Multimedia CD On Swamiji

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Good news that Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, is soon releasing a Multimedia

CD on :

 

Swami Vivekananda : Life, Works, and Research

 

It will contain all the nine volumes of The Complete Works, Two Volumes

of his biography by Eastern and Western disciples, six volumes of the

research work by Sister Gargi, Mary Louise Burke, viz. Swami Vivekananda

in the West: New Discoveries, and 30 photographs and pictures, and more.

 

 

It will cost $ 20. Order may be placed with :

 

The Manager (publishing department)

Advaita Ashrama,

5 Dehi Entally Road,

Calcutta 700004 (India)

 

or email at : < mail >

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You may be glad to know that very soon the

Advaita Ashrama is bringing out a Multi-Media

CD on Swami Vivekananda containing the Life and

Works of Swamiji (along with many other

interesting features). Tentatively the CD is

about to be out in the 1st week of July.

 

The contents of the CD are:

1. Nine volumes of the Complete Works of

Swami Vivekananda

 

2. Two volumes of the Life of Swami

Vivekananda by His Eastern & Western

Disciples.

 

3. Six volumes of the research work by

Marie Louise Burke, viz, Swami

Vivekananda in the West, New Discoveries.

 

4. Story of Swami Vivekananda for Children.

 

5. World thinkers on Swami Vivekananda.

 

6. About 300 photographs of Swami Vivekananda

and of persons and places connected with him.

 

7. A Benedictory address by Srimat Swami

Ranganathanandaji Maharaj, 13th President

of the Ramakrishna Order.

 

8. Selected classified quotes of Swami Vivekananda

which gave a rousing call to humanity.

 

9. Quiz on Vivekananda of various types and a

section to enrich one's knowledge.

 

10. Brief information about the centres of the

world-wide Ramakrishna Order.

 

11. A powerful word search facility for the

whole section with an additional index search

facility for the Complete Works.

 

12. Glossary of about 600 words hyper linked in

the Complete Works.

 

You may directly write to The Advaita Ashrama.

The cost of the CD is $20 inclusive of postage. It

will be sent through airmail. The CD is about to

be released in the 1st week of July tentatively.

 

For further details please contact:

 

Manager

Advaita Ashrama,

5 Dehi Entally Road,

Calcutta 700 014,

India

 

You can also visit them online at:

 

http://www.advaitaonline.com

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About Swami Vivekananda (by Swami Adiswarananda)

from http://www.ramakrishna.org/sv_sa.htm

 

On the occasion of America's Bicentennial Celebration

in 1976, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington

D.C., mounted a large portrait of Swami Vivekananda as

part of its exhibition " Abroad in America: Visitors to

the New Nation, " which paid tribute to the great

personalities who visited America from abroad and

made a deep impression on the American mind. Among

those honored in the exhibition, some influenced art

or literature, some science, education or social

reform. But Swami Vivekananda touched the very soul

of American people. The commemorative volume of the

exhibition says: " The Swami charmed the audiences

with his magical oratory, and left an indelible mark

on America's spiritual development. " This is no

exaggeration. Swami Vivekananda was the first Hindu

monk from India ever to visit America. Guided solely

by the will of Providence, he embarked on this

journey to the new world. The unknown wandering monk,

lost in the streets of Chicago, suddenly became famous

after his first day's brief address before the

Parliament. A select audience of nearly 7,000

enlightened representatives of different branches of

American thought became thrilled to hear his message

and welcomed him with sustained and thunderous

applause. He captured the hearts of the American

people. Crowds gathered in the streets of Chicago to

see the picture posters of Swami Vivekananda placed

on billboards around the city, and lecture bureaus

vied with one another to enlist him for lectures in

different cities. Leading newspapers and journals

published his words in bold letters. Some of these

newspapers described him as the " cyclonic Hindu, "

some as " prince among men " or " Brahmin monk, " while

others chose to designate him by such epithets as

" warrior prophet " and " militant mystic. " Contemporary

leaders of American thought who met him were

entranced by the radiance of his spiritual personality

and his powerful message. Professor John Henry Wright

of Harvard University told Swami Vivekananda: " To ask

you, Swami, for your credentials is like asking the

sun about its right to shine. " After hearing Swami

Vivekananda, the correspondent of one journal wrote:

" The impertinence of sending half-educated theological

students to instruct the wise and erudite Orientals

was never brought home to an English-speaking audience

more forcibly. " Professor William James referred to

Swami Vivekananda as " the paragon of Vedantists. "

The Parliament of Religions, which was an afterthought

of the planners of the Columbian Exposition, became a

focus of historic importance because it served as a

pulpit for the presentation of the message of Swami

Vivekananda to the American public. Recalling this

event, Romain Rolland wrote: " His strength and beauty,

the grace and dignity of his bearing, the dark light

of his eyes, his imposing appearance, and from the

moment he began to speak, the splendid music of his

rich deep voice enthralled the vast audience....

