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Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda was born Narendranath Dutta in Calcutta to a traditional Bengali Kayastha familyon 12 January 1!"#$ %fter his education he became a member of a &reemason lodge and abreakaway faction of the Brahmo 'ama( led by Keshab Chandra 'en and Debendranath )agore$*n 1!!" he became a disci+le of ,amakrishna +aramahamsa and took over his activities after his

death in 1!!-$ )hen evolved and emerged the reformer 'wami Vivekananda$

.e travelled to different +arts of *ndia like Varanasi /ucknow u+ to the south to

Kanyakumari s+reading the message of ,amakrishna and his teachings$ .e chided casteism and untouchability vehemently during his travails and also gathering

followers$ .e also stood for girl0s education as he and his disci+le Sister Nivedita established in

Kolkata$ .e refurbished a dila+idated Baranagar ath to the first ,amakrishna ath$ .e also established the ,amakrishna ission headuartered at Belur which carries to this

day his treatises and +salms$

.e was the first great +hiloso+her from *ndia who re+resented and e3em+lified *ndian+hiloso+hy and the .indu religion before the world at the 4arliament of the 5orld6s

,eligions o+ened on 11 'e+tember 1!7# at the %rt *nstitute of Chicago as +art of the

5orld6s Columbian 83+osition$ .is famous Chicago s+eech still imbibed in the laurels of

history and still remains one of *ndia0s greatest moment till death$

Ramakrishna Math and Mission

established in 1!79 By 'wami Vivekanandaheadquartered in Belur near Kolkata$:)he

otto of the organisation is ;Atmano Mokshartham Jagad-hitaya Cha which meansmeans For one's own salvation, and for the good of the world

*t has become an organisation which forms the core of a worldwide s+iritual movement

known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movementwhich has branches

here as well as abroad$ %lso referred to as the Ramakrishna Order the ath is the movement6s monastic

organisation$ &ounded by ,amakrishna in 1!!- the ath +rimarily focuses on s+iritual

training and the +ro+agation of the movement6s teachings$ )he mission works against the caste system and orthodo3y to s+read the message of

harmony and s+iritual transformation$

*t also has established a number of educational institutions for s+reading education *t is also involved in the s+reading of *ndian culture abroad $ *t is also involved in running destitute old age homes and also involved in disaster relief$ *ts libraries hel+ s+read the knowledge of .induism to all$

)he mission activities include


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1$ 8ducation 2$ .ealth care

#$ Cultural activities

=$ ,ural u+liftment

"$ )ribal welfare

-$ >outh movement etc

*t after its ince+tion has resulted in a harmonious socio?religious movement and that of

s+irituality and is one the largest organisation working in this front: in the country$

Swami Vivekananda as Hindu reformer- 17th centuryVivekananda as a student was educated in contem+orary 5estern thought$ .e (oined Brahmo

'ama( briefly before meeting ,amakrishna who was a +riest in the tem+le of the goddess Kali inCalcutta and who was to become his guru$

@nder the influence of Arientalism 4erennialism and @niversalism Vivekananda re?inter+reted %dvaita Vedanta +resenting it as the essence of .indu s+irituality and the +innacleindeed of the develo+ment of human6s religiosity$ )his +ro(ect started with ,am ohan ,oy ofBrahmo 'ama( who collaborated with the @nitarian Church and +ro+agated a strict monotheism$)his reinter+retation +roduced neo-Vedanta in which %dvaita Vedanta was combined withdisci+lines such as yogaand the one!t of soial servieto attain +erfection from the ascetictraditions in what Vivekananda called the "ratial Vedanta$ )he +ractical side essentiallyincluded +artici+ation in soial reform$

.e made .indu s+irituality intellectually available to the 5esternied audience$ .is famouss+eech at the "arliament of the #orld$s Religionsat Chicago on 11 'e+tember %&'( followed

huge rece+tion of his thought in the 5est and made him a celebrity in the 5est and subseuentlyin *ndia too$ .is influence can still be discerned in +o+ular western s+irituality such asnondualism New %ge and the veneration of ,amana aharshi$

