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October 2013Vol. 118, No. 10

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A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order

started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896

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Gita teaches Karma-Yoga. We should

work through Yoga (concentration). In

such concentration in action (Karma-Yoga),

there is no consciousness of the lower ego

present. The consciousness that I am doing

this and that is never present when one

works through Yoga. The Western people do

not understand this. They say that if there

be no consciousness of ego, if this ego is

gone, how then can a man work? But when

one works with concentration, losing all

consciousness of oneself the work that is

done will be infnitely better, and this every

one may have experienced in his own life.

We perform many works subconsciously,

such as the digestion of food etc., many

others consciously If the painter, losing

the consciousness of his ego, becomescompletely immersed in his painting, he will

be able to produce masterpieces. The good

cook concentrates his whole self on the

food-material he handles; he loses all other

consciousness for the time being. But they

are only able to do perfectly a single work

in this way, to which they are habituated.

The Gita teaches that all works should be

done thus. He who is one with the Lord

through Yoga performs all his works by

becoming immersed in concentration, and

does not seek any personal beneft. Such a

performance of work brings only good to the

world, no evil can come out of it. Those who

work thus never do anything for themselves.

THE ROAD TO WISDOM

The result of every work is mixed with

good and evil. There is no good work that

has not a touch of evil in it. Like smoke

round the fre, some evil always clings to

work. We should engage in such works as

bring the largest amount of good and the

smallest measure of evil. We are reading

the Gita by candle-light, but numbers of

insects are being burnt to death. Thus it is

seen that some evil clings to work. Those

who work without any consciousness of

their lower ego are not affected with evil,

for they work for the good of the world. To

work without motive, to work unattached,

brings the highest bliss and freedom. This

secret of Karma-Yoga is taught by the Lord

Shri Krishna in the Gita.

From The Complete Works of Swami

Vivekananda, 5.24748.

Swami Vivekananda on

Work Without Motive 2


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Vol. 118, No. 10

October 2013

Amrita Kalasha

A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order

started by Swami Vivekananda in 1896

Prabuddhabharatao AwAkened IndIA

raditional Wisdom

Tis MonthEditorial: Coming out of the Shadows

Sri Chaitanya in the Sheath

of Sri Nityananda

Swami Devarajananda

Swami Vivekananda and

Asian Consciousness

Niraj Kumar

Ode to a Nightingale

in the Light of Vedanta

Sayan Bhattacharyya

Ideals for a New India

Swami Samarpanananda

An Imaginary Interview

with Sri Ramakrishna

Swami ChetananandaEternal Words

Swami Adbhutananda

Svarajya Siddhih:

Attaining Self-dominion

Gangadharendra Saraswati

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October

Vol. , No. Existence Giving Rise to Existence

Wrt; std{; tg Jhtrtctut; >Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached!

Traditional Wisdom

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O good-lookg o, ths stwrd rrs ow to th st, d wstwrdrrs ow to th wst; (thy rs) rom th s d mrg th s tsl. Tyom o wth th s. As thy do ot rlz thr tht I m ths (rr),I m tht (rr), ths ry wy dd, O good-lookg o, ll thsrturs hg om rom Exst do ot rlz tht W h om rom

Exst. Whhr rturs thy wr hr ( ths world)whthr tgr,lo, wol, pg, st, grsshoppr, gdy, or mosqutothy om tht.

(Chhandogya Upanishad, 6.0.2)

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worlds rjt o who kows thm s drt rom th Atm. T godsrjt o who kows thm s drt rom th Atm. Bgs rjt o

who kows thm s drt rom th Atm. All rjts o who kowsll s drt rom th Atm. Ts rhm, ths kshtry, ths worlds,ths gods, ths gs, d ths All r th Atm.

(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 2.4.6)


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This MonTh

W mstkly hoos to l surroudd y x-l d l dw. T um llan d Coming out of the Shadowswad h lgh Cnun, whh url tur.

Swm Dj-

d, S,Rmkrsh MssoAm, S,

wodrully dsrsw S Cd S Nd

ppd S Rmk ag. Sri Chaitanya in the Sheath of Sri Nitya-nanda l u lk

Bgl t th Adt Ashrm, Kolkt.Swm Vkd m d wk W ld m A m- d d. I Swami Vivkananda andAsian Cnsciusnss Nj Kum, pd h S Aan Ingan, w auSwmjs so or As.

M ppl -pd J K -mkl pm. SBhtthryy, gust l-u Pdu Cll Edu, W B-gl, trprts wth sghtOde to a Nightingale inthe Light of Vedanta.

Id pu p mdum l d d-

dual dal. Swam

Samapanananda Rmk M Vkd U,Blur Mth, proposs Ideals for a New India st o prpls to ollowd th prst

pross o Ids rjuto.

I l p An Imaginay Inviwwith Sri Ramakrishna Swm Chtd,M--, Vd S SLu, nlud h w n S Ramakhna

l d tms.In h hnh pa EternalWds, Swm Adu ddrts our ttto to th m-

portt spts o sdh dh nd adan n d-

n h Chn Idal. Twm wd ldm Sat Katha, puld

Udodh O, Kolkt.T sxtth stlmt oSvarajya Siddhih:

Attaining Self-dominion h ghnh n-u Gdd Sw, f p-t o Kh Kmkot Pthm, Khpurm,w Y, N, d Vkopts o Ishr r dqut.


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EDiToRiAL

Coming out o the Shadows

Every object is naal aad whts shdow us thr s lght, d thslgh ha a u uh a h un. T ph-

omo s ursl d s urslly tk ord. Sm j w mulpl dwdu to multpl or rtd lght sours. I th

Allgory o th C, oud PltosRepublic,Sorts sys tht w r lk shkld prsors dp sd mout wth our kswd . O wll w w dw ppl d j p -tw us d r tht ls o d hd us.T und pn ann anhng l anda m and al h hadw. Sa u wkd plp lk d m kl; udd

tht th shdows r ot rl us h ss thsour o lght, h ss th rlty.

T a h p hadw: pak a ld dttl shdow rosss your dys. Ery ty d tow hs shdowy sd orm d hum dgrdto. Smlrly, thrr shdows o sdss roud hppss, sk- l, du lld wts, dth stlkg l, gor mxd wth

kwld. O u, chitta-vritti,w dw u, d sod thought o thrd, d so orth . T dw md l, pll los. Ty dstort prpto to sto-hng dg. Whn h happn a pn an-ot s th lght, t shs hs or hra. A hadw an al hw l n h

ojt tht hs produd t, somtms dstort- . T l u w w dw md d md g. Oanall m hadw andshdows ppr to rl, s thy wr om- l w. I -

trl ojts r sutl d th sour o lghts th ddul osousss.W l physl d mtl urs o

l d dw. Swm Vkd :T d w kwld d -, ths myst twlght, th mglg o truthd lshoodd whr thy mto okows. W r wlkg th mdst o drm,l lp, l wk, p ll u l hz; ths s th t o ryo o us. Ts

s th t o ll ss-kowldg. Ts s th t ll plp, ll d , llad human knwldg. T h un.

Ertosths, Grk mthmt d l-aan a Alxanda amd la aund 240bce, kw tht th Erth ws sphrl, d hw ul pm lmp mum E um-. My popl hd osrd t Sy, ow

Asw, tht durg th summr solst th susho t oo drtly orhd to wll. ButE ud xl m Alxd, u 800 klm u S, l l urys ws out 7.2 dgrs. Kowg tht gl l d d w w pl, mpud dm d -um E. Dw u


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umkd l mk u dw udd wld, d l pl wt. Drm, m, d horogrphyrt lu l d d

hd ojts, rt prtulr tmosphrs, dxprss moods.T ppul u w ld,

l f, w u u plw dw d d .Howr muh sh trd, sh ould ot sudd . A du, , m wd d kd ld p unnng and lk a h hadw. Sh dd ,

d ow th shdow stood stll. H th skdhr to touh hr hd, d th shdow dd lk-ws. Tr, h sd, you h ow ught yourshdow! T hld m hppy d stoppdu u, dw d-rt pls.

T m ppl ud udd ul, wu dw dout. W must l to stop th md romrug out d stll t. As th md d th

lld, dw; l w l u l, uu. T kw k th sour d ttg kowldg. Sr Rm-krsh sys: Do you kow wht t s lk? Justt oo th su s drtly orhd. I you lookroud th, you do ot s your shdow. Lk-

ws, you wll ot d th shdow o go frttg Kowldg, smdh.

I th stt o smdh th md, fr yrs pang dp mdan, ak n h m j mdd up d l p x. S Rmk ll DMhdrll Srkr: You sd ry thg.No o ls hs sd or tht smdh s thrsult o th uo o th md wth God. Youlo h sd tht. God s sl-lumous, purCu. S Rmk ll ud

to worshp th mg o th D Mothr Kl Dkw. A mdu dpd, ud xp wdull P m m.

Nw [hn] h dd n ha mag a all whnh nd h mpl; u aw nad, andng, l M Hl, ll u-, d w d d ddm m . T M d, I pu

plm o my hd r Hr ostrls d lt thtMothr ws tully rthg. I osrd rylosly, ut I ould r s th shdow o thMh dn pn n h mpl wall n h

lght o th lmp t ght.Vdana ah ha h a dn d l u, m ll, d up ll, md usl. A hghr ordr o rlty sts ts shdown a lw n, and h hadw n un m j d dw -othr lowr rlty, d so oojts omdw d dw m j. T th rso why t s sd tht th world s mul-pl dw Rl. Ou pl d md d, annamaya; d shdow o th l or,prana, whh tur sth shdow o th md, mana; th md s thhadw h nll, buddhi; and h nll h hadw h hgh ll l,ananda,

whh s th usl stt.Lk h hld wh ppd unnng au

ah h hadw, w nd p uhng au

tryg to d th Rlty outsd. Ad just lkh hld ndd n h un undandth dyms o th shdow, w d to stll thmd d s th sour o our lght, sd. Justa h un n, h al n unal Cn-sousss. W d to shf our so rom thnddual nun, whh hKatha Upa-nishadlks to shdow, to th ursl Co-sousss d thus om r. P


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Sri Chaitanya in the Sheatho Sri NityanandaSwami Devarajananda

Bhagavan says Bd:Tough I m rthlss, udyg y -tur, d th Lord o gs, (yt) y su-

jugtg my Prkrt, I tk rth y ms o myow my.1 Ts dotr o th tr hs

pdl ud lu wld. S C (486534) w Nd Vm M d osdrd prtl tr o Sr Krsh. H sl kw Gu, Gu, Nm, d SK-C. Nm w udpd w ud wld w wau wn-u a ld. H wa nad nsys y hs guru Ksh Bhrt t Ktu.

T l o Sr Chty s sprly lkd

to tht o Sr Ntyd. Ntyd Goswmw ll Dk B-hum. Wh Nt ws stll ry youg, hs pr-n d hm a alm an nan annan.N w d m dd Adu. AAadhua n wh n a m h pah,

wh whp all, ha gwn u wldlodg, d s th prsoto o th m-

ng h Vdan dum Tat tvam asi; Tu aha. S Daaa, an aaaa Vhnu, wa hormost o th Adhuts. As trt mokNtyd trlld to my pls o plgrm-ag. H n m a annan alld Shankaaan-j, w p-m m w Vup,d m d d. Vup wth ldr rothr o Sr Chty. Ltr, durghs sojour Bgl, Ntyd srhd d

ud Vup p-m m d m p J M d S D.Nm w m. A Nd wu m Vup, S D

wuld anal all hm Na, hmng wh

th m o hr yougr so Nm. Nm dNt odd wll d thy m lk rothrs,ju w w K, S K, d rothr Bl, Blrm. It s wdly ld thtth two grt souls tht m s K d Bl th Dpr Yug, m g mor th -hundd a ag a Nma and Na. In h ag,s w shll s, thy h g om togthr th orm o Sr Rmkrsh.

