Short biography of swami vivekananda disciples

Life of Swami Vivekananda Narendranath Datta I have traveled far and wide, but have not yet come across a lad of his talents and possibilities even among the philosophical students in the German universities. He is bound to make his mark in life. John Henry Wright about Swami Vivekananda in a letter of introduction to the committee in charge of housing and providing for the oriental delegates at the Parliament of Religions.

As a young person of 23 years or so, Swami Vivekananda spoke to the Master in this strain: "I want to remain immersed in samadhi for three or four days, continuously, breaking it only for a little food.

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You are seeking such an insignificant thing. There is a state higher than that even. Is it not you who sing, 'Thou art all that exists? But now I see you seek your own liberation. When the beloved disciple came back from that state, the Master said: "Now, then the Mother has shown you everything. Just as a treasure is locked in a box, so will this realization be hidden from you and the key shall remain with me.

You have work to do. When you have finished it, the treasure will be unlocked again, and you will know everything then just as you do now. And a work was set into motion that laid a strong foundation once more for Hinduism to stand on a firm footing - this time against the onslaught of narrow-mindedness and sectarianism and bigotry on the one hand and western and modern science on the other hand - and thereby vindicating Sri Krishna's teaching that the Lord manifests his power again and again to protect the Eternal Religion!

Sister Nivedita sums up the compass of Swamiji's work on the spiritual level: "Of the Swami's address before the Parliament of Religions, it may be said that when he began to speak it was of "the religious ideas of the Hindus", but when he ended, Hinduism had been created.