What did Swami Vivekananda strongly oppose?

He abhorred celibacy and monasticism and believed that religion teaches us to live in harmony with Nature. His followers, known as Brahmos, fought against the caste system and women’s liberation. He came to hate liberal ideas, dismissed women’s liberation and defended the caste system.

Did Vivekananda promote Hinduism?

True, Vivekananda was the chief force behind the revival of Hinduism in the late nineteenth century and it was largely because of his efforts that Hinduism got global attention as a major world religion. It was the pure essence of classic Hinduism — based on the philosophy of Vedanta — that Vivekananda championed.

What was Swami Vivekananda’s assumed name before he was called Swami Vivekanand?

Narendranath Datta
Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendranath Datta, was born in Kolkata on 12 January 1863.

What was vivekanand mission with respect to India?

Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission on 1 May 1897, in which monks and common people would jointly undertake propagation of Practical Vedanta, and various forms of social service, such as running hospitals, schools, colleges, hostels, rural development centres etc, and conducting massive relief and …

Why did some people speak against the philosophies of Swami Vivekananda?

No people spoke against the philosophies of Swami Vivekananda. However, only desperate people seeking ‘eternal happiness’ who believe in heaven and hell follows Prabhupada and his society blindly. ISKCON calls Lord Shiva an “Anti-Vedic God” stating that he is not present in the Vedas.

How is ISKCON different from other schools of Hinduism?

They are different from other societies or schools of Hinduism by the fact that ISKCON acts like a marketing corporation. While other schools of Hinduism focuses on inner peace and other philosophical elements, ISKCON goes around saying ‘JOIN HERE! JOIN HERE! Be our devotee’.

Who is the founder of ISKCON?

Bhaktivedanta Swami a.k.a Prabhupada began ISKCON under the philosophies of Gaudiya Vaishnavists. A school that is just 500 years old which was found by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There weren’t much people following this sect until Prabhupada started ISKCON some 50 years ago. Why?