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have stood such hardship. Each had two pieces of loin-cloth, and there were some regular clothes that were worn, by turns, when ...

struck out again — without a name and with only a staff and begging-bowl — he was swallowed in the immensity of India and the du ...

moved. While on his way to Vrindavan, trudging barefoot and penniless, Naren saw a man seated by the roadside enjoying a smoke. ...

long time had corrupted the priests. The people at large were debarred from true knowledge of religion, and the Vedas, the sourc ...

in high respect as a Divine Incarnation, and kept in his room a photograph of the Master. People from far and near visited the B ...

practice of his own prayer and meditation, devoted himself again to the guidance of his brother disciples. Some time during this ...

disciple he declared, 'I shall not return until I gain such realization that my very touch will transform a man.' He prayed to t ...

Several other brother disciples joined Naren. But they could not go to Badrikashrama since the road was closed by Government ord ...

according to his lights.' Narendra proceeded towards historic Rajputana, repeating the words of the Sutta- nipata: Go forward wi ...

'There is one thing very remarkable about the Koran. Even to this day it exists as it was recorded eleven hundred years ago. The ...

preaching the message of Hinduism throughout the world. He spent eleven months in Porbandar and especially enjoyed the company o ...

the words of Sri Ramakrishna that religion was not meant for 'empty stomachs.' To his hypochondriac disciple Haripada he gave th ...

not yet quite sure of God's will in the matter. When pressed by the Maharaja and the Prime Minister to accept some gifts, the co ...

condition of the Indian masses, victims of the unscrupulous whims of their rulers, landlords, and priests. The tyranny of caste ...

upon a plan, which he revealed later in a letter to a friend. 'Suppose,' the Swami wrote, 'some disinterested sannyasins, bent o ...

Several times, when he had had nothing to eat, food had come to him unsought, from unexpected quarters. The benefactors had told ...

spread to the premier city of South India, and he was greeted by a group of enthusiastic young men. In Madras he publicly announ ...

Look not, O Lord, upon my sins! Is not Same-sightedness Thy name? One piece of iron is used Inside the holy shrine, Another for ...

what went through my mind when I heard these pathetic words and saw the majestic sadness of Swamiji. "Were not these," I thought ...

life was a Parliament of Religions — a son whose heart was big enough to embrace the whole of humanity and to feel for all in it ...