LETTER NO.27
Dear ............................*
....So long as you have love for God and Guru
and faith in truth, nothing can hurt you, my son. But the loss of any of these
is dangerous. You have remarked well; my ideas are going to work in the West
better than in India. . . . I have done more for India than India ever did for
me. . . . I believe in truth, the Lord sends me workers by the scores wherever
I go — and they are not like the . . . disciples either — they are ready to
give up their lives for their Guru. Truth is my God, the universe my country I
do not believe in duty. Duty is the curse of the Samsâri (householder), not for
the Sannyâsin. Duty is humbug. I am free, my bonds are cut; what care I where
this body goes or does not go. You have helped me well right along. The Lord
will reward you. I sought praise neither from India nor from America, nor do I
seek such bubbles. I have a truth to teach, I, the child of God And He that
gave me the truth will send me fellow workers from the earth's bravest and
best. You ...will see in a few years what the Lord does in the West. You are
like the Jews of old — dogs in the manger, who neither eat nor allow others to
eat. You have no religion your God is the kitchen, your Bible the cooking-pots.
. . . You are a few brave lads. . . . Hold on, boys, no cowards among my
children. . . . Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience,
and indomitable will must show. I could have told you many things that
would have made your heart leap, but I will not. I want iron wills and hearts
that do not know how to quake. Hold on. The Lord bless you.
Ever yours with blessings,
VIVEKANANDA.
*[You may treat these
letters as if addressed to you]
SOURCE: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda,
Volume-5 [Epistles-First Series]
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