Lessons we can learn from Swami Vivekananda, An Indian Monk.
Swami Vivekananda principles are worldwide famous and to Indians, he stands next to God. For The Record, Vivekananda is world-famous for the reintroduction of Yoga and Indian Philosophy. Before we get to know his life (mantras) philosophies. Let us know a little about his life.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIAN MONK.
Born - 12 January 1863 in Calcutta as Narendranath Datta. His upbringing was influenced by his mother's religious beliefs and his father's liberal thinking.
Education - Swami was good in studies since childhood. He profounds his interest in religious books which include Vedas, Puranas etc. He gave many speeches about Hinduism at different places.
International Speech - He once was invited to give a speech at Chicago at the Parliament of the World's Religion. In his speech, he introduced Americans to the Indian culture and their beliefs. He earned a two-minute standing ovation from the audience.
Death - On 2 July 1902, Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi after that he went to his room and asked not to disturb him. Someone found him dead in his room, reports say The reason for the death is the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
His Favorite books were The Imitation of Christ and Bhagavat Gita. In 2012, the Raipur airport was renamed Swami Vivekananda Airport.
Statue - Vivekananda has many statues in India, but the tallest is in Saligrama in the Udupi district. It is 35 feet tall and inaugurated this February.
LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THE GREAT SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
From his sayings, we can learn a lot that is:-
•Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
• You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
• All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
• We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
• You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your soul.
• Dream it And Focus on it - He emphasized success as an outcome of focussed thinking and action. He said to take up one idea, live it, dream of it and leave other ideas alone.
• Swami summarized "Vedanta" in a modern language saying “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or mental discipline, or philosophy by one, or more, or all of these and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details.”
• Vivekananda linked morality with control of the mind, seeing truth, purity and unselfishness as traits that strengthened it.
B. R. Ambedkar once said, "the greatest man India produced in recent centuries was not Gandhi but Vivekananda." Do you agree!
