"Taming" of American tycoon Locke fere

On May 31, 1893, swami leave the country and started to go down in history.

In mid-july, after arrived in Chicago, swami, just know that religious meeting will be held in the first week of September, there is no official letter of introduction, anybody cannot be registered as a representative, and, on behalf of the registration time has passed.That is, he must rely on don't wait for two months.

To conserve cash, bian xi to lower cost of living in Boston, where they met white professor of Greek at Harvard University (j. h. Wright).When white learned bian xi not participating, as a representative of the formal with his friends, to write a world religion conference on behalf of the selection committee chairman, said: "the person than all of us learned professor put together learned."And to bian xi an introduction letter and a train ticket to Chicago.Unfortunately, after arrival in Chicago, bian xi will commission have lost the address.Snow heavily, the day is getting dark, he had to in a luggage spent the night in the boxes.Began begging along the street the next day, hungry and tired, sitting on the sidewalk to rest, at this time the other side of the building of a woman, with bian xi back home, give him food and drink, and to help him in touch with the religious meeting.

In September 11, 1893 at 10 am, world religions held a formal meeting.Bian xi delivered a brief speech at the meeting, but its open mind and moved the delegates and spiritual beliefs, bian xi became the most popular religious meeting.

Subsequently, bian xi in speech, such as the United States made "human religion" by the attention of the American media and academia, met many well-known figures, including businessman John Locke ferrer (John d. Rochfeller).

Locke ferrer heard from a friend has an Indian monk, and also meet swami was invited several times.But due to kinds of reason, Locke ferrer is always the last rejected the request of friends.One day, although Locke ferrer are still unwilling to see swami, but was a kind of impulse, directly to the home of a friend, pushed open the door of the housekeeper aside, says he'd like to see the monks in India.Into the living room, leave, went straight into the adjoining swami's room.

To Locke ferrer surprise, bian xi sitting behind a desk, don't lift.After a while, bian xi lok ferrer many besides Locke ferrer himself, many people don't know some of the things in the past, let him understand his accumulated wealth is not his own, he is just a channel, his duty is to do good to the world, god gave him all the wealth is to have the opportunity to help others.

Locke ferrer is angry, no one dare to speak to him in this way, tell him how to do things.He left the room angrily, even a didn't say goodbye.But, after about a week, and the first time, without any notice in advance and come suddenly, swami's room.See bian xi also meet with the last stride, threw a piece of paper in the swami's desk, it read he donated a large sum of money to public institutions.Then, to bian xi said: "well, you should now be happy!You should thank me for it."

Swami eyes even without looking up, did not move.Picked up the paper and read silently, said: "you should thank me."

This is Locke ferrer first large number of donations to public welfare.

Forgiveness coexist, accept everything

Since then, bian xi traveled across the country, and made dozens of speech.But he felt that if can't attract a batch of devout believers devoted herself spirit of uniting, India's philosophy is not root here.And in New York chose a quiet place free of professor.

Swami often enter a state of meditation, in the process of teaching needs a long time to return to normal consciousness.Tell the students like professor wang (Raja Yoga - the Yoga), and supplemented by the teaching of Yoga (Jnana Yoga).He laid special stress on the necessary premise that some practice yoga, such as simple and moderate food, material needs and habits, inner purity, and abstinence, not associate with the wicked, and so on.

Swami is so popular teaching activity, so that in a very short period of time, and many famous physicist, physiologist, and psychologists are interested in your yoga to the king.In June 1895, according to ms Waldo (Miss s. e. Waldo) record class notes and published the book the king yoga by American intellectuals, published a few weeks after reprint three times.Famous psychologist, Harvard University professor William James (William James) designedly to swami's apartment in New York and thus become his enthusiastic admirers, swami is regarded as the prominent manifestation of vedanta philosophy.

Argue the secret of success is: his spirit what life experience to professor unreservedly to the disciples, and his teachings are always built on the basis of a rational and scientific, rather than in the old theory of the subject.

In 1896, bian xi founded the New York Vedanta Society (the Vedanta Society of New York).This is a non-denominational organization, designed to spread vedanta thought and practice, and its principles apply to all religion, its slogan - forgive coexist, accept all religions.People of different religions can need not change their faith and to register as members of the association.Bian xi to eastern and western ideas to build a platform, he believes that the western science and philosophy of the east will join hands, because of the east and the west will end up together.He asserts that the combination of science and vedanta is future ideal of human beings.

In 1897, bian xi have returned home, the message soon spread all over India.Swami's return is a historic event, it indicates the advent of the India unprecedented spiritual revival.Across the country are boiling up to the highest etiquette to meet the Indian hero son, he swept the board in a world religion meeting and in about four years to spread in the western world within vedanta sacred ideal, set off a India turning wind, win honor for our motherland.

After returning, contend xi with rama Krishna disciples in Calcutta created a mentor to a named rama Krishna church (the Ramakrishna Mission Association), has now become one of India's most respected organizations.In addition to promote teacher is beneficial to human's lessons and establish friendship with Indian religions, realize the ideal of the "human", the church also help a lot of poor class to solve life difficult, and literacy.

Bian xi had always wanted to find a quiet place in the Himalayan mountains to build a temple, a congregation of east and west to together in a way the spirit of friendly atmosphere practice.Long search, finally the disciples in 50 kilometers away from elmo's pull (Almora), at an altitude of 6800 feet chose a plot of land, this place can watch the Himalayas one thousand don't snow.On March 19, 1899, the mentor rama Krishna birthday that day, "no theory" two monastery where (Advaita Ashram) was finally completed.Convenience to people from all over the world, belong to different belief without any obstacles in their spiritual practice, bian xi special provisions, the hospital is not allowed to set any ICONS, gods, or logo, nor any religious ceremony.

