Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

(Written from Chicago to H. H. the Maharaja of Mysore on June 23, 1894.) Shri Nârâyana bless you and yours. Through your Highness' kind help it has been possible for me to come to this country. …

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(Written to "Kidi" on March 3, 1894, from Chicago.) I agree with you so far that faith is a wonderful insight and that it alone can save; but there is the danger in it of breeding fanaticism and …

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(Written from Bombay on 23rd May, 1893 to D. R. Balaji Rao who just had a severe domestic affliction.) "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither; the Lord gave and the …

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(When the success of the Swami in America became well known in India, several meetings were held and addresses of thanks and congratulations were forwarded to him. The first reply which he wrote was …

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INDIA — THE LAND OF RELIGION During the residence of the Swamiji in America, the following Address from the Maharaja of Khetri (Rajputana), dated March 4th, 1895, was received by him: My dear …

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(Found among Swami Vivekananda's papers.) The Theosophists are having a jubilee time of it this year, and several press-notices are before us of their goings and doings for the last twenty-five …

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