Letter to Vehemia Chand Limbdi

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From Epistles – First Series of Volume 5 of The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda XIX Washington, 23rd October, 1894 Dear Vehemia Chand Limbdi, I am going on very well in this country. By this time I have become one of their own teachers. They all like me and...

An Indian Yogi In London

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I propound a philosophy which can serve as a basis to every possible religious system in the world, and my attitude towards all of them is one of extreme sympathy — my teaching is antagonistic to none. I direct my attention to the individual, to make him strong, to teach him.

Letter to Shri Alasinga Perumal 34

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What I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that of which the thunderbolt is made. Strength, manhood, Kshatra-Virya + Brahma-Teja. Our beautiful hopeful boys — they have everything, only if they are not slaughtered.

Letter to Mr. Alasinga Perumal 10

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The West wants every bit of spirituality through social improvement. The East wants every bit of social power through spirituality. Thus it was that the modern reformers saw no way to reform but by first crushing out the religion of India. They tried, and they failed. Why?