Vivekam

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After his memorable work in the West, Swami Vivekananda landed in Colombo on 15 January 1897. During his passage from Colombo to Kolkata, and from there to Almora, he had delivered electrifying lectures at different places, rousing the Indian masses from their age long siesta. These made the Indian masses aware of the greatness of their own culture and glorious heritage, and the distinctive role they ought to play in due course as far as the world peace and amity was concerned by the dissemination of spiritual ideas. In this book the reader can get a glimpse of what India stands for and where lies its true strength. This collection of thirty highly informative and inspiring lectures is specially meant for all those who are eager to learn about the glory of Indian culture and civilization.

An absorbing biography of Swami Vivekananda (1863 – 1902) that presents his vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture, deep spiritual insight, brilliant conversation, broad human sympathy, and colorful personality. Swami Vivekananda, India’s first spiritual and cultural ambassador to the West, proclaimed the universal message of Vedanta: the non-duality of the Godhead, the divinity of the soul, the oneness of existence, and the harmony of religions. This 256 page book by Swami Nikhilananda details the life of Swami Vivekananda and contains 28 photographs, as well as, an appendix containing the Swami’s most important teachings.

Swami Vivekananda is the chief monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He took the religious world by storm by his universal utterances at the Parliament of Religions in 1893. He organised the Ramakrishna Mission and gave new vitality to the Hindu religion. This short pocket edition is a compilation of some of his teachings, with a brief life-sketch of his, for the readers to draw inspiration from.