Swami Vivekananda |
1863-1902
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Swami Vivekananda, possibly the most masterful personality of modern India, "came, saw and conquered." He lit the torch of resurgent
Hinduism, Sanatana Dharma, particularly the Vedanta philosophy, in far-off America. He preached the gospel of his Guru. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa all over India, and the world, reviving the faith of mankind in religion. With his superb oratorical flair, he advocated the spread of "man-making" education and was an untiring crusader of purity of life and character. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, perhaps the most wide-spread voluntary non-official socio-religious organization in the world. |
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nipun sharma
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When swamiji's father died he left nothing for the family to survive so Narendra (swamiji) had to look for the job to raise the family, but he was not able to find the job even after trying very hard so he went to himalayas for getting ultimate peace.
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sreekanth reddy
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It's very good to inspire people who build nation.
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nipun sharma
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When Swamiji first met his guru Shri Shri Ramakrishna Parmahansa he asked him a question which he used to ask whenever he meets any saint,Question was HAVE U EVER SEEN GOD,he never received any satisfactory answer. Until he met Ramakrishna Paramahansa who answered saying- YES I see him as I see you. This was the turning point in the life of SWAMIJI, from this moment onwards he realised that he has met a true saint and he became his follower.
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Nipun Sharma
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When Shri Shri Ramakrishna Parmahansa first met Swamiji he came to know that he is the blessed soul. When swamiji attained the status of Nirvikalp Samadhi, he wanted to be liberated from his body but at that time Ramakrishna Parmahansa told him that key to your liberation is with me and this lock will open only when your purpose of coming to this world is achieved
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sakthi
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Swamiji being the gospel of sri Paramahamsar
drank the saliva of guru when the guru was affected by a serious disease. This shows that he was not only a best student but also a lovable personality with great humanity.
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bhaskar
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There can't be any better personality and inspiration better then swamiji in this universe. He taught us how to live in life.
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deepthi
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This page is so inspiring.......
Some information about swamiji: During his days as Parivrajaka, swamiji met Pavahari baba who is called as the "Father who subsists on air". He was the Master of Hatha yoga & Raja yoga. Swamiji was interested in learning Hatha Yoga but his thoughts about his beloved master stoped him from learning...........
i feel very proud to write something about such a great personality.
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Aruj Shah
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When Swami Vivekananda finished his speech at U.S.A. he got a standing ovation.
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shreya alpeshkumar panchal
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When swamiji was a young boy, he was very kind hearted. There is one incident I know about swamiji's childhood that is , Once from the school they had a picnic programme to Delhi, to see the Red Fort. Their teachers made some 6 groups of boys and girls, among one of the group some student's accompanied swamiji. But after walking some distance one of the student fell down because of his illness. All the other 5 students left that boy behind. But then swamiji felt pity of that boy, and at that time the boy was very much serious. Then swamiji took him to the hospital by himself. Then he also called his parents and also that boy's parents and all family members. Thus in this way he saved the life of that boy. And also the doctor said that if this boy was a minute late he would have died. So, this was the great glory of Swamiji. Swamiji's name of childhood was "NARENDRA", and afterwards he came to be known as "SWAMI VIVEKANANDA "
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ashish srivastava
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Swami Vivekananda told us "be bold, take the whole responsibilities of world on your shoulder and know that you are creator of your destiny". All successful persons follow and worship him.
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mannu
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He was a great personalty and I want to get the link of his books
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Sudhir Kumar
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Swami Vivekananda said a very important thing that our country - undivided India is our mother.
We have to worship him and do care for our motherland.
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ankit mathur(saharanpur)
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Vivekananda was a staunch follower of Rama Krishna. His real name was Narendra Dutt. He was born in a Kayastha family on 12th January, 1863 and he was the sixth child to his parents. He studied in the Presidency College. In 1882, he found Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar and accepted him as his "Guru". Sitting on the rocks in Kanya Kumari, the southern tip of Peninsula India, he visualized a solution for the suffering of the masses.
