Happy birthday - Swami Vivekananda

[Kavitaparna]

Vivekananda's Quote of the Day

Let us make our hearts as big as an ocean, to go beyond all the trifles of the world and see it only as a picture. We can then enjoy the world without being in any way affected by it.

Today is the Birthday of one of the most precious children of "Bharat Maata".

Let us all remember this great soul on this auspicious day.

A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life, 1863-1902. Born in the Datta family of Calcutta, the youthful Vivekananda embraced the agnostic philosophies of the Western mind along with the worship of science.

At the same time, vehement in his desire to know the truth about God, he questioned people of holy reputation, asking them if they had seen God. He found such a person in Sri Ramakrishna, who became his master, allayed his doubts, gave him God vision, and transformed him into sage and prophet with authority to teach.

After Sri Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda renounced the world and criss-crossed India as a wandering monk. His mounting compassion for India's people drove him to seek their material help from the West. Accepting an opportunity to represent Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of Religions in 1893, Vivekananda won instant celebrity in America and a ready forum for his spiritual teaching.

For three years he spread the Vedanta philosophy and religion in America and England and then returned to India to found the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Exhorting his nation to spiritual greatness, he wakened India to a new national consciousness. He died July 4, 1902, after a second, much shorter sojourn in the West. His lectures and writings have been gathered into nine volumes.

OM SRI SWAMI VIVEKANANDAYA NAMAHA

Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!
Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!
Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!  Om Sri  Sai Ram!

kavita

[bohemianbab]

Thank you for sharing this Kavitaji .dont know how My eyes caught this topic today and not before.
Yes,we must read and follow the life of such great people who inspire us and help us look beyond our ownself.
Thanks for making this effort Kavitaji.Once again
Om Sai

Babita

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I am a bit late.

Happy BDay Swami ji.

Jai Sai Ram

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[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM!
A VERYHAPPY B'DAY TO YOU SWAMIji.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal

[OmSaiRamNowOn]

Jai Sai Ram.

"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being."
-Swami Vivekananda

Aum Sai Ram !
SAI SAI SAI SAI SAI
SAI SAI SAI SAI
SAI SAI

-Anju