Part I: American Newspaper Reports: *Greenacre Voice*, 1894

(*New Discoveries*, Vol. 2, pp. 149-50 (Arena, October 1899, p. 499).)▶

*[Swami Vivekananda's partial translation of the "Nirvânashatkam" by Shankara, recited at Greenacre, Maine, and reported in an 1894 issue of the *Greenacre Voice*]*▶

(*Vide* the notes from discourses delivered at Greenacre, Maine, entitled "The Religion of India", in this volume of the *Complete Works* (pp. 267-71.)▶

Under the Swami's famous pine at Greenacre, Vivekananda said:▶

"I am neither body nor changes of the body; nor am I senses nor objects of the senses. I am Existence Absolute. Bliss Absolute. Knowledge Absolute. I am It. I am It.▶

"I am neither death nor fear of death; nor was I ever born, nor had I parents. I am Existence Absolute. Bliss Absolute. Knowledge Absolute. I am It. I am It.▶

"I am not misery nor have I misery. I am not enemy nor have I enemies. I am Existence Absolute. Bliss Absolute. Knowledge Absolute. I am It. I am It.▶

"I am without form, without limit, beyond space, beyond time; I am in everything, I am the basis of the universe — everywhere am I. I am Existence Absolute. Bliss Absolute. Knowledge Absolute. I am It. I am It."▶