Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (/ˈswɑːmi ˌvɪveɪˈkɑːnəndə/; Bengali: [ʃami bibekanɔndo] ( listen); 12 January
1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian
Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic
Ramakrishna.
[4][5] He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western
world;[6][7][8] and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, and bringing Hinduism to the
status of a major world religion.[9] Vivekananda became a popular figure after the 1893
Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he began his famous speech with the words, "Sisters
and brothers of America...," before introducing Hinduism to Americans.[10][11] He was so
impactful at the Parliament that an American newspaper described him as, “an orator by divine
right and undoubtedly the greatest figure at the Parliament”.[12] After great success at the
Parliament, in the subsequent years, Vivekananda delivered hundreds of lectures across the
United States, England and Europe, disseminating the core tenets of Hindu philosophy, and
founded the Vedanta Society of New York and the Vedanta Society of San Francisco (now
Vedanta Society of Northern California),[13] both of which became the foundations for Vedanta
Societies in the Western world.
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