SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SWAMI VIVEKANANDA • Presented by: Arjun Kumar(04010108) B.Tech, CSE Department IITGuwahati OVERVIEW OF VIVEKANANDA • • • • • • Born in Calcutta in 1863. Contact of Ramkrishna change Narendra’s life. Became world famous at Chicago in1883. “jiva is shiva”. “Awake, arise & stop not till the goal is reached.” He founded Ramkrishna mission in 1897. BIOGRAPHY (1863-1902) • Swami vivekananda’s inspiring personality was well known both in India & America. • The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in 1893. • In the course of short of 39 years of which only 10 were devoted to public activities. • He gave: gyan yog, bhakti yog,karma yog,raj yog. Birth & Childhood • Swami Vivekananda was born Narendranath Datta on 12 January 1863 in Calcutta in a respectable middle-class. • His father, Viswanath Dutta, was an attorney and was a lover of the arts and literature. Continue….. • On the other hand, Narendra’s mother, Bhubaneshwari Devi, was a pious, kind-hearted lady, devoted to the Hindu traditions. • Narendranath had varied interests & wide range of scholarship in philosophy, history, social sciences, art and other subjects. • He evinced much interest in spiritual text. College & Brahmo samaj • Vivekananda strated his education at home,later he joined metropolitan institution of ishwarchandra vidyasagar in 1871 and he passed the entrance examination of presidency college, colcutta. • Narendranath became the member of a Freemason's lodge and the breakaway faction from the Brahmo samaj led by kesab chandra sen another Freemason. Continue… • His initial beliefs were shaped by Brahmo concepts, which include belief in a formless God and deprecation of the worship of idols. • Not satisfied with his knowledge of Philosophy, he wondered if God and religion could be made a part of one's growing experiences and deeply internalized. Narendra went about asking prominent residents of contemporary Calcutta whether they had come "face to face with God. but could not get answers which satisfied him. Message to youth VIVEKA VANI Swamiji’s Divine Message for the Youth THOUGHTS We are what out thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. CONCENTRATION When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed in to an actual physical or mental state. COMMITMENT Even a fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their heart GOAL Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it. Live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body Be full of that idea. This the way to“SUCCESS”. Interesting, right? This is just a sneak preview of the full presentation. We hope you like it! To see the rest of it, just click here to view it in full on PowerShow.com. Then, if you’d like, you can also log in to PowerShow.com to download the entire presentation for free.