The Complete Works of Sister Nivedita (Vol.5)

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.

Volume 5

CONTENTS

ON EDUCATION
Teaching the Three R’s on Modern Principles … 1 Note on Indian Historic Pageants … 20
The Education of Woman … 24
The Education of Women … 28
Fineness of Character … 31
Modern Education of the Oriental Woman … 34
Women and the Arts … 37
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
From the Concrete to the Abstract … 65
From the National to the International … 68
The Education of Indian Women … 71

ON HINDU LTFE, THOUGHT AND RELIGION
Interview with Swami Vivekananda on the Bounds
of Hinduism » … 79
Revival or Reform … 82
Brahmin and Kshatriya … 89
Indian Thought … 90
The Laws of Thought … 95
Occasional Notes:
On Love and Charity … 98
Work Is Workship … 101
Thirst for Higher Life … 105
Saints and Scriptures … 108
Obedience and Discipline … 110

Thinking and Living
Religion as a Living Force
Self-Development
The Real and the Ideal
Being and Becoming
Towards the Supreme Goal
Gurubhakti
A New Sect ? Passing Thoughts I : Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Passing Thoughts II : Religion versus Spirituality
Conversations of the Dead I : Gandhari and
Dhritarashtra
Conversations of the Dead II : Two Souls in
Pitri-loka
Conversations of the Dead III ; Guru and Chelas
in Pitri-loka

ON POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Has British Rule Been Beneficial to India or Not?
Nationality
The Highest Ideal of Truth
Our Unity in Diversity
The Recent Congress
Democratic Feeling in England
The Vajra as a National Flag
Passing Thoughts I : Indian Regeneration
Passing Thoughts II : A Nation of Students
Passing Thoughts III : The Signs of a New Age
What Is a Backward Race ? The Relation between Famine and Population
Lord Curzon on Famines in India
To Colonize the Himalayas
The Plague in Calcutta
The Cleansing of Calcutta
Plague and the Duty of Students

The Cry of the Mother to Indian Youth … 227
Child-Heart … 229
The Charging of the New-Born by the Dead … 231
Earth and Water … 233
Two Poems … 235
Notes and Observations:
Our Calcutta Letter … 236
Mr. Tata’s Scheme … 237
The Ramakrishna Mission on Plague Service … 238
Civic Creed … 240
A Comilla Lesson … 241
Japan and Korea … 242
Indian National Ideals … 243
Conversation at Chinladripet Literary
Society, Madras … 245
Chicago Notes … 247

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND REVIEWS
In Memoriam: Pavhari Baba of Ghazipur … 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 Is Matter Alive ? by J.C. Bose … 289
Review on Mutual Aid by Peter, Prince Kropotkin … 299
Review on Essays in National Idealism by
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy … 302
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 of Brahmavadin … 317
On Asia and Europe by Meredith Townsend … 318
The Hindu Mind in Modern Science
Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
The Hindu Mind in Western Science
The Duties of a Hindu
The Unity oi* India
Sister Nivedita in Madras : An Interview
The Duties of Students
The Educational Problem in India
Dynamic Religion
Bodh-Gaya : Its Place in Hinduism
The Pioneer and the Tata Scheme
The Tata Research Institute
A Visit to East Bengal
A Conversational Meeting at the Gita Society
Interview with The Empire
The Tragedy of Jute
New Vedanta Society in London
A Chat with a Russian about Russia
Sister Nivedita in London
In Bodh Gaya

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES WRITTEN BEFORE
MEETING SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
The Christ Child
Hag-Ridden
A Visit to a Coal Mine
Papers on Women’s Rights—No. I Papers on Women’s Rights—No. 2
Papers on Women’s Rights—No. 3
Papers on Women’s Rights—No. 4
Papers on Women’s Rights—No. 5
Papers on Women’s Rights—No. 6
Phrenology and Physiognomy
The Wrexham Free Library
A Page from Wrexham Life
Ambulance Work
Index