presentation sawmi vivekananda

8/7/2019 presentation sawmi vivekananda

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Presented By :RITAM DASElectronics&Instrumentation

Department, 2nd year,

Roll No:14


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Introduction :- An overwhelming number of

human beings are just product of

History.But ,once in a while,Theworld throws up from itsbosom,such extra Ordinarygeniuse who createshistory.Nay,they are history,if weredefine history as his Story!.It is

story of such a man who creatHistory ,inspired and shows thepath to million Peoples by his ownlife and mission.As per Profoundmystical vissions of Ramakrishna,Vivekananda was one of the seven

great sages who descended to thisearth out of his own free-will,tohelp mankind to rediscover itsinherent divinity.The earthlyadvent of Narandranath Datta-that was his premanastic name-

took place on the 12th

january,1863at 6:33 am,in kolkata.

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Birth and childhood:- He was considered geneous,and had a

progressive outlook in social and religious

matters.

His thinking and personality were influncedby his parents.from the father by his rational

mind and from mother by his religioustemperament.

During his early years he become familiar

with western philosophy and science,&refused to accept anything without rational

proof and pragmatic test. Even when he wasyoung, he questioned the validity of

superstitious customs and discriminationbased on caste and religion.

In very childhood,his mind was drawn to thespiritual ideals of meditation and non

attachment. He reportedly was adept inmeditation. He reportedly would see a light

while falling asleep and he reportedly had avision of Buddha during his meditation.


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College &Brahmo Samaj:- Narendranath entered the first year Arts

class of Presidency College, Calcutta inJanuary 1880 and the next year he shiftedto Scottish Church College, Calcutta.Duringhe studied western logic, westernphilosophy and history of European

nations. In 1881 he passed the Fine Arts

examination and in 1884 he passedthe Bachelor of Arts.

"Narendra is really a genius. I havetravelled far and wide but I have never

come across a lad of his talents andpossibilities, even in German universities,

among philosophical students.-Dr. William Hastie

He was regarded as a srutidharaa man

with prodigious memory.After a discussionwith Narendranath, Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar

reportedly said, "I could never have thoughtthat such a young boy had read so much!"


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Under Influence ofBrahmo Samaj:-

From his childhood, he showed

inclination towards spirituality, Godrealisation and realizing the highestspiritual truths. He studied differentreligious and philosophical systems ofEast and the West; he met differentreligious leaders.

In this moment He came under theinfluence of the Brahmo Samaj animportant socio-religious organization ofthat time. His initial beliefs were shapedby Brahmo Samaj, which believed in

formless God, deprecated the worship ofidols and devoted itself to socio-religiousreforms. He met the leaders of BrahmoSamajDevendranath Tagoreand Keshub Chandra Sen, questioningthem about the existence of God, but he

could not get convincing answers.


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Introduction with Sri Ramakrishna :- Ramakrishna more well known as

paramahansa-had already become ahousehold name in calcutta.PrincipleHastie advice Narendranath to met withSri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar.

According to Narendranath in his first

visit-"He [Ramakrishna] looked just like an

ordinary man, with nothing remarkableabout him. He used the most simplelanguage and I thought 'Can this man be agreat teacher?' I crept near to him andasked him the question which I had been

asking others all my life: 'Do you believe inGod, Sir?' 'Yes,' he replied. 'Can you proveit, Sir?' 'Yes.' 'How?' 'Because I see Himjust as I see you here, only in a muchintenser sense.' That impressed me atonce. [] I began to go to that man, dayafter day.


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Ramakrishna:As a guru of Narendranath:-

Though Narendra could not acceptRamakrishna and his visions, he could not

neglect him either. It had always been inNarendra's nature to test something

thoroughly before he would accept it.

He tested Ramakrishna, who never asked

Narendra to abandon reason, and faced allof Narendra's arguments and examinationswith patience"Try to see the truth from allangles" was his reply.[

During the course of five years of histraining under Ramakrishna, Narendra was

transformed from a restless, puzzled,impatient youth to a mature man who was

ready to renounce everything for the sake ofGod-realization.

