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much and still there was not a word by way of reaction. His posture was the same, full of happiness as before.
The passengers inquired of him, "Well sir, why did you not react to our criticism ?"
He replied, "Brothers, I remain engrossed only in the thoughts of my life's work. I do not enter into any kind of disputes."
The peaceful posture and Sadhana of the vow of silence brought about a lot of regard on part of those two British passengers.
This Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of the great monk Shri Ramkrishna Paramhans. He was a great socio-religious leader of the nineteenth century. He became famous for his unique speech in the World Religions Conference in 1893 in Chicago, U.S.A.
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