Full biography of swami vivekananda
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Born into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Datta on 12 January, He was inclined towards spirituality since beginning and later became an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century.
He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of Indian nationalism as a tool to fight against the British empire in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began with the words “Sisters and brothers of America ,” in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in
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Swami Vivekananda - a Biography
To study the origin of the Vedanta movement in America is to study Swami Vivekananda and his travels across the US. We like to put the spotlight on him since his message about self-effort, strength, and freedom of the soul is especially favored by the Western mind. But who was he? What was the magic in his message that made him so popular in America and his homeland of India? We shall only attempt a brief sketch here.
or Narendra as he was called then, was born on January 12, Bright and full of energy, his mother found him extremely restless and hard to control. "I prayed to God for a son, but he sent me one of his demons," she would sometimes say in frustration. But he was not a bad boy. He had an early fascination for the wandering monks that are so common in India and would practice meditation for fun.
As he grew older, Narendra excelled at his studies and amazed his teachers. At college he mastered Western philosophy and logic and
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