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Central India: Khandwa, Ratlam, Jabalpur (Jan 1898)
Central India: Khandwa, Ratlam, Jabalpur (Jan 1898)
Total Records Found: 10
1898
S
From jodhpur the Swami went to Khandwa, where he was the guest of Babu Haridas Chatterjee, a pleader who had known him previously. (LSV 2.301)
1898
S
Swamiji was here, to use that gentleman's words, "restless with high fever"; but, as a result of the care of his host, he soon recovered. (LSV 2.301)
1898
S
Many people came to see Swamiji and talk with him on a variety of subjects. (LSV 2.301)
1898
I
The night before Swamiji left, his host pressed him for initiation. He firmly held Swamiji's feet and implored him to give him a Mantra; but the latter did not do so, saying that he did not care to make disciples and raise the banner of religious or social guru-ship. However, he advised his host to remember the simple truth, so often repeated, that man can do what man has done. "Man's constitution", he said, "embodies divine omnipotence, and this should he realized and set up as the model of all human action." (LSV 2.301)
1898
I
The Swami must have had reasons of his own for not fulfilling the earnest and pious desire of his kind host, for it is a fact that he made disciples before and after this occasion, though not without thoroughly studying their personalities. As always with a true teacher, he gave instructions to different people according to their nature and tendencies. To one he would speak of Bhakti, to another of jnana, as the highest ideal; but along with this he would insist that each should stand on his own legs and rely on himself if he wanted to bring to fruition the highest possibilities of his nature. (LSV 2.301)
1898
CE
While the Swami was at Khetri, he had received invitations from the Thakore Saheb of Limbdi, and from the Raja of Chhatarpur, in Bundelkhand. The Swami also wished to visit Karachi to see disciples of his who had gone there, and Kathiawar too. (LSV 2.301)
1898
S
After about a week, he left Khandwa and went as far as Ratlam junction, but owing to indifferent health he was forced to give up the idea of extending his preaching tour to Sindh, Gujarat, Kathiawar, Baroda, and other places, from where telegrams and letters of invitation had poured in on him. He decided to return at once to Calcutta, and there combine rest and work. (LSV 2.302)
1898
S
On the way, he met with a most enthusiastic reception at Jabalpur station. (LSV 2.302)
1898
S
The return to Calcutta now was to be almost the finish of the lecture campaign in India. In the course of it he had outlined his plans for the resurrection of the Dharma (LSV 2.302)
1898
S
In Calcutta, other aspects of his mission were to keep him engaged: notably the training of his disciples and the moulding of their characters, so as to enable them to carry into practice his plans for the regeneration of India. (LSV 2.303)
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