Sri Ramakrishnas Unique VisionGppd an unmmn pual ug al-z Gd S Rmk wp d pd -tsly to th D Mothr. Hs suprhumadhana nall uld n h Dn Mh -

alng hl hm. Af h pma u,h lso hd my d sos. Whl rltgo o thm h sd: T gur o youg S- lk lk m ud m u

d m w m d u m ll mttrs; wh h mrgd, somtms I hd lttl osousss d, t othr tms, lost tltogthr d ly rt, oly sg hs tosand wd; whn afwad h nd h gd, I d ull u. T B-m, ot Pur d othrs m d tught mfwd w I d d pultught m wht I hd lrdy kow.


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H lklk w w ul l m-ng a a ah. S Ramakhna ud a:It s th md tht oms t lst th sprtul d u. A um m-

p M ; d mp ul (562). Nl, SRmk m dpl uu d upld d u h pu. And au h dn pu l quld guru pr xll. O o hs gurus, BhrBrhm, who hd srhg or hm or log tm, tully rrd t Dkshswr.

S Ramakhna, lk a hld, pud u h d w u w ud th hgs hppg to hs ody. Sh lstdnnl h pual xpn, alzan,and uggl and wa unnd. Sh n alzd S Rmk w ju x-dry sdhk ut d g. Sh osoldhm d lso tught hm rous dspls -dng h pu, whh S Ramakhnaqukly omplshd.

Sr Rmkrsh, o o hs wy to th l-lg Shor, hd sgt so o Sr Ch-ty d Sr Ntyd trg hs ody. Ohrg o tht so th Brhm m ll m d w lu -gadng h Ma and ad: Chaana man-stg ths tm th shth o Ntyd(262). T wd m l- m l. I x

S Nd l S C-y. Swm Srdd wrts: T Brhmd llw l m Chaitanya

Bhagavata: Trowg hs rms roud Adtsk, Sr Chty sys g d g: I wllm m wdul pl m. Mm wll l du th glory o God. T Brhm quotd g,Ga a h pla n da. I pn h

a gd un ha a plgd wnt (233). Swm Srdd urthr wrts:

Wh w wr stg hm o dy, th Ms- d u w p

hs so, It s tru tht I hd tht so d l u Bm d wsh hrd o t. But how I sy wht th rlmanng ? Fm h wd h Ma-tr rgrdg tht so o hs, w thk tht tths tm th Mstr got som lr dtotht, dtd wth hs ody d md, somt soul kow to th world or ry log w dwll w w m-plshg som mportt purpos (2334).

Whl g rrd plqu to Shr,S Rmk w w uul lk-g oys suddly omg out o hs ody. Nowd w lw p, w u pl-ully hthr d ththr, somtms gog r ld wld w ., d othr tms wlkg sd th plqu, thylud d jkd d d d mdmrry s oys do. Ty thus prodd hpply

l m d m k dtrd hs ody (233). Bhr Brhm o-dtly told Mthur u to o ssm-l pd wll d pu d p , w pulm, S Rmk w -. Mu u ud w mmknwldg ha aaaa w n n num. TBm pld B l

w-u pk ,d th sd tht thr r umrl t-. M l dd -, lud m Vd Gu Pd. T Bm qud pu d pk w S Rmkxp lld w m. All pd

w upd; h dad u nall lf n-d o th Brhms std.


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Du S Rmk m ppl wgnall dpul wad h Vahnaa, athy ld thm to grl lowly popl.T w l pl u S Cg tr. Som mog Sr Rmkrshs

dspls lso skd hm ths qusto ordr tormo thr douts. Sr Rmkrsh dmttd ml d ud d m S C Pu-rs d th Bhgt. But trp to Ndpw Mu u d ll : I utht h wr rto, thr must lgrthr lttl t lst o th mstto; I shllundand whn I (83). S Ramakhna

wlkd d pl Ndp u wothg prtulr ywhr d rgrttd gog. A w pp u p w, d wdul :w uul d I wsuh uty; thy hd th omplxo o moltgldah hang a hal lgh aund h had,rsg thr hds d lookg t m, wr ru- wd m u k. Ad I d

u mmdl, T m, om. Srly hd I uttrd ths words orh am and nd h (h wn d); I lorml osousss d ll dow (84).

H lso told hs dspls o hs so o Sr

C sankirtan, dl , dhow t ud otmporry soty:

Sd ud m, w wdulw Sk m wd m m P, pd wd m Dkw d d dp-prg hd th tr. H wtssd tht, -d n h l Gd, Gauanga, h mno Ndwp, ws prodg wth slow gt

th tr wth Ntyd d Adt o d, uudd d mulud.T w n a a pual nan p-dud Gd-l, m xpng h l l l mld wld d. T wd w ga ha lkd a h wa n nd humr o popl thr (442).

H sw som s th rowd tht rmd

Sri Ramakrishna having the vision of Nimai and Nitai in Navadvip, by Sujan (2005)

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ampd n h mnd . H la gnzdBalaam au and Ma Mahaha a h wh

wr mog th rowd osankirtan sgrs. Oskd y th Mstr wht h thought out hm,M M d: I l C, SC, d ulll d

m. I m P mall h h. S Ramakhna pld: Y, !O! O! It s dd o. Dot you s tht ts H lo who dwlls hr ths wy (d.).

Similarities between Sri Chaitanya

and Sri Ramakrishna

B dp pm Sr Rmkrshs ody ws tht o Ntyd,

w wuld w SC pp M. Qu um ml l w SC d S Rmk. T d-ml wll, u m. R-gadng k-lanng S Chaana had aand

grt sholst hmts, whrs th Ms- d lm p. T u d m M dd mad. O h wn h, h Ma had -go ook-lrg, trtg t s rdudt or pup. W S Rmk p grt lrg, hs thgs mght h plyd

ry drt rol rom wht w kow o thm.

Gaurangas Sankirtan, by Tamonashchandra Dasgupta (c.1700)

(Sri Ramakrishna saw this painting at the schoolhouse of Gadhadhar, a celebrated Vaishanva saint)

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I S C, l d ul-ual mlu dung h m alud k-lanng.

d l d lulus wh Sr Chty ws or ws o d-

m S Rmk m. A ldgrdd orm o Buddhsm ws rmpt dur-g Sr Chtys tm. At tht tm thr ws l tht rlgous tts wr ms orj uu l ull, wld d x. V l mrpld th dl o ruto, whh s thss o rlgo. Suh tlltulty ld tog gud d sol to popl. Tr wr

h, u, wh had dlpd a mpllak ah n lgn; l nmn w all w d w. M, lo st hd grow mostrously d hgh-st

popl wr xplotg d tyrzg thos osts lowr th thm.

A lm ml lu umlws prlt wh Sr Rmkrsh ws or.T pml ml ad du au h xn Gd. Ppl

w k d d qul d - amng wang gup dn lgu. M l l u ld p d j. T w l

pud-lgu ppl wh am lh anddd ot r out th world. For st, l- m ml, Pp-hdr Hzr xusd hmsl rom hs dutsd prtdd to rlgous. E th Mstrs

hdg ould ot mk hm go hom d r h aml. Oddl nugh, man ld hau u ppl pd l, wothrs duty to tk r o thr mls. Rl- d m d ud up- d wl, pw, d

plsur. Eh slly oto ws promotd s r-lgu uh l h gulll. T wh wdutd m spts d drdd rlgo.

W dw plll w SC d S Rmk. S ld-d d wuld f pul, md m w

ll w. Nm p ud d gu ha am h hu, pall adhu.On Sah D kd d and d ahugry sdhu. As th sdhu ws ddtg thd h hn d wh h ld, -or prtkg o t, h hrd hlds o m-

plng hm pn h . On dng h awNm tg th ood d rlzd t o thtth dty, to whom h ws ddtg hs ood,

wa nn u h hld Nma. And wa n dsg tht Nm dd t. A prlll dt hdud l S Rmk. Ohs thr Kshudrm st dow to worshp R-ghur. A grld o owrs mt or th dty

ws lyg y hs sd. Kshudrm st mdttgwh h ld. T hld Gadadhaa ganudgg hs thr, tllg hm to op hs ysand lk a hm wh had dkd hml wh ld m Ru. T

Ru d m m S Rm-krsh ws thus rld to Kshudrm.

T w k p. B h am knwn a S Cha-, Nm d p llw k Gd ddl p-g th m o Hr, h ws ot ry sussul.Ppl m d jd m sankir-tan, ut o soor hd thy rturd hom th

m ld l d l ml lud wldl nmn. H l h had st thgs rght. H kw tht popl r gudd l ul, mu pput y wht thy dd. H rlzd tht whl hpd u d ppl wdm ld l w putul w, ough moy, grt lrgand hugh hm a a hp. A a ma


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a, Nma wa n ladng a wldl l; h wauttrly dthd rom th world. But judgg y uwd um, ppl k m hw. H hn ld la hm and

mr sys, hghlghtg th mssg thtu k Gd wth hghst dl tht ryo should str or.Bu w w, llw wuld ulu p pu ugnawd a hm and hw hm n a al quanda.

T m w pd l Sr Rmkrsh. I hs youth Gddhr ofqud w ld l

lttl mg d mrt, whh ryody wsdog. Ulss h rlzd God, o wht us ws pk d k Gd mu?H l d plu dp d d ml

d dr. Yt h ws plgud y th thought olg ll thos who lod hs hppy ompy,hs sgg d hs joy rythg. Tus othSr Chty d Sr Rmkrsh surd -

dso or lg hom thr rly youth.Ad, udoutdly, oth ss t ws urgto do good to othrs tht thy hd to dl wth.

S Chaana plungd hadlng n adhanad mdttd o th mahavakya, grt syg,h hd hrd rom hs guru fr g ttd . W m -td nirvikalpa smdh. Hs md dd rsur- d om osous o th world roud

hm us h hd to g hmsl or to hlphumty. T sm thg hppd th s S Rmk. O m -, Pu md m wdw mdrom rythg d plug t to th Atm.

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Bu M ud dul wdwhs md rom th orm o th D Mothr. Pu wuld ; pd shrd o glss tw hs pupls yrows d

akd hm nna h. S Ramakhna d nirvikalpa md. L wtd to mrgd ompltly t, ut t thD Mothrs hst h hd to om k toths world ordr to do good to t.

S C ud d -mrg rom y o th thr drt stts oosousss. Sr Rmkrsh xpld:

C xpd md.

Frst, th osous stt, wh hs md dwlto th gross d th sutl. Sod, th sm-u , w md d usl ody d ws sord th lss o d-n nxan. Td, h nm a, whn md w md G Cu. Whl osous o th outr world, Chtyang h nam Gd; whl n h a pa-al nun, h dand wh h d;d whl th most stt o osousss,

h rmd sord smdh (330).W d l M

u w p-lly rptd or d or. I t, wh h wsd S C MM wdd: I M d w md? T mu ml w C d Mstr (d.).

Whl Sr Rmkrshs md ws ully -d md, d ppd ll.O dotor xmd hm whl tht sttd d p d w u. E u -ll wth gr dd ot ok rspos rom um u m. I smdh thr s o tr o I. At stg lowr k I d m l

pp, d md ul ldw w d. T wtht rom I ths world hd dd ssud;suh wrss mrks th stt o prtl wrd

osousss. Whl ths stt o dos otm ull w uud wld. Spp dw ll u w ml l d tlk, s, thk, d so o. But t ot d-trmd d t wht tm o mght goto suh hghr stts g.

