Monday, March 28, 2011

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source and courtesy: http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/index.htm

INTRODUCTION

In the nine volumes of the works of the Swami Vivekananda which are to compose the present edition, we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also to its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognize her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda.

For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalization of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother who would teach her children, what was the faith of their ancestors will turn to the pages of these books for assurance and light. Long after the English language has disappeared from India, the gift that has here been made, through that language, to the world, will remain and bear its fruit in East and West alike. What Hinduism had needed, was the organizing and consolidating of its own idea. What the world had needed was a faith that had no fear of truth. Both these are found here. Nor could any greater proof have been given of the eternal vigor of the SanĂ¢tana Dharma, of the fact that India is as great in the present as ever in the past, than this rise of the individual who, at the critical moment, gathers up and voices the communal consciousness.

INTRODUCTION to OUR MASTER AND HIS MESSAGE

This is published in 9 volumes with different chapters.
Details of each 9 Volumes

Volume 1
Chapters:
1. Addresses at The Parliament of Religions.
2. Karma-Yoga
3. Raja-Yoga
4. Lectures and Discourses

Volume 2
Chapters:
1. Work and its Secret
2. The Powers of the Mind
3. Hints on Practical Spirituality
4. Bhakti or Devotion
5. Jnana-Yoga
6. Practical Vedanta and other lectures
7. Reports in American Newspapers

Volume 3
Chapters:
1. Lectures and Discourses
2. Bhakti-Yoga
3. Para-Bhakti or Supreme Devotion
4. Lectures from Colombo to Almora
5. Reports in American Newspapers
6. Buddhistic India

Volume 4
Chapters:
1. Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga
2. Lectures and Discourses
3. Writings: Prose
4. Writings: Poems
5. Translations: Prose
6. Translations: Poems

Volume 5
Chapters:
1. Epistles - First Series
2. Interviews
3. Notes from Lectures and Discourses
4. Questions and Answers
5. Conversations and Dialogues (Recorded by Disciples - Translated)
6. Sayings and Utterances
7. Writings: Prose and Poems - Original and Translated

Volume 6
Chapters:
1. Lectures and Discourses
2. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
3. Writings: Prose and Poems - Original and Translated
4. Epistles - Second Series
5. Conversations and Dialogues (From the Diary of a Disciple)

Volume 7
Chapters:
1. Inspired Talks
2. Conversations and Dialogues
3. Translation of Writings
4. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
5. Epistles - Third Series

Volume 8
Chapters:
1. Lectures and Discourses
2. Writings: Prose
3. Writings: Poems
4. Notes of Class Talks and Lectures
5. Sayings and Utterances
6. Epistles - Fourth Series

Volume 9
Chapters:
1. Letters (Fifth Series)
2. Lectures and Discourses
3. Notes of Lectures and Classes
4. Writings: Prose and Poems (Original and Translated)
5. Conversations and Interviews
6. Excerpts from Sister Nivedita's Book
7. Sayings and Utterances
8. Newspaper Reports

Note: Please click on each volume reference to navigate to the articles.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Vivekananda Vedanta Network

The Vivekananda Vedanta Network is an online project sponsored by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston. The "Vivekananda Vedanta Network" is to make Swami Vivekananda’s ideas and insights easily accessible online. As part of this objective, this will provide information for understanding Vedanta as a field for deep study as well as a method of personal practice. Click here to read more

Berif about the Great Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda is one of most admired spiritual leaders of India. The world knows him as an inspiring Hindu monk, his motherland regards him as the patriot saint of modern India, and Hindus consider him as a source of spiritual power, mental energy, strength-giving and open-mindedness.

To know more about his early life, Learning and Travels, Journey to America, Vivekananda's Teachings and A Chronology of Important Events in Vivekananda's Life click here