Turiyananda travelled to various places in India with Vivekananda. Once, in Darjeeling, Swamiji said to Turiyananda: “Brother Hari, I have made a new path and opened it to all. Up till now it was thought that liberation could be attained only by meditation, repetition of God’s names, scriptural discussion and so forth. Now young men and women will attain liberation by doing the Lord’s work.”
However, the path of action is not for everybody: Turiyananda wanted to pass his days in spiritual disciplines. But Vivekananda intervened: “Brother, can’t you see I have been laying down my life, inch by inch, in fulfilling the mission of the Master, till I am on the verge of death? Can you merely stand looking on and not come to my help by relieving me of a part of my great burden?” Turiyananda could not refuse their leader’s entreaties.