Vivekananda

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(1863–1902; his orig. name was Narendranāth Datta) the founder of the Ramakrishna Order of and of the Ramakrishna Mission.

As a young intellectual he first joined the Brāhmo Samāj, but when he met Ramakrishna, he experienced a mystical state when Ramakrishna touched him with his foot, and became his disciple. He represented Hinduism with his modern version of the Vedānta message at the first ‘Parliament of Religions’ in Chicago 1893 and was highly acclaimed there. He then travelled widely in the USA and Europe, lecturing on Vedāntic philosophy and the practice of Rāja Yoga as a way to salvation. His influence is still felt both in India and in the Western circles of the followers of yoga practice.

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