Swami Vivekananda in Chicago, September, 1893. On the left Vivekananda wrote in his own handwriting: "one infinite pure and holy – beyond thought beyond qualities I bow down to thee".
Born
Narendra Nath Datta
12 January 1863
Calcutta, India
Died
4 July 1902 (aged 39)
Belur Math near Calcutta
Nationality
Indian
Founder ofBelur Math, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
Guru
Ramakrishna
Philosophy
Vedanta
Literary works
Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga
Prominent Disciple(s)
Alasinga Perumal, Swami Abhayananda, Sister Nivedita, Swami Sadananda
Influence on
Subhas Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghose, Bagha Jatin, Mahatma Gandhi, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Jamsetji Tata, Nikola Tesla
Quotation
Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter.
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