The Complete Works Of Sister Nivedita Vol. 5

441 Pages·11.31 MB·English

by  Sister Nivedita

SISTER NIVEDITA'S
LECTURES AND WRITINGS
Hitherto unpublished collection of
lectures and writings of
Sister Nivedita
on Education, Hindu Life, Thought and so on
Volume V
SISTER NIVEDITA GIRLS' SCHOOL
5 Nivedita Lane, Calcutta 700003
Published by The Secretary, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission
Sister Nivedita Girls' School, S Nivedita Lane,
Calcutta 700003
First Edition October, 1955
Printed at Printaid, New Delhi
CONTENTS
Page
Editor's Preface ... vii
ON EDUCATION
Teaching the Three R's on Modern Principles ... 1
Note on Indian Historic Pageants ... 20
The Education of Woman 24
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The Education ofWomen 28
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Fineness ofCharacter ... 31
Modern Education ofthe Oriental Woman ... 34
Women and the Arts 37
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Hints on Practical Education ... 41
The Educational Method ... 51
Child-Garden Schools for India ... 54
The Sociological Method in History ... 57
Occasional Notes
:
Creative Knowledge 64
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From the Concrete to the Abstract ... 65
From the National to the International 68
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The Education ofIndian Women ... 71
ON HINDU LTFE, THOUGHT AND RELIGION
Interview with Swami Vivekananda on the Bounds
of Hinduism 79
» ...
Revival or Reform 82
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Brahmin and Kshatriya 89
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Indian Thought 90
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The Laws ofThought ... 95
Occasional Notes:
On Love and Charity 98
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Work Is Workship ... 101
Thirst for Higher Life ... 105
Saints and Scriptures ... 108
Obedience and Discipline ... 110
IV
Page
Thinking and Living 115
Religion as a Living Force 116
Self-Development 118
The Real and the Ideal 120
Being and Becoming 122
Towards the Supreme Goal 123
Gurubhakti 126
A New
Sect ? 128
Passing Thoughts I : Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 129
Passing Thoughts II Religion versus Spirituality 133
:
Conversations of the Dead I : Gandhari and
Dhritarashtra 137
Conversations of the Dead II : Two Souls in
Pitri-loka 140
Conversations of the Dead III Guru and Chelas
;
in Pitri-loka 142
ON POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Has British Rule Been Beneficial to India or Not? 147
Nationality 150
The Highest Ideal ofTruth 154
Our Unity in Diversity 158
The Recent Congress 160
Democratic Feeling in England 163
The Vajra as a National Flag 166
Passing Thoughts I : Indian Regeneration 171
A
Passing Thoughts II Nation of Students 175
:
Passing Thoughts III The Signs ofa New Age 178
:
What Is a Backward Race ? 181
The Relation between Famine and Population 185
Lord Curzon on Famines in India 201
To Colonize the Himalayas 206
The Plague in Calcutta 211
The Cleansing ofCalcutta 214
Plague and the Duty ofStudents 217
Woman in Modern India 221
A Talk about Clean Roads 224
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V
Page
The Cry ofthe Mother to Indian Youth ... 227
Child-Heart 229
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The Charging ofthe New-Born by the Dead 231
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Earth and Water 233
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Two Poems 235
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Notes and Observations
Our Calcutta Letter 236
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Mr. Tata's Scheme 237
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The Ramakrishna Mission on Plague Service ... 238
Civic Creed 240
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A
Comilla Lesson ... 241
Japan and Korea 242
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Indian National Ideals ... 243
Conversation at Chinladripet Literary
Society, Madras ... 245
Chicago Notes 247
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND REVIEWS
In Memoriam: Pavhari Baba ofGhazipur ... 255
In Memoriam : Swami Swarupananda ... 256
The First Citizen of Bengal ... 258
Romesh Chandra Dutt ... 261
The Hindu Mind in Modern Science ... 266
In Memoriam: Sara Chapman Bull ... 269
What an American Woman Is Doing in India ... 276
Introduction to Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda ... 284
Review on IsMatter Alive ? by J.C. Bose ... 289
Review on MutualAid by Peter, Prince Kropotkin ... 299
Review on Essays in National Idealism by
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy 302
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Review on Primitive Traditional History by
I.F. Hewitt ... 306
Review on Youth's Noble Path by F.F. Gould ... 312
NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF SPEECHES AND
INTERVIEWS
Letter to the Editor ofBrahmavadin ... 317
On Asia and Europe by Meredith Townsend ... 318
VI
Page
The Hindu Mind in Modern Science 320
Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar 323
The Hindu Mind in Western Science 324
The Duties ofa Hindu 325
The Unity oi* India 326
Sister Nivedita in Madras An Interview 331
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The Duties of Students 333
The Educational Problem in India 336
Dynamic Religion 341
Bodh-Gaya : Its Place in Hinduism 344
The Pioneer and the Tata Scheme 348
The Tata Research Institute 352
A Visit to East Bengal 353
A
Conversational Meeting at the Gita Society 354
Interview with The Empire 355
The Tragedy ofJute 356
New Vedanta Society in London 360
A Chat with a Russian about Russia 361
Sister Nivedita in London 365
In Bodh Gaya 367
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES WRITTEN BEFORE
MEETING SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
The Christ Child 371
Hag-Ridden 374
A Visit to a Coal Mine 379
Papers on Women's Rights—No. 386
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Papers on Women's Rights—No. 2 390
Papers on Women's Rights—No. 3 395
Papers on Women's Rights—No. 4 399
Papers on Women's Rights—No. 5 404
Papers on Women's Rights—No. 6 408
Phrenology and Physiognomy 412
The Wrexham Free Library 416
A Page from Wrexham Life 420
Ambulance Work 425
Index 427
ON EDUCATfON

SISTER NIVEDITA