In June 1897, or a trip to the west again.Access to the west for the first time, contend xi for western highly developed material civilization, the organizational efficiency and scientific achievements, democracy is on the surface of the United States and Europe is appreciated.But second visit to the opposite impression.He found that the western greed for wealth and power and self expansion of the fierce competition.He saw a potential tragedy, in the energy consumption of unnatural beneath the exhaustion of a poor, a frivolous mask deep sorrow.

Bian xi once said: "the world the suffering of the treatment can't count on material force, unless the human nature to change, otherwise, this kind of material will need to continue to improve, thus suffering will also constantly feeling, because of this, regardless of how much material help, can not thoroughly cure the sufferings of the people, the only solution to this problem is to make human become pure.

Swami ideas of yoga

Swami is a major contribution to modern Indian thought his teaching about four kinds of yoga.

Swami believes that intelligence (Jnana Yoga Yoga) is the basis of enlightened, which enlightened people various bondage is caused by ignorance.Ignorance is not know the true nature of things, unable to distinguish between true and false.Knowledge depends on learning sages teach, want oneself to more enlightened learned knowledge.He said is a necessary stage of yoga, requirements from selfish, control of body, mind and senses.After a long practice, and finally achieve samadhi stage, the yogi will pass that perfect unity.

Letter (Bhakti Yoga Yoga), also known as devotional Yoga.Bian xi think strong feelings can wake up and active human potential ability, the path of faith is the road of love, pure it love object is not limited, but the most high.Through the religious belief in several stages and finally reach full unity with the most high.Bian xi think path of faith is the most convenient all yoga road, one of the most popular.

Argue for industry (Karma Yoga Yoga), xi said that it is an attempt to achieve freedom system by selfless behavior or good.Industry yogi can do not ask what is the soul, also need not thinking about any shapeGo to schoolTheory, his sole purpose is to realize the selfless, so must work selflessly.A person should be like a master, but should not work like slaves.If one allows selfishness or self-interest consideration govern their own behavior, he would become the slaves of their desires.A person must be no more.To contend with reverence the mood of the Buddha as a role model.He said: "the Buddha to do all the work, without any motive, not for money, also not for fame, not for anything else.As long as a person can do this, he will also be a Buddha, and by him the power to produce a kind of can convert the world.Such people on behalf of the industry the most typical yoga."

In bian xi, wang (raja Yoga Yoga) is through the training and control of the mind and body so as to achieve one of the most reliable of liberation, the most direct and the most rapid method, so called it "the king Yoga".Swami, however, think that this method is not applicable to the weak, because it requires a person confidence in their own body and mind force.

Bian xi, respectively discusses the four kinds of the path of yoga, but he thinks they are not mutually exclusive, but the different ways to achieve the same purpose.He gave each a person with full freedom to choose their own like and practice and adapt to the path of yoga.The crux of the problem lies in the fact that a person must have a true sincerity and determination.Therefore, no matter adopt what kind of path of yoga, the energy of the soul must all come into this yoga.

On July 4, 1902, contend xi died in meditation, the age of 39., India "no theory" two monastery where published complete works "swami, a total of eight volumes.

In the complete works to contend xi - "time

To have hell or heaven, have the soul, this is not important!Look!This world is a world full of poor poor, like the Buddha into the world!Do everything in our power to relieve the poor, or all to sacrifice in order to do this!Forget about yourself is the first lesson, the lesson it doesn't matter if you're theists or unitarian, agnostic or vedanta theorists, christians or muslims...In my country, not even a dog food, also want to feed it - this is all of my religion.

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Swami theory of education

Education!Education!Only education!Pass by many European cities to travel, see the even ordinary people's well-being and education, reminds me of our own poor people, and often shed tears.What makes them different?My answer is education...What is education?Education is learning books?No, education is a variety of knowledge?Is not...Education is the person's innate integrity of the show.

Bian xi "no resistance" "the yoga teacher is such a person, he knows no resistance is the highest ideal, truly, and knows it is not against the power of the highest performance, also know against sin is just towards the highest performance, is a step in the roads of revolt.Before reaching the highest ideal, resist evil is everyone's responsibility, let a person go to effort!Let a person to fight!Let a person's chest fight!Only when he won the resistance, not revolt is a virtue."

Swami theory of east and west

Our world, due to the changes of the environment and development, at any time need a new kind of adjustment, because the person is in the spiritual and material two flat surface activity, adjust the wave would come from two aspects.On the one hand is for the adjustment of the material, the adjustment is the main base of modern Europe, on the other hand is the spirit of the adjustment, the adjustment in the whole world history has always been a base in Asia.Today, people need a more spiritually adjustment, because they depend on material continuously, people might have forgotten his divine nature, also may degenerate into mere money-making machine, so it is necessary to adjust.

Swami theory of China in 1893, bian xi to the United States to attend world religion conference in Chicago, through China paid a visit to guangzhou.When he saw a guangzhoutempleThe one side wall engraved with surprise when the Sanskrit texts.

Contend xi in his speech and writing often mentioned in China, and to give a high evaluation.And he said, the Chinese are the disciples of Confucius, the Buddha's disciples, their morality is very strict and noble.In 1894, a bank in London, bian xi public speaking: "I used to travel in China and Japan.Today, while China is like a disorganized groups, but in its great prime, it has the most to be envied by any country, organization.We said many of the modern techniques and creation, and even in thousands of years ago in one hundred the Chinese there have been used for.

Contend xi sigh in the Chinese in strife-torn "zombie" situation, but he predicted that Chinese culture is bound to like "phoenix" for freshmen, shoulder the great mission of the "integrated western and eastern culture.