32-Paramahamsa, Vivekananda, Nivedhitha, NarayanaGuru
RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA
( wiki) Ramkṛiṣṇo (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay[2] was a mystic. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda, both were influential figures in the Bengali Renaissance as well as the Hindu renaissance. Many of his disciples and devotees believe he was an Avatar or incarnation of God. He is also referred to as "Paramahamsa" by his devotees, as such he is popularly known as Ramkrishna Paramhamsa.
Ramakrishna was born in a poor Brahmin Vaishnava family in rural Bengal. He became a priest of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, dedicated to the goddess Kali, which had the influence of the main strands of Bengali bhakti tradition. The most widely known amongst his first spiritual teachers was an ascetic woman, called Bhairavi Brahmani skilled in Tantra and Vaishnava bhakti Later an Advaita Vedantin ascetic taught him non-dual meditation, and according to Ramakrishna, he experienced nirvikalpa samadhi under his guidance.
Ramakrishna also experimented with other religions,
notably Islam and Christianity, and said that they all lead to the same God
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SWAMI VIVEKANADA WAS A SOCIALIST-ANARCHIST! NOT JUST A FRAUDULENT SCOUNDREL AS WE SEE MANY TODAY IN THE GARB OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS!.
Swami Vivekananda's most unique contribution to the creation of new India was to open the minds of Indians to their duty to the downtrodden masses. Long before the ideas of Karl Marx were known in India, Swamiji spoke about the role of the labouring classes in the production of the country’s wealth. Swamiji was the first religious leader in India to speak for the masses, formulate a definite philosophy of service, and organize large-scale social service.
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quote from Nehruji's Glimpses of World History on Vivekananda
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He once wrote "I am a socialist..not beacuse I believe it is the perfect system but half a loaf is better than no bread,The other systems have been tried and found wanting,Let this one be tried".
Vivekanada grew more International in outlook." Even in politics and Sociology, problems that were only national twenty years back, can no longer be solved on national grounds only.but only on international grounds.International organizations, International laws and international combinations are the cry of the day" says Vivekanand
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SISTER NIVEDHITHA
JUST LIKE CF.ANDREWS, SISTER NIVEDHITHA ALSO WAS AN IRISH LADY, a desciple of Swami Vivekananda. But she was much more than a spiritual seeker. She was actively involved in the National Independence movement. She was the GURU for BARATHY!
. Barathy's vehement support for Women's Liberation owes a lot to Nivedhitha's inspiration.
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Sister Nivedita ; born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 1867–1911) was a Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.[3][4] She spent her childhood and early days of her youth in Ireland. From her father, from her college professor etc. she learned many valuable lessons like – service to mankind is the true service to God. She worked as school teacher and later also opened a school. She was committed to marry a Welsh youth who died soon after engagement.
Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London and travelled to Calcutta, India (present-day Kolkata) in 1898. Swami Vivekananda gave her the name Nivedita (meaning "Dedicated to God") when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya on 25 March 1898. In November 1898, she opened a girls' school in Bagbazar area of Calcutta. She wanted to educate those girls who were deprived of even basic education. During the plague epidemic in Calcutta in 1899 Nivedita nursed and took care of the poor patients.
Nivedita had close associations with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission. However, because of her active contribution in the field of Indian Nationalism, she had to publicly dissociate herself from the activities of the Ramakrishna Mission under the then president Swami Brahmananda. She was very intimate with Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Ramakrishna and one of the major influences behind Ramakrishna Mission and also with all brother disciples of Swami Vivekananda. She died on 13 October 1911 in Darjeeling. Her epitaph reads, "Here reposes Sister Nivedita who gave her all to India".
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SRI NARAYANA GURU
