In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme. Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied — first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To paint a scene, if one …
Translation of Writings – Swami Vivekananda
NoteMemoirs of European Travel IMemoirs of European Travel IIAddenda …
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Addenda – Swami Vivekananda
(These interesting jottings were found among Swamiji's papers — Ed.)(Translated from Bengali ) The first view of Constantinople we had from the train. It is an ancient city, with big …
Memoirs of European Travel II – Swami Vivekananda
(Translated from Bengali )II We have an adage among us that one that has a disc-like pattern on the soles of his feet becomes a vagabond. I fear, I have my soles inscribed all over with …
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Memoirs of European Travel I – Swami Vivekananda
(Translated from Bengali )I Om Namo Nârâyanâya, ("Salutations to the Lord"; the usual form of addressing a Sannyasin. These memoirs of his second journey to the West were addressed to …
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Swami Vivekananda left Calcutta for the West, for the second time, on the 20th June, 1899, by the BISN steamship Golconda. In reading these pages the reader should remember that Swamiji wrote them in …