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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]
Vivekananda would often use it, and it became the motto of the Ramakrishna Mission that he founded in 1897 and the related Ramakrishna Math. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The motto suggests twofold aim of human life— one is to seek salvation for one's soul and the other is to address the issue of welfare of the world.
Bengali Swami Vivekananda has been the primary topic of many films, dramas ad folk-plays. Bengali film director Amar Mullick made two different movies: Swamiji (1949) and its adaptation in Hindi, Swami Vivekananda (1955). The film Swami Vivekananda (1955) is considered a "faithful and memorable documentation feature" on Vivekananda. [49]
In these 13 short poems, Vivekananda discusses the concept, beliefs and ideals of Sannyasa or monastic life. [1] Mohit Chakrabarti in his book Swami Vivekananda: A Poetic Visionary, called these poems as Vivekananda's religious introspection. Chakrabarti told— "Quite apart from the utilitarian and segmentary approach to religion more often ...
The first connotation has also been called "Classical Advaita" [30] [63] and "doctrinal Advaita," [64] and its presentation as such is due to mediaeval doxographies, [43] the influence of Orientalist Indologists like Paul Deussen, [65] and the Indian response to colonial influences, dubbed neo-Vedanta by Paul Hacker, who regarded it as a ...
India celebrates National Youth Day on the birth anniversary of the great Swami. [1] The first World's Parliament of Religions was held from 11 to 27 September 1893, with delegates from around the world participating. [2] In 2012, a three-day world conference was organized to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. [3]
It was a decision of the Government of India taken in 1984 to celebrate the birthday of the great Swami Vivekananda, i.e. 12 January, as National Youth Day every year.The Government said that the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth Day.
Later he translated many other works of Swami Vivekananda including Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga. [2]: 23 He also captured the lecture of Vivekananda on the Gita from his memory and wrote Gita Tattva in Bengali. Following Vivekananda's instructions, he is known to have written an independent commentary on the Brahma Sutras.