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ami Vivekananda10 0 Y ear s La ter
Swami Vivekananda, the great Hindu Monk of
India, left his mortal coil exactly a century ago,
on July 4 , 1902.Time has proved the truth of the words Swami
Vivekananda uttered before his death: "It may be
that I shall find it good to get outside my body -- to
cast it off like a worn out garment. But I shall notcease to work. I shall inspire men everywhere until
the world shall know that it is one with God." Work
unto death, I am with you, and when I am gone, my
spirit will work with you.
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OVERVIEW
100 Yea rs L ater A G lowi ng Tr ibute Homage An E st ima te ( of the inestimable) A P ro pheti c Vo ice Divi ne Sparks Be a nd Ma ke
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SWA MI VI VEK AN AN DA100 Ye ars Late r
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This is the centenary year of the
maahasamaadhiof Swami Vivekananda, the
patriot-saint and the intrepid Hindu Monk of
India who dazzled the West by his fascinating
personality, scintillating intellect and powerful
oratory. One hundred years ago, on July 4,
1902, completing his divinely ordained
mission, the great Swami left his mortal coiland returned to the Divine Source. In the
words of his illustrious disciple, Sister
Nivedita, .on the wings of meditation, his
spirit soared whence there could be noreturn, and the body was left, like a folded
vesture, on the earth. And the day he
chose of all others was the Fourth of July
the American Independence Day.
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His was a rare personality, a dynamic
and dedicated life in a short span. His
multi-faceted life and work, and the
inspiring message were for the spiritualregeneration of India and the world.
Having given his ideal a firm practical
shape, having inspired millions of people
with the noble ideals of 'Renunciation
and Service', having made India
conscious of her glorious past, and
having awakened her to future tasks,
Vivekananda wound up his earthlycareer at the age of thirty-nine years,
five months and twenty-two days, thus
fulfilling his own prophecy: 'I will not live
to be forty years old.' "
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At the height of his glory and renown, how unassuming and ego-less he
was! Here is the testimony: If there has ever been a word of truth, aword of spirituality, that I have spoken anywhere in the world, I owe it to
my Master; only mistakes are mine They call me the cyclonic Hindu.
Remember, it is His will I am a voice without a form. This is also a
testimony to his fidelity to his Great Master Sri Ramakrishna.
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And, as to his spiritual depth and universality of
outlook, mark his words: What is India or
England or America to us? We are the servantsof that God who by the ignorant is called man.
Renunciation, service and sacrifice were his watchwords. And, an
embodiment of renunciation that he was, he wore himself out in the service
of God in man. Here is his testament: When will that blessed day dawnwhen my life will be a sacrifice at the altar of humanity? Let the body, since
perish it must, wear out in action and not rust in inaction It is better to wear
out than to rust out.
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Time has proved the truth of the words Swami Vivekananda uttered before
his death: "It may be that I shall find it good to get outside my body -- tocast it off like a worn out garment. But I shall not cease to work. I shall
inspire men everywhere until the world shall know that it is one with God."
Work unto death, I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work
with you.
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Swami Vivekananda's influence on societies and individuals can be classified
into: his impact as a teacher of the message of Eternal India, which is in fact
the spiritual message ofSanatana Dharma, popularly known as Hinduisim,or
the rational and universal gospel of the Vedanta; his stress on the practice of
religion of service, based on equality and tyaga; his role as an awakener,builder and organizer of modern India with its patriotic, spiritual and service
movements; his contribution as a cultural and spiritual emissary of India to the
West; his work as an interpreter of Indian values in the universal language of
science and, his influence in taming and unifying science itself.
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Humanity has not yet opened fully the gift it has received from
Sri Ramakrishna, the gift of the advent and work of Swami
Vivekananda. We can only envy the future world, which will be
delighted and blessed with this gift, which it has been ready to
receive but slow to uncover.
