January 12th, 2012 marks Swami Vivekananda 150th birthday and on this occasion the government of Tripura is holding its celebrations by launching 1year program to make people better understand about his life, philosophy and his teachings to take him as an inspiration. This year long program by Tripura government deals with discussions, competitions on writings, seminars etc. Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12th, 1863 in Kolkata to a blessed couple - Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. Vivekananda met Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in November, 1881 and being a great disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Vivekananda started Ramakrishna Mission which mostly consisted of household people. The missionary focused on humanity and their way of thinking and also participated in various generous, disaster relief activities etc. Swami Vivekananda always worked for the benefit of mankind and his teachings also inspired man to change his thinking and purify themselves. He addressed firstly at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago on September 11th, 1893 and was the first Indian to address the world by that time. Swami Vivekananda has contributed a lot to world culture, Indian culture and Hinduism. His teachings inspired many people and laid a great path to live.
Swami Vivekananda Qoutes:
- "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
- "In one word, this ideal is that you are divine."
- "GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life."
- “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
- “BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.”
- “You know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind.”
- “Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.”
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