Swamiji’s message to the youth:
“It is the young, the strong & healthy, of sharp intellect that will reach the Lord.”
Education is not mere knowledge of worldly affairs but spiritual knowledge. We don’t need educated people rather we want wise men.
Swamiji’s message related to cultures and reformers:
We should not condemn the customs & rituals of past rather modify or reform them according to the contemprorary needs.
Swamiji’s message on women empowerment:
‘ Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra
devatah’-
devatah’-
‘The Gods are pleased where the women are held in high esteem.’ Women should be entitled with equal rights as men.
Spirituality:
Countries/ Nations have objectives & motives to
achieve, but the basis of our country is spirituality.
The west have solved the problem how much a
man can have. India has solved the problem, how little a man can have. It signifies that by empowering ourselves & soul consciousness, we can reduce the worldly desires which is the root cause of all the greeds.
A fearless saint
"'The Swami's personality impressed itself on the mind with visual intensity,' Mr. [Frank] Rhodehamel was to write some ten years later. 'The speaking eyes, the wealth of facial expression and gesticulation; the wondrous Sanskrit chanting, sonorous, melodious, impressing one with the sense of mystic potency; the translations following in smiling confidence--all these set off by the spectacular apparel of the Hindu sannyasin--who can forget them?'"
In his reminiscences of Swami Shivananda, Swami Shraddhananda has this entry for January 28, 1931: "When I was cleaning Swamiji's room, Mahapurushji entered. On the north wall hung a big framed photograph of Swamiji sitting on a chair in a Western dress, his hair long, black and curly. Mahapurush Maharaj: 'See in this photograph what a grand appearance Swamiji had! Nivedita used to call him King. He indeed looks like a King. In America they used to call him a 'Prince among Men.'" This photo is still hanging on the northern wall in Swamiji's room at Belur Math.
A fearless saint
"'The Swami's personality impressed itself on the mind with visual intensity,' Mr. [Frank] Rhodehamel was to write some ten years later. 'The speaking eyes, the wealth of facial expression and gesticulation; the wondrous Sanskrit chanting, sonorous, melodious, impressing one with the sense of mystic potency; the translations following in smiling confidence--all these set off by the spectacular apparel of the Hindu sannyasin--who can forget them?'"
In his reminiscences of Swami Shivananda, Swami Shraddhananda has this entry for January 28, 1931: "When I was cleaning Swamiji's room, Mahapurushji entered. On the north wall hung a big framed photograph of Swamiji sitting on a chair in a Western dress, his hair long, black and curly. Mahapurush Maharaj: 'See in this photograph what a grand appearance Swamiji had! Nivedita used to call him King. He indeed looks like a King. In America they used to call him a 'Prince among Men.'" This photo is still hanging on the northern wall in Swamiji's room at Belur Math.
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