Swami Vivekananda

Narendranath dutt who is famously known as vivekananda born on 12 January,1863 in an aristocratic Bengali kayastha family of Calcutta.

His father was viswanath dutt who is attorney of Calcutta high court.his mother bhubaneswari devi who is a devout housewife.he was one of the nine siblings. Being born in an aristocratic family he always inclined towards spirituality.

EDUCATION

• Narendranath was an all- rounder during his childhood.

• He was the only student to receive first division marks in presidency collage entrance examination.

• He used to spend his time by reading wide range of subjects including philosophy,arts,literature, Vedas.

• He also spends his time by playing sports.

RAMAKRISHNA-GURU OF VIVEKANANDA

• In 1881 Narendra went to Dakshineswar with his two friends to meet ramakrishna.this meeting proved to be a turning point in his life.

• Initially Narendra rebelled against the ideas of ramakrishna,he was attracted by his personality and began to visit dakshineswar frequently.

• Being member of Brahmosamaj he opposed idol worship,polytheism and ramakrishna's worship of Kali.

• Narendra tested ramakrishna who faced his arguments patienntly:"TRY TO SEE THE TRUTH FROM ALL ANGLES",he replied.

• Ramakrishna was transferred from Calcutta to cossipore because of his throat cancer in 1885.

• On August 16,1886 he died in the early hours.

CHANGE IN NARENDRA'S LIFE

• After the death of Ramakrishna his devotees,admirers stopped supporting his disciples.

• I'm 1886 he went to antpur,during Christmas eve he and his eight others took formal monastic views.

• They decided to live as their master lived.

• With this motto he changed his name as SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.

• He later moved all over India and went to western world for introducing Indian philosophy of Vedanta and yoga.

• He also founded Ramakrishna mission and Ramakrishna math.

FAMOUS QUATATIONS

• Arise,Awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

• There is no other spiritual teacher than your own soul.

• Don't over think,over thinking leads to negative thoughts.

• Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.

• The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.

BOOKS

• Raja yoga

• The complete works of swami vivekananda

• Karma yoga

• Jana yoga

• Living at the source

• Meditation and its methods

• The above mentioned are some of the works of swami vivekananda.

Death of swami vivekananda

• On 4th of July,1902 vivekanda died at his home at 9:20pm while he was meditating.