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\"vivekananda\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

> SWAMI VIVEKANANDA <<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0> COMPLETE WORK SRI RAMAKRISHNA, VIVEKANANDA <<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

> The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda\/Jnana-Yoga <<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Swami Vivekananda<\/span><\/span><\/span> (Bengali: \u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09ae\u09c0 \u09ac\u09bf\u09ac\u09c7\u0995\u09be\u09a8\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6, Shami BibekÄ?nondo; Hindi: \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0915\u093e\u0928\u0928\u094d\u0926, SvÄ?mi VivekÄ?nanda) (January 12, 1863\u2013July 4, 1902), born Narendranath Dutta is the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a world religion during the end of the 19th century. Vivekananda is considered to be a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India. He is best known for his inspiring speech beginning with „sisters and brothers of America“, through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions at Chicago in 1893.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Swami Vivekananda was born in an aristocratic Kayastha family of Calcutta in 1863. His parents influenced the Swami’s thinking \u2013 the father by his rational mind and the mother by her religious temperament. From his childhood, he showed inclination towards spirituality and God realization. While searching for a man who could directly demonstrate the reality of God, he came to Ramakrishna and became his disciple. As a guru, Ramakrishna taught him Advaita Vedanta and that all religions are true, and service to man was the most effective worship of God. After the death of his Guru, Vivekananda became a wandering monk, touring the Indian subcontinent and getting a first-hand account of India’s condition. He later sailed to Chicago and represented India as a delegate in the 1893 Parliament of World Religions. An eloquent speaker, Vivekananda was invited to several forums in United States and spoke at universities and clubs. He conducted several public and private lectures, disseminating Vedanta, Yoga and Hinduism in America, England and a few other countries in Europe. He also established Vedanta societies in America and England. He later sailed back to India and in 1897 he founded the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a philanthropic and spiritual organization. Swami Vivekananda is regarded as one of India’s foremost nation-builders. His teachings influenced the thinking of other national leaders and philosophers, like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Rabindranath Tagore.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE – <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jnana Yoga according to Bhagavad Gita:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The aim of this article is to introduce the concepts of Jnana Yoga or the path of knowledge\/wisdom in the light of the Bhagavad Gita\u2026I will introduce only a few verses from the Gita to emphasize the approach to Jnana marga\u2026at the same time, we will see practical methods for Jnana Yoga\u2026.The Gita is eminently a practice manual too.!<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hindu approach to spiritual evolution leading to liberation or moksha or Self-realization is one of the four major paths or yogas:<\/span><\/p>\n