Inspired by Swami Vivekananda
Vivekananda, original name Narendranath Datta, Datta also spelled Dutt, (born 12 January 1863 Calcutta [now Kolkata] - 4 July 1902 near Calcutta).
Hindu spiritual leader and reformer in India, who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with materially progressive Western spirituality, arguing that the two complement and complement each other. His absolute is one's higher self; Working for the good of humanity is the highest endeavour.
Born into an upper-middle-class family of the Kayastha (scribe) class in Bengal, he was educated at a Western-style university, where he was exposed to philosophy, Christianity, and science. The West. Social reform became an important part of Vivekananda's thought, and he joined the Brahmo Samaj (Brahma Society), dedicated to the eradication of child marriage and illiteracy, and determined to spread education for women and lower classes. He later became the most famous disciple of Ramakrishna, who demonstrated the essential unity of all religions.
Always emphasizing the universal and human aspect of the Vedas, the oldest sacred text of Hinduism, as well as on a belief in service rather than dogma, Vivekananda has attempted to breathe life into his thoughts. ideas of Hinduism, by placing less emphasis on mainstream pacifism and introducing Hindu spirituality to the west. He was a driving force in the movement to promote Vedanta philosophy (one of the six schools of Indian philosophy) in the United States and Great Britain. In 1893, he appeared in Chicago as the spokesman for Hinduism in the Parliament of World Religions and attracted the assembly so much that an article described him as "a speaker by divine right and there aren't any arguably the greatest figures in Congress." He then lectured throughout the United States and Britain, bringing converts to the Vedanta movement.
Upon returning to India with a small group of Western disciples in 1897, Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna delegation at Belur Math monastery on the Ganges (Ganga) near Calcutta (now Kolkata). Perfection and service are his ideals, and the imperative continues to underline them. He adapted and adapted the highest ideals of Vedantic religion into the 20th century, and although he lived only two years in this century, he left his mark on the East as well as the West.
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