Thursday, January 30, 2014

Swami Vivekananda: Life and Teachings


Sri Ramakrishna instilled in these young men the spirit of renunciation and brotherly love for one another. One day he distributed ochre robes among them and sent them out to beg food. In this way he himself laid the foundation for a new monastic order. He gave specific instructions to Narendra about the formation of the new monastic Order. In the small hours of 16 August 1886 Sri Ramakrishna gave up his mortal body.
Anchor of Main Events related to Swami Vivekananda
 
1863 January 12 Birth in Kolkata
 
1879   Enters Presidency College
 
1880   Transfers to General Assembly Institution
 
1881 November First meeting with Sri Ramakrishna
 
1882-1886   Association with Sri Ramakrishna
 
1884   Passes B. A. Examination
 
    Father passes away
 
1885   Sri Ramakrishna’s last illness
 
1886 August 16 Sri Ramakrishna passes away
 
  Fall Establishes Baranagar Math
 
  December 24 Informal vow of sannyasa at Antpur
 
1887 January Formal vows of sannyasa at Baranagar Monastery
 
1890-1893   Travels all over India as itinerant monk
 
1892 December 24 At Kanyakumari, South India
 
1893 February 13 First public lecture, Secunderabad, South India
 
  May 31 Sails for America from Mumbai
 
  July 25 Lands at Vancouver, Canada
 
  July 30 Arrives in Chicago
 
  August Meets Professor John Ft. Wright of Harvard University
 
  September 11 First address at Parliament of Religions, Chicago
 
  September 27 Final address at Parliament of Religions
 
  November 20 Begins mid-western lecture tour
 
1894 April 14 Begins lectures and classes on East Coast
 
  May 16 Speaks at Harvard University
 
  July-August At Green Acre Religious Conference
 
  November Founds Vedanta Society of New York
 
1895 January Begins classes in New York
 
  June 4-18 At Camp Percy, New Hampshire
 
  June-August At Thousand Island Park on St. Lawrence river, N.Y.
 
  August-September In Paris
 
  October-November Lectures in London
 
  December 6 Sails for New York
 
1896 March 22-25 Speaks at Harvard University, offered Eastern Philosophy chair
 
  April 15 Returns to London
 
  May-July Gives classes in London
 
  May 28 Meets Max Muller in Oxford
 
  August-September In the Europe for six weeks
 
  October-November Gives classes in London
 
  December 30 Leaves Naples for India
 
1897 January 15 Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka
 
  February 6-15 In Chennai
 
  February 19 Arrives in Kolkata
 
  May 1 Establishes Ramakrishna Mission Association, Kolkata
 
  May-December Tours northwest India
 
1898 January Returns to Kolkata
 
  May Begins North India pilgrimage with Western devotees
 
  August 2 At Amarnath, Kashmir
 
  December 9 Consecrates Belur Math
 
1899 March 19 Establishes Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati
 
  June 20 Leaves India for second visit to the West
 
  July 31 Arrives in London
 
  August 28 Arrives in New York City
 
  August-November At Ridgely Manor, New York
 
  December 3 Arrives in Los Angeles
 
1900 February 22 Arrives in San Francisco
 
  April 14 Founds Vedanta Society in San Francisco
 
  June Final classes in New York City
 
  July 26 Leaves for Europe
 
  August 3 Arrives in Paris for International Exposition
 
  September 7 Speaks at Congress of History of Religions at Exposition
 
  October 24 Begins tour of Vienna, Constantinople, Greece and Cairo
 
  November 26 Leaves for India
 
  December 9 Arrives at Belur Math
 
1901 January Visits Mayavati
 
  March-May Pilgrimage in East Bengal and Assam
 
1902 January-February Visits Bodh Gaya and Varanasi
 
  March Returns to Belur Math
 
  July 4 Mahasamadhi
Vivekananda’s contributions to World Culture
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