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SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

DR.T.V.RAO MD 1

• Born in Calcutta on January 12,

1863, Swami Vivekananda was

the chief disciple of Sri

Ramakrishna. He was a

marvellous blend of all

excellences. Eager to know if

God is true and perceptible, he

was guided to Sri Ramakrishna

who assured him from his

personal realization that God is

the only Reality and can be

communed with. Questioning the

Master at every step and

accepting nothing without

rigorous proof, he was able to be

in tune with the Infinite.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

DR.T.V.RAO MD 2

KNOWING MORE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

• Swami Vivekananda needs no introduction, for his is a

household name in India. Swami was one of the

greatest spiritual leaders of the modern world, a great

lover of humanity whose unconditional love extended to

all people without any distinctions of caste, class,

creed, race, region or religion. Swami Vivekananda is

also remembered as a great patriot, the first cultural

ambassador of India to the West, who raised the

prestige of India in the eyes of Western people and

changed their views about India with the compelling

force to truth. DR.T.V.RAO MD 3

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND SRI RAMAKRISHNA

• Swami Vivekananda ( 1863 - 1902) was a preacher of 'Divinity

in Man'. Born Narendranath Dutta on 12 January, 1863 in

Calcutta , he gave clear indications of self-realisation in his early

days. A youth of guts and gumption -- with an iron determination

and a fiery zeal to seek the highest knowledge of the self, he

met Sri Ramakrishna at the Dakshineswar Kali temple in 1881;

the incident that channelised himself later on towards the

greatest cause of humanity. The Great Master inculcated in his

foremost disciple the presence of an all-pervading stream of

consciousness in every being, the immanence...

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• After the Master's passing

away he took upon himself

the great mission of

propagating the truth of

oneness, the universality of

being, the harmony of

religions, and the glory of

the Atman. He put India on

the spiritual map of the

world by his famous

addresses at the

Parliament of Religions

held in Chicago in 1893.

PUT INDIA ON RELIGIOUS MAP OF

UNIVERSE

DR.T.V.RAO MD 5

• It fills my heart with joy

unspeakable to rise in

response to the warm and

cordial welcome which you

have given us. I thank you in

the name of the most ancient

order of monks in the world; I

thank you in the name of the

mother of religions, and I

thank you in the name of

millions and millions of Hindu

people of all classes and

sects.

WELCOME ADDRESS: SEPT 11, 1893

SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF AMERICA,

CHANGES THE IMAGE OF INDIA

DR.T.V.RAO MD 6

• Swami Vivekananda had identified the neglect of the masses as the major problem. He had said the masses had forgotten their individuality and lost faith in themselves. The one-sided growth story in India today has neglected the masses. Vivekananda's solution was to restore people's confidence in themselves.

ARE WE STILL NEGLECTING THE MASSES –

IS OUR GROWTH IS ARTIFICIAL ???

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• He made Vedanta popular in the

West, and in India he established

the twin organizations, the

Ramakrishna Math and the

Ramakrishna Mission, in 1897, to

train those who had

renounced the world in search of

God and to integrate the

activities of individuals who

chose to serve fellow men

and women unselfishly. His

brilliant speeches and writings

constitute a rich legacy for all

who care for the higher values of

life.

RAMAKRISHNA MATH PROPAGATES HIGHER

VALUES OF LIFE

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• As I look back upon the history of my country, I do not find in the whole world another country which has done quite so much for the improvement of the human mind.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ON GREATNESS OF

INDIA

DR.T.V.RAO MD 9

• On Monday, September 11, 1893,

Swami Vivekananda addressed an

audience of seven thousand at the

World’s Parliament of Religions in

Chicago. He was a delegate of no

particular faith, dogma, or sect, but

one who represented the Universal

Religion of the Vedas and spoke for

the spiritual upliftment of all

humanity. The swami did not

condemn or criticize any faith,

believing that all religions were

equally valid paths to reach the one

goal. But he warned of the dangers

that would come if the message of

harmony of religions continued to be

ignored or neglected:

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S RELIGION IS

UPLIFTMENT OF CO-HUMANS

DR.T.V.RAO MD 10

• Is there is any land on this earth that

can lay claim to be the blessed

Punya Bhumi, to be the land to

which all souls on this earth must

come to account for Karma, the land

to which all the souls in the world

must come for its last home, the

land where humanity has attained its

highest towards gentleness, towards

generosity, towards purity, towards

calmness, above all, the land of

introspection and of Spirituality - it is

India. Here is life giving water with

which must be quenched the fire of

materialism burning millions of

hearts in other lands.

SWAMI EMPHASIZES INDIA IS PUNYA BHUMI

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• All love is expansion,

all selfishness is

contraction. Love is

therefore the only law

of life. He who loves

lives, he who is

selfish is dying.

Therefore love for

love's sake, because

it is law of life, just as

you breathe to live.

LOVE TO CO-HUMANS IS REAL STRENGTH IN

YOU

DR.T.V.RAO MD 12

• Stand up, be bold, be

strong. Take the whole

responsibility on your

own shoulders, and know

that you are the creator of

your own destiny. All the

strength and succor you

want is within yourself.

Therefore make your own

future.

YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR DESTINY

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• Bear in mind, my

children, that only

cowards and those

who are weak commit

sin and tell lies. The

brave are always

moral. Try to be

moral, try to be brave,

try to be

sympathizing.

