Swami Vivekananda
Shiva
"He is the Great God, calm, beautiful, and silent! and I am His great worshipper."
Krishna
Sister Nivedita wrote "The existence of Krishna , then, like that of Christ, he often told us in the general way he doubted. Buddha and Mohammed alone, amongst religious teachers, had been fortunate enough to have 'enemies as well as friends,’ so that their historical careers were beyo
Haripada Mitra
DEAR READER, if you wish to enjoy reading a few pages of my reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda, you must bear with me for a while till I have given you some idea about the sort of man I was before I met the Swami, the conceptions I had of religion, my education, and my nature in general. Unless
Swami Vivekananda and food
In the course of his wanderings, Vivekananda had got accustomed to eat chillies, which were often the only condiment he had with his food. I have seen him eating a handful of pungent, green chillies with evident relish.
The Swami's Sarcasm and Caustic Humour
Swami Ramakrishnananda arranged an introduction to the Swami of a young man who apparently asked the Swami for money... The Swami wrote back to Ramakrishnananda (Sashi) Feb 25, 1898. I received your letter of recommendation for the young man with the old story of "having nothing to eat, Your Honour"
Jokes and Genial Humour
He loved to tell the story of a Christian missionary who was sent to preach to the
The unfortunate aspects of poor editing of Vivekananda's poems
Like Vivekananda's letters, many of his poems were edited. Let us compare the version of REQUISCAT IN PACE! as published in the first edition of Notes of Some Wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda (published under the watchful eye of Swami Saradanananda) and the version published in the Comple
Found Poetry
“Found poetry” are poems which are “extracted” from or found in prose or utterances, not written by the author as poetry, which can nevertheless be read as poetry. My selections here, of course, are purely subjective and perhaps a little presumptuous. Yet Vi
Editing the Swami's Lectures;
' The Necessity of Religion' was a lecture delivered by Swami Vivekananda in England in June 1896. While we have no intention of making any judgement on the editing of Swami Vivekananda's works, we feel it is important to point out that his lectures were edited. Much was done with his permission - i
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
Bhagavad Gita
The following is a partial list of books mentioned in various sources as those that Vivekananda read.
Anecdotes about Swami Vivekananda
The following anecdote about Swami Vivekananda is as narrated by K. Sundarama Iyer in his reminiscences.