The English translation of Swami Vivekananda: The Feasting, Fasting Monk, a Bengali book by bestselling author Sankar on the philosopher-spiritual guru's experiments with food and cooking, will hit ...
After Sharat Chandra’s initiation, Swamiji had taken a few litchis (a small, sweet, juicy white fruit with a thin, prickly red skin and a large, maroon egg-shaped seed) from him as guru-dakshina.
Every aspect of Swami ji's life had lessons and even after so many decades his teachings continue to stay relevant(Wikipedia) India celebrates National Youth day on ...
A disciple asked the Zen Master, “Master, when do you meditate?” The Master replied, “I meditate when I eat and when I sleep”. The confused disciple entreated, “We all eat and sleep – but that is not ...
This nuanced and detailed account of the life and times of Narendranath Datta (1863-1902), better known as Swami Vivekananda, by a professor of European history at the University of Oxford has come at ...
At a time when the language of Hinduism is increasingly spoken in the accents of anxiety and exclusion, I found myself returning – not to slogans or speeches but to books. Specifically, to Swami ...
National Youth Day is celebrated on January 12, every year in India to honour the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest philosopher and spiritual leader. Swami Vivekananda's ...
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed the school education department to include ‘His Call to the Nation’, written by Swami Vivekananda, and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s ‘Taruner Swapno’ and ...