Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

noreply@blogger.com (Harshal) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:26:00 +0000

Iconoclast, skeptic, social rebel, this bright and talented Calcutta boy had his life transformed by meeting Sri Ramakrishna and staying near him for six years. He later went on foot over the whole of India studying the bases of its spirituality. Becoming a wandering monk, he found his way to Chicago and the World's Fair. He was admitted to the Parliament of Religions there and gave sensational talks which launched him on a world career in the preaching of Vedanta. In 1899 he founded, with brother disciples, the Ramakrishna Order and Mission of India with centers in the U.S.A. and other countries