Who was Swami Vivekananda?
Born in Calcutta on January 12, 1863, Swami Vivekananda was the chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He was a marvelous blend of all excellences. Eager to know if God is true and perceptible, he was guided to Sri Ramakrishna who assured him from personal realization that God is the only Reality and can be communed with. Questioning the Master at every step and accepting nothing without rigorous proof, he was able to realize for himself the truth of his Master’s ideas. After the Master’s passing away he was commissioned with the task of spreading the Master’s messages across the world. He put India on the spiritual map of the world by his famous addresses at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893. He made Vedanta popular in the West, and in India he established the twin organizations, the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, to train those who had renounced the world in search of God and to integrate the activities of individuals who chose to serve fellow men and wom
