SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDG084 |
| Author: | V. K. R. V. RAO |
| Publisher: | Publications Division, Government of India |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2001 |
| ISBN: | 8123009496 |
| Pages: | 239 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5" X 5.5" |
Book Description
About the Book:CONTENTS
This book gives an account of Swami Vivekananda's teachings, his personality and his contribution to the building of modern India. It has four sections. The first deals with his life; the second discusses his teachings, the third his personality and the last his idea of secularism.
About the Author:
The author Dr V. K. R. V. Rao refers to Swami Vivekananda's "Practical Vedanta" as "Vedantic Socialism". He also holds that the ideals propounded by Swami Vivekananda, which were politically revolutionary during his times, influenced the subsequent socio-political developments in India.
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| I. | EARLY DAYS | 1 |
| II. | THE QUEST | 15 |
| III. | RAMAKRISHNA AND NARENDRA | 18 |
| IV. | NARENDRA AND HIS FELLOW DISCIPLES | 41 |
| V. | THE WANDERING MONK | 45 |
| VI. | VIVEKANANDA TAKES VEDANTA ABROAD | 59 |
| VII. | THE TRIUMPHAL RETURN | 88 |
| VIII. | AN INDIAN SUMMER IN AMERICA | 109 |
| IX. | LAST DAYS | 114 |
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| X. | RELIGION | 123 |
| XI. | VEDANTIC SOCIALISM | 142 |
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| XII. | VIVEKANANDA-THE MAN | 179 |
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| XIII. | A BUILDER OF MODERN INDIA | 207 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 222 | |
| GLOSSARY | 224 | |
| INDEX | 230 | |