B S Rmk d S C kw lppd u d-

pll l mulu. OSr Chty ws pssg through llg dl khol, dum, w md mth ly o tht pl. T t tht popl sgand dan akng Ha namh d-

ots hrtsdurgsankirtan to th om-pm ukhol md S C n amadh. Whl ng h z n CaluaS Rmk w l, w mddhm h Dn Mh Duga, and wn nsmdh. Ts my sm trg ut th sujt- thoughts ssotd wth wht thy hrd orsw wr strog ough or oth Sr Chtyand S Ramakhna a h nunto th hghst ll.

(To be concluded)

Reerences

. Bhagavadgita, ..

. Swami Saradananda, Sri Ramakrishna: he

Great Master, trans. Swami Jagadananda (Chen-

nai: Ramakrishna Math, 21), 22.

3. M, Te Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, trans. SwamiNikhilananda (Chennai: Ramakrishna Math,

21), 2.

4. Akshay Kumar Sen, A Portrait of Sri Rama-

krishna, trans. and eds Amrita Salm, Sat-

chidananda Dhar, and Prasun De (Kolkata:

Ramakrishna Mission Institute o Culture,

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Sai iveanana should rdtdw p llul wk d pm A . H d-

tly d drtly ud most o th rlypropots o p-Assm. Okkur, gor,

Sr Aurodo, d Boy Srkr ow muh toSwmj or thr p-As ws.Swmjs mrllous d thrllg sph

a h Wld Palamn Rlgn n Chago Sptmr 893 d hs susqut popu-lrty th Wst d Id mouldd hm to spoksm or Ast lzto.

Hu Sm, wd u TeWorlds Religions, w ld w mllp, w Swam a h pna h

Est. H stts:

Sprtully spkg, Vkds words dp 893 Wld Plm R-l u A W dl.F, d l pul u th Wst tht hs words d prs roughtto th sur, Vkd wt o to oudth Rmkrsh Msso whos trs l-most ry mjor ty o Europ d Amrlud ux A pul hs hgd th rlgous omplxo o thos pml. Buddm, Sum,Skm, B d llwd, uVdt ws th por.1

Swamiji and Buddha

Swam wa wd n ml a a Hndu mnku m w d m m Ew w m. T US w up

m pw. O d, A md ld Bud-dh. Edw Arold, who ws th th prpl D Cll, Pu, w pl

work o Buddh rs ttldLight of Asia

879. Buddh strrd Wstr mgto. Tk d W llul wdBuddm. Gm plp lk AuShpnhau and Fdh Nzh aw Bud-dhsm s th world rlgo.

Swmj l ullld xp dl W. H dd lm ml ml Hdum; pku Buddm l du Cdd. H dd mpl p

Buddhsm, th Fullmt o Hdusm o 26Spm 893 d d: I p, SkMu m ot to dstroy, ut h ws th ull-mn, h lgal nlun, h lgal dlp-mt o th rlgo o th Hdus. H urthrmnnd: Hndum ann l whu Bud-dhm, n Buddhm whu Hndum (.23).

N du w wd Budd mu Hdu du lm m

ppl US. O 9 M 894 Swmjspok t th Dtrot udtorum o Buddhsm,h Rlgn h Lgh Aa and nluddtht Buddhsm ws th oudto o thC l, l um rom Buddhsm (7.430). H llowd thsmg to ulttd: tht h logd to thO d w l u p thLight of Asia!


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W ud D, llwpp kd ml. T DetroitEvening News w: T Hd-Bm-Buddhst d o t d rott ortl-

m ha un u n h w, and ha noud tht thr s othg t. Joh LolBlu, US z, w l l

New York imes o 9 My 897, udr th p-to Droppg to Buddhsm: How Mmrso th Brookly Ethl Soty Cm to It, r-d p Bkl El S- pmd Budd . Blu ldSwm Vkd w, w, p-

std Buddhsm t th Prlmt o Rlgost Chgo. H hld Swmj rsposl or thgrowg populrty o Buddhsm.

Swmj ml dm w llw- p Budd. I , l d-pl lk S Nd d S Bull wd w Budd .Swmj rrrd to so o Buddh h hd hs hldhood:

I w wdul u mk ppuddlm w I dd kwdd m ll d, ll room wth d ulg. H ws ohr w Kmdlu (w-p) d. H u lm d xp wd dto ll thgs, tht I ws mzd d lt muhdw m. H wlkd wd m w slow stp, hs ys stdstly xd o m, s wd m. Bu I w zd

wh a and uld n kp ll. I g up mmy st, opd th door, d qukly lf throom. T xt momt I thought, Why thslh a? I am ld and wn ak nth room to lst to th mok, who, ls, ws l . I wd l , ldjtd d rptg tht I hd so stu-pd wu l m. I m mk, u I u xtrordry xprsso o y othr .

T dll pd mha. I ma ha n a hallunan; u fn I hnk ha I had h gd un -g Lord Buddh tht dy.

S Nd m, d kp du plm Km dNorth Id, th swms rto wh h ws

panal pakng Buddha: Wh Swam,I dd kw u w Budd!Mdm, d, ud , wl glow wth th sprto o tht m, Iam h an h an h an Buddh. Sr Bull, whom Swmj ddrssd

s mothr, dtd Swmj s Buddh orhr utmly dth 9.Swmj d wd Budd

gld rom th t tht w moths orSr Rmkrsh lf ths rthly od, Swmjudrtook plgrmg to Bodh Gy Aprl886. At Kshpur th Mstrs dspls usd todu h l and mag Buddha. T hadal nd n h mdan m h am-ous syg o Buddh: Lt ths ody dry up o

ts st; lt ts sh d os dssol: wthout Elm w dulto h os, ths ody shll ot rsrom ts st. Swmj g std Bodh Gyju lparinirvana Fu902, alng wh Japan a han OkakuaKkuz. H d kl wuld u lng nugh alh a un Bud-dm d -Hdum f . I

lttr to Swm Swrupd rom Gopl LlVll, B Cm, Swmj w: Atotl roluto hs ourrd my md outth rlto o Buddhsm d No-Hdusm. Ima n l wk u h glmp, u I halll l wk dd, d u d

your rthr wll h to work t out.u Swmj pd

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l Vd mm W, ppp Budd wpopulrty to rprst hmsl s th Lght oAs of gos uotd.

Swamiji and Japan

Swmj w pp A -u. H w lm899 90ul p A Udbodhan, Bl ml Rmk Od. T w l pu-ld ud l T E d T W.I ths work h rtd or Jp, Ch, th

Ar world, d th Prs lzto o th d, d F, B, d USo th othr. Swmj ws uldg up hs ds E m. H pd w 4

July 902 d hs drm o rstg Jp dothr As outrs to hmpo th us o odt d utd As dd ot mtrlz.But h pssd th to o ths grt dl to th

Japan a han and phlph OkakuaKkuzo (86393).

Swmj d u w mmAs. Hs l ws too short to mk ory tol A. Bu uld d mml m A ulu u. H Jp w u C 893. T p -d m C w Nk. H lw K, Ykm, k, d K.H w upd d Sk m

w ld Bl m mpl .1 I l u-tr h xprssd hs dsr to stlsh grtrx w C, Jp, d Id: Iot wrt wht I h my md out th

Jps o short lttr. Oly I wt tht um- u ung mn huld pa a Japanand Chna a. Epall h Japan,Id ll dmld

d good.11I 902 Okkur Kkuzo, mous or hs

wkTe Ideals of the Eastd dd wrsg th As osousss, m to Cl-

u. T tw th two As hros ours lt- w Swmj m Blu M, 4 Ju 90, to Josph MLod, who wsth Jp. Swmj wrot th postsrptha h d an nan Japan anda hqu 300 up m Okakua. Af hrtos o T Est d T Wst rtls,Swmj ws grg up to stlsh o-

w Id d Jp pwd mz A. I l dd4 Ju 90 Swmj rspodd to Josph:You r prtly orrt syg tht w wllha lan man hng m Japan. T hlptht Jp wll g us wll wth grt sym-

pthy d rspt, whrs tht rom th Wstump d du. Cl dl l -tw Id d Jp (5.62).

Okku d Id mpd Josph MLod. Ty hd lf Shmooskn 5 Dm 90 and ad n Calua n 6

Janua 902. Okakua m Swam n h amda, and Swam xlamd: I m a a lngl m.1 Okku dd hs lttr to Od okuou, Buddhst ltmk, m ul dud

prso stowd wth surpssg sprt d ws-

dom d ryody hr rts hm.1Swmj w xml pp m

Okku d w S C, wws styg t Adt Ashrm, Myt, thtOkku d M H, m, dm l w Jp MLd Blu.Wl H m Id ud Skd El, Okku m Id, Mothrld o Jps ultur d rt.1


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L, wk Fu,Okku d Swmj w plm- Bd G. I w Bd Gha Sddhaha Gauama aand nlgh-

nmn and am Buddha. H la gah mn a Sanah and n m-to th whl o dhrm. Ts plgrmg mp, l E p, Swmj,w mpd md-r p-Assm, Okkur, to o o thm mp pl d wBudd, w d d

d utd As or mll.Swmj ws d hlth d surdm uz. H pl Jpuld ullld. Tu Swmjlf ths world July o th sm yr, hsu Okku l kTe Ideals of the East. I

ws ltr pulshd 903 rom Lodo.T wd d A: A .1 T pl -dul p pl dulul d. T d A u wll mp p Swmj.Okakua ugh nn Aan ld dm l ldAst uty (97). T musrpt o thook ws dtd y Sstr Ndt.

Okku l w Te Awakening ofthe Eastn 902, u wa pulhd p-

umul. T k w l -ud Swmj d S Ndd w pl w xpl wp Kl. I wk xd Id th Brtsh olol gormt. It gsw B d A!, l-m pl Swmj Sd rothrs o Amr Chgo. T


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k lud: T wd k ll m dm. T uupu ld lu.Do thy prr Dth L to L Dth?

A rss hs ow rrd our hstory d thdrd ordl hs to d.1I Okku d ld mu-

ld u u A wlSwmj ws l. T opt o oss tr-

rsd As to rh th Id poltl shor 905 ud l Bl O th momt gst th Prtto o Bgl.Okku, Nd, d Swm Vkd

w wp d w A u-ss mtulously.Af p Swmj, Okku m

ag and lf a lang mpn upn h la-tr, who m lor o Jp d rdtnhua h Aan naan n h alm a and ulu. ag wa al dl nu-d Swmj, d m wdung h Swadh mmn, h xhd hum d d kw Swm Vk-d ordr to kow th outry.

But ws Swmj mourd oly wth Jpand h Japan? I wa n . I h wuld hald l, wuld ppld C wll d d l wkugh au anh pan-Aan: Sun Ya-s (866925).

Swamiji and China

Hu X Cu, p Bj U d dpu d Iu Su A Sud, Bj,w Modern Indian Philosopher Viveka-nanda: A Study. T k Swmj

w C.Hu X Cu dld p Vkd d C A S, Clu, 4 Ju 980d d: Vkd d u

m wd plp d l u Id md C. H plpland al hugh and p pam n nlpd w l mm

Id, ut lso md grt mpt rod. H md pp C ul-tur wll surly rsurrtd o dy lk thPhox d udrtk th rsposlty o m Wd th Ortl ulturs.1

P Hu xpld wVkd wt to Amr or th rst tm, pd u wuld [-

] m. Bu du d aad, h ald ha h wa dd dllamprlsm. H, thror, m to th olu- Am uld umto omplsh ths tsk, ut t ws Ch whhould do t (00). Ts mght th otxt orSwmjs growg trst Jp d Ch.Prossor Hug lms tht Swmj pd hshops o Ch.

