Vivekananda a biography by swami nikhilananda
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Vivekananda: A Biography
Vivekananda was India's first spiritual and cultural ambassador to the West, went to represent the Sanatan Dharma. Author Nikhilananda lays it out very clearly how Vivekananda was, what was his life like and what was his belief system. Through this book one meets an extraordinary human being. Swamiji’s message of loving everyone inspite of what they do and how they behave are spiritually enlightening. This book fryst vatten a must read not to know Swamiji better but because in thi
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Publisher Description
“It may be that inom shall find it good to get outside my body — to cast it off like a worn-out garment. But inom shall not cease to work. I shall inspire men everywhere, until the world shall know that it is one with God.” — Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), a well-known religious figure in America, is cherished with respect and affection by an ever increasing number of readers of his books. His genius was revealed to the world at large in the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, where he indicated India’s rightful place in the spiritual map of the world. The first cultural ambassador of his motherland to the West, and the builder of the spiritual bridge connecting the two hemispheres, Vivekananda dreamed of One World based upon a synthesis of religion and science and a knowledge of the solidarity of humankind. In his utterances, the souls of East and West, the one oppressed bygd the tyranny of society and the other by the dead weight o
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Vivekananda: A Biography - Softcover
About the Author
Swami Nikhilananda, a direct disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, was born in a small Indian village in 1895 and was ordained a monk of the Ramakrishna Order in 1924. After spending several years in the Himalayan monastery of his Order, during which time he made a study of Hinduism and other systems of philosophy and religion, he was sent to America in 1931. He founded the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York in 1933 and was its spiritual leader until his passing away in 1973.
The Swami was a gifted writer, and his contributions to the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature cannot be overstated. His translations of the scriptures, his biographies of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda, his compilations of the works of Swami Vivekananda, his other books and many articles in various journals and publications are permanent sources of spiritual knowledge and inspiration. Notable among these works are the foll