He did not like the myths and superstitions with which the religion is generally associated. Under the able guidance of his guru he began to believe in God as the totality of all souls. He advised people to practice religion through complete devotion to men and not through ascetism and meditation. He strengthened the spiritual legacy of India in the 19th century. He never hesitated to condemn evils like casteism, but his pride in the philosophy of Hinduism combined with his catholicity of views turned the Parliament of Religions in 1893 into a historical event. He exhorted the nation to "Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached". On 1st May, he established the Ramakrishna Mission and the following year the Belur Math.
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satyanarayan Pathi
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Very useful
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Krishnakumar
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Who was known as the Bengal Tiger?
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chellamani
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Swamiji had unbelievable memory and concentration. He could read books of 300/500 pages in a day and remember everything for years thereafter. All this is the outcome of ultimate mastery over yogas and total purity of thought and action.
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rashmi
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PLEASE tell me about ' RAMAKRISHNA MISSION OF ENGLISH " & procedure to admit into it. It will great if you provide me the information regarding postal coaching system of your mission.
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ANANDHAPRABHU
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Can anyone send me that links or ebooks regarding Swamiji and Ramakrishna?
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IRENE PAULSON
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It's superb.
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sonal
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He was such a great person I would definitely like to know more about him.
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Dheeraj Sharma
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Swami Vivekanand ji- I read his thoughts like "swami vivekanand ki wani". This small book is very very motivated book. One thought is "India needs muscles of iron & nerves of steel & a heart made from difficulty."
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gaurav srivastava
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Swamiji was a person whose whole life is full of learning for us, he was a kind of person who still remains in our heart and will be there till the end of life. Blessed are those who in their life can see Swamiji and we too are blessed as still we can read his work.
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Viji Alexander
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Appreciated, really its a wonderful and very very useful site for the age who can read and understand. Congratulations!!!
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manish kumar singh
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Self confidence was part of his life.
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rajiv singh
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Sir,
In World Parliament of Religion at Chicago (USA), in the year 1883,when Swami Vivekananda addressed the people - "BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF AMERICA", there was continuous clapping for five minutes. He wanted to convey the message of universal brotherhood.
In the end of his speech,he inspired the mankind by saying- " ARISE ,AWAKE AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS REACHED."
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Anshuman Mitra
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I wish we had a few leaders like Swamiji. Then the picture of the nation would have been totally different.
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HIMANSHU PATEL
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Sir, for me swamiji was the one from whom I could get guidance. For the new generation he is a role model. He was a scientist[science of yoga], a patriot, a leader and above all a great soul .His each word was like a true gem. Before he died he told his followers "Wait and Meditate till I call you". He was an all-rounder.
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Vikash
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We know that he came from that ineffable, supernal region which has no need of the sun or moon, for it is illuminated by the light of lights .
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shitiz
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Swamiji's message to the Indian Youth
Take care. Beware of everything that is untrue; stick to the truth and we shall succeed, may be slowly but surely. Have the fire and spread it all over. I feel extremely painful to see you leading the life of inaction. Set yourself to work. The time of the death is approaching day by day. Do not sit idle thinking that everything will be done in the time later. Remember nothing will be achieved that way.
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anshu
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Swami vivekannad was an inspiring saint of Bharat. He said,"Neither money pays nor name nor fame nor learning, it is only character that can climb through adamantine walls of difficulties."
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tina
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I have gone through many books of Swami Vivekanand. one of his book called "THUS SPAKE" is highly motivating book.
I am a reader of Vivekananda's literature so please tell me some original writings of Vivekananda written by himsself.
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mukesh kumar mishra
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He is an icon for us.
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jagrut
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I have no words to explain the conrtribution given out by him. He only showed the right way for youth,so he is great. He still alive in our hearts.
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deepak singh
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Please help me by sending links or ebooks on youth written by swamiji or by big authors.
