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Swami Vivekananda

Swamiji and Joe

Her name was Miss Josephile Macleod. Everybody fondly called her “Joe”. She was born and brought up in the lap of luxury and opulence.

Before seventh phase, PM Modi to visit Sarada Maa’s house

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to meet a select few monks from different religious organizations at Sarada Maa's house in Bagbazar on 28 May. After holding a public meeting in Baruipur, the Prime Minister will go to Bagbazar as per the schedule.

Bigotry impedes growth and must be shunned

Vivekananda once wrote: “Religion is a question of fact, not of talk. We have to analyse our own souls and find what is there. We have to understand it and realize what is understood. That is religion.”

Bengal and Japan ~ I

Swami Vivekananda‘s first-hand reports about Japan through his letters, lectures, etc. had only one message for the young students of India ‘Look East‘, go to Japan and learn from them about the development strategy of the Meiji Government and how they implemented their plans.

A modern saint

Many of his brother monks who sought salvation through meditation and penance were against this idea of social service, but Vivekananda could convince them that their duty was to serve others as the visible manifestation of God