Originally published in 1938, this volume is one of the first that
presented the words of wisdom spoken by Swami Vivekananda within
the intimacy of his inner circle. He was already revered as a
lecturer, but his flashes of pure brilliance were more often only
heard in familiar conversation. This book was constructed from
notes taken by a Miss S.E. Waldo from New York, who worked so
closely with Swami that she could almost put his very thoughts onto
paper. Author: Vivekananda Swami Language: English Keywords:
Philosophy / Religion Many of the earliest books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork. INSPIRED TALKS BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
PREFACE ALL who had the blessing of personal contact with Swami
Vivekananda are of one accord that those who knsv lm on tn lecture
platform only, had but a small measure of his true power and
greatness. It was in familiar conversation with chosen friends and
disciples that came his most brilliant flashes of illumination, his
loftiest flights of eloquence, his utterances of pro foLiridest
wisdom. Unfortunately, however, his printed works so far have shown
us only Vivekananda the lecturer Vivekananda the friend, the
teacher, the lovinc? master, was known only to the happy few who
had the rare privilege of sitting at his feet. Glimpses of this
side of the great spiritual genius are revealed to o it is true, in
his published letters but the pre sent volume is the first to give
us words spoken by him in the intimacy of an inner circle. They
were taken down by MissS. E. Waldo of New York, who from the early
days of the Swamis American mission served him with unremitting
devotion. It was to her that he dictated his translation and expla
nation of Patanjalis Aphorisms, published in his Raja Yoga, and
often has she told me how she would sit for long periods of time
watching always to see that the ink on her pen was kept wet, ready
to write down the first word that would come as the Swami would
emerge from the depths of selfcontemplation into which he had
plunged, to discover the true mean ing of the terse Sanskrit
phrases. It was she also who prepared all his American publications
for the press. And so great was Swami Vivekanandas confidence in
her ability, that he would pass the typewritten trans criptions of
his lectures over to her with the instruction to do with them what
she thought best for his own indifference to the fruits of his work
was so extreme, that he could not be induced to give even a cursory
glance at his recorded words. Through this constant faithful
service with heart and brain, the disciples mind became so at one
with the master s that, even without the aid of shorthand, she was
able to transcribe his teaching with wonderful full ness and
accuracy. As she herself said, it was as if the thought of Swami
Vivekananda flowed through her and wrote itself upon the page.
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