Swam d Chna nl n. On h wa

C p, p d Ju 893. H w H K d C-w lld Guzu. H m-d l 80 ml up Pl R C d d C Bud-dh mpl. In a l Alanga, Bala, andhs rds Mdrs, h wrot out hs rst-d xp C. H w pplldy th porty h sw d osdrd t to

th root us o Ids d Chs prolms.H wrot: Tr xtrm porty s o o thu w C d Id rmd stt o mummd lzto. an dna Hndu Chn, da n-ssty s too hdous to llow hm to thk o l.1 Bu uld dwdd wuld w d lso trtolly.


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I Mrh 90 Swmj wt to Est Bgl.H d M u ll Fj,D. Hmhdr Ghos rordd Swmjspp A. I ppd w Swmj

ws mt y youg oys rom Shymkt Pr-shths Gymsum. H spok prophtlly:Ys, th Sudrs o th world wll rs. Ad tht d Sl Dm Sivam.I l d-l O

wll h rsurrto to uld w humworld. Lo! th utur grtss o Ch, d th wk o t, o ll th Ast tos. Youk m m, Sud wll k

pl Russia d China. Indiawll x d wll pl l l p- uu wld.1 O Swmj lso sd out Ch: I s or mth ody o lpht. Tr s ol wth.Bu l-u m u . I wllw uu, d C ll m d powrul.

Swmj ws o th opo tht thr ws plpl lk w Id d

C: T , Swm , d -d Vd m p [Chna] lng h adn Buddha (2.32).

Asian Visionaries in India

S Nd w ud w pw Swmj. S d uml - wd Swmj ud m l A u. S

Swmjs t o ord shp to Egld 899sh otd: I kw tht hr I ws ut th trs-mttr, ut th rdg, tw Hm d out-l h, h wn ppl, wh wuld a,d sk to mk good hs drms.1

Swmj A dm w d mulpl u . S Aud,, Cmwm, Okku, Su-d B m w d

wth Sstr Ndt, who lso dd ry youg 3 O 9. S Aud ppul-zd th d o As through hs dtorls h nwpapBande Mataram and lamd

d pul mmu w SwmVkd wl w Alpu jl 908. Sr Aurodos los ssot, PulRd, w Jp d w Te Dawnover Asia 920.

Ad Ktsh Coomrswm wrot ls-ss o As sthts d utd th As- plp udl lu d. H d d

Id w wllp ll A lz-. H d Hdum d Bud-dm l, d S Nd udw m wk lk Myths of the Hindus andBuddhists (94) dBuddha and the Gospel ofBuddhism (96).

T md u Okku dCoomrswm or gor md th lttr -

n a ugn pual Aa. T an hrsurgt sprtul As pssd rom Swmj to

Okkur to Rdrth gor.Smlrly, Boy Srkr (887949), o o

Id l l ud uthor o rllt xposto o th m-l A u, ld Futurismof Young Asia (922), ws drtly old wth Rmk-Vkd mm dmuh npd Swam akti-yoga, ngm, u d dm. pu

Id, A, qul w W wa wha h nl lngd . I wa htht rought Boy Srkr los to th l dthgs o Vkd d md hm d-mrr o Vkds tts to rg homdu hoour to hs mothrld.

Suhahhanda B, wh la papad Jp G E ACo-Prosprty Sphr, ws ollowr o Swm


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Vkd throughout hs l. H pd tr-ut to Swmj wth th ollowg words: I hd l, I wuld .Modr Bgl s hs rto I rr ot.

Wth th pssg o gor 94, th dto Jp World Wr II, d th dsppro Ntj Suhshhdr Bos, th p o rys-llz A u dld.T uty lso surd udr th dologl -u A du mmum. W d Cld W, mpl

Wstr powrs, d th rmrg o As tots prmt posto, Ass sr sog strtd

ud ud wld.Swmj, wl p-sdg or mtg t th Str Ttr Cl-utt t whh Sstr Ndt dlrd lturo T Iu o Id Sprtul Tought Eld M 898, mmd: Mk

u m mllu l tht ll th tos o th world h to st dow

pl Id l ltruths modd hr ltrtur. Id ds ot.Ch ds ot. Jp ds ot.

I u, Aa d n. T mn SwamVkd w uld pull ,trotd, d prosprous As. Tt wsth trl mssg rom th mssory o thEst or th Est! P

Reerences and Notes

. Swami Chetanananda, Vivekananda: East MeetsWest (St Louis: Vedanta Society o St Louis,

1), vii.. Te Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda,

9 vols (Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 18, 1989;, 1), 1.21.

3. Marie Louise Burke, Swami Vivekananda in theWest: New Discoveries, 6 vols (Calcutta: AdvaitaAshrama, 1), .1.

4. See accessed 1 August 201.

5. His Eastern and Western Disciples, Te Life ofSwami Vivekananda, 2 vols (Kolkata: AdvaitaAshrama, 2), 1.11.

6. Complete Works, ..7. See Pravrajika Prabuddhaprana, Saint Sara:

Te Life of Sara Chapman Bull, the AmericanMother of Swami Vivekananda (Calcutta: SriSarada Math, 22), .

8. TeLife of Swami Vivekananda, 1.12.9. Complete Works, .1.

0. It was actually Siddham script, which is stillwritten and preserved by endai and the Shin-gon Buddhist schools in Japan.

. Complete Works, .1.. Te Life of Swami Vivekananda, 2.1.3. Shigemi Inaga, enshin Okakura Kakuzo and

Sister Nivedita: On an Intellectual Exchange inModernizing Asia (Warsaw: May 2), avail-able at accessed1 August 21.

4. Complete Works, .1.5. Okakura Kakuzo, Te Ideals of the East(New

York: Cosimo, 2), 1 .6. Quoted by Kinoshita Nagahiro in his lecture

Kakuzo Okakura: Distance Between Eastand West at Gardner Museum, April 29;available at accessed 1 August 21.

7. Swami Lokeswarananda, Great hinkers onRamakrishna-Vivekananda (Kolkata: Rama-krishna Mission Institute o Culture, 29),1.

8. Complete Works, ..9. Bhupendranath Datta, Swami Vivekananda Pa-

triot-Prophet(Calcutta: Nababharat, 1), 165.0. Te Life of Swami Vivekananda, 2... Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discov-

eries, ..

. See A B Purani, Te Life of Sri Aurobindo (Pondi-cherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1), 2.

3. Great Tinkers on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, 7.4. Benoy Sarkar and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda

Movement, Te Bengalis: Te People, Teir His-tory and Culture, ed. S N Das (New Delhi:Cosmo, 22), 11.

5. Subhash Chandra Bose, Swami Vivekananda,Prauddha Bharata, / (July 12), 2.

6. Complete Works, ..


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in the Light o VedantaSayan Bhattacharyya

My hrt hs, d drowsy umss psMy ss, s though o hmlok I hd druk,

Or mptd som dull opt to th drsO mut pst, d Lth-wrds hd suk:

s ot through y o thy hppy lot,But g too hppy th hppss,

Tt thou, lght-wgd Dryd o th trs,I som mlodous plot

O h gr, d shdows umrlss,Sgst o summr ull-throtd s.

O or drught o tg! tht hth Coold log g th dp-dld rth,

stg o Flor d th outry gr,D, d Prol sog, d suurt

mrth!O or kr ull o th wrm South,

Full o th tru, th lushul Hppor,Wth dd uls wkg t th rm,

Ad purpl-std mouth;Tt I mght drk, d l th world us,

Ad wth th d wy to th orst dm:

Fd r wy, dssol, d qut orgtWht thou mog th ls hst r kow,

T wrss, th r, d th rtHr, whr m st d hr h othr gro;Whr plsy shks w, sd, lst gry hrs,

Whr youth grows pl, d sptr-th,d ds;

Whr ut to thk s to ull o sorrowAd ld-yd dsprs,

Whr Buty ot kp hr lustrous ys,Or w Lo p t thm yod to-morrow.

Awy! wy! or I wll y to th,Not hrotd y Bhus d hs prds,

But o th wlss wgs o Posy,

Tough th dull r prplxs d rtrds:Alrdy wth th! tdr s th ght,

Ad hply th Qu-Moo s o hr thro,Clustrd roud y ll hr strry Fys;

But hr thr s o lght,Sa wha m han wh h z lwn

Trough rdurous glooms d wdgmossy wys.

I ot s wht owrs r t my t,

Nor wht sof s hgs upo th oughs,But, mlmd drkss, guss h swtWhrwth th ssol moth dows

T grss, th thkt, d th rut-tr wld;Wht hwthor, d th pstorl glt;

Fst dg olts ord up ls;Ad md-Mys ldst hld,

T omg musk-ros, ull o dwy w,T murmurous hut o s o summr s.

Illustration of the poem Ode to a Nightingale,

by W J Neatby (1899)


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an anlad a alan. In h pn a-l ttmpt hs md to look to JohKtss oto o rdom hs pom Od to Nghngal and mak an anal h am a

alan. Bu mng uh, w huldxm th mgs o ths two words.Frdom ms th stt o g r rom

d l. Sl, d, pul m d p mulpl npan. Dn lgu d- p wd dl. W ll d u, l l, m th possl mgs o th trm rom th d-

rt phlosophl gls d shll lso try to nlan amng h ad luda-. L u w dl dp K qu dm Od Nl ds whthr ths rdom ordrs o slto.

Some Melodious Plot

Alu d, Od Nldos ot g wth otol oto.O , up d

dm. I m u p - ll u d uddlplud dpl l m. I ll-mdd JKa, wh pal ad m nnnhan and l dung h Rman Ral?T, w d ul-? I dl pu? I ju out o th wy potl dor or dos t stm

rom somthg mor srous? A w ogrph-l dl m p l m p l-

t to swr ths qustos.I wll-kw u K

lp w w w wul . Hwd , m K, pmudm m uul. H l wFann Bawn dd n maalz n anhnguul. H p an w al ahngl

W

Drklg I lst; d, or my tmI h hl lo wth sul Dth,

Clld hm sof ms my musd rhym,o tk to th r my qut rth;

Now mor th r sms t rh to d,o s upo th mdght wth o p,

Whl thou rt pourg orth thy soul rodI suh stsy!

Stll wouldst thou sg, d I h rs o thy hgh rqum om sod.

Tou wst ot or or dth, mmortl Brd!No hugry grtos trd th dow;

T o I hr ths pssg ght ws hrdI t dys y mpror d low:

Prhps th sl-sm sog tht oud pthTrough th sd hrt o Ruth, wh,

sk or hom,Sh stood trs md th l or;

T sm tht of-tms hthChrmd mg smts, opg o th om

O prlous ss, ry lds orlor.

Forlor! th ry word s lk llo toll m k rom th to my sol sl !

Adu! th y ot ht so wllAs sh s md to do, dg l.Adu! du! thy plt thm ds

Pst th r mdows, or th stll strm,Up th hll-sd; d ow ts urd dp

I th xt lly-glds:Ws t so, or wkg drm?

Fld s tht mus:Do I wk or slp?

