Swami Vivekananda

People that Swami Vivekananda knew
Swami Vivekananda said, "He who cannot literally worship his mother can never become great."

Reminiscences of the Holy Mother
Sudhir Chandra Samui, Ex-Headmaster of Deopara Champamoni High School, was a resident of Jayrambati and passed away in 1994 at the age of 87. This article was translated from the original Bengali by Ms. Maloti Sengupta of Kolkata from Sri Sri Mayer Pada-prante published by Udbodhan Karyalaya, K

In the Mother's Company
Swami Nirvanananda (often referred to as "Surya Swami Brahmananda" or "Sujji Swami Brahmananda") was a disciple of Swami Brahmananda. Nirvanananda was Vice-President of the Ramakrishna Order.

Swami Vivekananda
Shami Bibekanondo ), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta

Impact on History

Prabuddha Bharata
Prabuddha Bharata was started in 1896 under the inspiration of Swami Vivekananda...

The Vedanta Kesari
Under the inspiration of Swami Vivekananda, his Madras disciples G.Venkataranga Rao, M.C.Nanjunda Rao and Alasinga Perumal started the Brahmavadin on 14 September 1895. Until Alasinga's death in 1909 the magazine came out regularly. After his passing away it continued but with less regularity,
Publications of the Ramakrishna order
The Vedanta Kesari is an English monthly, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai. Started in the year 1895 the 'Brahmavadin' assumed its present name 'The Vedanta Kesari' in the year 1914.
History of the New York Vedanta Society
The Vedanta Society of New York was the first Vedanta Society in the West.

The emblem of the Ramakrishna Order
Laura Glenn (Sister Devamata) wrote: The design which has become the symbol of the Ramakrishna Mission everywhere came into being in the same casual way as did the "Song of the Sannyasin." It took shape in 1900 during Swami Vivekananda's later visit to America . At that time the Vedanta

Introduction
From the RAMAKRISHNA MATH CHENNAI WEB http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/whatitis/belurmath.shtml

SRI AUROBINDO ON HIS VISIONS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA....
From A.B. Purani's "The Life of Sri Aurobindo", Chapter " Pondicherry 1910-1926", page 209 1926 - 10 July: Remark in a talk: "Vivekananda came and gave me the knowledge of the intuitive mentality. I had not the last idea about it at that time. He too did not have it when he was in the body.
