15 October : The day in the life of Swami #Vivekananda ===================================== 15 Oct 1893 : Swami Vivekananda and Nagarkar preached at the Unitarian Church in Hinsdale, IL, Chicago Baltimor American reports on 15 Oct 1894 : Vivekananda sat on the stage last night with imperturbable stolidity until it came his turn to speak. Then his manner changed and he spoke with force and feeling. He followed the Vrooman brothers and said there was little to add to what had been said save his testimony as a man from the Antipodes. We have doctrines enough, he continued. What we want now is practical work as presented in these speeches. When asked about the missionaries sent to India I reply all right. But we want money more and men less. India has bushels full of doctrines and to spare. What is wanted is the means to carry them out. Prayer may be done in different ways. Prayer with the hands is yet higher than prayer with the lips and is more saving. All religions teach us to do good for our brothers. Doing good is nothing extraordinary — it is the only way to live. Everything in nature tends to expansion for life and contraction for death. It is the same in religion. Do good by helping others without ulterior motives. The moment this ceases contraction and death follow. 15 Oct 1896 : Class: Maya and illusion at 39, Victoria St, London - The Vedanta says, there must come a time when we shall look back and laugh at the ideals which make us afraid of giving up our individuality. Each one of us wants to keep this body for an indefinite time, thinking we shall be very happy, but there will come a time when we shall laugh at this idea. Now, if such be the truth, we are in a state of hopeless contradiction--neither existence nor non-existence, neither misery nor happiness, but a mixture of them. 15 Oct 1899 : The first permanent Vedanta Headquarters in New York formally opened - at 146 East Fifty-Fifth Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues). The Center had a library, weekday lectures, classes and private interviews were held regularly, and had a regular meditation hour
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