Voice of Vivekananda
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About this visit Shivananda said later: A Muslim whom I met in Cuddapah is so highly esteemed that he received the title of Khan Bahadur from the British Government. He belongs to the Sufi sect of …
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Brahmananda was a man of few words. His life was his teaching. Rather than preaching religion he demonstrated it. Swami Basudevananda recalled: It was 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. on a hot summer day. Swami …
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One night a thief entered the room of Josephine MacLeod [Joe], an American devotee of Swamiji, who was staying in the guest house of Belur Math. When the thief grabbed her locket reliquary, which …
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Sometime in the middle of 1883, Tarak’s (Swami Shivananda) wife, Nityakali, fell ill and died. Tarak performed the customary ritual for his departed wife, then resigned from his job and decided to …
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This story begins with the loss of a gold watch. Sarada Prasanna, the son of a rich landlord, was admitted to the Metropolitan Institution in North Calcutta when he was in the seventh grade. For four …
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It is said that libel and slander, censure and criticism are the ornaments of those who pave the way for truth. Attacks from backbiters and faultfinders make a pioneering soul more strong and …