Joh Kts (89)

hat is reeok m-

d h qun an hw a pnn a a dnn. En af n-

sdrg ll th dtos prso om toth oluso tht rdom s opt morlkl lzd ujl ddjl. T mulud d mad a h au uman und whh

popl om to rlz wht rdom tully s.Fm ll p w dm


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zd ppul Ld m-zs. Som o th rts wt to th xtt odsg Kts to st sd hs pot sprtosd tk up th prosso o olr. T sd

ndn n h pnal l, n nunn whth drs rtsm o hs potry, td suhtrrl wouds o Ktss r psyh tht hwd p m l ll m.H ll upn h hn l and ld l.Gdull, d -oo o tsy d dp otmplto. It ws l p K d l. I w m

hm. It ws th ll or rdom. It ws th llor whh h hd wtg so grly. It wsth ll y rspodg to whh, h ld, h

would l to lrt hmsl rom th p-pk l x. dd ddd Ka, h nghngal appad andpdt sprt whos sog smd to llurhm to rlm o rlstg joy. H, thror,pdd d w pml u-gy, orgttg rythg out otos.

Leave the World Unseen

A n adng h Od a Nghngal -al ha n h un m n h pm Ka anng aan a la m phalnun. T mmda h ngh-gls sog o th md o th pot s tht o au pan, whh ul m an nn n w w ul

l w l, d, d d u ml l m luh ha awan, n h h. T pangrdully ums hs sss to olo, s hs rlly udr th u o hmlok or op-t. Now, th qusto s, why dos Kts hooshmlok d opum? Is thr y sp rsoor suh ho? It sms thr s. Wht Ktsmmdtly wts s rspos to th sog s

mpl dm m u, u mg wh h d. H wan dn h wnxst d sk to solut othgss. Hthks tht th stht t o hmlok d

opum s prtly sutd to hs us. Hs ho,, lul ll, p m ssry. Howr, Ktss us o th phrs su d l z

ry suggst. It shows tht h s tully wro th url tur o thos susts. As r-ul llu, l pl l mu d d p p mp l-m.

T, d z,ths tm t mor otolly.K pull lz l m

phal nun paall unaanalwu ld ml mpll m l. I l f kw- K l mpd u mp h d. H m undandha h nghngal ng n nl a u l j m, u m w

d l pp dm. T,th pot wshs to ld hmsl to oss

wth th rd. I th sod stz Kts strtswth orml oto skg th sprto w md mw d ld ll dw rud sur o rlty.

H dos ot sy w, h sys tg. Ag qu m, w d u wd

? I pl pup ?V, w uld mm, l xll mdum K k dm-lk , u l u .Hum l, d, uj d, , d. H w g nd a a ux and hnk, a la m-mtrly, tht othg sr th purpos oa mdum han wn, whh g nhd


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wth th pssg o tm. H th uss th word dul m xl-l d . H udd to joprdz hs rthly xst h wshs

omplt mrgr wth th rd. H rlzs thth ha la hnd h mundan l n d p l pl x,

w d l. T lz mk p l pp. H d w p-

p p dp-dld , wm d k ul m. H wto d to w world y srg hs mortll ldl. H d l-x, ud

lu , m mwh h sys: Tt I mght drk, d l thwld u, / Ad w d w th orst dm. Srg hs mortl l ms dm w w logrom rthly sorrows. H looks up to thd a a pahnd wh wuld hald hm h

pl o trl rdom.

Salvation Defned

W kd dm K pk uhr or whh h s oly too gr to l th

wld unn? I h dm wh ? Hn, p l m mp.I l l m l hum soul rom rthly surgs. Joh Ktsw C. L u, , wC u l. A C plp d, ll

m r srs who rpt or th mry o thlm Gd d d damnan. T gnn n n upld

wh h whlhad apan h anngsr o Jsus s wht Chrst lls rpt-an. In h nnn w a mndd hwDotor Fustus logd or th so o Chrstsld k wl p gst Gods th lst s o Chrstophr

MalwDoctor Faustus. Wnnng Gd mt th d o os rpt s lld slto C l. I C, -

pts d th wts. Wh th tm oms, th

lmghty Fthr shows mry o prsos souland ak ak han wh hm. T hwo s rdmd d tts slto.

T Vd plp l -pt o slto somwht drt wy. Itnp alan, mkha, a a knd nlgh-m. Ad d, wldroud us s lluso, my, whh llurs dgaduall mmz u wh ham and -

l l pup. T llu lour so d w l to rogz th prmor-dl u ul, Am, w upm Bng, Paamaman, wh nal andnn and al knwn a Nakaa Bahman, ml Gd. Sl kwld lf up mk llu m u d guds our soul towrds uo or ssml-to wth th suprm Bg. It s mp-n h human ul m h mh wldl

tts, smsr. Swm Vkd s o thp ll p pll d,ut tully som l to rlz thr hrtD. T d lu d-sr, whh s th root us o ll surgs d

whh stls d ourshs th soul to dstrtt rom ts orrt ojt. Slto s, thr-, h udd ha nall g dn hsoul d guds t hom or ts ultmt rdz-

ous wth th t Bg.A Sk, mu

Hdu phlosophr, prsrs som wys to t-an alan ha ma p apppa ana-l K d. Ad m, uldh th lty to dsr tw th trl,nitya, d -l, anitya. O uldn ha aahmn anhng maal, ha o should ot h dsrs. O hs to possss


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qumty d sl-otrol. Aprt rom ths,o should hostly l trmdous urg orl. I m ll qults tht prso tt slto. Bud-

dhst phlosophy s somwht logous to V-dt phlosophy tht t pts dsr s thsol us or surg, d th ssto o d- k u u. Ad u u l.I utshll, slto trprtd oths th wy d th gol, th ms d th d.

Fade ar away, Dissolve

Rght rom th gg Kts s otuouslyk l m u. H th druggg t o hmlok d opt o , w l. I d z agan k npan m nag g hly world o th ghtgl. Ts ttmpt lsoal. W m knw h alu n h hdz, w d du d tm g d lls shrply k o th ruggd

pl o rlty. Wht motts Kts to mk

yt othr ttmpt or mrgr wth th rd?Wha d h hnk pal au xn?

T d z w K pullz l , dd, d mpl l, m-hng aa m h ph u w, whah ot. For th pot, th ghtgl logsto ltrt pl o rlty tht s tmlssd t d whr rythg s prt

. I w Vd m nitya, p-mt. T rd, g dz o tht world,s mprshl, d so s ts sog. I th prd-g stz w h s tht Kts wtd om-

pl unn wh h d und h npanalu . A mdum d

p n h lng un aut s md rom somthg mtrl d worldly.T, k l pu K

md lk Pl d m-mk ppl ud u u.T m l p d p jm m -

ap m ung. T d au an llun,m, d d p m l ml wld, w u -g. Kts thks tht spg to thos rtuljm llu l lhs soul, hs Atm, rom sorrows. But, how

w, whos root s strogly td to tmporlty,ld p ? H, p llo th hum pl o xst.

A ul up d uxpdll, Kts s g smothrd y th wrss ung. T nghngal awa whl h lf all aln u h pnpk wldlx. W xd pw ulz K pll ulz p d um l.H ss tht ths mtrl world popl justuddl up d w po surg. Hr youth dos ot gt h

lm ull, uul l d m-trlz, d uty prshs. Sorrowul ts K pl l lqul d d z. E wld. Bu u w mdsr, w wlully lk to orgt th phmrltur o worldly thgs, d ths s th lluson whh w l. W alwa lnd pman-n h ann, x h mual;

w lwys str to ort thanitya to thnitya. Ts dsr s th root us o ll sur-. T w K u. Ou kwld m lz ml d ly lttg th hum soul, th Atm, omr or ts omplt sorpto wth th lrgrm ul, h l-lumnu and nn On,th Prmtm.


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I Will Fly to Thee

Ts rlzto lds lrty to Ktss so sh oms to omprhd tht th ms h hs p mmul

and h nn a all d n h mual and . H, , ll wldlthgs sd d tks rug hs ow mg-an n wh h d. Ka, n h uhstz, s to th trl world o th ght-l wl w m.H sys: Alrdy wth th!

W nw n a md nn-aahmn nth pot. H sms to h drw lr l o

dm w nitya d anitya.For th tm g h r hmsl rom llml pup d d. I dplmdtt mood h ouss rtly o hs -tgrto wth th rd d ts ltd pl ox. I mm pud p-to d dthmt Kts hs ompltrls rom osousss d mrgs wth thl, w ml Pm-m. T m, w, l mm-

ry. I hs xpdg so o ux d trty,Kts rjts th physlty o th rd wth thts powr o hs mgto d thks ot s tgrl prt o th mprshl Ntur.Bng dnd an maal xn, h nghn-gl oms mlm o rlstg joy.

Tus, y gttg ss to th tmlss,u pd, K l - x. H w m l-

ul w l .H s othg wth hs physl ys, ut

wh h nn magnan h an l hQun Mn ng happl n h hn, u-roudd y hr strry Fys. I th fh stz ll w hs t, ut h tll y thr rgr thtthy r ll ull o hoydw. It s proly a mmn llumnan lk h ha Ka

wuld ld ud mldplad a pp and ha n h undng pa-so o pr o youg lors, ll o whom wrothg ut llustrtos o p o t

Gk a. Nhl, h al h panulalzan ha h lul md h-ld.T qu w md pml?W uld mm K lld wld l wo hs powrul mgto, whh s, fr ll, hum ulty. Furthr, t should rmm-rd tht h joys ths ssmlto wth thIt, whl hs soul rms gd wth

hs t physl ody. H rlzs tht r-l apn n h Inn, h nitya, mpossl utl h rk hmsl r romth prso hous o th soul tht s th humody. Ktss uo wth th trl hs got to mm. Ad xuwrss o th tg tur o th stss hha ahd ha h wh anl pud. H kw l mdth tht h trz ths lssd mood.

Ad du lz pgrdully strts mog wy rom th rddpu d p, t osts hm hs ow l. T dth wsh thtw pp wd d dstz oms lrly mst s w mo oto th sxth stz.

In such an Ecstasy!

T xh anza pn wh an ad anng dth o th prt o th pot, who sys tht hhs pldd dth rptdly d pssotlyto tk or hs ody. H thks tht h d w, wuld m kto th rud pl o rlty. H ls tht hsdth would prptut tht lssd mood h n. T, h a: Nw m han sms t rh to d.


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I h pss wy whl th rd s pourgorth ts hrt prous strs o uprmd-ttd rt th, h ls, h would l tom pl p I,

th Etrl. But logsd ths wsh lso omsth pul rlzto tht hs dth would otllow hm to joy th rds sog ymor, yw w mud. H wuld, , d wuld m d.T, should h skg slto or should k dl ? -t. T tg tur o th stss tht Kts ull mk p m

th rd. Tror, th sth stz, Ktsddrsss th ghtgl s sprt rom hm-sl. H rlzs tht th rd s mmortl, whl . H d dld

popl wth ts sog rom tm mmmorl. It dys th mpror, hs low, d Ru M wm Old -mthd hrd ts sog s th pot s hrgw. T p l pm th rd d ts sog. T drt hrtrs o

drt gs tht ppr th pom show thpml u um x. O othr hd, th prs o th rd d ts sog ll th gs rl thr durg tur. Tuh h nghngal awa m h mun-d world, th mor orlor th pot gts. Homs to rlz tht wht h hs xprd stully glmps o Etrty, o th nitya.

A Vd plp d,

p p m anitya nitya lld l, u p wuldmg n Aman wh h Paamaman. WhaKa wan a mpl mg h ul wh dul d mpl ul -u. K pdn h m n h ggng h mo th lmghty Fthr. Wht h yrs or s solut rls rom th lmtd osousss

d omplt rdom rom dsrs, whh hhs oly prtlly. From ths pot o w,Ktss d o slto s mor k to Vd-t phlosophy th to Chrstty. I th l

z, l w, pm u . A d wy th dst, th pot lls k shrplyo th worldly pl o xst. H oms outo hs tr trsormd d ws m. Ktshs ll lo wth dth to tt slto,ut ow h rlzs tht hd h dd, h would l j u ghtgls sog.

