Touched by God : ...As Ramakrishna tested Narendra in various ways before accepting him as a disciple, so did Narendra test Ramakrishna before he accepted him as a guru...

...The World's Parliament of Religions was one of the most significant events in the history of the world, because this was the first time all great religions of the world assembled on the same platform. On 11 September 1893, in the opening session of the Parliament, Vivekananda reiterated the eternal message of Vedanta: "As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their waters in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take, through different tendencies, various though they may appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."...

The world will remember September 11 for a different reason now !