Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher and author. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Influenced by Western esotericism, he... Wikipedia

• Born:  Narendranath Datta, January 12, 1863, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India, (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
• Died:  July 4, 1902, Belur Math, Bengal Presidency, British India, (present-day West Bengal, India)
• Founder of:  Ramakrishna Mission (1897), Ramakrishna Math
• Guru:  Ramakrishna
• Philosophy:  Neo-Vedanta, Rāja yoga
• Literary works:  Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, My Master, Lectures from Colombo to Almora
• Notable disciple(s):  Ashokananda, Virajananda, Paramananda, Alasinga Perumal, Abhayananda, Sister Nivedita, Swami Sadananda
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