[A fragmentary poem composed at Ridgely Manor, in 1899] One circle more the spiral path of life ascendsAnd time's restless shuttle — running back and froThrough maze of warp and woofof …
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The Plague Manifesto – Swami Vivekananda
Om Salutations to Bhagavan Shri Ramakrishna Brothers of Calcutta! 1. We feel happy when you are happy, and we suffer when you suffer. Therefore, during these days of extreme adversity, we are …
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Footnotes to The Imitation of Christ – Swami Vivekananda
(Prabuddha Bharata, September 1982, pp. 390-93.) In 1889, Swami Vivekananda translated into Bengali selections from Book I, chapters 1-6 of Thomas à Kempis's The Imitation of Christ. They were …
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Macrocosm and Microcosm – Swami Vivekananda
(The Life of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. I. p. 250.) After his experience of the macrocosm within the microcosm while absorbed in meditation under the peepul tree at Kakrighat, in 1890, Swami …
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Lecture Notes – Swami Vivekananda
(New Discoveries, Vol. 4, pp. 213-14.) Probably at the turn of the century, Miss Ellen Waldo gave these undated notes in Swami Vivekananda's handwriting to her friend Sister Devamata, a member of …
Notes – Swami Vivekananda
(New Discoveries, Vol. 3, pp. 440-41.) [An undated and untitled, one-page manuscript in Swami Vivekananda's own handwriting] My nerves act on my brain — the brain sends back a reaction which, on …