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Soutik Kumar
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Kindly send me the list of books written by Swami Vivekananda.
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Dipanshi Budhraja
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He was an icon.
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Rekha Monpara
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Please let me know how I can find the stories written by Swami Vivekanand that I can teach my 5 and 8 years old children.
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S.Deepakkumar
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He inspired everyone with good speeches and lectures.I like him very much.
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Arunansua
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Swamiji said, Strength is Life and Weakness is Death.
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s.p.vinayak
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I have learnt a lot from this great man.
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S K Nayak
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He is the Light in Darkness for Mankind.
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Pritam Thakur
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Once Swamiji said in his Parliament lecture:
"Come up you lions, shake up the delusion that you are sheeps, you are souls, immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal, you are not matter, you are not body, matter is your servant, nor you the servant of matter.
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Aravind Reddy K
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Awake. Arise stop not till you reach your goal.
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anand
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He is my ideal.
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Chandraprakash Jaiswal
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Swami Vivekanand was a great personality. He is my ideal person. I read his speach given in Chicago conference.
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indramani tiwari
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Swamiji is my idol. He was a great man.
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aymar
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I want to know about what he told in the topic "Students of Modern India."
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sheenu
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He was really very great.
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DILIP MAJHI
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He is my ideal.
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bineeta r nagpal
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Swamiji is my idol, he is my guru. He was a great man.
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priyanka
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Great person.
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sudhir pandey
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Swamiji was a great person of India.
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suchay
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Sri Ramakrishnas gospel can be read from WWW.belur.org...go into that site and in search for "GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA" which is very important book for each&every person.There are many answers by Sri Ramakrishna for the problems which we face in our daily life.Even Swamijis forst meetings with sri ramakrishna are also there in that book."GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA" is "BHAGAWATHGEETHJA OF KALIYUGA" because Sri Ramakrishna was none other than RAMA&KRISHNA.Swami Vivekananda said that Sri ramakrishna is Avatara varishta which means the geatest of all the avatars till now.Every follower of ramakrishna is experiencing the great change in his mind&heart as the days are progressing.By following Ramakrishnas&vivekanandas footsteps one will develop spiritually day by day and reach the highest stage in spirituality i,e NIRVIKALPA SAMADHI.For all the development of any follower of Sri Ramakrishna&swamiji the base is "GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA" or "SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA{telugu}"
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S.S.REGE.
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Rebel sanyasi would be ideal way to describe Swamiji. In a short life span of 39 years he revived & revitalised the Hindu religion in a way no one had done before. As Lokmanya Tilak observed in the obiturial address Swamiji was next only to Adi shankara as a great Hindu spiritual Leader. His interpretation that salvation of Hindu sanatan dharma lies only in sacrifice & service for the downtrodden mark him a unique reformer of all times.
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sridhar
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Saintly warrior who wanted to drive away the evil of slavery from the Land of Bharath.
He loved Mother Land exactly as Lord Rama had loved His kingdom Ayodhya. Though, Swamiji was a renunciate, he had the vision of a king who wanted all his subjects even unto to a paraih to be well educated and cultured.
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subhash kuamr t n
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One of swamiji's best words..
fear not! The greatest sin is fear.
if you are in fear, you are nobody.
Great things can be done only through great sacrifices.
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sreekanth
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I have grown in life reading swami's philosophy.
He was a blessed soul and his ideas inspire me most. His message for the youth and his words ring magic for me whenever I feel Iam down and out. We should try to put his words into action and build a modern India as per his dreams.
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Remesh
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Vivekananda has told that he will come again to earth time to time. Hopefully, all of you have read the life history of Sri. Aurobindo. The turning point in his life was when he was in jail. Swamiji gave him darshan during a meditaion and guided him in yoga and meditation. And, Sri. Aurobindo became a great yogi after this !
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Amit
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I feel it was only swamiji who encouraged the people to listen to see & to hear only truth. I dont have those great words to define him.
