The Master as I Saw Him

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This is an intimate look at the life and times of Swami Vivekananda through the eyes of the devout disciple named by him as Sister Nivedita. Born in Ireland, 1867, Margaret Elizabeth Noble became enamored of Vivekananda’s teachings when she heard him speak in London in 1895. She characterized her encounter with Vivekananda as providential; he being the deliverer of the call to service she had been waiting for. So, in 1898, she found herself in India, ready and willing to fulfill her life’s purpose. Three-months after arriving in India, she became the first Western woman to be received into an Indian monastic order. Soon, she opened a school for girls and spent the remainder of her life in service to India, teaching, caring for the ill and promoting Indian independence. But, of course, this book is not about her rather, it is about the man who inspired her, Vivekananda. In this portrait, you will find a God-driven man who gave his all for God and country, dedicating himself to the resurrection of India to her rightful glory. As a little bonus, we have added two appendices containing a few of Sri Aurobindo’s own words on Sister Nivedita, Ramakrishna and Vivekananda. Table of Contents A WORD TO WESTERN READERS 1 THE SWAMI IN LONDON, 1895 2 THE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN LONDON—1896 3 THE CONFLICT OF IDEALS 4 THE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND THE ORDEROF RAMAKRISHNA 5 WANDERINGS IN NORTHERN INDIA 6 THE AWAKENER OF SOULS 7 FLASHES FROM THE BEACON-FIRE 8 AMARNATH 9 KSHIR BHOWANI 10 CALCUTTA AND THE HOLY WOMEN 11 THE SWAMI AND MOTHER-WORSHIP 12 HALF-WAY ACROSS THE WORLD 13 GLIMPSES OF THE SAINTS 14 PAST AND FUTURE IN INDIA 15 THE SWAMI ON HINDUISM 16 GLIMPSES IN THE WEST 17 THE SWAMI’S MISSION CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE 18 THE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ANDHIS ATTITUDE TO BUDDHA 19 THE SWAMI’S ESTIMATE OF HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY 20 WOMAN AND THE PEOPLE 21 HIS METHOD OF TRAINING A WESTERN WORKER 22 MONASTICISM AND MARRIAGE 23 OUR MASTER’S RELATION TOPSYCHIC PHENOMENA SO-CALLED 24 THE SWAMI’S TEACHING ABOUT DEATH 25 SUPER-CONSCIOUSNESS 26 THE PASSING OF THE SWAMI 27 THE END APPENDIX A. TO CHAPTER I. APPENDIX C. TO CHAPTER XVI. APPENDIX D. THE WORSHIP OF THE DIVINE MOTHER APPENDIX E. SRI AUROBINDO ON SISTER NIVEDITA APPENDIX F. SRI AUROBINDO ON RAMAKRISHNA AND VIVEKANANDA About The Author