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Swami Vivekananda "burst into theworld like a bomb not to lick it into
destruction with tongues of fire, but
to rouse men from their spiritual
stupor by the boom of his powerfulvoice. His words seem to gain
greater force as they roll down the
years. Vivekananda is today a voice
without form.
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The main concern of the world today is peace and harmony.
If peace and harmony are to rise and rein in the hearts and minds of all people
all over the world, they should have an opportunity to be exposed to the
revealing insights of spirituality, which Swami Vivekananda has bequeathed to
humanity.
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Swami Vivekananda is verily a bridge between the East and the West.He is a dynamic spiritual force to shape the future of humanity. His
teachings have set in motion a spiritual force, which can eventually
bring into the western civilization the needed qualitative change .
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The greatest of all benefactions, according to Swami
Vivekananda, is the act of rousing man to the glory of
the divinity within. The awakened man solves for
himself all his problems, secular and sacred."The solution to all human problems is in man's becoming Man (with capital
M) in all his dimensions, by manifesting his divinity. Problems are
understandably many. But the solution is one -- to become the new kind of
man, who being simultaneously scientific and spiritual eventually becomesfree. It is this new man, pure in heart, clear in brain, unselfish in motivation,
who works in a balanced manner with his head, heart and hand, who has
shed all his smallness and illusions, who has experienced unity of existence
in his expanded consciousness -- this selfless, spotless and fearless man of
character, enlightenment and love, is the hope of the world.
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What made Swami Vivekananda stand apart
from others is that in his life there was made
manifest a tremendous force for the moral and
spiritual welfare and upliftment of humanity
irrespective of caste, creed or nationality. This
power of his is what characterizes Swamijiswork even to this day. Though his voice is
without a form today, the vibrations of the same
have been caught up in many a heart and have
surcharged and transformed them.
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As we offer our homage to Swami Vivekananda in the centenary year of hismahasamadhi, let us meditate on his multi-faceted life and work and
inspiring message for the spiritual regeneration of humanity. And, above all,
let us translate his spiritual teachings into our day-to-day life and be
blessed thereby.
All glory to that great Hindu Monk of India!
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A GLOWING TRIBUTEby
Srimat Swami Ranganathanandaji13th President of the Ramakrishna Order
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Swami Vivekananda is the one person who stands as a golden link
between India and the western world, and who promises to be such
a link between India and the rest of the world as well.
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For the first time in our history of the past thousand years, our country
produced a great teacher in Swami Vivekananda who took India out of her
isolation of centuries and brought her into the mainstream of international
life. This is a great work, whose beneficent results are slowly and steadily
becoming evident as decades roll on.
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Swami Vivekananda had a fourfold training, which equipped him for the
world mission. Firstly, his education in modern western science, literature,
and history; secondly, his assimilation of the positive elements in theIndian culture and traditions; thirdly, his discipleship at the feet of Sri
Ramakrishna, the very personification of the Indian spiritual tradition; and
fourthly, his intimate grasp of the realities of contemporary India during his
life as a wandering monk for six years. And this fourfold training made
Vivekananda an embodiment of the East and the West.
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He passed away on 4th July 1902, at
the young age of 39 years, 5 months,
and 22 days. Out of the nine years of
his public ministry, from the Parliamentof Religions in 1893 up to his death in
1902, he gave over four most intense
years to the West. The intensity of his
nine years of work in the West and in
India, the output of spiritual,intellectual, literary, and organizational
work, besides the traveling involved
during the period, is unprecedented.
As a teacher of modern India and asher cultural and spiritual Emissary to
the West, Vivekananda has illumined
the horizon of national and
international life, which has no parallel
in the history
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Buddha had a message to the East, and I have a message to the West.The West will one day learn to feel proud of this Emissary of modern India
and learn from him the philosophy of comprehensive spirituality and total
life-fulfillment and the way to its own redemption from a soul-killing
materialism. When that response comes from the West, the tunnelconnecting East and West would be complete, and a new culture, neither
eastern nor western, but just human, would be evolved, making for the
spiritual growth of man everywhere and tending to develop a mankind-
awareness in all nations, and marking the fulfillment of the purposes of the
advent of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda in the modern age.
