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
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo