The Art Institute of Chicago, Image Source: Google.
A picture of
Swami
Vivekananda
sitting on
stage at the
historic
Parliament of
Religions, in
Chicago, in
1893
.
“I am proud to
belong to a
region which
has taught the
world both
tolerance and
universal
acceptance. We
believe not only
in Universal
toleration, but
we accept all
religious as
true”
Williams James,
famous Harvard
Philosopher called
Swami Vivekananda
the
“Paragon of
Vedantists”
After
Vivekananda’s
landmark speech at
the World
Parliament of
Religions, a leading
newspaper of
America,
‘The Newyork
Herald’
wrote:
“He is undoubtedly
the greatest figure
in the Parliament of
Religions”
A souvenir from
the 1893 meeting
of the World’s
Parliament of
Religions in
Chicago, bearing
a quote of Swami
Vivekananda
along with his
signature.