Letter to Sharat Chandra Chakravarty

CWSV Volume 5

When you serve a Jiva with the idea that he is a Jiva, it is Dayâ (compassion) and not Prema (love); but when you serve him with the idea that he is the Self, that is Prema. That the Atman is the one objective of love is known from Shruti, Smriti, and direct perception.

Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 22

CWSV Volume 5

You have to defend yourselves. Why do you behave like babies? If anybody attacks your religion, why cannot, you defend it? As for me, you need not be afraid, I have more friends than enemies here, and in this country one-third are Christians.

Letter to Kidi 03

CWSV Volume 5

From Epistles – First Series of Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda 19 W 38th St., New York 22nd June, 1895. Dear Kidi, I will write you a whole letter instead of a line. I am glad you are progressing. You are mistaken in thinking that I am not...