Ardent bhav of Swami Vivekanand towards His Guru

Swami Vivekanand had gone to Chicago (America) as a representative of Bharat on the occasion of ‘All religious Conference’ for propagating Dharma. He won the hearts of the people present at the conference by His speech. He held the Americans spellbound by His speech.

Satsang

Once Sage Vasistha and Sage Vishwamitra were debating the relative superiority of satsang and penance. Sage Vasistha proclaimed satsang to be superior; whereas Sage Vishwamitra said it was penance. Unable to decide, they went to the Deities. The Deities said, ‘‘Only Sheshanag (The serpent who holds the earth on its hood) is capable of answering the question.’’