Od Nl d w o ursold qustos: Ws th pot drm-g or dd h gt tg glmps o trty?Dd p ll lp d dd wk up w u? W p wll d mml w m l k dl d ? W p pp w lz um x- dd l d d w

pl m? E w ll qu m uwd, p dm uld, lwl ulm-g to l urtty, lds rr hrmto th od, thry ldtg Ktss ow dtht thg o uty s joy orr. P

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hie seaing o dl Id wom Swm Vkd

ld US z 894: T wdw Id dn ma, h ad; nl h wdw lw a

ma ma, ma a, dnk, dan, ha a manud , d m ll, short joy ll th ts o th hghst so-ty ths outry.1 T gthrg ruptd pprt lughtr.

M han a nu ha pad n Swamld u p u Id wm.Tgs h hgd rgrdg rmrrg dd Id. d mp up

dutg d prottg th grl hld, so thtwm m mpl ppu m-p hml. And, n a, h a und nry sol, oom, d ulturl ld, n h amd . Indan wmn a nw to do ll tht th popl th hgh soty om u d. T mk uu kow how thgs h olg th so-lld progrss Id.

Yesterday and Today

Id lwl udd dd u-d l, ulul, lu, d kl dpd m dm 947. d mpwm lw

suh s Rght to Eduto d Rght to Ior-man ha gn mmn pw h ma.Hu d ld d -nlg a ng gnzd. Enm lal-z, lu, w lu, dm u d u mlto outlss Ids. But thr s othr sd o pu: Id d duu d- u w mxmum

um mud k pl wld, m m u Pkd doul th gurs Utd Stts.

I o rds th gurs g ully y thNanal Cm Rd Buau mud, u-d, ap, and h m, n wnd wr lg s outry. Tr s lso th ds-turg dt org molsttos d us wm d ld. I dd, ud

W

Infosys Pyramid building, Bengaluru


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75,000 hldr out o thos mssg th lstthr yrs th outry rm utrd. Ish h Inda au whh Rman Rlland ad:I thr s o pl o th o rth whr

ll th drms o lg m h oud homrom th ry rlst dys wh m g thdrm o xst, t s Id?

Id ws rkd 94 out o 76 outrs yp Il 202 CupPp Idx ld Dm 202.Ad ths s th ld whr Chky, th grtmn h mp Chandagupa, wa adto so host tht h usd drt ol lmps

or hs ol d prsol us, hmsl rgth xpss or th lttr.T bbc pd 20 M 203

m ,600 ud xplld hang n hl xamnan n h nh-r Id stt o Bhr, ols sy. Ad ths m Id u dml -m wld, d l, dnud hugl gm and anm;th Id tht rtd th rst ursty th

wld a akhahla, axla, nw n Pakan,ttdd y mor th 0,000 studts.

Wll Du, wld ,w: Id w mld u d Sk m Eup L-u. S w m u pl-p, m u A mu u mm, m u Bud-d dl mdd C.

M u Vll Cmmu l-m d dm. MId m w, m u ll.Ad todys Id ls shmd to spk tsmothr togu d rss slog wh du-to ords wt hldr to lr Sskrt.

T an n du ha Indan l hmothrld. A w xptos hr or thr do l . Ad Id m

ld m p d. Uu-pulu lmn, h ndgnu and mpd,m ang h un lm lm, g-g t hdous look or t st ss o pthy

dlopmt.The Ailment and Its Remedy

T mdl lmd-pd p r lotd dp th mdl tmporl lod orms prt o th lm systm. It s kow pl mp l p m-. T ul uu lkd p d plu. I l l-

d w u d xul.ll orgsm s ompltly otrolld y thmygdl, t ot rlly lld hghr or-gsm. For suh orgsms, surl s th olythg tht mttrs.

Aordg to Hdu psyhology, abhinive-sha, r o dth, raga,ttrto,d dvesha,puln, a h a ual a n all l-g gs. Rl hum oluto gs olyaf w lan m h pdmnanl

anmal nn. T pul ual nn u ml m ldmds. o outr ths storms o ds thstlty ord y th oortx, whh s sx-ld d p l m-sphrs. T oortx, oud mmmls, sld u u pp-, m mmd, plrsog, osous thought, d, hums,

lgug. T ttr th oortx, th ttrth stlty.

T nd gn lun and a anh-g pprs mmmls tht l mly. Itms tht suh mmmls shr ood wth m-l mm, and n a mm ma atsl to s othrs. Hghr th mly dt-to s th trl dtty, whh mmrdts wth th llg or tr. rdtolly


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Id d ml w u-,w pl uld. T law g Manu uh adnd h and mad

ppl d w , , w wl u um uu u.T p , ud Vd dlortd th Bhgdgt, ws odd th Smrts. T opt o r ld to th o-p -m dm, w uld to th opt osvadharma, os dhrm.

Svadharma s dd s st o duts om-p dm, l du;

m dm, du ld l; nimitta dhama, pnan and h lk;gunadhrm, duts or o prtulr posto, or k; d samanya dm,du mm ll. I l lwrgultd tol, ommul, mly, s wll svishesha, prtulr, ddul olgtos.

T tr o xst or ddul pro-l wdd m mdl-dp l, d d ud mll up, ppl Id d u dgroups to dty wth. As thy wr ggto sttl smll groups ggg wth drtupan, h m ugh a l nga-to d ohsss. Hum soty s y -tur ddd, so tgrto rlss th rgso st umr o popl. Whthr th systm

ws good or ot s ot th qusto, wht s m-portt s tht ths systm hlpd Id sur

huand a, whl h ga lza-tos prshd.

I ddto to svadharma, ry prso hdo or mor o th our purusharthas, prsolgaldhama,artha, kama, and mkha. Tu,th dl or Id ws omto opu-rusharthas dsvadharma.

Wth th pssg o tm ll ths trs ol dd. T Id

Costtuto hs do wy wth th st sys-tm, growth o thology hs do wy wthth su-st systm, d th urrt oomd sol l hs tk wy th mly systm.

Old lu d dd d dl mpmd pm-l, l Id dd. T dl pld m d walh and pw and dnlnan llwld d du. T u mdth w grto o Ids rootlss, wthoutdls, ul, mmorl, d rul.

On h pnal n ana-ahama dhama

d p purushartha mp. I mpl u lkk. It s kow tht wthout propr dls togud osl, thr s o hop o olg d-

dully, d th sm sd o soty. Aprsos hrtr s ormd y hs or hr dls.

Wht Id ds tody s trsormd sto ort dls tht mk th dduld l l d nd h wld and n all u awa

rom th pst, rom th roots.

Four Ideals

kg to out th words o pst mstrs,th prst stuto, d th utur growth, wsuggst our upgrdd dls or Id to ollow.

Vidya Iols th ddto o oslto o or mor rhs o kowldg d thdour to xl tht or thos lds. T

ld kwld , m h a lanng h ud h mu uj. T ux l xll ha aa knwldg. In hKatha UpanishadNahka ll hml: Amng man I ank al ; m m I k l mddl. Ad AShkr hs ommtry, dds: But rdo I h s th worst.


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Sampada R pdu wlth or th to through usss or othrms wth host tttud. T shys ol m w ddd mk m,

ut ulk todys moymkrs, thr gol ws d m u ul -ty. Id hs lwys trtd wlth s goddss.Tt s why thy r wstd moy or rdt through dshost or hrmul wys. Kpgths md, o should str to s moy yruglty, y odg wstg, d, t th smtm, y tkg r o th llss o ms.Ts s th wy o rtg hlthy wlth.

Seva F w d l ldto study or produ l wlth, sr s thmost sutl dl. Ts do y trtg Indan a a h and a and -g thm wth srty, ommtmt, d dd-to. Swmj sd: B proud tht you r Id, d proudly prolm, I m Id,ry Id s my rothr. Sy, T gortId, th poor d dsttut Id, th Brh-m Id, th Prh Id, s my rothr.

T l Inda m hgh han, h gd Inda m gd.1 F m dna mndths s th st dl. Img physs stst

who ls tht h ot xl s stst, or h produ osdrl wlth or th -n; h an d a ll h ddang hm-sl to th sr o th to through tkgpl ud, w uuzn h un. In a, d, g-

rmt mploy, thr, usssprso, sr-- mpl, ann, wuld d gd hml hl pang m a. I dot rqur y spl ort. It oly rqurs hg o tttud.

Tyaga Id ld brahma-vidya,knwldg Bahman, h ulma gal l.S, wll lw ppl ddd m-pll Gd. I mp m

ml ld mpl tyaga, u-an, p h adhana h undak.O u uld lw lz p tyaga d llw d

to thr sp rumsts. Ts s wht SrRmkrsh tught s th st ms o lg th world wth doto to God.

T dal a n all dul pa.O oly ds to h wllgss to go hdw m. T dl dm ud r oso wth th srpturs. Tyrpl thpurusharthas o th pst d lso r-d -m dm d svadharma.

On an u n a ngl dal, whh h w w, k up m two or mor o thm. Id ds souls who

wk a agn, n nl n h am how mly, ut ywhr whr thr s dto uplf popl. Ts s th st wy to rg n ullmn nl and gl d th world. P

Reerences

. Marie Louis Burke, Swami Vivekananda in theWest: New Discoveries, 6 vols (Calcutta: AdvaitaAshrama, 1), 2..

. India ops World Murder Count, Te imes ofIndia, 2June 2.

3. See accessed 8 August 201.4. , Missing Children Remain Untraced:

Government, Hindustan imes, March 21.5. Shashi Taroor,India: From Midnight to the

Millennium and Beyond (New Delhi: Penguin,

2), vi.6. See accessed August 21.

7. Amarnath ewary, India Cheating StudentsExpelled in Bihar,bbc, 2 March 21.

8. Quoted in R P Pathak,Eduation in the Emerg-ing India (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2), 1.

9. Katha Upanishad, 1.1..0. Te Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda,

9 vols (Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 18, 1989;, 1), ..


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(Continued from the previous issue)

eporter:S,wd m ll-ul w k d u

plp. T d pl-p Id w d d

agung au phlphal da nu.Sm k u dul, m quald nn-dual, and m l ha u -dul. T mu uout your phlosophy. W wll ttd

you throw som lght o ths ssu.Ramakishna:I u d

n u. Lk, I pad adhana rous sts o Hdusm, d th I prtsdChrstty d Islm, d I rlzd God ll

thos pths. Flly, I dlrd: As my ths,so my pths. I tll popl ot to ght or qur-l u l. I u l llw u

pth d lo God, you wll tt hm. Ts sth w o th Bhgdgt s wll.

Yu , I j u kd dsoups, pkls, hot urry, d rd stu. I loto ply ut wth s hols, s ths rts

u d ragini (mld). I d

lk h agpp p mnn lk hwho thk o God oly o wy. SomtmsI a, Ma, Ma, Kal, Kal; mm, Khna-K, Rm-Rm, S-S, Ju-Ju,All-All, Gu-Gu. I d d-mt ws out God or mootoous ds.All d d dd ll l mrlts, so I h lrg sprtul mly. I jull mmu w ppl ll

lgn. I ld m dpl llw h pn-pl: A l I l, l d I l. Im m p ll , ll p,ll yogs, ll phlosophs, d ll dotrs. I

mn alh a ngl hl ado my rlgous thought, tht prso wll ojt o rdul.

T a n au Gd: whh h ml wh m. I xpland h m Md d x-mpl o wtr d , whh r o-drt.God s wth orm d g ormlss. Trough l u k orms o God th o o th Asolut. But

wh th su o kowldg rss, th mlts,d m m w w . Ild Bm m m uthy oly ld tht God s ormlss.

