Swami Vivekananda and his Philosophy in the Present Context

Abstract

January month is a significant month for the Indians. First, January is the month of the English New Year. Also, in all the Ramakrishna Missions and Maths, Kalpataru Utsav/festival is celebrated, which Ramakrishna Dev Dev initiated on January 1, 1886. In this month, Sankranti is celebrated. On January 12, 1863, Swami Vivekananda was born, and on January 23, 1997, the great son of India, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, was born. All Indians know Netaji's massive contribution to the freedom movement, but in the history books, only two families' enormous contributions are highlighted. Anyway, January 26  is celebrated as Republic Day. Our Republic is powerful, so we are United, but we all know how Bangladesh was created in 1971.  Swami Vivekananda survived 39 years but kept an indelible mark as he popularised Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He is credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late nineteenth century. Swami Vivekananda is best known in the United States for his groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions, in which he introduced Hinduism to the American people and called for religious tolerance. Based on secondary sources, this article highlights the activities of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda followed Vedanta philosophy. Vedanta has three forms: Dvaita (Dualism), Vishishtadvaita (Specific Dualism), and Advaita (Monism). Vivekananda supported Advaita. According to him, there is no difference between Dvaita, Vishistadvaita, and Advaita.