In time, Narendra accepted Ramakrishna,and when he accepted, his acceptance was

whole-hearted.[34]


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Ramakrishnas Death & Struggle of Narendranath In 1885 Ramakrishna suffered from throat

cancer and he was shifted to Calcutta and laterto Cossipore. Vivekananda and hisbrother disciples took care of Ramakrishnaduring this final days.

His spiritual education under Ramakrishnacontinued here. At Cossipore, Vivekananda

reportedly experienced Nirvikalpa Samadhi

During the last days of Ramakrishna,Vivekananda and some of the other disciplesreceived the ochre monastic robes fromRamakrishna, which formed the first monasticorder of Ramakrishna.

uring his final days, Ramakrishna askedVivekananda to take care of other monasticdisciples and in turn asked them to look uponVivekananda as their leader.He went onMahasamadhi on 16th August,1886 atCossipore garden house.


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Dark face of Life & The struggleBegins:-

He Found his position quite diffucult.This ishis only Guru who can show him a path.

This made Narendranath Puzzeled.But heshould have been blessed by his own Gurus.

Now he started his own journey to give thedefinite shape of Ramakrishnas Dream.

He remembered one thing when he wanteda Nirvikalpa Samadi like Sukhdev,Thenramakrishna scolded him and wanted hebecame like a baniyan tree,from whereeveryone can take their own shelter.

The monastic disciples led by Vivekanandaformed a fellowship at a half ruined houseat Baranagar near the river Ganga,with thefinanasial assitance of the householderdisciples who constitute the firstramakrishna order.


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Parivrajaka-Wondering Monk:- In 1888, Vivekananda left the monastery as

a Parivrjakathe Hindu religious life of a

wandering monk, "without fixed abode, withoutties, independent and strangers wherever theygo."

His sole possessions were a kamandalu (waterpot), staff, and his two favorite booksBhagavadGita and The Imitation of Christ.

Narendranath travelled the length and breadth ofIndia for five years, visiting important centers oflearning, acquainting himself with the diversereligious traditions and different patterns of sociallife .

He developed a sympathy for the suffering andpoverty of the masses and resolved to uplift the

nation .But In this moment he just lived withBhiksha or alms,& traveled most of the area onfoot.

During these travels he gained acquaintance andstayed with scholars, Dewans, Rajas and peoplefrom all walks of lifeHindus,Muslims,Christians,Pariahs(lowcaste workers), Government officials .


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Northen India :-

In 1888,he started his journey from

Varanasi.At varanasi he met with plenty ofprofound personality & he came to know alot of things from those profound

personality.

He also visited Ayodhya,Lucknow,Agra,Haridwar & Rishikesh. Between 1888-1890,

he visited Vaidyanath, Allahabad. FromAllahabad, he visited Ghazipur where he

met Pavari Baba, a advaita Vedanta asceticwho spent most of his time in meditation.

Between 1888-1890, he returned toBaranagore Math few times, because of ill

health and to arrange for the financial fundswhen Balram Bose and Suresh Chandra

Mitra, the disciples of Ramakrishna who

supported the Math had expired.


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In the Himalayas:- In July 1890, accompanied by his

brother monk, Swami Akhandananda,

he continued his journey as awandering monk and returned tothe Math only after his visit to theWest.

Hevisited, Nainital, Almora, Srinagar, Dehra Dun, Hrishikesh, Haridwar andthe Himalayas. During this travel, he

reportedly had a vision of macrocosmand microcosm, which seems to bereflected in the Jnana Yoga lectures hegave later in the West, "The CosmosThe Macrocosm and The Microcosm".

During these travels, he met his brothermonks Swami Brahmananda,

Saradananda, Turiyananda,Akhandananda, Advaitananda. Theystayed at Meerut for few days wherethey passed their time in meditation,prayer and study of scriptures.

In the end of January 1891, the Swami jileft his brother monks and journeyed

to Delhi alone.


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At Rajputana:- At Delhi, after visiting historical places he

journeyed towards Alwar, in the historic land

of Rajputana. he journeyed to Jaipur, wherehe studied Panini's Ashtadhyayi from a

Sanskrit scholar.

Next He journeyed to Ajmer, where hevisited the palace of Akbar and the famous

Dargah and left for Mount Abu. At MountAbu, he met the Maharaja Ajit Singh ofKhetri, who became his ardent devotee andsupporter .

