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In memoriamPortrait of Swami VivekanandaSigned photograph, Chicago, September 1893, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Swami Vivekananda

Vedanta · Vedanta

Bengali monk (1863–1902), disciple of Ramakrishna, whose address to the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago opened Vedanta to a Western audience; founder of the Ramakrishna Mission.

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Swami Vivekananda

Bengali monk (1863–1902), disciple of Ramakrishna, whose address to the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago opened Vedanta to a Western audience; founder of the Ramakrishna Mission.

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Documentary · Ramakrishna

Kindled: The Life of Swami Vivekananda

The life of Vivekananda, from his years with Ramakrishna to Chicago and back, made for the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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Ancient inquiry into what remains

Vedanta

Classical Hindu philosophy of Self-inquiry into the nature of Atman and Brahman, transmitted through scripture, teacher lineages and rigorous study.

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