QUOTE SWAMIJI BY ALL MEANS BUT DO SO ACCURATELY

QUOTE SWAMIJI BY ALL MEANS BUT DO SO ACCURATELY

Swami Vivekananda must be quoted correctly. It is best that quotations be verified from 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda' before posting.

If I make any mistake while quoting Swamiji from memory in an essay of mine, do feel free to point out the error and I shall, with a sincere apology, rectify the error forthwith. For I write in a flow and do not have the occasion to then immediately get to verifying the said quotation. Hence, errors are possible but, perceptive readers, do bring such lapses to my immediate notice, that is, at your earliest convenience.

The quotations must not only be correct word-wise but placement-wise as well. Also the punctuation must be correct. After all, Swamiji must be presented in the pure state and not as and how we like. In case of errors the same should be rectified forthwith.

Nowadays, a lot of online observations are doing the rounds in the name of Swamiji which were never uttered or written by him, in so far as we get to know from authentic books that contain his writings, conversations and speeches. These observations are mostly silly mundane stuff and are let out in the name of Swamiji to get wider circulation. This is very wrong as it deludes the readers about Swamiji's real message and misguides them. The Ramakrishna Math, Belur, has officially made an appeal to devotees and well-wishers to resist this online menace. It is our duty to do so and, therefore, it becomes very wrong on our part to misquote Swamiji inadvertently. Hence, this write-up by way of a reminder to all, beginning with myself, so that Swamiji may be presented and read pristine pure by all and sundry.

Written by Sugata Bose