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Documentary · Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture · 2021Kindled: The Life of Swami Vivekananda
82 min
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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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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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Ramakrishna

Bengali mystic and priest (1836–1886) at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, whose teaching on the harmony of religions inspired his disciple Swami Vivekananda and the Vedanta movement.

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