He was invited to Khetri, where he delivered

discourses to the Raja. At Khetri, he also

became acquainted with Pandit Narayandas,and studied Mahabhashya on Sutras ofPanini. After two and half months at Khetri,

towards end of October 1891, he proceededtowards Rajasthan and Maharastra.


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In western India:-Continuing his travels, he visitedAhmedabad, Wadhwan, Limbdi. At

Ahmedabad he completed his studiesof Mohammedan and Jain culture.At

Limbdi, he met Thakore Sahed JaswantSingh who had himself been to England and

America. From the Thakore Saheb, theSwami got the first idea of going to the

West to preachVedanta.He visited

Junagadh,Girnar,Kutch,Porbander,Dwaraka,Palitana, Baroda. At Porbander he stayed

three quarters of a year, in spite of his vowas a wandering monk, to perfect his

philosophical and Sanskrit studies withlearned pandits; he worked with a

court panditwho translated the Vedas.

At Kathiawar he heard of the Parliament ofthe Worlds Religions and was urged by his

followers there to attend it.


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In Southern India:- At Bangalore, the Swami became acquainted with

Sir K. Seshadri Iyer, the Dewan of Mysore state, andlater he stayed at the palace as guest of the Maharajaof Mysore, Shri Chamarajendra Wadiyar. RegardingSwami's learning, Sir Seshadri reportedly remarked,"a magnetic personality and a divine force whichwere destined to leave their mark on the history ofhis country."

From Bengalore he journeyed toTrivandrum, Nagercoil and reached Kanyakumariionfoot during theChristmas Eve of 1892.

At Kanyakumari, the Swami reportedly meditated onthe "last bit of Indian rock", famously known later asthe Vivekananda Rock Memorial for three days. AtKanyakumari, Vivekananda reportedly had the"Vision of one India".

"At Cape Camorin sitting in Mother Kumari's temple,sitting on the last bit of Indian rock - I hit upon a plan:We are so many sanyasis wandering about, andteaching the people metaphysics-it is all madness.Did not our Gurudeva used to say, `An emptystomach is no good for religion?' We as a nation havelost our individuality and that is the cause of allmischief in India. We have to raise the masses.

-Swami Vivekananda


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First visit to the West :- His journey to America took him

through China, Japan, Canada and he arrived

at Chicago in July 1893.But on hisdisappointment he learnt that no onewithout credentials from a bonafide organization would be accepted as adelegate.

He came in contact with ProfessorJohn

HenryWright ofHarvard University . "To ask for your credentials is like asking

the sun to state its right to shine in theheavens . Here is a man who is morelearned than all of our learnedprofessors put together."

-John Henry Wright He urged upon me the necessity of

going to the Parliament of Religions,which he thought would give anintroduction to the nation.

-Swami vivekananda


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World'sParliament of Religions :-

The Parliament of Religions opened on 11September 1893 at the Art Institute of Chicago.On this day Vivekananda gave his first briefaddress. He represented India and Hinduism.

Though initially nervous, he bowedto Saraswati, the goddess of learning andbegan his speech with, "Sisters and brothers of

America!".To these words he got a standingovation from a crowd of seven thousand, whichlasted for two minutes.

"As the different streams having their sources indifferent places all mingle their water in thesea, so, O Lord, the different paths which mentake, through different tendencies, variousthough they appear, crooked or straight, alllead to Thee!" and "Whosoever comes to Me,through whatsoever form, I reach him; all menare struggling through paths that in the endlead to Me." brief from of Chicago massage

Despite being a short speech, it voiced the

spirit of the Parliament and its sense ofuniversality.


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Effect ofChicago message :- "India, the Mother of religions was represented

by Swami Vivekananda, the Orange-monk who

exercised the most wonderful influence over hisauditors."He attracted widespread attention inthe press, which dubbed him as the "Cyclonicmonk from India".

- Dr. Barrows, thepresident of the Parliament

"Vivekananda is undoubtedly the greatestfigure in the Parliament of Religions. Afterhearing him we feel how foolish it is tosend missionaries to this learnednation.Vivkananda undoubtedly the greatestfigure in the parliament of religion.

