To Goanet - Sandeep Heble wrote: >Before I comment further, let me recall an interesting anecdote >from the life of Swami Vivekananda. Once a foreigner asked the Swami: >"Can't you wear proper clothes to be a gentleman?" >The Swami replied: >"In your culture TAILOR makes a gentleman, but in our culture >CHARACTER makes a gentleman".
So, per Swami Vivekananda, we will never be able to accuse Heble of being a gentleman. I haven't researched the quote and its context. It is likely that Heble saw it on someone's Facebook page and shoveled it here. The quote makes Swamiji look petty and stupid, and it is not the font of wisdom that Heble imagines it to be. But the likelihood is very high that Swamiji has been misrepresented. A cursory search showed up this - http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/forum/index.php?topic=4857.0 The circumstances and context supplied make it clear that Swamiji's was a clever riposte to someone who was mocking him, and that it wasn't meant as a sweeping observation about the West. Regards, r
