{"id":10553,"date":"2011-01-14T05:01:03","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T05:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/01\/swami-vivekananda-light-beyond-dimensions-and-geographies\/"},"modified":"2011-01-14T05:01:03","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T05:01:03","slug":"swami-vivekananda-light-beyond-dimensions-and-geographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/01\/swami-vivekananda-light-beyond-dimensions-and-geographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Swami Vivekananda – A Light Beyond Dimensions and Geographies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Swami.jpg\"<\/a>Yesterday, January 12th was Swami Vivekananda\u2019s birthday. He was born in 1863. His first grand entry on the stage was in 1893 in Chicago where he made the speech at the World Parliament of Religions (get the MP3 files from here<\/a>). After that he stayed in the US and gave many lectures, which are all encapsulated in \u201cThe Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Dutta, was a very logical and practical man. He had many interests including philosophy, scriptures, and music. He was a trained vocalist and instrumentalist in Indian Classical Music. He had been steeped in the writings of contemporary western philosophers and scientists like David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Baruch Spinoza, Georg W. F. Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, John Stuart Mill, and Charles Darwin. He was a genius for his age and was recognized by his professors and other luminaries of his time as such.<\/p>\n

We all know of his contribution to the revival of Spiritual discourse in India and in the West, but we don\u2019t know that he also changed the destiny of science within India. On the voyage from Japan to Chicago, he met another Indian luminary \u2013 Jamsetji Tata. He suggested Tata to start a scientific research institution. Although the young Swami declined to lead the institute, when invited by Jamsetji, the institution went on to become Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). [A Voyage in 1893 that Changed India<\/a> \u2013 for letter from Jamsetji to Swami Vivekananda]<\/p>\n

For all those who don\u2019t know, the Swami was also a poet. Please see one of his poems written in his own handwriting (click on the pic for larger view):<\/p>\n

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One circle more the spiral path of life ascends
\nAnd time\u2019s restless shuttle \u2013 running back and fro
\nThrough maze of warp and woof
\nof shining
\nthreads of life \u2013 spins out a stronger piece.<\/i><\/p>\n

Hand in hand they stand \u2013 and try to
\nfathom depths whence
\nsprings eternal love, each in other\u2019s eyes;<\/p>\n

And find
\nNo hold o\u2019er that age but brings the youth anew \u2013
\nAnd time \u2013 the good, the pure, the true.<\/p>\n

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Swami Vivekananda was one of those few who fired the imagination of many generations to come. He was not an easy disciple to have. He went to Ramakrishna Paramhans but despite his evidence when asked by Naren \u2018Do you believe in God, Sir?\u2019<\/i> His Guru replied \u2018Yes\u201d. The young disciple asked again \u2018Can you prove it, Sir?\u2019<\/i> \u2013 the Guru showed the splendour \u2013 yet the Young skeptic wasn\u2019t sure. He would run away from the Guru. Ramakrishna would run after him to the anguish of his other disciples, and beg for him to return. When asked by these steadfast and faithful disciples why the Guru showed such discriminatory behavior, Ramakrishna would say \u2013 that what this man can do no one else can.. I have to prepare him for that task.<\/p>\n

That is the beauty and grace of a Guru. He works toward a goal of fostering spiritual awakening everywhere in the world. Vivekananda was the tool that Ramakrishna used. And as Ramakrishna said \u2013 NO ONE else could do what he had prepared Naren to do as Swami Vivekananda! No one had prior to him and no one since!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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