Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami VivekanandaBengali: , Shāmi Bibekānondo; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, 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...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 January 1863
CountryIndia
Swami Vivekananda quotes about
When I asked god for peace, he showed me how to help others.
Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.
Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.
Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.
They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
Motion is the sign of life.
Changes in the universe are not in the Absolute; they are in nature.
Om is the greatest, meaning the Absolute.
Everything that has form, everything that is the result of combination, is evolved out of this Akasha.
The devil comes in many guises-anger in the form of justice-passion in the form of duty. When it first comes, the man knows and then he forgets. Just as your pleaders' conscience; at first they know it is all Badmashi (roguery), then it is duty to their clients; at last they get hardened.