Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (; ; IAST: ''Svāmī Vivekānanda'' ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and the father of modern Indian nationalism who is credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion.

Born into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family in Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined from a young age towards religion and spirituality. He later found his guru Ramakrishna and became a monk. After the death of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda extensively toured the Indian subcontinent acquiring first-hand knowledge of the living conditions of Indian people in then British India. Moved by their plight, he resolved to help his countrymen and found a way to travel to the United States, where he became a popular figure after the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago at which he delivered his famous speech beginning with the words: "Sisters and brothers of America ..." while introducing Hinduism to Americans. He was so impactful at the Parliament that an American newspaper described him as "an orator by divine right and undoubtedly the greatest figure at the Parliament".

After great success at the Parliament, in the subsequent years, Vivekananda delivered hundreds of lectures across the United States, England and Europe, disseminating the core tenets of Hindu philosophy, and founded the Vedanta Society of New York and the Vedanta Society of San Francisco (now Vedanta Society of Northern California), both of which became the foundations for Vedanta Societies in the West. In India, Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math, which provides spiritual training for monastics and householder devotees, and the Ramakrishna Mission, which provides charity, social work and education.

Vivekananda was one of the most influential philosophers and social reformers in his contemporary India, and the most successful missionaries of Vedanta to the Western world. He was also a major force in contemporary Hindu reform movements and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. He is now widely regarded as one of the most influential people of modern India and a patriotic saint. His birthday in India is celebrated as National Youth Day. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1940
    Zürich, Rascher verlag, 1940.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1945
    Karachi : Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1945.
    x, 48 p. ; 16 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1963
    Calcutta, Advaita Ashrama [1963]
    vi, 359 p. port. 19 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1920
    Ceṉṉai : Śrī Rāmakiruṣṇa Maṭam, 1920.
    x, 103 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1939
    Almora : Advaita Ashrama, 1939.
    1 online resource (iv, 64 p.)
    Center for Research Libraries
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1932
    Mayilāppūr, [Madras] : Śrī Rāmakiruṣṇa Maṭam, 1932.
    45 p. ; 13 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1911
    Mumbaī : Sastuṃ Sāhitya Vardhaka Kāryālaya, 1968 [1911]
    lxxx, 185 p. ; 16 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1904
    Trichur : Vidya Vinodini Press, 1904.
    li, 99 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1964
    Calcutta, Advaita Ashrama [1964]
    vii, 551 p. port. 19 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1936
    Almora : Advaita Ashrama, [1936]
    vii, 226 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1974
    Cherrapunjee : Ramakrishna Mission, [1974]
    7 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 20 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1963
    Calcutta : Advaita Ashrama, [1963], 1974 printing.
    iv, 84 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1963
    Shillong : Ram[a]krishna Mission, 1963.
    129 p. ; 11 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1966
    Calcutta, Udbodhan Office [1966]
    vi, 59 p. 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1941
    Beṅgaḷūru : Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, [1941]
    viii, 183 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1937
    Almora Dt., India : Advaita Ashrama, 1937.
    ii, 70 p. ; 13 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1908
    Calcutta : Udbodhan Office, 1908.
    vii, 187 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1947
    Calcutta : Udbodhan Office, 1947.
    iv, 109 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1947
    Beṅgaḷūru : Es. Es. En. Pustaka Prakaṭanālaya, 1947.
    vi, 138 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902
    Published 1942
    Almora : Advaita Ashrama, 1942.
    vii, 435 p. ; 18 cm.
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