Vivekananda Archive
8

Lectures and Discourses, Writings: Prose, Writings: Poems, Epistles

77 Chapters · 95,095 words

Volume 8 of the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda — Lectures and Discourses, Writings: Prose, Writings: Poems, Epistles.

Historical Context

Volume 8 collects lectures, prose writings, poems, and the fourth series of epistles spanning the final years of Vivekananda's life (1899-1902), including material from his second visit to the West in 1899-1900. Many of these works reflect the mature thought of a teacher increasingly focused on practical service, nation-building, and the synthesis of Eastern spirituality with Western energy.


Table of Contents

1

A Hymn To Shri Ramakrishna

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
2

A Preface To The Imitation Of Christ

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 3 min read
3

An Interesting Correspondence

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
4

Buddha's Message To The World

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 18 min read
5

Christianity In India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 8 min read
6

Congress Of Religious Unity

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
7

Cyclic Rest And Change

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 3 min read
8

Discipleship

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 22 min read
9

Discourses On Jnana-Yoga

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 46 min read
10

Four Paths Of Yoga

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
11

God: Personal And Impersonal

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
12

Hindus And Christians

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
13

I Am That I Am

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
14

I Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
15

II Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
16

III Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
17

India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
18

Is Vedanta The Future Religion?

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 28 min read
19

IV Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
20

IX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
21

Jnana And Karma

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
22

Light

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
23

Man The Maker Of His Destiny

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
24

My Life And Mission

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 27 min read
25

No One To Blame

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
26

Note

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
27

Notes Of Class Talks

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 4 min read
28

Pranayama

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 8 min read
29

Sayings and Utterances

Sayings and Utterances

lecture AR 26 min read
30

Shiva In Ecstasy

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
31

Six Lessons On Raja-Yoga

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 20 min read
32

The Birth Of Religion

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 5 min read
33

The Claims Of Vedanta On The Modern World

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 5 min read
34

The Dance Of Shiva

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
35

The Divine Incarnation Or Avatara

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
36

The Essence Of Religion

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 7 min read
37

The Laws Of Life And Death

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
38

The Living God

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
39

The Love Of God--I

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
40

The Love Of God--II

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 3 min read
41

The People Of India

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 3 min read
42

The Reality And The Shadow

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
43

The Religion Of Love

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 6 min read
44

The Struggle For Expansion

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 4 min read
45

The Worship Of The Divine Mother

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
46

Thou Blessed Dream

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
47

To An Early VIolet

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
48

To My Own Soul

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
49

To Shri Krishna

Writings: Prose and Poems

poem AR 1 min read
50

Unity

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
51

V Sir

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
52

VI Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
53

VII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
54

VIII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
55

Way To Salvation

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 2 min read
56

Women Of India

Lectures and Discourses

lecture AR 27 min read
57

Women Of The East

Notes of Class Talks and Lectures

lecture AR 1 min read
58

X Haripada

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
59

XI Alasinga

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
60

XII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
61

XIII Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 3 min read
62

XIV Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
63

XIX Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
64

XV Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 4 min read
65

XVI Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
66

XVII Babies

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
67

XVIII Sister Mary

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
68

XX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 6 min read
69

XXI Dear—

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 6 min read
70

XXII Mother

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
71

XXIII Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
72

XXIV Babies

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
73

XXIX Diwanji Saheb

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
74

XXV Sisters

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read
75

XXVI Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
76

XXVII Leon

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 1 min read
77

XXVIII Sister

Epistles - Fourth Series

letter AR 2 min read

Key Quotes from This Volume

“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”

“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

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