Yu , m dpl Nd jd Brhmo Smj d dd ot l MothrKl. Not oly tht, h usd to rtz my D-

Mothr. H usd to osdr my so oKl llu. O d I l

ld hm: Yu z and dul m Mh.Dn m h anm. H nl mld and

prprd my smok. H hd dp lo or m.Tn h ah pad awa and h wa n a d p. H uld j. Oda h am m and ad: S, I an a hstrto o my mothr, sstrs, d rothrs.I kow Mothr Kl swrs your pryr. Whydot you pry or m? I told hm: You dot

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l my Mothr d tht s why you hll ths troul. I dot kow your Mothr, sr,h ad. Sng h pal ndn, I ad: All, d upu d. I -

g go to th Kl tmpl d sh wll g youwhtr you wll sk or. H wt to th tm-pl d pd: M, m kwld,d, dm, u, d

your utrruptd so. H pryd or olythos thgs d ould ot sk or moy.I m mpl w m m, u uld k m. Yu , ul. H w ld wldl

l lk othrs. Flly, wh h ll t my td rqustd m to do somthg or hs m-l, I ld hm: Yu aml wll n u m

plan d and plan lhng. I al augh hm sog to Kl, M m h r; hsg tht sog th whol ght d -lly ll slp o my oor.

I kw Nd wuld mm ul l

wld. M w : Gd w

m d wu m. I d w, d, d -dd

ws out God. Bld popl touhdrt prts o lpht d x-p p w. I m w, d lu w d u w -au h ha n n h whl l-

pht. I showd Nrdr th whol

lpht so tht h would ot lto orm y rrow st. I mpht-lly told hm: Do ot lmt God. H . H plmd ul l ll wld, l ll l

world wll hrmozd udr ths ppl. Yu , l

pths, d ot God.

Yu w m u m pl-osophy. Look, I h ot studd th srpturs,u I d m m. L I md -ld o thos srpturs, put t roud my k,

d dd. M D M md m l-z th wsdom o thos srpturs. My dsplH (Swm ud) w d th srpturs d wrot lttr out my phl-ph n 8 Apl 99 Swam Shaananda.H d d w ushools o phlosophy, suh s Gudpds do- , A Sk d- upmp, Rmuj d

o trsormto, d Sr Kths dotr oShdt. Ts phlosophrs xprssd thrws ordg to thr udrstdg. Flly,Hrth wrot: Sr Rmkrshs phlosophy


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thror s: I whtr wy d t y ost wmu aan Gd. T Ma ad, h nn-dul kowldg th orr o your loth dhn d a u pla. T man: On u a-

an hm, d n ma whh dn utmprmt ds you to uphold. (23).I orgot to tll you o thg: O dy K-

ha Sn qud m pak n nirakara, hml Gd. I ud m nirakara,nirakara, nirakara, d w md. Itrd to mk hm udrstd tht nirakara syod th md d th sph. O otg ltur o tht sujt. I m dulst,

quld o-dulst, o-dulst, d gI am nd all h dn. Gd unqu,dd dul d -dul. T l

who trs to d m to y prtulr dotrs ool.

R:S, lu Bm dd l d d dd Hndu, wa Kha wh pahd au

u and mad u knwn . M,m u dpl w nnd wh hBrhmo Smj.

Ramakrishna:You r rght. Ksh rog-zd my dty d wrot out my l d u pp d jul. Irst thought tht Vshhr would sprdm m, w dk d pd.Bu K w mpd, mmd d l m ,

wuld f m m w up. I l

std thm Kshs hous d t thr tm-pls. Tr ws ommoto Clutt whth Brhmos wrot out m thIndian Mir-ror, Sulabh Samachar,d New Dispensation.Yu k u d d Samasamayik Drishtite Sri Ramakrishna

Paramahamsa.Nd, Rkl, S, S, Y,

Rm, Momoh, Grsh, d othrs m to

kow out m y rdg thos jourls o thBahm Sama. Kha al ndud man m d Nw Dp, u mothrhood o God, dotol sgg, d so

n. La, n da Kha k m h mda-to room d worshppd my t wth owrsd sdl pst.

I w d S ( Bmldr), ut ltr h ut o oto wth mau h nd ha I wuld mx wh dunk-d d ll ppl d m pulstrutos. Look, Nrd d Shukd wlln m m pual nun au

thy r r-r. Tr s o glory mkg good m good; ut t s somthg o trsorm th l o drukrd or ll pr-so. H s truly rl sdhu, rdmr o thalln, and a hang ppl dn, wh antrsorm othrs ls.

Reporter:Sr, prhps you r wr tht 982, wh th opyrght o Ms Sri SriRama-

krishna Kathamrita xpd, h wa an xpl- l k, u l

pul puld mulul dord t to th pul t hpr prs. I t, w m k mk Cll S. Tud d ud p w ld, and hu u mag ahdlmost ll Bgl homs.

Ramakishna: D lk u B-l; ml d ml,d thr xtmt ututs lk th om o

olg mlk. Most o thm uy thKathamrita kp k. Hw m u-ll d ? Nwd I -Bld ud m l d m- ul. Yu lk u B-gls! Lst, thy usd to ll m pagla bamun;md m. T, w Mx Mll, R-m Rolld, Chrstophr Ishrwood, AldousHuxl, d Gld Hd pd m l d


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m, Bl m llmport d pprto.

Reporter:S, u a pang nl h W-n w, u man Indan w w k

o you, omposd sogs d poms, d somplywrghts wrot drms o you.Ramakishna: Wll, w k

m just to r moy d m, us I mppula n h mak. Bu I ll u n hng :o o wll l to wrt ol o m. Tm thm o ol s th morous rlto-p w m d wm. Bu mll lu uld n n m na m ha-

. A W w d w lo m, ut ould ot sud. How ould h?H uld wm

wth my l. I worshppd my w d md dd. I ld : Yu, m llm (Cdm D) nahabat,d Mothr Kl th tmpl r th sm tom. I s ll wom s my D Mothr, dI m hr so.

Lt m tll you my srt: I dstroyd ll lust

d u wm u m-tr kamini-kanchan maya; wom d gold rmaa. I upd gd mn wh h man-a taka mati, mati taka; mn ah, ah moy. I wpd out th mord dsr or md m w m nam-jash hyak-thu;m d m r spttl.

Yu , Mu d Lkm B, mu u Clu, m -

a. Bu h mmn I aw h, I d u Ma,M d wt to smdh. Sh rlzd tht twuld mp l m. Ssoldd Mthur or rgg holy m to hr.Emaad, Mahu hudl ugh m ak Dkw p. I jd wm dm. I wmtouhs m, I ll ll. Tt prt o my ody hss stug y hord sh.

Lkm d 0,000 up m; I rusd hs or d skd hm ot to sm g. T grdy Kl tmpl ols o-sdrd m rzy to th xtrm.

Ppl wld k m d m. Mthur lookd fr m lk hsChos Dty d sd: Fthr, sd d out-d u nhng u Gd. Nam and am ddot t m t ll.

Nwd k u m ll wll mk. S md w w ll k au m, xaggang wha I a.Ty wt to mk moy d thy wt m

d m. Ts two ooks out m r th u- : Sri SriRamakrishna Kathamrita Md Gup (M) d SriRama-

krishna Lilaprasanga y Swm Srdd.Look, ths wr th rst pultos out

m: Raagpalaha w h SriRamakrishnaUpanishad; Rmd Sud Bw Sri Sri Ramakrishna Bhagavatam;Ou Nmudpd w Sri Rama-krishna Karnamritam; Ak Kum S

w Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi; dS Ck w Sri Sri Rama-krishna Panchali. Afwd ppl wll w Ramakrishna Gita, Ramakrishna Purana,

Ramakrishna Sutra,Ramakrishna Shata Nama,Ramakrishna Sahasra Nama, d so o.

I 95060 w l Blm pdud m, u Yugadevata,

Pagla Takur, d Sri Ramakrishna.

T l . W mm . M l d m wll pd ll h wld. And a I had pphd, m p-tur wll worshppd rywhr. P

Reerence

. See Ramakrishna as We Saw Him, trans. anded. Swami Chetanananda (Kolkata: AdvaitaAshrama, 2), 2111.


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Compiled by Swami Siddhananda; translated by Swami Sarvadevananda

(Continued from the previous issue)

hen haeva d brahma-jnana, kwld Bm, -

am a; all h dlun amand pg w had and hn dappad.H gan h wld a auad wh Bah-

man. Shukada h dal all mnk; h hgrtst o ll o th kowrs o Brhm.Wh, y th gr o th guru, you r l

to udrstd th ss o th srpturs dwhn, h ga, u ha u xpn, uwll l dl ll mand pg a hllw and al. Yu ha u-l xpd w wm ppl w-hp da h l mw, pnl nulnghm n pul. Wha h alu uh pa?You sr yoursl or othrs. You work hrdd thy worshp you. But should you mk thlgh mp whl lng hm, h wll d l u. T u um . T w ul p hd to m or hoour; thy h ot th lstlan n a pn whp. T g n wk-g slssly. Tr ttto s ousd o God,n n wldl pa. T knw ha h wh

worshp thm tody wll rl thm tomorrow thy mk th slghtst mstk. Wh popl

whp hm and ga hnu, ga ulm ul pu up

wll ot l to hlp humkd. It wll lsong hm ham. M, h xn ppl

worshp thm, prh som g mstk smmd, ppl wll l m w qulmu. Su p l um d

mk ul. F w d work, grtr mstks my our. Ts udrstood sly o looks t th ls ogrt souls. But o ouss oly o os pos-sl mstks, o ot do y work. For tht

an, h pa pm wk wh-out y dsr, ousg ttto o God lo.Pls rmmr th ompsso o Kml

B.1 By hs gr th sdhus o Rshksh rw l k Gd m wu w.T w pul ppu - lm Rk. Tu duhd logg to l thr, thy ould ot doso owg to th lk o lms. Tt surg wsdd l Kml B;or tht rso ll o you r ow l to tk m Gd . I Rk Swmjm Kml B. Swmj wuld p mmmsly. Kml B ws gu ru-t d host workr.

It s th tur o th Chtk rd to drkn wa h han an wa. Lkw, a gnu- sdhu dsrs o lo rom yo ut God.T d md u

; d, l ldGods t uty. Oh my hld, th m-stto o glmmr o tht uty s so grt,an h wh ha n ha au hamdy y othr thg?

W, , , m, kdm uld m Budd. N lor to ould d hm. H dd ot orgtth gol o hs l udr y rumsts. H

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ld n n h unh ungrom old g, rth, d p o dth. H dodp to th mjsty o ruth.

Mrly y wrg th ohr loth o -

m a adhu, m da? T wh ha wp Gd d du uss. It s ry dult to sdhu. Tos whor sdhus do ot thk o thmsls; thyd w u. I m kw ll u u-g, thy try to rmo tht to to th sto thr lty. Ad thy h o othr mso hlpg, thy wll ry out pryr to God. A

sdhu prys to God or th wlr o ll popld k ml u. W Swmj xp p d p th wlr o ll. H would wp ood o trs.

Wha a a mnd ha ! Hw an u und-std? Tr ws o outwrd show o sympthy . W u w w ud l u dp . Af m dp, u mAmr, h stlshd ths Mth. Immdtlyf d m k u Rjpu;Swmj ppld m l pup,u m w m. T d: Imoy dos ot rh us y suh d suh dt,I ll ll M. W du. Ou pl ud ; l u d l udth tr. S, wht stt o rs! Just ow thM ld w mu dp, ng h ung h h uld n an

hml. H wa wllng ll h Mah mn a h ung. Wha nn anxd ll u d. Yuot omprhd t your mgto!