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girish
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It is hard to believe such a man lived. I respect that great personality
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Vijayalakshmi PC
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I am confident that Swami Vivekananda first seeded and motivated the younger generation in the world for personality development. Due to his admirable thinking today in the world we can see many great personalities who reached their height in life in all their walks of life.
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P.C.Vijayalakshmi
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I am confident that Swami Vivekananda a great thinker who motivated by his speech and writings made many great personalities in the world in their walks of life to reach the heights in their life. Swami Vivekananda had only sown the seed of personality development first in the world by his great thinking. All are indebted to him.
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CHETAN GABHANE
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Swami Vivekananda was a great gift given by GOD to younger generation. I have to read his autobiography.
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radha kolachina
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THE YOUTH!WE ARE VERY LUCKEY!I FEEL GREAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT PERSONALITY! STILL THERE IS MORE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM.
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Dilip Chaudhari
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Swamiji was an inspiring person for human life.
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parvat
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He was a great dynamic person
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Radhika Moses
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After reading about swamiji there is lot of changes found in me.
He is being an idol to me. It really feels great to have such great personality who was there and also had so many good things said which really motivates.
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sangita gandhi
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Swamiji's speeches have inspired me and encouraged me to show the right path to our youth, so that they can contribute in the nation's building.
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Harish
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Swamiji is gold for us.
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Manik Sarkar
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Vivekananda was a renowned thinker in his own right. One of his most important contributions was to demonstrate how Advait in thinking is not merely philosophically far-reaching, but how it also has social, even political, consequences. One important lesson he claimed to receive from Ramakrishna was that "Jiva is Shiva " (each individual is divinity itself). This became his Mantra, and he coined the concept of daridra narayana seva - the service of God in and through (poor) human beings.
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nitin garg
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He is a great man. no man ever compare to him.
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Manik Sarkar
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Swamiji lives in our heart.
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Manik Sarkar
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Vivekananda's original name was Narendranath Dutta
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y.shyam sundar reddy
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Its good.
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Hemanth
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Every Indian should know about SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. So what I guess is a lesson should be added atleast in primary curriculum about "his life or teachings of Swami vivekananda".
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Jaipradhap
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Send me the Self Confidence ebooks by Swamiji.
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girish kumar
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swami vivekananda was very genius person. He is my ideal.
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girish kumar
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please send me some thoughts on education given by swamiji
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mathew
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I wanted more information about swamiji.
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uday prakash
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If you want a build a good character then you most know Swami JEE. He is ultimate personality ever seen.
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ashokarya
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He was a great meditator of this world no one be like this. I am impressed by his meditation power. I will keep on saluting him becoz he is my idol.
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dishant
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it's very good
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Dr sanjeev Kumar
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I always followed his princples in my life. Whatever I am now is just because of him. I need to implement his idea more in my life to be successful.
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shalima malhotra
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Swami vivekanandji was a true saint. He was not an ordinary personality. He had respect for all the religions. So he tried to combine all the religions , just as beads are combined into single rosary. So we should remember that saint n try to follow swamiji's teachings. I love swamiji from the core of my heart.
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ganesh
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He did a lot of social work.
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kapil
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His ideas affected my life so much.
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TULSI RAM SAHU
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I THINK THAT SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IS THE GREATEST MAN.
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dineshpardeshi
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Thanks for very important information
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aashutosh tiwari
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SWAMI VIVEKANAND JI -MY LIFE,MY GOD,MY PARENT AND MY IDEAL PERSON.
I FEEL HIM AT EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY TIME.
HE IS MY BEST TEACHER.
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Raghavendra
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Swamiji is my spritiual Guru. The guru who showed us how to face the negative mind and be positive always even at the neck point of death. Though his body has left this earth long ago, but his soul is still been with us supporting and leading us forward towards our goals and dreams.
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bharath
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Swami Vivekananda was a very great personality of thinking and willpower,concentration and he also a great person of India.
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KAVAJ BURDAK
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA WAS A PERSON WHO INSPIRED PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS. HE WAS A GREAT PERSONALITY.
