Who was the spiritual guide of Vivekananda?

Born into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality. He was influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna, from whom he learnt that all living beings were an embodiment of the divine self; therefore, service to God could be rendered by service to humankind.

What was the comment of Sri Aurobindo on Swami Vivekananda?

Sri Aurobindo related: “From the beginning, I did not feel nirvana to be the highest spiritual achievement. Something in me always wanted to go on farther. But, even then, I did not ask for this new experience. In fact, in nirvana, with that peace, one does not ask for anything.

Was Vivekananda spiritual leader?

Swami Vivekananda formerly known as Narendranath Dutta was one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga and a major figure in the history of Hinduism and India. He was the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

How long did Swami Vivekananda meditate?

three days
On 24 December 1892, Vivekananda reached Kanyakumari and meditated for three days on a large rock and took the resolution to dedicate his life to serve humanity. The event is known as the Kanyakumari resolve of 1892.

Which God did Vivekananda pray?

Swami Vivekananda’s prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar

Idol of Goddess Kali or Bhavatarini at Dakshineshwar
Date	16 September 1884
Participants	Ramakrishna Vivekananda
Incident in brief	Narendranath intended to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation

Does Swami Vivekananda believe in Krishna?

I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as Krishna, Rama, and Buddha, and that He will come again.

Was Vivekananda an agnostic?

Conversation. The young Swami Vivekananda was a disciple of John Stuart Mill & an atheist. He later shed his atheism but not his commitment to secularism. :He was truly & purely a secular but not the way it has been ‘fabricated’ by some ‘overenthusiasts’.

When did Swami Vivekananda give up his body?

Swami Vivekananda gave up his body in 1902. About 6 years later in the year 1908, Vivekananda came in his subtle body and gave very detailed guidance to Sri Aurobindo, who was at that time lodged in jail, imprisoned by the British.

Is Vivekananda the Himalaya of egotism?

The reference is to a retort by Vivekananda to a Madras pundit’s objection on the basis that ‘Shankara does not say so’’. The swami shot back saying, ‘But I, Vivekananda, say so’. Sri Aurobindo points out that that ‘I Vivekananda’ may seem to the ordinary eye as the Himalaya of egotism.

What are the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda?

The teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo asserted, combine the full light of the knowledge of the Upanishads with all life and action in a unique synthesis.

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