Swami Vivekananda's 153rd birth anniversary falls on Tuesday, 12 January. He was born to Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi in an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta in 1863 as Narendranath Dutta during the Makar Sankranti festival.
Apart from excelling in music, gymnastics and studies, the inspiring personality also had a vast knowledge in many subjects like western philosophy and history. After knowing about the existence of God, he became a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and began his monastic life with 15 young people following the death of their master.
After travelling in the country, Swami Vivekananda realised that neglect was the reason behind poverty and downfall in India. He later founded the Ramakrishna Mission with an aim "to spread the idea of the potential divinity of every being and how to manifest it through every action and thought."
Swami Vivekananda is still remembered as a great inspiration to youth all over the world and his birth anniversary has been celebrated as National Youth Day in India since 1985. The day is observed by organising many programmes and competitions for youth in schools and colleges.
Swamiji is also known all over the world for his inspiring speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions at Chicago in 1893.
One of Swami Vivekananda's messages to the youth was: "I have faith in my country, and especially in the youth of my country. My hope is in you. With an immense amount of feeling and enthusiasm in the blood, will come heroes who will march from one corner of the earth to the other, preaching and teaching the eternal spiritual truths of our forefathers."
lessons by #SwamiVivekananda on his birth anniversary:
1. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
2. Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.
3. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
4. “In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
5. “They alone live, who live for others.”
6. “Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”
7. “Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
8. “The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.”
9. “Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.”
10. “Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”
ThankJu Sagar !!
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