Chicago, 1893: first major introduction of Eastern religious teachings into the U.S. (although there was no significant "trickle down" influence into the larger masses of people below the Chicago and NY elites of that time). Vivekananda perhaps believed that his brand of Hinduism would be immediately accepted as a "truth" in the same way he believed/experienced it as a transmission from Ramakrishna. Unfortunately, he had little understanding of the overall psyche of people at that time; and history had to wait much longer to the time of Yogananda and MMY for a significant percolation of the concept and practices of "Transcendence" to take root in America. English writer G.K. Chesterton in 1925 called the Parliament of World Religions "a Pantheon of Pantheists". (obviously factually incorrect since Vivekananda classified himself as an Advaita Vedantist, and the modern organization that evolved out of Vivekananda's efforts is the "Vedanta Society", not the "Pantheist Society".
Parliament of the World's Religions - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions#/media/File:Swami_Vivekananda_at_Parliament_of_Religions.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions#/media/File:Swami_Vivekananda_at_Parliament_of_Religions.jpg Parliament of the World's Religions - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions#/media/File:Swami_Vivekananda_at_Parliament_of_Religions.jpg There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World's Religions, the first being the World's Parliament of Religions of 1893, which ... View on en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions#/media/File:Swami_Vivekananda_at_Parliament_of_Religions.jpg Preview by Yahoo
