Swami Vivekananda Quotes
Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
He supported the Chilean poor against the oppression of the Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet. Like many who spoke out against the Fascist government he was “disappeared” shortly after he wrote the letter. Pinochet was eventually convicted of crimes against humanity.
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the contemporary Hindu reform movements in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began with the words "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.
