A great yogi, a spiritual teacher, a religious leader, a writer, an orator and, above all,
the most selfless worker for humanity - that was Swami Vivekananda.
I had the honor of living with this great Swami in India , in England , and in America .
I lived and traveled with him day after day and night after night
and watched his character for nearly twenty years,
and I stand here to assure you that I have not found another like him in these three continents.
As a man, his character was pure and spotless;
as a philosopher, he was the greatest of all Eastern and Western philosophers.
In him I found the ideal of Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga;
he was like the living example of Vedanta in all its different branches.
Swami Abhedananda (Oct 2nd, 1866 - Sep 8th, 1939)