''The Master as I Saw Him: Being pages of the life of the Swami Vivekananda'' is a 1910 book written by

Sister Nivedita Sister Nivedita ( born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 28 October 1867 – 13 October 1911) was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She spent her childhood and early youth in Ireland. She was ...

. The book covers Nivedita's experiences with

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...

, whom she met in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

during November 1895. The book was simultaneously published from England and India, and ''The Master as I Saw Him'' is now considered to be a classic text. In his book ''Indian Traffic'', Parama Roy noted that the book differed from other biographies of Vivekananda in that it " ouchedupon the agonistic, conflictual nature of the guru-disciple relationship" and showed "reticence about his corporeality".

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Full book at Archive.org
Indian biographies 1910 non-fiction books English-language books Books by Sister Nivedita Books about Swami Vivekananda 20th-century Indian books {{hindu-bio-book-stub