“Brief Sketch Of Swami Vivekananda”

Submitted By: Karan Choudhary,20BCGN009

In partial fulfillment for the award of
the degree
Of
Bachelor of Technology
In
Computer Science and Engineering
Subject "Value Education and Ethics”
 Swami Vivekananda

Foremost Saint of Modern India

The Man and His Message To

The people!
 Beginning...

•Born: January 12, 1863 in Calcutta on Makara

Sankaranti Day. His name at birth was
Narendranath.
•Father: Sri Visvanath Datta, a very successful
and distinguished lawyer.
•Mother: Bhuvanesvari,a very pious lady. Prayer
of the Lord was a way of life.
 Childhood and Early Youth...
• Narendranath was highly inquisitive and bright in his
studies and play. He was well read and had a remarkable
power of understanding and retention. He completed
Bachelor Arts degree from Scottish Church College,
Calcutta in 1884.
• He was a great thinker and often challenged existing
customs and rituals. He often wondered about this world
and its Creator.
• He extensively studied different religious and
philosophical systems of East and West.
• However, no one could satisfy his curiosity and he
developed a feeling that the whole talk of God was a myth.
 Transformation..
• Encounters with Sri Ramakrishna...O Silver Coin
Testo Vision of the LordAsking Boons from God
• Narendranath spent about 5 years as a disciple of
Sri Ramakrishna and learnt everything concerning
Spirituality based on Advaita philosophy.
• Sri Ramakrishna passed on all his spiritual power
to Narendranath before going into samadhi.
• Narendranath takes charge of Ramakrishna
mission at the age of 23, comes to be known as
Swami Vivekananda.
 Later Life...
• Swami Vivekananda travelled across the country
from Himalayas to Kanyakumari, studying and
understanding the motherland and her problems.
Episode with Maharaja of Alwar
• Meditated deeply at Kanyakumari on the last bit
of Indian rock for 3 days and had the"Vision of
one India". He also contemplated about going
West. India had to be awakened, and that could
be done only by making India's message
appreciated in the West.
 Visit to the West...
• In 1893 Swami Vivekananda sailed to America to
attend the Parliament of Religions at Chicago.
• Episodes from his initial struggle in US....
• His "Sisters and Brothers of America.." speech in
the religious assembly.• Swami Vivekananda stayed
for couple of years in the US and in England,
delivering an extensive series of lectures on Vedanta
philosophy preaching universality and brotherhood
in various Universities and congregations.
• Sets up Vedanta Society in New York and England.
Return to Homeland...
• In 1897 Swamiji returns to India and is hailed
as the new Sankaracharya.
• Establishes Ramakrishna Mission on May 1,
1897, which is dedicated to the task of teaching
self realization and service to humanity.
• Establishes Belur Math in early 1898 to be a
permanent abode for the monastery and
monastic order..
• Revisits the West in 1899-90 and establishes
Vedanta society in San Francisco.
 Teachings...
• Swami Vivekananda firmly believed in the
equality of mankind and preached extensively to
remove biases and exploitation based on caste,
creed, race and gender.
• Swamiji sought to bring back the spiritual
awakening of the nation by instilling faith and pride
for India's culture and heritage.
• Swamiji is widely regarded as the India's
foremost nation builders. Many other subsequent
national leaders including Gandhiji, Nehru,
Aurobindo were influenced by his teachings on
spirituality and service to the fellow beings.
 Swamiji's contribution
• Contribution to World Culture:
• New Understanding of Religion
• Bridge between the East and the West
• New Principle of Morality and Ethics
• New View of Man.
• Contribution to Hinduism:
• Identityo
• Unification
• Defence
• Meeting the Challenges
• New Ideal for Monasticism
• Refurbishing of Religious Doctrines
 Maha samadhi...
• Swami Vivekananda attained maha samadhi on
July 4, 1902 at his Belur Math during meditation.
He had a premonition about this. Three days before
his death he pointed out the spot for this cremation
the one at which a temple in his memory stands
today. In the morning of July 4, he gave instructions
concerning the future of Ramakrishna mission to
one of his disciples.
• He had remarked to several persons that he would
not live to be forty.
• His teachings and mission continues to inspire us
even after 100 years...
 Belur Math
• Belur Math is the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and
Math. Situated over 40 acres on the banks of river Hooghly
(Ganga) in Howrah, about an hour drive from Kolkata.
• Campus includes:
• Temples dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and
Swami Vivekananda.
• It also houses the main monastry of the Ramakrishna Order.
• Administrative offices for the mission.
• Resident Training Center for Vedic education.
• Charitable Dispensary to serve the sick and needy..

• "Service to man is the service to the Lord" is the founding

principle of Ramakrishna Mission. Today there are mission
centers in almost all states of India and several other countries.
 Pearls of Wisdom

• Arise, awake and sleep no more. Within each

of you there is the power to remove all wants
and miseries.

• March on! Anything that makes you weak

physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject
as poison.
 Pearls of Wisdom

• There is no limit to the power of the human

mind. The more concentrated it is, the more
power is brought to bear on one point, that is
the secret.
• Blame none for your own faults, stand upon
your own feet, and take the whole
responsibility upon yourselves.
 Pearls of Wisdom

• Conquer yourself, and the whole universe is

yours.

• A few whole hearted, sincere, energetic men

and women can do more in a year than a mob
in a century.
 Pearls of Wisdom

•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 and just leave
every other idea alone. This is the way to
"SUCCESS"
Thank You
For Your Attention