Vivekananda and Indian Renaissance

Vivekananda and Indian Renaissance
Author: B. K. Ahluwalia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1983
Genre:
ISBN:

Contributed articles, most by Indian luminaries, on the life and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda, 1863-1902.

Guru to the World

Guru to the World
Author: Ruth Harris
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674287347

From the Wolfson History Prize–winning author of The Man on Devil’s Island, the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West. Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on both Eastern and Western life as Swami Vivekananda, the Indian monk who inspired the likes of Freud, Gandhi, and Tagore. Blending science, religion, and politics, Vivekananda introduced Westerners to yoga and the universalist school of Hinduism called Vedanta. His teachings fostered a more tolerant form of mainstream spirituality in Europe and North America and forever changed the Western relationship to meditation and spirituality. Guru to the World traces Vivekananda’s transformation from son of a Calcutta-based attorney into saffron-robed ascetic. At the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, he fascinated audiences with teachings from Hinduism, Western esoteric spirituality, physics, and the sciences of the mind, in the process advocating a more inclusive conception of religion and expounding the evils of colonialism. Vivekananda won many disciples, most prominently the Irish activist Margaret Noble, who disseminated his ideas in the face of much disdain for the wisdom of a “subject race.” At home, he challenged the notion that religion was antithetical to nationalist goals, arguing that Hinduism was intimately connected with Indian identity. Ruth Harris offers an arresting biography, showing how Vivekananda’s thought spawned a global anticolonial movement and became a touchstone of Hindu nationalist politics a century after his death. The iconic monk emerges as a counterargument to Orientalist critiques, which interpret East-West interactions as primarily instances of Western borrowing. As Vivekananda demonstrates, we must not underestimate Eastern agency in the global circulation of ideas.

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda
Author: P. R. Bhuyan
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9788126902347

The Book Is A Comprehensive Account Of Swami Vivekananda S Nationalism That Went A Long Way In Proliferating National Energy Against The British Imperialism In India In Particular And The Western Imperialism In Other Parts Of The Globe In General. History Witnessed The Beginning Of The Great End Of Century-Long Hibernation Of The Indian Masses Under The Foreign Domination.Humanism And Universalism, The Two Cardinal Features Of Indian Spiritual Culture, Are The Bedrock Upon Which His Nationalism Is Based. Hence, The Book Highlights His Message For The Promotion Of International Unity And Integrity Through Religion And Spiritualism To Achieve The Grand Ideal Of Universal Brotherhood And Goodwill To Ensure Peaceful Co-Existence To Avert Wars.His Nationalism Also Seeks To Project India As A Stage For The Whole World And Fervently Calls Upon His Compatriots To Play The Traditional Role Of A Spiritual Guide What India Calls Her Spiritual Mission In All Ages Of History.Man-Making And Character-Building Are The Two Vital Aspects Of Swami Vivekananda S Nationalism, The Book Vigorously Spotlights Upon, Keeping In View The Present Scenario Of The Depletion Of The Ethical Values And The Erosion Of The Social Sanctity Leading To The Deterioration In The Quality Of Life Of Man In India And Abroad.A Sincere Adherence To The Nationalism Of Swami Vivekananda Is Sure To Usher In A New Era Of Efflorent Renaissance And Resurgence Leading The Whole Mankind Along The Path Of Supreme Peace And Progress Towards The Divinity In The Long Run.

Notes of Some Wanderings With the Swami Vivekananda

Notes of Some Wanderings With the Swami Vivekananda
Author: Swami Vivekananda
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781016123563

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Essays on Indian Renaissance

Essays on Indian Renaissance
Author: Raj Kumar
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2003
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788171416899

Contents: Introduction, Hindu Renaissance in Middle Ages, India s Religious Renaissance, Influence of Renaissance and Reformation, The Renaissance in British India and its Effect, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Indian Renaissance, The Bengal Renaissance and Rabindranath Tagore, The Roots of Indian Nationalism, Delhi in the Nineteenth Century, The English Positives and India, Social and Cultural Reconstruction, British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance, Renaissance of Tamil Culture, Premchand: And Indian Resurgence.

Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions
Author: Stephen E. Gregg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317047435

The Hindu thinker Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was and remains an important figure both within India, and in the West, where he was notable for preaching Vedanta. Scholarship surrounding Vivekananda is dominated by hagiography and his (mis)appropriation by the political Hindu Right. This work demonstrates that Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist. The book shows that Vivekananda formulated a hierarchical and inclusivistic framework of Hinduism, based upon his interpretations of a four-fold system of Yoga. It goes on to argue that Vivekananda understood his formulation of Vedanta to be universal, and applied it freely to non-Hindu traditions, and in so doing, demonstrates that Vivekananda was consistently critical of ‘low level’ spirituality, not only in non-Hindu traditions, but also within Hinduism. Demonstrating that Vivekananda is best understood within the context of ‘Advaitic primacy’, rather than ‘Hindu chauvinism’, this book will be of interest to scholars of Hinduism and South Asian religion and of South Asian diaspora communities and religious studies more generally.

The Limits of Scripture

The Limits of Scripture
Author: Anantanand Rambachan
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780824815424

"Hailed as one of modern India's cultural heroes, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) has been credited not only with interpreting Hinduism to the west but with interpreting it to India itself. Despite his pervasive influence, critical assessments and attempts to "demythologize" Vivekananda have been rare, and rarer still are historical and hermeneutical clarification of his work. The Limits of Scripture offers a close examination of Vivekananda's understanding of the authority of sruiti (the Vedas) and its relationship to anubhava (personal experience)." "Beginning with an analysis of western influences and Hindu responses in the nineteenth century, Anantanand Rambachan moves on to a careful explication of Vivekananda's understanding of the Vedas, the nature and scope of their authority, and the hermeneutical principles employed by him in his approach to the texts. Throughout the discussion, the author also clarifies the generally overlooked distinctions between Vivekananda's view of anubhava as the source of liberating knowledge and that of Sankara (ca. 788-820), the principal systematizer and exponent of the Advaita tradition, who argued for the Vedas as the authoritative source of this knowledge. The task of critically distinguishing Sankara and Vivekananda has not been thoroughly accomplished elsewhere and is crucial for understanding religious and philosophical change in modern Indian thought." "In addition this work evaluates the coherence and consistency of Vivekananda's reinterpretations, drawing attention to important problems in his claim for the supremacy of personal experience, his arguments for "many paths to the same goal," and his attempts to reconcile the insights of Hinduism with the methods and findings of science. In undertaking this assessment and analysis, The Limits of Scripture makes a real contribution to the understanding of Vivekananda's legacy, Indian religions, and the wider study of religion."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Swami Vivekananda in India

Swami Vivekananda in India
Author: Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9788120815865

Swami Vivekananda in india: A Corrective Biography attempts to inform the reader accurately about his life both before and after his historic visits to the West. Much material has been translated anew from original Bengali books. At the same time it challenges current popular and pious notions held about this humanitarian-monk. The four major chapters in this book are about his meetings with Sri Ramakrishna, his travels in India during 1886-1893, media waves about him in India, and his triumphant return from the West in 1897. Analysis of original eyewitness reports in both India and Western newspapers and periodicals forms an integral part of this biography.