- New Work Herald He spoke several more times at the Parliament

on topics related to Hinduism and Buddhism.The parliament ended on 27 September 1893.All his speeches at the Parliament had onecommon themeUniversality and stressed

religious tolerance.


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Lecturing tour in America:- After the Parliament of Religions, held in

Sept. 1893 at The Art Institute of Chicago,

Vivekananda spent nearly two whole yearslecturing in various parts of eastern andcentral United States, appearing chiefly inChicago, Detroit, Boston, andNewYork.

By the spring of 1895, he was wearyand in poor health, because of his

continuous exertion.After suspendinghis lecture tour, the Swami startedgiving free and private classeson Vedanta and Yoga.

In June 1895, for two months he

conducted private lectures to a dozen ofhis disciples at theThousand IslandPark. Vivekananda considered this tothe happiest part of his first visit toAmerica. He later founded the vedantaSocietyofNewYork".


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Lecturing tour inEngland:- He traveled to England twicein 1895 and 1896. His lectures

were successful there.Here he met Miss Margaret Noble

an Irish lady, who later became Sister Nivedita.During his

second visit in May 1896, the Swami met Max Mller a

renowned Indologist at Oxford University who wroteRamakrishna's first biography in the West.From England, he

also visited other European countries.

He attracted several sincere followers. Among his other

followers were, Josephine MacLeod, Miss Muller, Miss Noble,

E.T. Sturdy, Captain and Mrs. Sevierwho played animportant role in the founding of Advaita Ashrama and

J.J.Goodwinwho became his stenographer and recorded histeachings and lectures.

From West, he also set his Indian work in motion. Vivekananda

wrote a stream of letters to India, giving advice and sending

money to his followers and brother monks. His letters fromthe West in these days laid down the motive of his campaignfor social service.

In one such letter, he wrote to Swami Akhandananda, "Go

from door to door amongst the poor and lower classes of the

town of Khetri and teach them religion. Vivekananda left for

India on 16 December 1896 from England with disciples,Ca itan and Mrs. Sevier, and J.J.Goodwin.


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Back in India:-

Colombo to Almora :-

Vivekananda arrived in Colombo on January 15,1897 and received a grand welcome. Here, he gavehis first public speech in East, India, the Holy Land.From there on, his journey to Calcutta wastriumphal progress. He traveledfrom Colombo to Pamban, Rameshwaram, Ramnad, Madurai,Kumbakonam and Madras delivering

lectures. People and Rajas gave him enthusiasticreception. In the procession at Pamban, the Raja ofRamnad personally drew the Swami's carriage. Onway to Madras, at several places where the trainwould not stop, the people squatted on the railsand allowed the train to pass only after hearing theSwami.From Madras, he continued his journey to

Calcutta and continued his lectures up to Almora.These lectures have been published as Lecturesfrom Colombo to Almora. These lectures areconsidered to be of nationalistic fervor and spiritualideology.His speeches had tremendous influence onthe Indian leaders, including MahatmaGandhi, Bipin Chandra Pal and Netaji Subhas

Chandra Bose.


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Founding of Ramakrishna Math and Mission:-

On 1 May 1897 at Calcutta, Vivekananda founded the"Ramakrishna Math"the organ for propagating religionand "Ramakrishna Mission"the organ for social

service. This was the beginning of an organized socio-

religious movement to help the masses througheducational, cultural, medical and relief work.The ideals

of the Ramakrishna Mission are based on KarmaYoga. Two monasteries were founded by him, one

at Belur, near Calcutta, which became the Headquarters

of Ramakrishna Math and Mission and the other atMayavati on the Himalayas, near Almora called

the Advaita Ashrama and later a third monastery wasestablished at Madras. Two journals were

started, Prabuddha Bharata in English and Udbhodan inBengali. The same year, the famine relief work was

started by Swami Akhandananda.


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Second visit to the West:- He once again left for the West in June 1899,

amid his declining health. He was accompaniedby Sister Nivedita, Swami Turiyananda. He

spent a short time in England, and went on toAmerica. During this visit, he foundedthe Vedanta societies at San Francisco and NewYork. He also founded "ShantiAshrama" (peaceretreat) at California, with the aid of a generous160 acre gift from an American devotee .In thistime he give various lecture on Raj Yoga,Gyanayoga yoga,Bhaki yoga,KarmaYoga.

