Swami Vivekananda Speeches and Works
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The Ramayana - Speech by Swami Vivekananda
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The Mahabharata - Speech by Swami Vivekananda
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Thoughts on the Gita - Speech by Swami Vivekanada
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The Story of Jada Bharata - Speech by Swami Vivekananda
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The Story of Prahlada - Speech by Swami Vivekananda
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The Great Teachers of the World - Speech by Swami Vivekananda
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Quotes and Sayings of Swami Vivekananda
1. Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.
2. When you think you are a body, are apart from the universe; when you think; you are a soul, you are a spark from the great Eternal Fire; when you think you [...]
Detailed Biography of Swami Vivekananda
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - Preface
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - Early Years
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - At the Feet of Ramakrishna
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - Training of the Disciple
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - As a Wandering Monk
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - Trip to America
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Biography of Swami Vivekananda - The Parliament of [...]
This is a translation of a Bengali song written by Swami Vivekananda. Reprinted here from his Complete Works 4: 431, the song gives an idea of the various stages of the mind leading to Samadhi.
Lo! The sun is not, nor the comely moon,
All light extinct; in the great void of space
Floats shadow-like the image-universe.
According to the chronicles of Sister Nivedita, Swami Vivekananda translated this song on his way to Kashmir on June 12, 1898. This song of Suaradasa played an important part in Swamiji’s life. During his wandering days, Swamiji was in Jaipur and was invited by the Raja of Khetri to attend a nautch-girl’s singing performance. As [...]
This is a translation of Swami Vivekananda’s Bengali hymn to Sri Ramakrishna, reproduced from his Complete Works 4: 504-06. This hymn is sung in all the centers of the Ramakrishna Order every evening to the accompaniment of arati in the shrine.
We salute Thee, Lord! Adored of the world,
Samsara’s bondage breaker, taintless Thou,
Embodiment of blessed qualities,
Thou [...]
This is a translation of Swami Vivekananda’s Sanskrit hymn to Shiva, reproduced from his Complete Works 4: 501-04.
Salutation to Shiva! whose glory
Is immeasurable, who resembles sky
In clearness, to whom are attributed
The phenomena of all creation,
The preservation and dissolution
Of the universe! May the devotion,
The burning devotion of this my life
Attach itself to Him, to Shiva, who,
While [...]
Reprinted from Vivekananda’s Complete Works (6: 178), this poem was written to Sister Nivedita on September 22, 1900, at Perros-Guirec in Brittany. Swamiji wanted this fiery Irish disciple of his to work out her own way without depending on him. He blessed her through this poem, condensing in it all the hopes, aspirations, and good [...]
Swami Vivekanada is a towering figure in hindu renaissance esp. of the vedanta philosophy in modern times. A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life of 39 years, 1863-1902. Born in the Datta family of Calcutta, the youthful Vivekananda embraced the agnostic philosophies of the [...]