SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Bhargav khambhata

(Electrical Dept.)

BIOGRAPHY

• He studied Sanskrit, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas etc.

• He gave: gyan yog, bhakti yog,karma yog, raj yog.• He had an aptitude for music.• He was however not interested in worldly affairs.

He was drawn towards spiritualism. He made his mind known to his parents and went to see Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa at Dakshineshwar.

•  He added that if one prayed to God in all perfection, one could see GOD.

Birth & Childhood

• Born: January 14, 1863 in Calcutta on Makara Sankaranti Day. His name at birth was Narendranath.

• Father: Sri Vishwanath Datta, a very successful and distinguished lawyer.

• Mother: Bhuvaneshwari ,a very pious lady. Prayer of the Lord was a way of life

• His father, Vishwanath Dutta, was an attorney and was a lover of the arts and literature.

• Narendranath had varied interest & wide range of scholarship in philosophy, history, social sciences , arts and other subjects.

• He evinced much interest in spiritual text.

Transformation

• Encounters with Sri Ramakrishna…

– Silver Coin Test

– Vision of the Lord

– Asking Boons from God

• Narendranath spent about 5 years as a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and learnt everything concerning Spirituality based on Advaita philosophy.

• Sri Ramakrishna passed on all his spiritual power to Narendranath before going into samadhi.

• Narendranath takes charge of Ramakrishna mission at the age of 23, comes to be known as Swami Vivekananda.

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Belur math

• Belur Math is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and Math. Situated over 40 acres on the banks of river Hooghly (Ganga) in Howrah, about an hour drive from Kolkata.

• “Service to man is the service to the Lord” is the founding principle of Ramakrishna Mission. Today there are mission centers in almost all states of India and several other countries.

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1893 Parliament (Chicago)• In 1893, Parliament of the world was convened at

Chicago. With the financial assistance from Maharaja of Khetri, Vivekananda went to Chicago and addressed the audience on the greatness of Hindu religion. His address began with the words “My dear Sisters and Brothers of America”. This thrilled the audience, as this greeting contained the spirit of universal brotherhood. On return, he addressed meetings at London. One young lady by name Margaret became his disciple and later became Sister Nivedita to carry on his mission.

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Swamiji’s contributions• Contribution to World Culture:

– New Understanding of Religion

– Bridge between the East and the West

– New Principle of Morality and Ethics

– New View of Man

• Contribution to Hinduism:

– Identity

– Unification

– Defence

– Meeting the Challenges

– New Ideal for Monasticism

– Refurbishing of Religious Doctrines.7

Relief Work and Service to Humanity

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VIVEKA VANI

Swamiji’s Divine Message for the Youth

Message to youth• Swami Vivekananda said that the youth of the day were moving without any aim. There was no correct spiritual guidance. He felt that religion can lead a man on the moral and righteous path.• He advised the youth to move forward. His words were: “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached”. 

March on!

Anything that makes

you weak physically,

intellectually and spiritually,

reject as poison.

We are what out thoughts have made us;

so take care about what you think.

THOUGHTS

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed in to

an actual physical or mental state.

CONCENTRATION

COMMITMENT

Even a fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their heart

Take up one idea.

Make that one idea your life.

Think of it, dream of it.

Live on that idea.

Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body Be full of that idea.

This the way to“SUCCESS”.

GOAL

EDUCATION

Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man.

WORK

Every duty is holy, and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God.

When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship,As the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.

Neither money pays, nor name, nor fame, nor learning,

it is CHARACTER

that can cleave through adamantine walls of difficulties.

CHARACTER

It is good to be born a child;

but bad to remain a child

MATURITY

If you think that the infinite power,

infinite knowledge,and indomitable energy

lie within you, and if you can bring out that power,

You also can be like Me.

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Quotes From Swami

Vivekananda

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“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your

own shoulders, & know that you are the creator

of your own destiny”

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“They alone live who live for others, rest are more

dead then alive”

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“To be good and to do good - that is the whole of

religion”

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“Strength is life, Weakness is death”

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“All the power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in

that; don’t believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity

with in you”

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“What ever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak,

weak you will be; if you think yourself strong;

strong you will be”

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“Stand and die in your own strength; if there is any sin in the world, it is

weakness; avoid all weakness, for weakness is

sin, weakness is death”

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“The greatest sin is to think yourself weak”

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“Help if you can; if you cannot, fold your hands

and stand by and see things go on. Do not injure, if you cannot

render help”

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“Three things are necessary to make every man great, every

nation great”

1. Conviction of the powers of goodness

2. Absence of jealousy and suspicion

3. Helping all who are trying to be and do good

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“Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are,

you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without

going into a single church or temple.”

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“Always first learn to be a servant, and then you

will be fit to be a master. Avoid this jealousy, and you will do great works

that have yet to be done”

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“Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your

duty is to go on working, and then everything will

follow of itself”

Thank you

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