Greats thoughts of Vivekananda, his influences

2. Study Vivekanada
To understand India
-Rabindranath Tagore
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@Amrutputra

3. Asking for your
Introduction is Asking
introduction to a Sun
or a Moon.
- Henry Wright

4. Education
7 years
• Reading of Scriptures
• Bramho Samaj
Experience
10 years
• With Ramkrishna Paramhans
• Bharat Bhraman
Service
10 years
• Visit to West
• Colambo to Almora (Bharat)

5. Born on 12th Jan 1863
• Was born with invocation of Lord Vireshwar
Shiva - pet name "Bile"
• Mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi
• Father Vishwanath Dutt - Attorney at Kolkatta
Highcourt
• Grand Father Durgacharan Das left his home
in early age as a Sanyasin. - Was a Samskrit
and Persian Scholar
• Named as Narendranath Dutt

6. Traditional home where Narendra was born

7. Early Childhood
• Enrolled in Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar School
from for first 4 years
• Family moved to Raipur for family occupation -
was homeschooled there
• Enjoyed learning Mahabharata, Ramayana,
Bhagwad geeta and Upanishads
• Also said to have Samskrit Grammer in his
childhood
• He learnt Classical Music as well - used to singh
Pakka dana beautifully

8. Vivekanand Memorial at Raipur

9. Presidency College - Kolkata

10. Higher Studies
• Came back and joined the Presidency College
• Liked deep reading mainly Western and Indian
Philosophy
• Participated in the physical exercises, Sports,
etc.
• Met Prof. William Hestie Principle of General
Assembly Institution
• Heard about Ramkrishna Paramahams of
Dakshineshwara

11. Spiritual Journey
• Influenced by RajaRamMohanRoy
• Participated in the activities of Bramho Samaj
• Increased Quest
• Meeting with Devendranath Tagore
• Meeting with many other scholars with quest

14. Meeting with Ramkrishna
• Ramkrishna’s first Glimpse
• Visit to Dakshineshwara
• Regular meetings with Ramkrishna
• Father’s death and family sufferings
• Shifting to Cosipore due to ill health
• Monastic Wows
• Handover of Math to Vivekanand

15. Thoughts
• The real devotion makes one completely
selfless
• Love for the Mentor or Guru results into auto
transfer of knowledge
• Full belief makes one grow effortlessly

16. Vivekananda Rock - Kanyakumari

17. Bharat-Bhramanam
• Stay Baranagar Math
• Observing Parivrajak vratt
• Travelling all over India North to South
• Meeting of Scholars, missionaries, Kings -
studying the state of the society
• Kanyakumari – Vivekanand Rock
• Khetri maharaj bestowed on the name
“Vivekanand”

18. Thoughts
• All the Great men have travelled across the
country
• Not taking risk is a biggest Risk
• Networking helps understand the undercurrent
• An inquisitive mind can maximise exposure
• Focus is very important
• Be nutral to circumstances.. observe Don't Judge
• India shall be worlds mentor

19. Parliament of Religions at Chicago

20. Travel on West 1893 to 1897
• Met Jamshedji TATA on the way to USA
• World Religious Parliament at Chicago
• Travelled extensively to Chicago, Boston,
Detroit, Newyork, etc
• Established Vedanta Society in 1894
• Travelled to UK
• Influenced Sister Nivedita previously know as
Margaret Elizabeth Noble

21. Vedanta Society - California

22. Thoughts
• Self respect and pride for Bharat and it's culture
• Deep passion to subject is trivial to be a great
orator
• Clear thoughts is most important to leave
impression
• Fundamental clarity is much supported by good
presentation skills
• Acceptance of the situation shows the way out of
it instead of panic

23. Back to India
• Grand Welcome at Colambo
• Series of Sessions “From Colambo to Almora”
• Famine Relief at Kolkata "Serving Human kind
is serving God"
• Initiated Prabuddha Bharat journal
• "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is
reached"

24. Thoughts
• Love for mother land
• Dharma is the base of nationalism of this
country
• Clarity of purpose
• Propagated Samskrit as important tool to
establish social unity
• Digestion of fame and chanelising the energy

25. Second Visit to West (1899 - 1900)
• Met Sister Nivedita
• Visited Vedanta Society in San Fransisco and
New York
• Shanti Ashrama in California
• Visited the Paris Congress of Religions in 1900
• Than visited Brittany, Vienna, Istanbul, Athens
and Egypt

26. Last days
• Visited Advaita Ashrama Mayavati
• Belur Math coordinating work of India, US and
UK
• Visited to Bodhgaya and Varanasi
• Taught Samskrit till his last day
• Passed away on 4th July 1902

27. People influenced

28. Shubhash Chandra Bose felt, Swamiji was a "full-
blooded masculine personality" and from him he got
an ideal to which he could give his whole being.

29. J C Bose - Today, our
advances in science and
technology have made
the world stand up and
listen to us but Swami
Vivekananda had
asserted the need for
capacity building a
century ago.

30. Lokmanya Tilak - Swami ji stayed with him at
his home in Poona. Tilak exchanged letters
with him.

31. Narendra Modi – Swami ji has
given purpose to this Nation.
We are here to complete his
dreams

32. Shyamji Krishna Varma – Ideas about
patriotism and establishment of the
“India house” in London