He was a man with a message and he delivered it
fearlessly and intensely. He had said of himself:
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Vict ory to tha t I ntr epid Hind u Mon k of
A HOMAGE
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vishwahitaishi mahaamanishi
janasevaataapasi
jayatu vivekananda swami
jayatu veera sannyaasi II
nipeeya sakalam tattwajnaanam
paanchabhautikam nava vijnaanam
jagaditihaasa puraana darshanamparameshwara darshane manaswi
yo nitaraam abhilaashi
jayatu veera sannyaasi II
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sakaladharama patha parama saadhakamvividha dharma mata marmabodhakam
bhogavaada naastikya rodhakam
jagadgurum tam pranamya sahasaa
jaato dradhataapasi
jayatu veera sannyaasi II
graame graame nagare nagare
nadi nadaanaam teere teereguha gahware vipine ghore
vilokya jana jivanam vipannam
yo vivhala maanasi
jayatu veera sannyaasi II
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vishwadharma sammelana pithevividha dharma guru garva garisthe
naanaa dharma dhwaja pratishte
navayuga maanavadharma ghoshanaa
jagarjayo saahasijayatu veera sannyasi II
mahaavera iva parama viraagi
krista-buddhavat karuno tyaagishankara iva digvijayi yogi
udaara charito vishwa kutumbi
janagana hrdaya nivaasi
jayatu veera sannyaasi II
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Surely, Vivekanandas words do not need introduction
from anybody; they make their own irresistible appeal.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The best introduction to Vivekananda is not to read
about him but to read him.
- Christopher Isherwood
If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him
everything is positive and nothing negative.
- Rabindranath Tagore
AN ESTIMATE (of the inestimable)
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Today man requires one moreadjustment on the spiritual plane; today
when material ideas are at the height of
their glory and power, today when man is
likely to forget his divine nature, throughhis growing dependence on matter, and is
likely to be reduced to a mere money-
making machine, an adjustment is
necessary.
A PROPHETIC VOICE
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As I look upon the history of my country, Ido not find in the world another country
which has done quite so much for the
improvement of the human mind and that
India was the homeland of the invisible
powers that ruled the destinies of men and
nations and its ancient scriptures would
make it the teacher of the world.
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Each soul is potentially divine. The goal (of life) is to manifest
this Divinity within by controlling nature, external (through physical science,
technology and socio-political processes), and internal (through the science ofreligion). Do this either by work or worship or psychic control or philosophy
by one or more or all of these and Be Free All power is within you; you are
the reservoir of omnipotent power Awake from this hypnotism of weakness.
None is really weak; the soul is infinite, omnipotent and omniscient. Stand up,
assert yourself, proclaim the God within you Teach yourself, teach everyonehis real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will
come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come and everything
that is excellent will come, when the sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious
activity.
DIVINE SPARKS
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The prayer: tamaso maa jyotirgamaya Lead me from darkness to Light
quoted in the inner orb, is indicative of mans spiritual quest his aspiration to
discover, realize and manifest the innate Divinity.
The meditative posture of man, the brilliant sun behind him, the lotus on which
he is seated and the waves beneath it are symbolic of mystic communion, pursuit of
knowledge, devotional absorption and selfless work, respectively.
The design thus depicts the gospel of Swami Vivekananda, according to which
man can discover, realize and manifest the Divinity enshrined in him, by cultivating anintegrated life, with due emphasis on pursuit of knowledge, devotional absorption,
mystic communion and selfless service.
Be and Make is an epigram of Swamiji exhorting man to unfold his intrinsic
divinity through the cultivation of an integrated life and also to help others march
towards that end
BE AND MAKE
The monosyllable superimposed on the bosom of man symbolizeshis intrinsic Divinity, which is his real nature.
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