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Swami Vivekananda - A Biography by Swami Nikhilananda PREFACE Swami Vivekananda's inspiring personality was well known both in I ...

Vivekananda. The Swami's mission was both national and international. A lover of mankind, he strove to promote peace and human b ...

Ganga by millions of devotees. Thus the future Vivekananda first drew breath when the air above the sacred river not far from th ...

Narendra grew up to be a sweet, sunny-tempered, but very restless boy. Two nurses were necessary to keep his exuberant energy un ...

and then, to see if his own hair had entered into the earth. Even so, during meditation, he often became unconscious of the worl ...

The mother, Bhuvaneswari, played her part in bringing out Narendranath's innate virtues. When he told her, one day, of having be ...

wished to set up a heavy trapeze in the gymnasium, and so asked the help of some people who were there. Among them was an Englis ...

In 1879 the family returned to Calcutta, and Narendra within a short time graduated from high school in the first division. In t ...

and possibilities even among the philosophical students in the German universities. He is bound to make his mark in life.' Naren ...

the supremacy of reason, preached against the uncritical acceptance of scriptural authority, and strongly supported the slogans ...

should practise meditation.' The youth was disappointed and felt that this teacher was not the man to help him in his spiritual ...

education whose sole purpose was to earn mere bread and butter. He felt a deep longing for the realization of God. The floodgate ...

competent teachers, and they came to him one by one, nobody knew from where. One was a woman, under whom he practised the discip ...

milk from the mixture. Evenings, when his anguish reached its limit, he would climb the roof of a building near the temple and c ...

And even Death must bow to Him. When the singing was over, Sri Ramakrishna suddenly grasped Narendra's hand and took him into th ...

madman. Nonetheless he felt a great inner attraction for Sri Ramakrishna. On his third visit Naren fared no better, though he tr ...

human intermediary between God and man. He was even sceptical about the existence of such a person, who was said to be free from ...

two outstanding leaders of the Brahmo Samaj. Then he added: 'If Keshab possesses one virtue which has made him world-famous, Nar ...

Ramlal, who was a sort of caretaker of the Master, had accompanied him, and with his help Sri Ramakrishna climbed a few steps. N ...

disciples of diverse temperaments. He did not insist that Narendra should follow strict rules about food, nor did he ask him to ...