)
22 Jun 1894
CE
As late as the end of June 1894 we find him still without word from India; still without defence in the face of his enemies; still in despair. (LSV 1.492)
23 Jun 1894
Writing
Swamiji's letter to MAHARAJA OF MYSORE From CHICAGO (OUR DUTY TO THE MASSES) (CW SV 4.361)
23 Jun 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to RAO BAHADUR N C From CHICAGO (CW SV 6.256)
26 Jun 1894
CE
on June 26 Swamiji wrote to the "sisters" what is perhaps one of the most beautiful of all his letters. (ND 2.102)
26 Jun 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Hale Mary & Harrit from Chicago. (CW SV 6.257 ND 2.102)
26 Jun 1894
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Thus, during a period of outward trial and tribulation, Swamiji's inner mind and heart were filled only with spiritual love and joy. (ND 2.102)
28 Jun 1894
CE
Swamiji wrote a letter to Alasinga on April 9 to channel the disorganized enthusiasm and jubilation in india over his American success into united force. (LSV 1.484)
28 Jun 1894
Letter
Not receiving answer from Alasinga, Swamiji's letter to Madras Disciple From Chicago. (CW SV 8.310 ND 2.080 LSV 1.485 LSV 1.492)
Jun 1894
CE
The power of Swamiji's thought seems to have awakened his countrymen to their duty. (LSV 1.493)
Jun 1894
CE
On April 10-the very next day-the following editorial comment appeared in the Indian Mirror, a leading Calcutta newspaper sympathetic to the, Swami: (LSV 1.493)
Jun 1894
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The people of Madras were the first to arrange such a public meeting in Swamiji's honour in Pachaiyappa's Hall in Madras, on Saturday, April 28,1894. (LSV 1.494 ND 2.104)
Jun 1894
CE
But the matter did not end there, Swamiji wrote in reply to Alasinga on July 11, giving him detailed instructions as to what should be done with the Madras resolutions. (ND 2.104)
Jun 1894
CE
The actual letters and resolutions of the Madras Meeting did not reach America until almost another two months had passed; and thus the suspense went on. The whole thing, from start to finish, was abhorrent to Swamiji. The anxiety, the necessity for "a boom," the need to prove himself, the endless collecting of newspaper clippings-all this was, he felt, a blotch on that unsullied "disregard of gain or name or fame" with which, in actual fact, he worked. (ND 2.105)
Jun 1894
Letter
On reading the above, Swamiji wrote to Alasinga: Refer 'Back to east coast' (ND 2.109)
Jun 1894
S
Swamiji's mail, which was possibly being again forwarded here and there, finally caught up with him, and he duly received the Madras Address itself. "The Bundle was the report of the meeting". (ND 2.109)
Jun 1894
S
he wrote to Mrs. Hale on September 4. "Hope you will succeed in publishing some in the Chicago papers . . . Here are some newspaper clippings & an India Mirror I will send later on. Some has been sent to Mr. Barrows, don't hope he will give them publicity." (ND 2.109)
Jun 1894
News reports
In the meantime the American newspapers kept him informed. On August 31 the Chicago Inter Ocean spread the story of his official vindication: (ND 2.109)
Jun 1894
News reports
At least two New York papers, the Sun of September 2 and the Daily Tribune of September 3, followed suit, taking a delight, it seemed, in Swamiji's triumph, as well as in India's gratitude to the American people. In short, as Swamiji was to write to his brother disciples in late September: the Madras Address "was published in all the newspapers here and created a sensation. (ND 2.110)
1894
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Meanwhile, the Dewan of Junagadh, Sri Haridas Viharidas Desai wrote of his own accord to Mr. Hale on 2.8.1894 from Nadiad. (ND 2.111)
1894
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Besides Madras meeting, various meetings were held in different parts of India. But the Calcutta Meeting of September 5, 1894, in which "enthusiasm reached a pitch of frenzy," was to carry the greatest weight. News Reports appeared in Indian Mirror of Sept. 6 and 16. (ND 2.112)
1894
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When the details of the Meeting reached him,Swamiji wrote in the overflowing of his joy and gratitude to the Hale Sisters. (ND 2.115)
1894
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An obstacle to Swamiji's mission was effectively smashed. But the Calcutta Meeting by no means marked a resting point. (ND 2.117)
1894
Letter
Swamiji wrote to Swami Ramakrishnananda, Swami Abhedananda and Alasinga appriciating their efforts. (ND 2.117)
1894
News reports
The following article was printed on May 4, 1895 : (ND 2.118)
1894
News reports
But although there may have been resentment in some quarters, there could no longer be doubt in anyone's mind that Swami Vivekananda was a prophet well honored in his own country. As the Indian Minor was to editorialize in December of 1894: (ND 2.120)
28 May 1895
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.058)
28 Jun 1895
Letter
Swamiji's letter to CARUS DR.PAUL From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.060)
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