11. Gangādhar’s blood won’t cool down before seeing Lhasa.
BAGHBAZAR,
3rd Dec., 1889.
DEAR SIR,
I have not heard from you for a long time, I hope you are doing well in body and mind. Two of my brother-disciples are shortly leaving for Varanasi. One is Rākhāl by name, the other is Subodh. The first-named was beloved of my Master and used to stay much with him. Please recommend them to some Satra (house of alms) during their stay in the city, if you find it convenient. You will hear from them all my news.
With my best regards and greetings.
Yours etc.,
VIVEKANANDA.
PS. Gangādhar is now proceeding to Kailās. The Tibetans wanted to slash him up on the way, taking him to be a spy of the foreigners. Eventually some Lamas kindly set him free. We obtain this news from a Tibet-going trader. Gangādhar’s blood won’t cool down before seeing Lhasa. The gain is that his physical endurance has grown immensely—one night he passed uncovered on a bed of snow, and that without much hardship.
VIVEKANANDA
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