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Ashirwad Kumar Singh
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I am a regular reader of his books. by reading his books I can feel the change i have gone through. I am further very hungry to read his more ane more books. REGARDING him I will say that all the adjectives of OXFORD dictionary are less to DESCRIBE that personality.
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Surajit Das
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Swamiji is the man whom I RESPECT FROM THE CORE OF MY HEART AND I get inspired whenever I read him. A great saviour of mankind. His saying " Arise, Awake & stop not till the goal is reached " gives me utmost inspiration.
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rajat
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Shri ramkrishnadev,swamiji's satguru once told his other disciples that narendra(swamiji) is brahmagyani by birth. I beg to see him once.
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vivek kumar rajak
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I want to know about swami vivekanand's college life in detail.
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heena ajaz
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swami vivekananda is the lord of inspiration. I am proud to say that we had such a great personality in India.
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rom
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The Swami's mission was both national and international. A lover of mankind, he strove to promote peace and human brotherhood on the spiritual foundation of the Vedantic Oneness of existence. A mystic of the highest order, Vivekananda had a direct and intuitive experience of Reality. He derived his ideas from that unfailing source of wisdom and often presented them in the soul stirring language of poetry.
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shubhendu verma
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We should study the whole teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
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yashapal
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Swamiji was great.
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ramanjil
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Swami was very very great man.
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sabyasachi pal
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I like swamiji and his speeches.
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pramod 1kumrawat
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Swamiji was a great person.
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utkarsh mishra
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He was a great Indian Philosopher.
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SSV
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Guruji is an unforgetable person especially for the youth.
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Shravani
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Swamiji was great person. He is my role model.
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ady
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We can learn so many things from him.
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Pankaj sharma
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Swamiji is a god and gurudev for me. I firmly believe that swamiji is the only tremendous personality on the earth ever n ever.
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Lakshmikanth.B.C
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Its really a great pride that Swami Vivekananda was a citizen of INDIA.
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melanie gallardo
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I want the story of modern India. plssss I need the story by tomorrow.
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vikas gautam
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The name 'vivekanda' was given to swamiji by the maharaja of khezdi(rajasthan) because his earlier name "VIVISHANDA" was to difficult to say and remember.
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Manish Sharma
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Swamiji was a great personality. His real name was 'Vividishanand'. 'But the Maharja of Khetri' Raja Ajit Singhji [Swami's friend] felt difficult to pronounce his name, so he gave him this world famous name-'Vivekanand'.
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sandeep shivhare
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Swamiji was great.
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janani
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I am very impresed with Swamiji thoughts and we should follow him. And we should make lot of people know about Swamiji and his thoughts.
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sonal jain
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Swamiji was a great example of a great man .
He was a hero of our India.
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manogna yasaswini
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He has done a splendid work in his lifetime.
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Manogna Yasaswini
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His childhood name was Narendran.
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manogna yasaswini
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Its really very useful. Great to wander in the place were he was born and brought up.
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Shashank Shivhare
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swamiji is one of the great spiritual leader.one important thing i read in his biography is quiet interesting:swamji already know the time of his meeting with the lord and in the last night of his mortal life he was reading encyclopedia.this shows the perfect determination and teach us to love our duties.
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prashant dawra
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He is someone whom I really admire.
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Shashikant Thawari
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Whenever anyone talks about 'swami' One and Only one figure is infront of our eyes i.e. SWAMI VIVEKANAND
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S.BAVITHRA DEVI
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA WAS REALLY A LEGEND. HE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WILL BE FOR MANY MORE EVEN AFTER THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
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Mrs Mandira Kar
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Swamiji's message for the youth "Each nation must give in order to live. When you give life, you will have life; when you receive, you must pay for it by giving to all others; India has been always giving to the outside world. The gift of India is the gift of religion and philosophy, and wisdom and spirituality. And religion does not want cohorts to march before its path and clear its way. Wisdom and philosophy do not want to be carried on floods of blood. Wisdom and philosophy do not march upon bleeding human bodies, do not march with violence but come on the wings of peace and love"
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parmar umesh
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He is the one of the person who became role model to all young people.
