Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda was an Avatar, Hindu monk, author, religious teacher, and discipline of Ramakrishna
Historical Avatars
Avatars > Jesus Christ, Kalki, Mahavrata, Muhammad, Rishabhanatha, Rumi, Saptarishis, Swami Vivekananda
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Was an Hindu missionary to the west.[1] Lectured in the west to get money to published books to be given to the poor of India[2]
Wanted to accomplish "what Ramakrsna had called 'the work of Kali'"[3]
Wanted to "set in motion a machinery which will bring noble ideas to the door of everybody, and then let men and women settle their own fate. Let them know what our forefathers as well as other nations have thought on the most momentous questions of life. Let them see specially what others are doing now, and then decide. We are to put the chemicals together, the crystallization will be done by nature according to her laws. Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work, I am coming sooner or later. Keep the motto before you — "Elevation of the masses without injuring their religion""[4]
Was 'befriended by some wealthy Americans and by Harvard Professor John Henry Wright who was able to pull strings to that the svami could participate even though he was not the approved representative of any religious body."[5]
All religions based on experience of God (Crist), certain truths (buddha), etc. [6]
Wanted to "set in motion a machinery which will bring noble ideas to the door of everybody" [7]
On the nature of human spirituality and religion, Swami says "Each soul is ... divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within, BY controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy, by one, or more, or all of these and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details."[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 5. 9 vols., n.d. https://www.holybooks.com/complete-works-of-swami-vivekananda/
- ↑ Williams, George M. The Quest for Meaning of Svami Vivekananda. Chio, California: New Horizons Press, 1994.
- ↑ Williams, George M. The Quest for Meaning of Svami Vivekananda. Chio, California: New Horizons Press, 1994. p.55
- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 5. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/complete-works-of-swami-vivekananda/.
- ↑ Williams, George M. The Quest for Meaning of Svami Vivekananda. Chio, California: New Horizons Press, 1994. p. 59
- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. Yoga Philosophy: Lectures Delivered in New York, Winter of 1895-6. New York: Longmans, Green, and CO, 1896. p. 2 https://ia600303.us.archive.org/25/items/yogaphilosophyle00viverich/yogaphilosophyle00viverich_bw.pdf <nowiki>
- ↑ Williams, George M. The Quest for Meaning of Svami Vivekananda. Chio, California: New Horizons Press, 1994
- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. Yoga Philosophy: Lectures Delivered in New York, Winter of 1895-6. New York: Longmans, Green, and CO, 1896. https://ia600303.us.archive.org/25/items/yogaphilosophyle00viverich/yogaphilosophyle00viverich_bw.pdf. Opening Quote
