27 January 2014

Charles Freer Andrews On Swami Vivekananda

Charles Freer Andrews or C. F. Andrews (12 February 1871—5 April 1940) was an English pastor of the Church of England, a Christian Missionary and a philanthropist and social reformer. He came to India and served the country and her countrymen for many years. In India he we known as Dinbandhu (Bengali: দীনবন্ধু, meaning: friend of poor or distressed). A detailed biography of Charles Freer Andrews is available at Wikipedia.
In this article let's write Charles Freer Andrews' quotes and comments on Swami Vivekananda.

Charles Freer Andrews told—
C. F. Andrews
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"I would refer in the first place to that greater word Advaitam. The word Advaitam really means, the occasions of all spiritual life, to see (as the Upanishads tells us). The Universal self in all things and all things in the Universal self. I feel that the greatest of all debts the youths of modern India owe to Swami Vivekananda is the renewal in practical life of this faith in the Advaitam."

References

  1. Andrews, Charles Freer, 'The Great Mantram, Vedanta Kesari, November 1923.

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