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A Short Life of Swami Vivekananda
The life and message of Swami Vivekananda are a source of great inspiration to many in their individual as well as collective life. The present short biography is intended to meet the needs of those who have neither the time nor the opportunity to read larger works about the Swami. A versatile genius as the great Swami was, and many-sided as were his activities, it is idle to hope that a complete picture of his wonderful life could be given in such a small compass. Here an attempt is made to give only a glimpse of this great personality so that people may become interested to know more about him.
- GenresSpirituality
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 10, 1992
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November 10, 2012
An Excellent Book on Swami Vivekananda. The Short Biography is intended to meet the needs of those who, with all their earnestness, have neither the time nor the oppurtunity to read longer works about the Swamy.
February 25, 2017
An excellent compilation of Swamiji's work and life.It has covered a lot about his life in the West.
July 20, 2017
At times, repetitive, but overall I enjoyed learning more about the Swami. I never realized he was such an important figure to India or promoting religious unity.
January 7, 2018
I loved this book, this is indeed an intriguing one. This book is a good choice if one needs to learn about Swami in this simple manner. Thank you for writing this book!
June 11, 2018
Started the book with much more expectations to know more about Swami Vivekananda, but the book concentrated more on some of his life events. Still a great learning.
May 8, 2020
Provides a great and brief insight in swami's life.
June 3, 2021
Good book to read may know about Vivekananda The Great Man.
March 1, 2024
It's a biography of swami vivekananda. Really inspiring, everyone should read this book
December 19, 2025
Not rating the life but the book's contents.
October 26, 2022
- Book Review: "A Short Life Of Swami Vivekananda" by Swami Tejasananda - 📚🕉
Born in 1863 to a distinguished Bengali family, Narendra Nath Datta - better known in history as Swami Vivekananda - would go on to become one of the most well known religious figures of the late 19th and early 20th century.
He is credited with popularizing Vedanta and Yogic philosophy in the West, and this book provides a short biography of his even shorter but highly remarkable life.
Swami Vivekananda's deep rooted spirituality is a unique one. He was less inclined to lead a life of solitude as is typical of ascetic monks. Rather, his whole focus was on the uplifting of his countrymen from abject poverty. To him, religion meant nothing if people were starving. This focus on communal charity is what makes him stand out.
His global recognition came when he attended the 1893 "Parliament of World Religions" in Chicago, where as a representative of the Hindu faith, he won over the entire audience with his eloquent powers of speech.
Swami Vivekananda spent the next nine years traveling and teaching in Europe and India until his death at the tender age of 39 in 1902, which as the traditional story of his life states went on to fulfill a prophecy where he predicted that he would not live to see 40.
The book is a good read and highly recommendable to anyone interested to know more about Swami Vivekananda.
My rating: 5/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Born in 1863 to a distinguished Bengali family, Narendra Nath Datta - better known in history as Swami Vivekananda - would go on to become one of the most well known religious figures of the late 19th and early 20th century.
He is credited with popularizing Vedanta and Yogic philosophy in the West, and this book provides a short biography of his even shorter but highly remarkable life.
Swami Vivekananda's deep rooted spirituality is a unique one. He was less inclined to lead a life of solitude as is typical of ascetic monks. Rather, his whole focus was on the uplifting of his countrymen from abject poverty. To him, religion meant nothing if people were starving. This focus on communal charity is what makes him stand out.
His global recognition came when he attended the 1893 "Parliament of World Religions" in Chicago, where as a representative of the Hindu faith, he won over the entire audience with his eloquent powers of speech.
Swami Vivekananda spent the next nine years traveling and teaching in Europe and India until his death at the tender age of 39 in 1902, which as the traditional story of his life states went on to fulfill a prophecy where he predicted that he would not live to see 40.
The book is a good read and highly recommendable to anyone interested to know more about Swami Vivekananda.
My rating: 5/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 5, 2017
Awesome book or I would say awesome personality traits of our swami vivekanand.
I got to know so many things regarding him an the credit goes to this book. Thoug I would find the descriptive book which can explain every moment of swami vivekanand.
I have never been so interested in someone's life than swami vivekanand.
I got to know so many things regarding him an the credit goes to this book. Thoug I would find the descriptive book which can explain every moment of swami vivekanand.
I have never been so interested in someone's life than swami vivekanand.
March 8, 2016
Does well what it sets out to do. Give a glimpse of the great man, prophet's life - Swami Vivekananda. Creates the urge to explore more about Swamiji. Does so in simple and lucid language without much fuss.
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