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parthypan.lasyapriyanka
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Highly inspring personality. A legend of the past, present & future who should not be replaced by anyone for ever n ever.
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JAYANTHAN
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ITS REALLY ADMIRABLE
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ashwinjain
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He was one of the person to help India during difficulties. He becaem the role model to all young people.
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Varinder Singh Khokher
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Swamiji was blessed soul with purity of confidence. I heard and read about Swamiji but I can't believe that man like SWAMIJI ever existed. But when I read books on swamiji and their principal of living life I am so much impressed and respect swamiji.
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Veeru
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He is the master of the world.
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JIJU NAMBIAR
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He was really great and encouraging personality. 21st century needs to follow his messages a lot.
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Omkar Mkatre
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He is the master of the world. Swamiji was great.
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rohit nikam
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swamiji will be remembered by all of us. he was a true teacher and a human being, if we follow some of his sayings we can be successful in our life. I always remember swamiji used to say "the biggest lesson that I have learnt is to concentrate by my guru."
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Sonal
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SVK - My LIFE ENERGY.. MY MOTIVATION.. MY LOVE.. MY WORK.. TO DO THE BEST FOR.. ALL..
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Dipak Kumar Giri
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Swamiji was a great man. He is my ideal.
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vanivenkatesan
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In this generation unless we have the support of Vivekananda's words it is difficult to reach the lotus feet of God.
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vimal
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SWAMIJI WAS GREAT.
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manish
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swamiji is my guru.
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Iyyappa rajan.P
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Swamiji is my masterguru. An inspiring personality.
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lavanya.m
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vivekananda was a good person.
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arun john
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Swami, had laid tolerance of religion in the world.
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Radha
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He was so great.
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ravikumar
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Swamiji is my spiritual Guru. I am inspired by his powerful words.
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ashutosh garg
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great personality
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y.sunil
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Swami Vivekananda told us many beautiful words and teachings.
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salone singh
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His thoughts are very useful for everyone.
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Abhidhek
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He was a nice person.
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S.P.Dutta
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This article is too short to stimulate an inquisitive mind.
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KURAN C GHOSH
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When Swami Vivekananda started his famous Chicago Address, he tried to explain the all-pervasive features of Hinduism but when he finished he re-defined and created a new Hinduism. He was not a Hindu, but a Brahmo-Samaj Member. Yet He has been the greatest of exponents of real Hinduism. He was full of energy, enthusiasm, love and compassion embodied.
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kuran c ghosh
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA UNITED THE WORLD FOR EVER.
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kuran c ghosh
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Swami Vivekananda had a very short life of just 39 years, the last 9 of which saw his revolutionising the world religions.
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Mahesh kaushik
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Swamiji was a great personality and his thoughts were for the goodness of mankind.
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Shankar
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In nutshell I woud say that Swamiji emulated that The Intense belief on any thing shall bestow the realization of the belief in reality.
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KURAN C GHOSH
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As his mother performed the worship of Vireshwara Shiva and got him as his son, Swami Vivekadananda was called fondly "Bilay" short for Vireshwarwar in his childhood.
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KURAN CHANDRA GHOSH
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Swamiji gave the Wonderful Motto of the Ramakrishna Mission ATMANO MOKSHARTHAM JAGAD HITAYA CHA. FOR ONE`S OWN SALVATION AND THE WELFARE OF THE WORLD. HIS statue should be at the India Gate where people from all over the world visit.
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rajiv sharma
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Guruji's doors were open to the high and low, poor and rich, and people of all religious affiliations. There was nothing impossible for Guruji.
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kuran c ghosh
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The more we study Swami Vivekananda, the more we realise how little we have done even after being born as a human being and having so many facilities.
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