The Complete Works of Sister Nivedita (Vol.2)

In these five volumes, comprising the illuminating lectures, writings, articles, books, and epistles etc, of the author, we find the author’s marvellous intellect, her lyrical powers of expression, the intensity with which she held her beliefs and convictions, her capacity to see the soul of things straightaway, and above all, her love for India that overflowed all bounds. Her deep study of Indian literature combined with her keen intellect and deep comprehensive mind, helped her to understand India as a whole. This works stands as, perhaps, the best appraisal of India by a western mind.

CONTENTS

The Web of Indian Life
I. The Setting of the Warp … …… 1
II. The Eastern Mother … … … 16
III. Of The Hindu Woman As Wife … … 27
IV. Love Strong As Death … … … 41
V. The Place Of Woman In The National Life … 52
VI. The Immediate Problems Of The Oriental Woman 70
VII. The Indian Sagas … … … 86
VIII. Noblesse Oblige: A Study Of Indian Caste … 105
IX. The Synthesis Of Indian Thought … 124
X. The Oriental Experience … … … 152
XL The Wheel Of Birth And Death … … 161
XII. The Story Of The Great God: Shiva Or Mahadeva 173
XIH. The Gospel Of The Blessed One … … 186
XJV. Islam In India … … … 200
XV. An Indian Pilgrimage … … … 215
XVI. On The Loom Of Time … … … 230
Appendix … … … … 252

An Indian Study Of Love And Death
An Office For The Dead … … … 257
MeditationsOf The Soul … … … … 262
Of Love … … … … 266
Of The Inner Perception … … … 267
Of Peace … … … … 269
Of Triumphant Union … … … 270

The Communion Of The Soul With The Beloved … 271
A Litany Of Love: Invocation … … 275
Some Hindu Rites For The Honoured Dead … 277
The Beloved … … … … … 285
Play … … … … … … 286
Death … … … … … 289

Studies From An Eastern Home
I. Life In The Hindu Quarter Of Calcutta … 293
II. Our Zenana Terrace … … … 300
III. The Hindu Widow And The Zenana … … 304
IV. The Sacred Year … … … … 311
V. Dol-Jatra … … … … 316
VI. Janmashtami: The Day Of The Great Birth … 320
VII. The Saraswati Puja … … 325
VIII. The Durga Puja … … … … 331
IX. The Festival Of Ras … … … 336
X. The Plague … … … 340
XI. The Mediaeval University Of India … … 348
XII. An Old Collegiate Village .. … … 352
XIII. The Holy City … … … … 358
XIV. Chitore … … … … 361
XV. An Indian Amulet … … … 364
XVI. Gopaler-Ma: The Mother Of The Christ-Child … 369
XVTI. The Indian Ash, Or Tree Of Healing … … 373
XVni. The Dread Seven … … … … 381
XIX. The Kashmir Shawl … … … 387
XX. The Ship Of Flowers … … … 393

Lectures And Articles
Vedanta Missionary Work: Wimbledon (London) … 399
Influence Of The Spiritual Thoughts Of India In England 406
The Birthday Festival Of Sri Ramakrishna … … 411
Amarnath … … … … … 416
The Sociological Aspect Of The Vedanta Philosophy … 422
Kali, And Her Worship … … … 429
KaliWorship … … … … 444
New Interpretations Of Life In India
India Has No Apology To Make … How And Why I Adopted The Hindu Religion
Indian Women As They Strike An English Woman
An Open Letter To Hindu Women
Islam In Asia
Beauties Of Islam
Synthesis Of Ideals
Etiquette, Eastern And Western … Hinduism And The Modern Transition

Appendix I
The Education Of Hindu Women And Their Ideals … 505
Indian Womanhood … … … … 507
Family Life And Nationality In India … … 508

Appendix II
List Of Lectures Delivered By Sister Nivedita Abroad