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