The thought of this warrior prophet of India left

a deep mark upon the United States. " America thus

had the blessing of directly hearing a person of

the stature of Buddha, radiating purity, compassion,

and love.

 

The message of Swami Vivekananda was the message

of Vedanta -- a spiritual teaching that again and

again saved India during periods of decline and

crisis. The keynote of this message is: " Truth is

one: Sages call it by various names. " Its four

cardinal points are non-duality of the Godhead,

divinity of the soul, oneness of existence, and

harmony of religions. Religion, in the light of

Vedanta, is the manifestation of the divinity

already in man. The central theme of Vedanta is

harmony of religions. This spiritual harmony is

to be realized by deepening our spiritual

consciousness. Vedanta asks a Christian to be a

true Christian, a Hindu a true Hindu, a Buddhist

a true Buddhist, a Jew a true Jew, Moslem a true

Moslem. The message was timely and powerful.

America had received a rude shock from the Civil

War and its aftermath. Science had already shaken

the very roots of religious beliefs and dogmas,

and the ideas of Darwin were challenging conventional

American thought and religion. Americans were

looking for a philosophy that could harmonize

science with humanism and mystical experience,

and Swami Vivekananda's words gave them hope for

the fulfillment of their spiritual aspirations.

The message was powerful not because of its

dialectical superiority or philosophical subtlety,

but because of the personality of Swami Vivekananda.

The message was an ancient one, but it bore a fire

of conviction that was new. One familiar with the

life of Swami Vivekananda will recall that his

Master, Sri Ramakrishna, saw in him the power and

potentiality of a great world teacher. Before the

Master passed away, he prophesied: " Narendra

(Swami Vivekananda) will teach others ….. Very

soon he will shake the world by his intellectual

and spiritual powers. "

 

The news of Swami Vivekananda's success in America

soon reached the shores of India and spread like

wildfire. The country, lost in the slumber of inertia,

woke up with its new vigor and confidence, and a

spiritual renaissance was set into motion that

would propel India to great intellectual and social

development. Today Swami Vivekananda is regarded as

the " patriot prophet " of new India. His words carry

the power of inspiration and transformation.

 

Swami Vivekananda indicated Vedanta is the future

religion of mankind. With his prophetic vision, he

predicted that modern science and education would

break down the barriers between nations and prepare

the ground for the fulfillment of the age-old dream

of one united world. But one world is possible only

when there is one common Soul that transcends the

limitations of race, culture, and religious

denominations. Swami Vivekananda presents before

humanity the World-Soul of Vedanta, the non-dual,

nameless and formless all-pervading Pure Spirit that

alone can make the dream of one world a reality.

He foresaw a new world order in which science and

religion would cooperate, mysticism would combine

with humanism and spiritual harmony would replace

religious dissension. His final words at the Chicago

Parliament of Religions were, " Upon the banner of

every religion will soon be written in spite of

resistance 'Help and not Fight,' 'Assimilation

and not Destruction,' 'Harmony and Peace and not

Dissension.' " At a time when world peace is being

maintained by continuous wars, divisiveness is

glorified at the expense of unity, and the human

soul is being buried beneath the debris of brutality,

violence and hatred, the words of Swami Vivekananda

give us assurance -- an assurance that we are not

living the last days of our destiny and that the

light of the Divine, shining in every heart, will

triumph over the forces of darkness.

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Ramakrishna , Dr C S Shah <drcssha@b...> wrote:

> Good news that Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, is soon releasing a

Multimedia

> CD on :

>

> Swami Vivekananda : Life, Works, and Research

>

> It will contain all the nine volumes of The Complete Works, Two

Volumes

> of his biography by Eastern and Western disciples, six volumes of

the

> research work by Sister Gargi, Mary Louise Burke, viz. Swami

Vivekananda

> in the West: New Discoveries, and 30 photographs and pictures, and

more.

>

>

> It will cost $ 20. Order may be placed with :

>

> The Manager (publishing department)

> Advaita Ashrama,

> 5 Dehi Entally Road,

> Calcutta 700004 (India)

>

> or email at : < mail@a... >

> ------------

> c s s

>

>

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> E-zine on science and spirituality. Do visit:

>

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