Career
She was also the first American female and a female Westerner to have become a swami monk. Louise was initiated by Vivekananda at Thousand Island Park in 1895. She was given the monastic name Abhayananda.
She later disassociated herself from Vivekananda and preached philosophy, retaining the same name.
Abhayananda claimed to be the only female swami in the entire world. Abhayananda immigrated to the United States in 1865.
Before becoming a swami and entering monastic life, she lectured on a number of issues such as woman"s rights, and was a suffragist. There is a letter written by her addressed to one of his disciples, Sister Christine, referring her last arrival in India as an allusion of her desire for money.
Her exact death details are unknown.
An article in The New York Times parsed "Swami Abhayananda": "Swami means monk, Abahaya means fearless, and nanda means bliss. The literal interpretation of her name is, therefore, the "Monk of Fearless Bliss"."
Marie Louise disassociated herself from Vivekananda after she arrived India. Sister Nivedita"s letters portrayed Louise as an egotistic, self-centered woman that had little interest in hearing the Vivekananda"s teachings.
Louise was also alleged to have come from a destitute past and to have been in need of financial assistance.
According to Louise:. I teach Christ the manitoba
All men are Christs, and are crucified on the cross of life. Regarding women"s suffrage, Louise said:
"The woman Suffragists, are children playing with dolls, but if men vote, then women have a right to vote on the theory of right.
But on the plane of love they have no right to vote.
A "right" implies brute force and power. A King has a "right" to behead half of his subjects if he chooses, if the subjects preserve their "right" to live. lieutenant is the "right" of brutes.
My ideal of government is no government at all.