A Life in Sequence
Follow the arc from student to world teacher
Read Vivekananda's works in the order he lived them — from early formation through the Parliament triumph, the Western tours, and the return to India.
Note
NOTE Before leaving for the U.S.A. Swamiji used to change his name very often. In earlier years, he signed as Narendra or Naren; then for some time as Vividishananda or Sachchidananda. But for the co...
Response to Welcome
Sisters and Brothers of America, It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order ...
Work and its Secret
( Delivered at Los Angeles, California, January 4, 1900 ) One of the greatest lessons I have learnt in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end. He was a great man from ...
The Bhakta's Renunciation Results from Love
CHAPTER II THE BHAKTA'S RENUNCIATION RESULTS FROM LOVE We see love everywhere in nature. Whatever in society is good and great and sublime is the working out of that love; whatever in society is ver...
The Vedanta in all its phases
THE VEDANTA IN ALL ITS PHASES (Delivered in Calcutta) Away back, where no recorded history, nay, not even the dim light of tradition, can penetrate, has been steadily shining the light, sometimes di...
Wednesday, June 19
(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE) WEDNESDAY, June 19, 1895. (This day marks the beginning of the regular teaching given daily by Swami Vivekananda to his disciples at Thousand Island Park. ...
I Sir
I (Translated from Bengali) To Balaram Bose Glory to Ramakrishna GHAZIPUR February 6, 1890 RESPECTED SIR, I have talked with Pavhari Baba. He is a wonderful saint — the embodiment of humility, ...