A talk given on the 17th of Jan 2013 on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

1. Swami Vivekananda
An Inspiration

2. Sir William Jones
(1746-1794)
1784

3. Warren Hastings

6. Mangal Pandey
1827-1857

8. World Fair 1893
Chicago

9. Jamsetji Nassurwanji
Tata (1839-1904)

10. Wish 1. Wish 3.
Wish 2. Wish 4.

12. Letter from J.N. Tata
to Swami Vivekananda
1898

14. Maharaja Ajit Singh of Khetri
1861-1901

16. Above all beware of compromises. Hold on to
your own principles in weal or woe and never
adjust them to others’ “fads” through the
greed of getting supporters. Your Atman
is the support of the Universe – whose
support do you stand in need of?”

17. 
 If a man with an ideal makes a
 thousand mistakes, I’m sure that
 a man without an ideal makes fifty
 thousand. Therefore it is better to
 have an ideal.

18. If I had to do my education
over again , and I had any
voice in the matter , I would
not study facts at all. I would
develop the power of
concentration and detachment,
and then with a perfect
instrument I could collect facts
at will.

19. If you have assimilated
five ideas and made
them your life and
character, you have
more education
than any man who has
got by heart a whole
library.

20. John D. Rockefeller
1839-1937

23. 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.

24. Dr H. Sudarshan
Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra
(VGKK)