Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Thanks to Jai Raam for his posting! Here is another excerpt. Excerpt from the book Vivekananda - East meets West by Swami Chetanananda ******************************* In Chicago, Swamiji told John D.Rockefeller much of his past that was not known to any but himself and made him understand that the money he had already accumulated was not his, that he was only a channel and that his duty was to do good to the world -that God had given him all his wealth in order that he might have an opportunity to help and do good to the people. Rockefeller was annoyed that anyone dared to talk to him that way and tell him what to do. He left the room in irritation, not even saying good-bye. But about a week after, again without being announced, he entered Swamiji's study and ...threw on his desk a paper which told of his plans to donate an enormous sum of money toward the financing of a public institution. " Well there you are " , he said. " You must be satisfied now and you can thank me for it. " Swamiji did'nt even lift his eyes and did not move. Then taking the paper, he quietly read it, saying, " It is for you to thank me. " That was all. This was Rockefeller's first large donation to the public welfare. ******************************** regards ramasamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Thanks for this posting. I will be using this incident in my talk at Imperial College tonight. The venue will be filled to capacity, these talks generate a lot of interest.....jay - " r_ramasamy " <littleeagle <Ramakrishna > Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:43 [sri Ramakrishna] Excerpt - Swamiji and JD Rockefeller > Excerpt from the book > Vivekananda - East meets West > by Swami Chetanananda > > ******************************* > In Chicago, Swamiji told John D.Rockefeller much of his past that > was not known to any but himself and made him understand that > the money he had already accumulated was not his, > that he was only a channel and that his duty was to do good to the world > -that God had given him all his wealth in order that he might have an > opportunity > to help and do good to the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Pranams Jai ji, Can you spare sometime to chat with me, I am online right now on yaoo ..my id is popsriram ..if you are busy or not online right now please don't bother..I was just seeking a chance to chat a few minutes with you. Regards, sriram Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Respected Shri. Jay Pranams. The effective flow of thoughts circulated in our group is worth laurels. If I want to publish some of the thoughts circulated, in any magazine that is being printed by Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari ( to just get introduced about us you may visit www.vivekanandakendra.org ) through its publication department at various places what should be the procedure to get permission? Please let me know. Pranams. G.Krishnaswamy vkjodpur --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release 3/26/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 - " VIVEKANANDA KENDRA, JODHPUR " <vkjodpur <Ramakrishna > Tuesday, March 30, 2004 01:46 Re: [sri Ramakrishna] Excerpt - Swamiji and JD Rockefeller > Respected Shri. Jay > > Pranams. > > The effective flow of thoughts circulated in our group is worth laurels. If > I want to publish some of the thoughts circulated, in any magazine that is > being printed by Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari ( to just get introduced > about us you may visit www.vivekanandakendra.org ) through its publication > department at various places what should be the procedure to get permission? > > Please let me know. > > Pranams. > > G.Krishnaswamy > vkjodpur ===============response================== We really do not know what procedure to adopt as some of the postings are perhaps taken from other publications and there may be copyright laws applicable to those publications. When you see a posting (like the one about Rockerfeller) you should ask the contributor if permission is necessary. We have been fairly relaxed about the postings on this list and we know that some of our postings have been published in Vedanta Kesari etc. regards jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Respected Shri. Jay, Pranams. Thankyou for your immediate response. As per your instruction whenever needed we will contact both our group and the person concerned to use the posting. Pranams. G.Krishnaswamy vkjodpur ===============response================== > > We really do not know what procedure to adopt as some of the > postings are perhaps taken from other publications and there may be > copyright laws applicable to those publications. When you see a > posting (like the one about Rockerfeller) you should ask the > contributor if permission is necessary. We have been fairly > relaxed about the postings on this list and we know that some > of our postings have been published in Vedanta Kesari etc. > > regards > jay > > > > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hello Krishnaswamy, The above quote was taken from a book by Swami Chetanananda. The copyright for this book is held by Vedanta Society of St. Louis and here is the contact information Vedanta Society of St. Louis Email: catalog web: http://www.vedantastl.org I believe when we post such excerpts in any private mailing list for non-commercial purposes copyright owners will not mind. (The name of book and author should be mentioned when we post) As for other postings (discussions and threads etc.) moderator has already replied. regards ramasamy Ramakrishna , " VIVEKANANDA KENDRA, JODHPUR " <vkjodpur@s...> wrote: > Respected Shri. Jay > > Pranams. SNIP.... > Please let me know. > > Pranams. > > G.Krishnaswamy > vkjodpur@s... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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