Later he attended the Congress of Religions, inParis in 1900.The Paris addresses arememorable for the scholarly penetrationevinced by Vivekananda related to worship

ofLinga and authenticity of the Gita. From Parishe paid short visitsto Brittany,Vienna,Constantinople, Athens andEgypt. For the greater part of this period, hewas the guest of Jules Bois, the famousthinker.He left Paris in October 24, 1900 andarrived at the Belur Math in December 9, 1900.


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Last Year:- Vivekananda spent few of his days at Advaita

Ashrama, Mayavati and later at the Belur Math.

Henceforth till the end he stayed at Belur Math,guiding the work of Ramakrishna Mission andMath and the work in England and America .

His tours, hectic lecturing engagements,private discussions and correspondence hadtaken their toll on his health. He was suffering

from Asthma, diabetes and other physicalailments.[Three days before his death hepointed out the spot for this cremationtheone at which a temple in his memory standstoday .

On the day of his death, He had a walk

with Swami Premananda, a brother-disciple,and gave him instructions concerning thefuture of the Ramakrishna Math.

He goes to Mahashamadhi at ten minites pastnine on 4th july,1902 while he was meditating.

Vivekananda had fulfilled his own prophecy ofnot living to be forty-years old.


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Teachings &Philosophy:- All power is within you. You can do anything and

everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are

weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, asmost of us do nowadays. Stand up and express thedivinity within you.

Always discriminate--your body, your house, the peopleand the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream.

Always think that the body is only an inert instrument.

And the Atman within is your real nature.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life--think of

it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles,nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and

just leave every other idea alone. This is the way tosuccess, and this is the way great spiritual giants are

produced. Others are mere talking machines.

Work unto deathI am with you, and when I am gone,

my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goeswealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is

better, far better, to die on the field of duty, preachingthe truth, than to die like a worldly worm.


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Comments on Vivekananda:- I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they

are through the pages of books, at thirty years'

distance, without receiving a thrill through my bodylike an electric shock. And what shocks, whattransports, must have been produced when in burningwords they issued from the lips of the hero!

- Romain Rolland

"Swami Vivekananda's writings need no introductionfrom anybody. They make their own irresistibleappeal.

- Mahatma Gandhi

"If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In himeverything is positive and nothing negative."

-RabindranathTagore

"Behold, Vivekananda still lives in the soul of hisMother and in the souls of her children.

- Aurobindo Ghosh


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Vivekananda:Science&Religion:- In his book Raja Yoga, Vivekananda explores traditional

views on the supernatural and the belief that the

practice of Raja Yoga can confer psychic powers such as'controlling all the forces of nature .

However, Vivekananda takes a skeptical approach and in

the same book states:

Each soul is potentially divine,The goal is to manifestthis divinity within,by controlling nature,external &Internal.Do This,either by work or worship or psychiccontrol or philosophy-by one or more or all of these and

be free.This is the whole religion.Doctrines,or dogmas orrituals or books or templetes or froms are but secondary

details.

The great electrical engineer, Nikola Tesla, after listeningto Vivekananda's speech on Sankhya Philosophy, wasmuch interested in its cosmogony and its rational

theories of the Kalpas (cycles), Prana and Akasha. Hisnotion based on the vedanta led him to think that

matter is a manifestation of energy . Later he couldprove that mass can be reduced to potential energy

mathematically.


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Completes works of Vivekananda: Vivekananda left a body of philosophical works

(see Vivekananda's complete works) which Vedic

scholar Frank Parlato has called, "the greatestcomprehensive work in philosophy everpublished." His books (compiled from lecturesgiven around the world) on the four Yogas(RajaYoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga) arevery influential and still seen as fundamentaltexts for anyone interested in the Hindu practiceofYoga .

His letters are of great literary and spiritual value.He was also considered a very good singer and apoet. By He had composed many songs including

his favorite Kali the Mother. He used humor forhis teachings and was also an excellent cook. Hislanguage is very free flowing. His own Bengaliwritings stand testimony to the fact that hebelieved that words - spoken or written should befor making things easier to understand ratherthan show off the speaker or writer's knowledge.


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