Swami Vivekananda (January 2007)

We will start the year with Swami Vivekananda, the Valiant monk who proclaimed in America the greatness of Hinduism and of Indian culture at a time when the west regarded India as a land of Barbarians . The beloved disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he was the great thinker and mighty man of action.

Swami Vivekananda was born on 12th January 1863 in Calcutta . As a child he was very lively and naughty. He was very scientific in his attitude. He was quick and alert in his studies. He did not accept anything without proof of knowledge. He was a disciple of Ramakrishna. He represented Hinduism at the first world Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. He gave a famous speech,”Sisters and brothers of America .”  He was also invited to speak all over America and Europe . He was a man with a great spiritual presence and tremendous intellect.