Saturday, February 14, 2009

Places where Swami Vivekanada Visits


Today , I am reading biography of Swami Vivekananda on Wikipedia and , I found that Swami Vivekananda visited many places in India on his foot before reaching Chicago . In these places included Varanasi , ayothya , Lucknow , Agra , hathras , varandavan , Allahabad , dehradun , haridwar , Srinagar and other cold cities of hymaliyas . I thankful with my heart to Google maps which gives me that wonderful map , with this I am able and whole world is able to see these places where , Swami Vivekananda went .

Swami Vivekanands's connection with Ramakrishna

Swami Vivekananda connected with Ramakrishna in 1881 . When he sang a song and his guru said him to come his home . When one day , Swami Vivekananda went to his home and asked from Ramakrishna , " do you believe in God , have you seen God . please give me its proof . At this time , Ramakrishna said , " yah ! I am seeing God , as I am seeing to you . There is not Vail me and God . His wording was so spiritual and Swami Vivekananda felt truth in his words . After this , Swami Vivekananda often went to Ramakrishna and tested his Guru but after 4 year testing , he believed in God and felt that Supernatural power . In the last days of Ramakrishna , Swami Vivekananda learnt many things from his Guru . In 1885 Ramakrishna suffered from throat cancer . Ramakrishna's condition worsened gradually and he expired in the early morning hours of August 16, 1886 at the Cossipore garden house. According to Swami Vivekananda, this was Mahasamadhi . After this all responsibility had been taken by Swami Vivekananda for development of spirituality in this world .
Connection with Brahmo Samaj


Childhood of Swami Vivekananda


Childhood of Swami Vivekananda

Connection with Brahmo Samaj

Swami Vivekananda linked Brahmo Samaj when he was studying in Scottish Church College 1881-84 . Brahmo Samaj was an an religious organization of that time. He often attended the meetings of Brahmo Samaj, which believed in formless God, deprecated the worship of idols and devoted itself to religious reforms. He met the leaders of Brahmo Samaj—Devendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen, questioning them about the existence of God, but he could not get convincing answers . So , he started his new search for finding that person who can answer his problems regarding soul and God .

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Study in General Asembly Organisation

Narendra when was studying in general Assembly organisation , he came into connection with different new concepts of life . He read dekarte , bain , Darvon and Spencer , Shelly and higal . Within very short time he had studied whole Western philosophy . He became well educated in Western knowledge. But his thirst to get truth was not at end by reading them . He always spent his time to read knowledgeable books . He translated Spencer’s book on Education into Bengali for Gurudas Chattopadhyaya . Within short time , he got special place in the heart of Western professors with his intelligence and good logic capability . Where he went he left his his mark of good character . Dr. William Hastie, the principal of Scottish Church College said ," he is brilliant student . I have gone to whole world but I have never come across a lad of his talents and possibilities, even in German universities, among philosophical students."
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Childhood of Swami Vivekananda

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Childhood of Swami Vivekananda

Quality of leadership was in Swami Vivekananda from his childhood . He had said that a human being can make leader but it is God gift . He got the position of leader in games , songs and every other subject . Due to his extra ordinary intellect , his competitors had to accept his decisions .
He did not believe in Hindus ' untouchability and casteism.
He often asked the mother about following questions
  • What happened if a servant go to kitchen and touch the bread .
  • Why should wash the hand , if drinking water with left hand .

He stunned every one with these questions . Thus , in lap of his parent , Narandernath's childhood spent . His childhood was supernatural . His mother's teaching was very useful for becoming Swami Vivekananda from Narendernath .

He loved his mother tongue from beginning of his life . You do not know , in childhood , Swami Vivekananda disliked to learn English language . But after his mother guidance , he started to learn English . He was very intelligent in learning . His memory was very sharp .