WEAK MINDS DO SINS

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• Take up one idea. Make

that one idea your life -

think of it, dream of it,

live on idea. Let the brain,

muscles, nerves, every

part of your body, be full

of that idea, and just

leave every other idea

alone. This is the way to

success.

TAKE UP IDEA TRY TO ACHIEVE BEST IN ….

TOO MANY IDEAS DO NOT LAND YOU ANYWHERE

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• Purity, patience,

and

perseverance are

the three

essentials to

success and,

above all, love.

WE CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH PRACTICE

OF …

DR.T.V.RAO MD 16

• Books are infinite

in number and time

is short. The secret

of knowledge is to

take what is

essential. Take that

and try to live up to

it.

WORK ON FEW ESSENTIALS – DO NOT WORK

IN MANY IDEAS

DR.T.V.RAO MD 17

• Experience is the only

teacher we have. We

may talk and reason

all our lives, but we

shall not understand a

word of truth until we

experience it

ourselves.

EXPERIENCE IS YOUR REAL TEACHER

FOLLOW IT

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• All power is within you.

You can do anything and

everything. Believe in

that. Do not believe that

you are weak; do not

believe that you are half-

crazy lunatics, as most of

us do nowadays. Stand

up and express the

divinity within you.

REALIZE YOU ARE EVERYTHING –

THERE IS A DIVINITY IN YOU

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• I do not believe in a God or

religion which cannot wipe the

widow's tears or bring a piece of

bread to the orphan's mouth.

However sublime be the theories,

however well - spun may be the

philosophy -- I do not call it

religion so long as it is confined

to books and dogmas. The eye is

in the forehead and not in the

back. Move onward and carry into

practice that which you are very

proud to call your religion and

God bless you!

WIPING THE TEARS IS MY RELIGION

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• If you think that you

are bound, you remain

bound; you make your

own bondage. If you

know that you are

free, you are free this

moment. This is

knowledge,

knowledge of

freedom. Freedom is

the goal of all nature.

WISH TO BE A FREE MAN

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• Let us work without

desire for name or

fame or rule over

others. Let us be

free from the triple

bonds of lust,

greed of gain, and

anger. And this

truth is with us!

WISH TO EXPERIENCE THE TRUTH IN YOUR

WORK

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• We must be bright

and cheerful. Long

faces do not make

religion. Religion

should be the most

joyful thing in the

world, because it is

the best.

PRACTICE OF RELIGION SHOULD BE A JOY

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HE THANKS THE HUMANITY FOR PROPAGATION OF

UNIVERSAL BROTHER HOOD

• My thanks to those noble souls whose large hearts and love

of truth first dreamed this wonderful dream and then

realized it. My thanks to the shower of liberal sentiments

that has overflowed this platform. My thanks to this

enlightened audience for their uniform kindness to me and

for their appreciation of every thought that tends to smooth

the friction of religions. A few jarring notes were heard from

time to time in this harmony. My special thanks to them, for

they have, by their striking contrast, made general harmony

the sweeter.

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• God is very merciful

to those whom He

sees struggling heart

and soul for spiritual

realization. But

remain idle, without

any struggle, and you

will see that His grace

will never come.

WISH TO ATTAIN GRACE OF GOD

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• International Youth Conference on

Integral Humanism is the first

conference of its kind, to be

organized at global level to

commemorate the 150th birth

anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

The venue of this conference is the

pious land of Pantnagar University,

the ‘Harbinger of Green Revolution’

in India. World aspires for a hunger-

free and prosperous humanity and

Pantnagar University has been

whole-heartedly striving for it for last

five decades

CELEBRATING 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SWAMI

VIVEKANANDA-MANY STRIVING FOR HUNGER FREE WORLD

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• Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

LOOK FORWARD FOR SUCCESS

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• God is not to be

reached by the

weak. Never be

weak. You have

infinite strength

within you. How

else will you

conquer anything?

How else will you

come to God?

WISH TO ATTAIN GOD

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SWAMI VIVEKANDA REALISES THE POWER

OF HIS ACTIONS ARE ATTAINED FROM

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• 4th July 1902 was a

memorable day. Swami

Vivekananda, a great

prophet of modern India,

passed away at about 9:00

pm while he was in

meditation. The flame of his

life-lamp, which brightened

the spiritual world, suddenly

blew out in the deep

darkness of night

SWAMI PASSES AWAY WHILE PRAYING FOR

MASSES

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THE MALAYSIAN POSTAL STAMP RELEASED ON AUGUST 2, 2011 BY REVERED

GENERAL SECRETARY MAHARAJ SWAMI PRABHANANDAJI TO COMMEMORATE

THE 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.

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• The 150th birth Anniversary of

Swami Vivekananda is

celebrated from 2010 to 2014.

To commemorate it

Ramakrishna Mission is

organizing various projects –

for integrated child

development, for the

improvement of children’s

health by eliminating

malnutrition, for empowerment

of women, and for alleviating

poverty.

150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SWAMI

VIVEKANANDA IS CELEBRATED WITH A MISSION

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THE PROGRAMME CREATED ON 15OTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA WHOSE PHILOSOPHY GUIDES ME IN ALL

TURBULENT TIMES

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