Samadhi of Swami Vivekananda
During his visit to America, one day Swami Vivekananda was found unconscious near a lake in the cold city of New Hampshire. When a gardener saw him lying lifeless, he ran and informed everyone about Swami Vivekananda 's sudden demise. Mr. Leggett, Sturges and MacLeod reached there in no time and tried in many ways to resuscitate him. But all attempts proved in vein. Even the doctors gave their verdict - 'Swamiji ji's pulse has stopped; he might have left his human garb....' However, amidst all that confusion and tension, Swami Vivekananda got up and sat with a normal disposition. Actually, he had entered the state of 'Nirvikalpa Samadhi.' His apparently unconscious state was misapprehended by people as death. Thereafter, Swami Vivekananda carried out several experiments on the subject of meditation over himself and also made others undergo the same. In times to come, the same place enriched with the vibrations of meditation become famous as one of the historical spots, known by the name of "The Thousand Island Park (Sahastra Deepodyaan)".
-[Let us be God's, Swami Ashokananda,)
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