Chicago lecture of vivekananda

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation.

Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.

Email address Subscribe See all newsletters. From To. In addition to being a park at the lakefront, Lincoln Park had many other attractions at that time. Swami Vishwananda who was the head of the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago from through received a letter in from Sarat Chandra Chakravorty, a disciple of Swamiji.

The letter revealed this incident associated with Swamiji at Lake Michigan Swamiji once told me that one moonlit night when he was on the shore of Lake Michigan, his mind began to merge in Brahman. Suddenly he saw Sri Ramakrishna and remembered the work for which he had come to this world. Then his mind came down and again turned toward the fulfillment of his mission". Swamiji went to Streator by the Santa Fe railroad and came back by it as well. He had embarked the train at the Dearborn station.

Although there were a number of railroad stations in existence in Chicago during that time, it is almost certain that Swamiji used the station on more than one occasion. Since the Santa Fe railroad had used the Dearborn station exclusively, he definitely used it for his trip to California as well. Since that time it has lost many parts including a huge cupola on the clock tower and a steeply pitched roof that was destroyed during a fire in Its shed was removed in the s.

The whole station has been restored with only minor changes beyond those mentioned. Its passenger operations ceased in when it was renovated as office and retail space, and its vast backyard replaced with residential developments.

Shy of publicity the club did not encourage newspapermen to attend such lectures, neither did it record its detailed proceedings. The content of Swamiji's lecture therefore remains unknown. This was a very prestigious and exclusive club, drawing its membership from the upper crust of Chicago. The club's goal was to enhance intellectual and social culture. The Hotel was built in , but its front facade was extensively renovated and some additions were made in After a subsequent alteration in , it now stands at S.

Michigan Ave. The Hull House was set up by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates as an intellectual oasis where they conducted movements for political and social reforms. Swamiji's photograph adorns a wall of the room on the southeast corner of the building. The subject of his speech was 'Economic and Social Conditions in India'.

A group of prominent citizens from Hinsdale got together in formed the Unity Church Society, and decided to build a church. The church was built in and dedicated in Gould invited Swamiji to speak from the pulpit.

A small paragraph in the Unity, a Unitarian weekly magazine published from Chicago, said on November 2 — The pulpit at Hinsdale was filled October 15 and 22 by the Rev. Vivekananda and Nagarkar, who preached with much acceptance to overflowing houses. A course of lectures by Messrs Vivekananda and Hirai are also being attended to the full capacity of the Church.

The Church's name changed to Unitarian from Unity in the s. Swamiji spoke on the subject "Reincarnation" at the Harbert Residence in Evanston.

He pointed out the popular error which exists concerning the passing of humanity into animal forms. He said that "It was a mistaken idea to think that his people were so careful of animals because they thought some former human being was now living in the form of the animal.

On the contrary, it is simply a part of their religion to be kind to animals. Reincarnation is either progression, which is advancement to a higher type of manhood, or retrogression, which is the relapse of humanity to a lower plane of living. Swamiji visited the Bradley Residence in October of In his letter to Prof. John H.

Wright Swamiji refers to Prof. He writes - "Your friend Prof. Bradley was very kind to me and he always cheered me during the parliament speeches Some of the lectures are extracts from newspaper reports, while some are transcripts taken verbatim by his disciples and admirers- most significantly, J.

Goodwin , a stenographer who was hired to record and transcribe the Swami's lectures in December , and soon afterward became the Swami's disciple. Lectures listed in a chronological order. Swami Vivekananda Home New Contact. Teachings Biographical. The practice of religion What have I learnt? The religion we are born in.

Bagley's residence Detroit Is India a benighted country? Response to Welcome. Religion not the crying need of India. Address at the final session. Soul, God and religion. Karma in its effect on character. Each is great in his own place. Patanjali's Yoga aphorisms - Introduction. Steps to realisation. The teacher of spirituality.