% ma(or element of Vivekananda6s message was nationalist$ .e saw his effort very muchin terms of a revitaliation of the .indu nation which carried .indu s+irituality and which couldounter #estern materialism$ )he notions of 5hite su+remacy and 5estern su+eriority stronglybelieved by the coloniers were to be uestioned based on .indu s+irituality$ )his kind ofs!iritual Hinduismwas later carried forward by )andhi andSarve!alli Radhakrishnan$ *t alsobecame a main ins+iration for the current brand of .indu nationalism today$

Ane of the most revered leaders of the ,ashtriya 'wayamsevak 'angh ,''E Baba'aheb %+te6s lifelong +et sentence was Vivekananda is like Fita for the ,''$ .istorians haveobserved that this hel+ed the nascent *nde+endence movement with a distinct national identityand ke+t it from being the sim+le derivative function of 8uro+ean nationalisms$

"arliament of the #orld$s Religions)he 1!7# 4arliament had marked the first formal gathering of re+resentatives of 8astern

and 5estern s+iritual traditions$ )oday it is recognied as the occasion of the birth of formal


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interreligious dialogue worldwide$ %bsent from this event were Native %merican religious figures'ikhs and other *ndigenous and 8arth centered religionists$ *t would not be until the 177#4arliament that these religions and s+iritual traditions would be re+resented$

.e conducted hundreds of +ublic and +rivate lectures and classes disseminating tenets of.indu +hiloso+hyin %merica 8ngland and 8uro+e$ *n %merica Vivekananda became *ndia6ss+iritual ambassador$ .is mission there was the inter+retation of *ndia6s s+iritual culture andheritage$ .e also tried to enrich the religious consciousness of %mericans through the teachings ofthe Vedanta +hiloso+hy$ .e established the Vedanta societiesin %merica and 8ngland$ .e was akey figure in the introduction of *ndian +hiloso+hies of Vedantaand Yogato the western world andwas credited with raising interfaith awareness bringing .induismto the status of a ma(or worldreligion in the late 17th century$ %fter a com+rehensive tour of four years in the 5est he returnedto *ndia in 1!79$ /ater he became a ma(or force in the revivalof .induism in *ndia and contributedto the notion of nationalism in colonial *ndia$

%''( "arliament4arliament convened to celebrate discuss and e3+lore how religious traditions can work togetheron the critical issues which confront the world$ )he keynote address was on the state of the

environment$

%''' "arliament)he 4arliament began with a showing of the *nternational %*D' Guilt to highlight the e+idemic of

%*D' in 'outh %frica and of the role that religious and s+iritual traditions +lay in facing the criticalissues that face the world$ )he event continued with hundreds of +anels sym+osia andworksho+s offerings of +rayer and meditation +lenaries and +erformances$ )he +rogramsem+hasied issues of religious s+iritual and cultural identity a++roaches to interreligiousdialogue and the role of religion in res+onse to the critical issues facing the world today$

*++, "arliament

.aving created the declaration Towards a lo!al "thi#at the 177# 4arliament and attem+ted toengage guiding institutions at the 1777 4arliament the 2HH= 4arliament concentrated on four+ressing issues< mitigating religiously motivated violence access to safe water the fate ofrefugees worldwide and the elimination of e3ternal debt in develo+ing countries$

*++' "arliament)he elbourne 4arliament addressed issues of aboriginal reconciliation$ )he issues ofsustainability and global climate change were e3+lored through the lens of indigenouss+iritualities$ 8nvironmental issues and the s+irituality of youth were also be key areas of dialogue$)he Council for a 4arliament of the 5orld6s ,eligions suggested that the elbourne 4arliamentwould educate +artici+ants for global +eace and (ustice through e3+loring religious conflict and

globaliation creating community and cross?cultural networks and addressing issues of religiousviolence$ *t su++orted strengthening religious and s+iritual communities by +roviding a s+ecialfocus on indigenous and %boriginal s+iritualities

*+% "arliament ->et to ha++en
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