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Swami Vivekananda ( 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902 ) was a teacher of the Vedanta philosophy, and one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of Hinduism . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Viveka Vaani 1.2 Pearls of Wisdom 1.3 Address the 1893...


Biography

Name: Vivekananda
Birth Date: 1863
Death Date: 1902
Place of Birth: Calcutta, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: reformer, spiritual leader

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Biography of Vivekananda
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Vivekananda of Calcutta (1863-1902) was an Indian reformer, missionary, and spiritual leader who promulgated Indian religious and philosophical values in Europe, England, and the United States, founding the Vedanta Society and the Ramakrishna mission....


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Vivekananda, Swami Summary
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(1863–1902), Indian philosopher and religious leader. Swami Vivekananda (meaning "the bliss of spiritual discrimination") is the monastic name of Narendranath Datta. He was a major philosopher, author, social reformer, and...
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Vivekananda Summary
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VIVEKANANDA was the religious name of Narendranath Datta, or Dutt (1863–1902), a leading spokesman for modern Hinduism and neo-Vedānta in the late nineteenth century, and the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission in India and the Vedanta...
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Swami Vivekananda (Sanskrit: स्वामि विवेकानन्द, Svāmi Vivekānanda) (January 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (Nôrendrônath Dôt-tô), was one of the most famous and...


News and Journals
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Modernity in Hindu monasticism: Swami Vivekananda and the Ramakrishna movement.
02/01/1999: 7,076 words, approx. 24 pages
This paper attempts first to define "modernity" within a Hindu context, using Religion in Modern India (Robert D. Baird, ed.) and Modern Religious Movements in India (J.N. Farquhar) as points of departure. Many of the Hindu thinkers studied by both the Baird and the...
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Modernity In Hindu Monasticism: Swami Vivekananda And The Ramakrishna Movement.
11/01/2000: 334 words, approx. 1 pages
Department of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol.34 (1999) pp. 111-126 This paper attempts first to define "modernity" within a Hindu context, using Religion in Modern India (Robert D. Baird, ed.) and Modern Religious...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Carl T. Jackson
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In the following essay, Jackson examines the lives of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, with particular emphasis on Vivekananda's 1893 visit to the United States.
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Critical Essay by Romain Rolland
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In the following excerpt, Rolland presents the Advaita discipline of Vivekananda as a uniquely rational religion which, rather than being at odds with scientific thought, concurs with it.
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Critical Essay by Parama Roy
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In the following essay, Roy explores questions of gender identity as they relate not only to Vivekananda, but to his teacher Ramakrishna and to his British female disciple Margaret Noble, or Sister Nivedita.
 


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