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Photo Credit - americanvedantist.org[/caption]SWAMI .VIVEKANANDA WAS A SON OF A WEALTHIEST FATHER AND HIS FATHER WAS ATTACHED TO MATERIALISM AND MATERIAL CREDENTIALS ! THE FAMILY WAS WEALTHY, BUT THE WEALTHY FAMILY LOST ITS IMMENSE WEALTH AND BECAME PAUPER....!!! AT THAT TIME SWAMIJI WAS A GRADUATE OF TOP RANK, AND HE HAD TO FIND JOB AND MONEY TO SAVE HIS SHATTERED FAMILY FROM UTTER PITIFUL SITUATION ..?
SO , THE YOUNG AND BRILLIANT VIVEKANANDA(NARENDRA NATH DUTTA) APPROACHED HIS SPIRITUAL GUIDE, AND DESPERATELY REQUESTED HIS HELP...! THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ADVISED HIM TO VISIT A TEMPLE OF GODDESS KALI, AND PRAY FOR WEALTH...!!! SWAMIJI RUSHED TO THE KALI TEMPLE TO PRAY FOR MONEY TO SAVE HIS FAMILY FROM DISHONOUR AND DESTITUTION . SWAMIJI CLOSED HIS EYES TO PRAY FOR WEALTH BUT HE COULD NOT UTTER A SINGLE WORD FOR MONEY ...!!! THERE HAPPENED A GREAT DRAMATIC IRONY ...!! THE MAN WHO WAS IN EXTREME NEED OF MONEY JUST FORGOT HIS EXTREME NEED OF MONEY, BUT PRAYED FOR ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE...?THE TRUTH OF COSMOS AND THE TRUTH OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THE TRANSCENDENTAL EXPERIENCE...!!!
WHY DID SWAMIJI FORGET HIS PARENTS AND THE MOST PITIFUL STATE OF HIS ONCE WEALTHIEST FAMILY...?? I HAVE NO ANSWER TILL NOW, THOUGH I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A SATISFIABLE ANSWER FOR MANY YEARS ....!!
I IMAGINE THAT SWAMIJI MUST HAVE DISCOVERED HIS SPIRITUAL IDENTITY THAT HE MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED AS THE IMMORTAL IMAGE OF COSMIC LIGHT...?
I RECOMMEND THE BIOGRAPHY OF SWAMI .VIVEKANANDA FOR ALL YOUNGSTERS.
PREM SAGAR.
