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Swami Vivekananda (/ ˈ s w ɑː m i ˌ v ɪ v eɪ ˈ k ɑː n ə n d ə /; Bengali: [ʃami bibekanɔndo] ⓘ; IAST: Svāmī Vivekānanda ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Vivekananda (born January 12, 1863, Calcutta [now Kolkata]—died July 4, 1902, near Calcutta) was a Hindu spiritual leader and reformer in India who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with Western material progress, maintaining that the two supplemented and complemented one another.
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He was responsible for the revival of Hindu spiritualism and established Hinduism as a revered religion on world stage. His message of universal brotherhood and self-awakening remains relevant especially in the current backdrop of widespread political turmoil around the world.
Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Indian Hindu monk, is considered one of the most influential people of modern India and Hinduism. Rabindranath Tagore suggested to study Vivekananda's works to learn about India. Indian independence activist Subhas Chandra Bose regarded Vivekananda as his spiritual teacher.
- Humility is a precious virtue. I recollect the many inspiring bedtime stories my dad read to me. One such incident happened when Swami Vivekananda was in England.
- Curiosity is essential in life. Swami Vivekananda always had a quest to know whether God really exists? The query made him restless. But Ramakrishna answered his question.
- Compassion and kindness are ever golden. One day Swami Vivekananda’s mother asked him to give her a knife. Swami Vivekananda brought the knife and held the sharp side of the knife and gave the covered side to his mother.
- With prayer, we can sail through any situation. When Swami Vivekananda’s family was in a crisis, he asked Ramakrishna to pray for them. Listening to this, Ramakrishna suggestion was that he visited the temple and pray himself.
Vivekananda played a key role in the introduction of Indian yoga and Vedanta philosophy in the West. He made a strong impression at the inaugural World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893 – giving a powerful speech on the underlying unity of world religions.
The lives of Ramakrishna, Holy Mother, Swamiji and others can purify us, but it is also important to do some unselfish action. Swamiji’s major prescription is service. He used to say that renunciation and service are the national ideals of India. Why national ideals, these are the ideals of the whole world.
