Gold or Silver??

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In

November 1896, Swami Vivekananda was lecturing in London. Mary Hale, one of his

American disciples wrote a letter to him seeking his opinion on American

politics. At that time President’s election was due. Campaigning for

presidential elections had gathered tremendous tempo. The question of currency

in gold and silver had become a great controversial issue between the two

candidates, William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley. Ultimately, the issue

became a clash between rich and poor, capitalists and labourers. Mary wanted to

know Swami Vivekananda’s opinion about the relative merits of gold and

silver. But Swamiji was always aloof from politics either in India or anywhere else.

So

he replied:

“Gold

and silver, my dear Mary, have I none, but what I have, I give to thee freely,

and that is the knowledge of the goldness of gold, the silverness of silver,

the manhood of man, the womanhood of woman, the reality of everything is the

Lord, and this Lord we are trying to realize from time without beginning in the

objective... ”

1

Nov 1896, Letters of Swami Vivekananda, Page 315

 

 

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Nice one Udayshankar....On 1/4/07, Udayashankar <udayashankars wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

In

November 1896, Swami Vivekananda was lecturing in London. Mary Hale, one of his

American disciples wrote a letter to him seeking his opinion on American

politics. At that time President's election was due. Campaigning for

presidential elections had gathered tremendous tempo. The question of currency

in gold and silver had become a great controversial issue between the two

candidates, William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley. Ultimately, the issue

became a clash between rich and poor, capitalists and labourers. Mary wanted to

know Swami Vivekananda's opinion about the relative merits of gold and

silver. But Swamiji was always aloof from politics either in India or anywhere else.

So

he replied:

"Gold

and silver, my dear Mary, have I none, but what I have, I give to thee freely,

and that is the knowledge of the goldness of gold, the silverness of silver,

the manhood of man, the womanhood of woman, the reality of everything is the

Lord, and this Lord we are trying to realize from time without beginning in the

objective... "

1

Nov 1896, Letters of Swami Vivekananda, Page 315

 

 

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Really a nice one Udayashankar. Many thanks for sharing this with us.

Love and Love alone....

P. Gopi Krishna