Swami Vivekanand PPt.pptx
- 1. Swami Vivekananda Indian monastic and philosopher A PPT BY HARSH VARDHAN SINGH 1863 - 1902
- 2. Born as Narendranath Dutta on 12th January 1863 in the holy and divine place of Kolkata, Swami Vivekananda was a great Indian saint. He was a figure with “high thinking and simple living”. He was a great pious leader, a philosopher, and also a devout personality with great principles. His eminent philosophical works comprise of “Modern Vedanta” and “Raj Yoga”. He was a principal disciple of “Ramkrishna Paramhansa” and was an initiator of Ramkrishna Math and Ramkrishna Mission. He thus spent his whole life in the dispersion of the values embedded in the great Indian culture. Born on 12 Jan 1863
- 3. Swami Vivekananda, the son of Shri Vishwanath and mother Bhuvneshwari Devi was called by the name “Narendranath Dutta” in the early days. Narendra was a child of unquestioned expertise and intellectual capability who used to grasp of all his school teachings at first sight. This excellence was recognized by his Gurus and thus was named “Shrutidhar” by them. He possessed manifold talents and skills comprising of swimming, wrestling which were a part of his schedule. Influenced by the teachings of Ramayana and Mahabharata, he had bottomless respect for religion. “Pavan Putra Hanuman” was his ideal for life.
- 4. Despite his upbringing in a spiritual family, he owned an argumentative personality in his infancy. His entire beliefs were assisted by an apt rationale and judgment behind them. Such a quality made him even put a question on the existence of the Almighty. He thus visited several saints and asked each one “have you seen God?”His spiritual quest left unanswered until he met “Ramkrishna Paramhansa”. Swami Ramkrishna knew that Narendra was born to prove himself as as a boon to the society. He helped Swami Ji to overcome his questions and short comings. He shaped Narendra into Swami Vivekanand.
- 5. Swami Ji was a great reader and a marvellous writer, he wrote over 2 dozens of books and 28 to be precise. There is no hard fact to prove the number of articles and newsletter he wrote all through his life. 1. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (9 vols.) 2. Raja-Yoga (1896) 3. Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action (1896) 4. Meditation and Its Methods 5. Jnana-Yoga (1899) 6. Teachings of Swami Vivekananda 7. Swami Vivekananda on Himself 8. Vedanta: Voice of Freedom 9. Lectures from Colombo to Almora 10. Lectures on Bhagavad Gita 11. Inspired Talks by Swami Vivekananda 12. Letters of Swami Vivekananda 13. My India: The India Eternal 14. Powers of The Mind 15. Chicago Addresses 16. My Master 17. Essentials of Hinduism 18. Living at the Source 19. My Idea of Education 20. Work and Its Secret 21. Steps to Realisation 22. To the Youth of India 23. Pearls of Wisdom 24. Women of India 25. Life after Death 26. The East and the West 27. Religion of Love 28. Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God
- 6. Swami Vivekananda was a voracious and outstanding orator and reader. While his stay in Chicago, he used to go to the library and borrow large volumes of books at a time and then used to return them back to the librarian in only a days' time! The librarian could not understand as to why did he take so many books and then return all of them in only one day! She decided to ask Swami Vivekananda directly about this. On being thus questioned by the librarian, Swami Vivekananda said that he had finished reading all the books. Hence he returned them back! This answer annoyed the already bewildered lady librarian. She said she would take a test and selected a random page from a book and asked him to tell what was written there! Without even a glance at the book he repeated the lines exactly as they were written on it! The librarian asked Swami Vivekananda several more questions and the later answered all of them without any flaw!
- 7. Sisters and Brothers of America, It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome that you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world, I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects. After this fabulous oration of Swami JI, the great newspaper of Chicago city was filled and overloaded with the photos and . They addressed him as the greatest and the most charismatic speaker of all present in the Parliament. This Picture of Swami Ji was taken after his Iconic speech and was in the newspaper for around a fortnight. It was taken by a photographer named Thomas Harrison.
- 8. • "Arise! Awake! And stop not until the goal is reached." • "Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise, you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world." • All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. • In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart. • Who is helping you, don't forget them. Who is loving you, don't hate them. Who is believing you, don't cheat them.