Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863 in Calcutta, India. He was greatly influenced by his spiritual teacher Ramakrishna. He became famous after his speech at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago in 1893, where he introduced Hinduism to the western world. He founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to promote social service activities across India. Vivekananda emphasized the importance of developing a strong character, being dedicated to serving others, and having an unwavering commitment to achieving one's goals. He taught that true knowledge comes from within and that one must have faith in their own potential for greatness.

1. SWAMIVIVEKANANDA
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2. SWAMIVIVEKANANDA
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3. OVERVIEW OFVIVEKANANDA
• Born in Calcutta in 1863.
• Contact of Ramkrishna change Narendra’s life.
• Became world famous at Chicago in1883.
• “jiva is shiva”.
• “Awake, arise & stop not till the goal is reached.”
• He founded Ramkrishna mission in 1897.
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4. BIOGRAPHY (1863-1902)
• Swami vivekananda’s inspiring personality was well known both
in India & America.
• The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at
Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in 1893.
• In the course of short of 39 years of which only 10 were devoted to
public activities.
• He gave: gyan yog, bhakti yog,karma yog,raj yog.
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5. Birth & Childhood
• Swami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Datta on
12 January 1863 in Calcutta in a respectable middle-
class.
• His father, Viswanath Dutta, was an attorney and was
a lover of the arts and literature.
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• On the other hand, Narendra’s mother,
Bhubaneshwari Devi, was a pious, kind-hearted
lady, devoted to the Hindu traditions.
• Narendranath had varied interests & wide range of
scholarship in philosophy, history, social sciences,
art and other subjects.
• He evinced much interest in spiritual text.
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7. College & Brahmo samaj
• Vivekananda strated his education at home,later he
joined metropolitan institution of ishwarchandra
vidyasagar in 1871 and he passed the entrance
examination of presidency college, colcutta.
• Narendranath became the member of a Freemason's
lodge and the breakaway faction from the Brahmo
samaj led by kesab chandra sen another Freemason.
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• His initial beliefs were shaped by Brahmo
concepts, which include belief in a formless God
and deprecation of the worship of idols.
• Not satisfied with his knowledge of Philosophy, he
wondered if God and religion could be made a part
of one's growing experiences and deeply
internalized. Narendra went about asking
prominent residents of contemporary Calcutta
whether they had come "face to face with God. but
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9. Message to youth
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10. VIVEKA VANI
Swamiji’s Divine Message for
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11. We are what out thoughts have made us;
so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
THOUGHTS
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12. When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed in to
an actual physical or mental state.
CONCENTRATION
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. EDUCATION
Education is the manifestation of
perfection already in man.
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16. 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
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17. Neither money pays, nor name, nor
fame, nor learning,
it is CHARACTER
that can cleave through adamantine
walls of difficulties.
CHARACTER
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18. It is good to be born a child;
but bad to remain a child
MATURITY
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19. 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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20. Quotes From
Swami
Vivekananda
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21. “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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22. “They alone live who live for
others, rest are more dead
then alive”
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23. “Arise! Awake! And stop not
till the goal is reached”
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24. “To be good and to do good
- that is the whole of
religion”
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25. “Strength is life,
Weakness is death”
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26. “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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27. “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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28. “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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29. “Neither money pays, nor
name pays, nor fame, nor
learning; it is CHARACTER
that cleave through
adamantine walls of
difference”
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30. “He is an atheist who does not
believe in himself.The old
religion said that he was an
atheist who does not believe in
God.The new religion says that
he is an atheist who does not
believe in himself”
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31. “The greatest sin is to
think yourself weak”
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32. “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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33. “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
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34. “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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35. “Misery comes through attachment,
not through work. As soon as we
identify ourselves with work we do,
we feel miserable; but if we don’t
identify ourselves with it, we do not
feel that misery”
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36. “Nature wants us to react, to
return blow for blow, cheating
for cheating, lie for lie, to hit
back with all our might, then it
requires a super divine power
not hit back, to keep control, to
be unattached”
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37. “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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38. “You must have an iron will
if you would cross the
ocean.You must be strong
enough to pierce
mountains”
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39. “Take up one idea, make that one idea
your life, think of it, dream of it, live of
it, let the brain, muscle, nerves, every
part of your body be full of that idea
and just leave every other idea alone.
This is the way great spiritual giants
are produced, others are mere talking
machines”
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40. “Your country requires
heroes; be heroes; your
duty is to go on working,
and then everything will
follow of itself”
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41. Love is spirit of Sacrificing &
dedication.
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