The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 7/Epistles - Third Series/XXXIV Shashi
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XXXIV
(Translated from Bengali)
C/O E. T. STURDY, ESQ.
HIGH VIEW, CAVERSHAM, READING,
May (?) 1896.
DEAR SHASHI (RAMAKRISHNANADA),
. . . This City of London is a sea of human heads — ten or fifteen Calcuttas
put together. One is apt to be lost in the mazes unless he arranges for
somebody to meet him on arrival. . . . However, let Kali start at once. If
he be late in starting like Sharat, better let no one come. It won't do to
loiter and procrastinate like that. It is a task that requires the height of
Rajas (activity). . . . Our whole country is steeped in Tamas, and nothing
but that. We want Rajas first, and Sattva will come afterwards — a thing
far, far removed.
Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.