Ery tr d ryo who hs oma adhu ha d Shukada. Shukada hgrtst mog thparamahamsas. Suh l s mml . H wd lto ll gs.

I u m d ml , wll ml p u. T wlla: I a mpan l ha akn a humanm d d u, u p

l , m, u d, dm ml m. O d,uld u p m, u wll dd u. T ul -d d ppl. F ,hn pn pa n hd h pa lam . T d u; wm ll m d d, p hd to tht. Whl dog work tht my pls

, d u. Ta n pa m pn. T l nn to rm lmlss or God d thmsls.

Cnd h l Mahah Dndanah, K S, d Id Vd-. Dd w kl m,u mu dd d ordr to rlz God. Ts s o ordry thg.T Mstr told hm: You r th Jk o thKal Yuga. Nwada, a a haal

p lk Id Vd. T n h dhama hgh han ha n h KalYuVd d dm.Kha Sn und m England af aunga nan. H wuld m nxad whlalkng au Gd. H wa n wh ga dha-m . S S p lallng upn Gd. All hm w dal pnd h hs mstd hs powrs prtu-

lr wy. T dr s oly mstto.S ga u h w ahmahaa; h

mttr o grt ortu. A rhmhr shoulda d kd hml. Whl h wa a ah-maha, u Ha Mahaa [Swam uananda]t ood ookd y hmsl or twl yrs. Hth m sys. I usd to t wth hmof. No mogst us dd suh sr ustr- lk m. Cll up Gd wldl.


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Ld pu l. W du,d d ppl. I u m pu, mdy or othr hs gr wll surly dw.

Suggestions or Sadhana

By th yog o prt l tds r ds-d. Wll d umuld m d l u m k? Yuppl lk md. T w uwll h to gg th yog o prt. Co-stt dsrmt wll rsult th ssto ol d. B wk, d-r. Dsrmt s sstl. I o ls to -

l, pw d d pu. T p lk dmls lk ml. Trough dsrmt lo kw u m uu d -z th ply o my. Oly wh dsrmtman ma n gan la m h luho my. For o who lks dsrmt, mygrps hm dluso. Tt s why t s sstlto lr th yog o prt.

D d d jp k

G. I pl; md quklsttls o th Isht [Chos Dty]. Tt s whyh adhu dal l h ank h Ganga.O d d md m pu ddhana and apa n h ank h Ganga. Gd qukl lzd. B G,drkg Gg wtr, lg o ts ks, suhthgs do ot our wthout hs gr. For o

who rs tht t, kow or rt tht

h hs ttd good krm.O d pm d d

mpl ll. M dnng a h m ppu m dhanad jp. O w p-tulr d m, whos md oms xdn a paula mag, and wh l mnduth should rpt tht m d mdtt otht orm. Do suh sprtul prts. By dog

jp d d m dd lust, gr, d grd r otrolld. Wll thpp suddly? O must do sdh. Whydo you gsp so muh sg tht your md r-

u m lm? T md wll mlm p. Yu w hng whu dng an adhana. M da, pp? All d ul w w d -n mu d adhana; hn wll happn. I u

wt to mdtt o th orm o Sr Durg, thm ha x n h mag, hnk and mdao tht orm wth o-potd md.

I m md, mGdlk. T md l u; rstlss ll th tm. Tr s o othr soudrllk md. Aju d S K: Md, m md l. S Kdmd md dd udl.M, d: O Aju, md wllm ld nan pa. A muh ath md rus towrds th ojts o th sss,tht muh o must th t d drg t k to

Gd. T md wll m lm -tus to prorm ths typ o prt. Do otk xp Gd; l lu,d, d m wll umlloqurd. Wh ths ms r oqurdd md ld, Gd wl u u wll m. Ul md s sttld, God wll ot mst hmsl.

Whn all d n h mnd a nund,

t mos towrds Brhm. I th md mostowrds Brhm, th go osousss gos.B nnuul pang dahmn, ddprt.

Bm m brahma-shakti, powr o Brhm. God ot kow wth-u ahmahaa. Lakng h pw mp-, w m wll u kw? T

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o udrstdg. I o gs th powr o om-prhso, o kow d rlz God.

B lkng a h and lnng h, I udd w

ghl ngag n pual and dnal pa-. F h an I ak hm m agan. Il joyous whl tlkg out God wth thmd lso y dg thm. Do sprtul d d-

otol prts wth th utmost rstss.I d l . T mlshould mor llg. Do ot lt tthmtdlop or th ody. Rthr, prott th odyor God rlzto.

Jp rgs prto d ullmt, ths srtly tru. Wh jp oms ry sor-, md d ld md mpu. Lk uk m l,jp w l. T xl jpoms to d; jp otus wth. At thd o jp o should mk ttmpt to pr-m dharana, , d d. Bths ms dhy oms stdy d th p-ty to hold th md rss.

T rl truth s tht jp ld to pr-to. Sr Chty sd ths log go. I jp sdn pl, whu a du dhana mspotous. At tht pot dhy ows lk urok strm o ol, xtrl jp ss dn al mphnd h uh. Ta wht th d o jp o should g lttl morm p d mdhy oms stdy.

I m , m I ; l n h wld. T wha dhana . B n-tuous prt, wh th md oms pur, ud m ml ld. Olth dos propr dhy our.

S w k m? Ol d d d. O -ot h rythg mrly y rg thm; mu pm d

sdh. O should prorm sdh xtlys th guru hs strutd d wth ull th.O should ot g up just us othg shppg. O should rm ggd. Pro-

g wll ul happn n hld a uh sgl-potd prt.Yu wp. I knw ha. B pu. Tn u wll

l udd . P m.Cr or th strgth to dlop purty. Ery-hng wll happn h ga. Unl h wth powr, o o om pur. Purty, pur-ty, purtyht ths mtr.

Dah ha n ndan m pa.

I d mpdm. I pp w tm s up. G ths, how you rsolysy: I wll ll upo God my old g d otow? Should you d youg, your l would go . Moror, ot tht thr should ondan m and pla, pu mpu- whppng Gd. Ta an dn a allm, n all pla, und all ndn. I nng ham. T ng n an a whnos dth wll om, thr smlrly should

d m wp.Suppos I m ul stt. I I should dt tht momt, wll I ul to ll o God?

Wh hn d h pu nu u dntw purty d mpurty? Ty do so to -l ngl-mnddn, mak h l mndad hugh pu lun. Dnmnwn pu and mpu muh n-tl log th joury o os sprtul pth. It s

, w, pm p. Cll upGod s prmout.

Sd uld d pmor sludd, th ttr. It should ot do , mul .Ppl aa nau pm adhana n n h gan hnu. T Ma ud a:Sdh s to do mtlly, som orr,or som sludd pl.


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w Udd, B, xml d. T w dtht sto o th Bhgt whr th mssg u xpudd wll ul -t. It s ot possl to do dhy d jp t lltms. Tror, t suh tms, o should rdl k pul du.N llw md k d u.T mm u llw , wll u

you. Tt s why o should kp os mdm l u ld .Tk l u, ud l k, pul du, pml uld lw kp mdusy lk ths. T oly, du ours, th rld tur o th Atm wll mst.

Wth th ours o twty-our hours thum md m d w.

T d . Nw ul,ut o o prdt wh t wll ds-turd. Suh s ts rstlss tur. It s ry d-ult to th whr t wll ru t y momt.O m md u-ous dhy. T th rstlss momt o thmd ot d th sprtul sprt. Tmomt th md wdrs wy rom dhy,th sprt rogzs t. H rgs t k d

plung n dhana. B padl dng , hmnd m alm. Taf, d n as muh; t rms xd o th sujt o s-lts, thkg o o othr thg.

Cll up Gd w m myou lk. But should yo sk you out yourC Idl, p lk m .Tr s grt posslty o hrm to th spr- u p uj pul l

dslosd to othrs.

IshtaNishtha

Nishtha! Nishtha! Yu d mm nishtha[o-potd lo]. Do you udrstd? Forgt. L l Gd m w d

wthout. G up ll ls; kp hm lo.S th Muslms, wht rynishtha! Gg

up ll dl mz. S

lso how utul thr uty s. Ty ll ht mz . Ad w u d?Yu l d m Gd,txg your rs or who s supror or r-. W wll u ll up m? M d, God hs hmsl tk ths drs orms, thr hm y grtr or lssr? Erythg l . T d ud pd-u mll md. Sm! Nishtha u

Uddhava Gita, by Keshav

Venkataraghavan


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Chn Idal pma. Wha pup an uhd k ? Su d uddp m w dlp ppptyp o lo or hs Chos Idl.

You ll upo God. Why th dos thr r-m suh dssso you? Is th God o thMulm d m Gd C-? Gd m. H O. Hw thr grt or smll hm? T God o ths

popl, th God o thos poplwht kd otlk s ths? O ot rlz God wth suh rrow md. Your Isht s grt or you; thrIha ga hm. Bu Iha On. T nl

dr s th m. T sprtul tttud wha ma. T am Gd wh u Iha al h am Gd wh h Iha. T allhm y o m. You ll hm y othr. Tss th oly dr. Why th do you hold o uh d hugh? Wh d Gdmust rou suh rrowss.

uld d Rmpd xpd p I. W u-, w l Rmpd d. H

ldd Mh Kal, pladng lk a hld whhr s sh wr hs ow mothr. Popl lo-l pld d l w um. H pl d Kl human. Sll, Rampaad hldhl nd and

pladd lngl. Wha xm ah and d-to o must h to do ths! O must thk n Iha a da han h da, a n

Slga han n kn, a m han

os ow. (To be continued)Note

. In Rishikesh a satra, almshouse, called BabaKale-Kambliwale was established by SwamiVishuddhananda Sarasvati with the help o therich Marwari businessmen o Calcutta. He wascalled Kale-Kambliwala because he used to al-ways wrap a black blanket around himsel. Manysadhus could not stay in Rishikesh, though it was

a beautiul place or spiritual austerities, becausethere was extreme diculty in obtaining alms.Tat swami was engaged in austerities or a longtime. Tereore, it can be said with certaintythat he also experienced such inconveniences.

He came to Calcutta only with the intentiono removing such inconveniences. Coming toCalcutta, instead o begging rom door to door,he undertook a unique means to ull his ob-jective. He stood on the sidewalk o Bara-bazarday and night. It was then the rainy season, andignoring the excessive downpour he remainedstanding with a rm determination to give uphis lie or his noble mission. Moreover, he gaveup eating and drinking entirely. wo or threedays passed in that condition; then the Marwari

devotees came to know about him and came tolearn rom him the reason why he was standingand asting in that way. He replied to their en-quiries saying: I you give me all that I want, Iwill tell you. Otherwise, I will continue in thisstate and I will not accept ood or water. Tus,even aer nearly a weeks time had passed, andnot receiving any assurances o his wishes beingmet, he spoke not a single word to anybody. Atlast the rich Marwari businessmen promised toull his hope, earing that i the sadhu were to

give up his body in this condition, much inaus-piciousness would beall them. Tey promisedto ull his wish. Ten he said: In Rishikesh itis very dicult or the sadhus to beg or alms.Please arrange or the simple alms o bread andsoup or them, so that they can call upon Godwithout any worries. Everyone was astoundedand at the same time charmed by this selessplea and started working towards ullling hismission with great joy. Only when they gave himsuch assurances the swami started taking ood

and drink. Tereaer the Marwaris organizeda meeting, collected a good amount o money,and established that satra. Aerwards,

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