Swami Vivekananda Death Anniversary: Top 10 Motivational Quotes, and Thoughts – The day of July 4 is marked as the death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, recognized as one of the greatest spiritual leaders. Swami Vivekananda is well-known for his vast knowledge of science and religion. He played an important role in pushing our nation’s youth to become better by living a pure life and setting an example for the world. He was also instrumental in conveying yoga and Vedanta philosophies to the West.
- He credited increasing interfaith consciousness and introducing Hinduism to a global platform.
- He is also remembered for his speech at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, which began with – “My brothers and sisters of America.”
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About Swami Vivekananda
- Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863, in a Bengali family; he was originally named Narendranath Datta.
- His father’s name was Vishwanath Datta he was an advocate in the Calcutta High Court, and his mother’s name was Bhubaneswari Devi, was a homemaker.
- Vivekananda showed his interest in spirituality from an early age and would meditate in front of representations of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
- He had an interest in religion and spirituality.
- In the year 1893, at the behest of Maharaja Ajit Singh (ruler of the small state of Khetri in Rajasthan), he acquired the name ‘Vivekananda’.
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Vivekananda’s greatest quotes
- “There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.”
- “To worship God even for the sake of salvation or any other reward is equally degenerate. Love knows no reward. Give your love unto to God, but do not ask anything in return even from Him through pray.”
- “GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.”
- “YOU know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind.”
- “In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.”
- “We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so, we have to know how to act.”
- “GOD is the ever-active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.”