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Dec 11, 2023Liked by Christopher Harding

Indeed, the Ramakrishna Mission is something you should write about. Swamiji was a true universalist in many ways.

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He appears in my next book:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316627/the-light-of-asia-by-harding-christopher/9780241434444

Fascinating man!

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Dec 11, 2023Liked by Christopher Harding

Look forward

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Dec 7, 2023Liked by Christopher Harding

I wonder if you know that Vivekananda was also a very cosmopolitan spiritualist. Christmas is still celebrated at Belur Math Calcutta. He approved of meat eating too.

( Mutton curry of goat meat was his personal favourite)

In a sense Vivekananda symbolised Calcutta's Westernised Hinduism.

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I didn't know that, about Christmas at Belur Math - interesting!

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