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Statue of Vivekananda at the Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre. Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Datta (name shortened to Narendra or Naren) [18] in a Bengali Kayastha family [19] [20] in his ancestral home at 3 Gourmohan Mukherjee Street in Calcutta, [21] the capital of British India, on 12 January 1863 during the Makar Sankranti festival. [22]
Here is a list of selected books of Swami Vivekananda published after his death (1902) [10] Addresses on Bhakti Yoga; Bhakti Yoga; Complete works. Vol 5; The East and the West; Inspired Talks (1909) Narada Bhakti Sutras – translation; Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1904) Para Bhakti or Supreme Devotion; Practical Vedanta; Jnana Yoga; Raja ...
I would read books written by Swami Vivekananda to gather my strength. In 2013, Yoga guru Ramdev told he feels Vivekananda spread "India's cultural message" to the world. [24] Social activist Anna Hazare was motivated by the works of Swami Vivekananda and took inspiration for all the social work he did from Swami Vivekananda only. [25]
The relationship between Ramakrishna and Vivekananda began in November 1881, when they met at the house of Surendra Nath Mitra. Ramakrishna asked Narendranath (the pre-monastic name of Vivekananda) to sing. Impressed by his singing talent, he invited him to Dakshineswar. Narendra accepted the invitation, and the meeting proved to be a turning ...
The book was simultaneously published from England and India, [2] and The Master as I Saw Him is now considered to be a classic text. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In his book Indian Traffic , Parama Roy noted that the book differed from other biographies of Vivekananda in that it "[touched] upon the agonistic, conflictual nature of the guru-disciple ...
The books were first published in Bengali as Achena Ajana Vivekananda in November 2003 by Sahityam. Penguin Books translated and published the book in English in 2011. As of 2011, more than 100,000 copies of the Bengali version of the book were sold. [4] The Bengali version of the book was a best-seller even in March 2014. [5]
Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar is an event which occurred in September 1884 when Swami Vivekananda (then known as Narendranath Dutta), following the suggestion of Ramakrishna, went to the Kali temple of Dakshineswar with the intention to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation.
Today, the Madras Math is the largest publication house of the Ramakrishna Order. The Madras Math currently publishes 292 titles in English, 333 in Tamil and 17 in Sanskrit/English. [9] The Madras Math published its first major book – Swami Vivekananda's Inspired Talks, in 1909.