The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-05
NO MAN
SHALL Be
HIS ENEMY
Statement of the Brahma-
charm on the Recent
Trouble.
AN APPEAL FOR KINDLY
JUDGMENT.
He Cannot Reach His Goal While
Any One Is Unfriendly
to Him.
HAD NOT INTENDED TO SPEAK
AT ALL.
His Words on Saturday Night, h
Says, Wers Grisvous
Mistake.
His Words on Saturday Night, H.
Says, Were Grisvous
Mistake.

The Brahmacharin has made the fol-
lowing statement regarding his words on
Saturday evening:
The recent unfortunate misunderstand-
ing between the authorities of the
Woman's Congress and myself has Gre
ated such a great sensation that it has
made me notorious, if not famous, all
over the City of San Francisco and there
abouts. While 1t remains fact, most
solid and unalterable, that some of the
leaders of the congress in charge of the
platform, ana not the congress as whole,
treated me most rudely. however they
may vainly deny it now-vainly, because
it was so conspicuous that almost every
one In the audience saw it, as can be as
certained by any inquiring person, and
because they afterward spoke of it am ong
themselves, and some of them expressed
their regret for the rudeness to my friends.
though they never themselves apologized
to melville this remains fact / most
CO mildly admit that that never justified
what I did on the platform Saturday
evening. No-never. 1t would be un-
justifiabie in any person, to say nothing
of me, who have assumed such great re-
sponsibility as the teaching of a sublime
philosophy on myself.
1t was strangely and most absurdly in
consistent with my position to express
m yself the way 1 did. When 1 went to
the platform Saturday evening l never
thought of doing what / did. 1 went
however, with the determination that
should not speak before the congress any
more, but simply tell them why should
not speak, in a few words, calmly, peace
fully and in friendly manner, and then
walk out. When, however. l stood up
could not resist myself. AS an advocate
of the grandest philosophy and relig ion.
which it has been nv privilege to devote
myself to. while yet a boy, 1 ought to
have adopted a different me thod entirely
and have remained away.
However, what is done is done. My
philosophy does not teach regret but reso-
luton. Our motto is "Let the dead past
bury its dead" We resolve when we do
something wrong that we are not going to
do it again. do the same here. Accord
ing to the grandest teaching OF my phil
osophy, let me repeat, have no right to
find fault in others. And whether the au-
thorities of the congress were right or
wrong that is different question. / ad-
NIT for myself that the manner in which
/ expressed myself was quite unbecoming
my position, and was due. think, to the
sudden ascendenoy of the ungodly nature
in me-nature which it is so difficult to
curb down even for the greatly advanced
sage, to say nothing of its strong power
in one who is still in the prime OF youth.
hope therefore the pubic will not find
fault with the philosophy 1 represent,
though most unworthily no doubt, any
more than they can blame the teachings
of the Christ because some of his followers
did most cruel deeds on earth. / also
hope that the ladies who have been
offended with me will have kindness on
reading this and thus will help me in
spiritual growth, for as long as have a
single being, man or beast unfriendly to
me 1 cannot reach the goal which my
philosophy holds out before me. l am a
young man, son of the word, and the
ladies are motherS.
THE BRAAMAcHARIN BoDHABHIKsHU.