The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda • Volume 2
In the volumes of the works of the Swami Vivekananda we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also to its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda...
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 2
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
“In the volumes of the works of the Swami Vivekananda we have what is not only a gospel to the world at large, but also to its own children, the Charter of the Hindu Faith. What Hinduism needed, amidst the general disintegration of the modern era, was a rock where she could lie at anchor, an authoritative utterance in which she might recognise her self. And this was given to her, in these words and writings of the Swami Vivekananda. For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalisation of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother who would teach her children, what was the faith of their ancestors will turn to the pages of these books for assurance and light. Long after the English language has disappeared from India, the gift that has here been made, through that language, to the world, will remain and bear its fruit in East and West alike. What Hinduism had needed, was the organising and consolidating of its own idea. What the world had needed was a faith that had no fear of truth. Both these are found here. Nor could any greater proof have been given of the eternal vigour of the Sanâtana Dharma, of the fact that India is as great in the present as ever in the past, than this rise of the individual who, at the critical moment, gathers up and voices the communal consciousness.” — Sister Nivedita.
- Contents:
- Jnana-Yoga: The Necesssity of Religion, The Real Nature of Man, Maya and Illusion, Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God, Maya and Freedom, The Absolute and Manifestation, God in Everything, Realisation, Unity in Diversity, The Freedom of the Soul, The Cosmos: The Macrocosm, The Cosmos: The Microcosm, Immortality, The Atman, The Atman: Its Bondage and Freedom, The Real and the Apparent Man.
- Practical Vedanta and other lectures: Practical Vedanta: Part I, Practical Vedanta: Part II, Practical Vedanta: Part III, Practical Vedanta: Part IV, The Way to the Realisation of a Universal Religion, The Ideal of a Universal Religion, The Open Secret, The Way to Blessedness, Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi, Soul, Nature and God, Cosmology, A study of the Sankhya philosophy, Sankhya and Vedanta, The Goal.
- Reports in American Newspapers: Note, Divinity of Man, Swami Vivekananda on India, Religious Harmony, From far off India, An Evening with our Hindu Cousins, The Manners and Customs of India, The Religions of India, Sects and Doctrines in India, Less Doctrine and more Bread, The Religion of Buddha, All Religions are Good, The Hindu way of life, Ideals of Womanhood, True Buddhism, India’s Gift to the World, Child Widows of India, Some Customs of the Hindus.
- Publisher’s note: This Special Master Edition has been crafted with great care. In order to be more enjoyable during reading and research, it has been set in a 7.5″ x 9.5″ two-columns format. All our publications are carefully crafted, both in terms of typography as well as design.
Table of Contents
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Work and its Secret
Delivered at Los Angeles, California, January 4, 1900
THE POWERS OF THE MIND
Delivered at Los Angeles, California, January 8, 1900
HINTS ON PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY
Delivered at the Home of Truth, Los Angeles, California
Bhakti or Devotion
BHAKTI OR DEVOTION
Jnana-Yoga
CHAPTER I: THE NECESSITY OF RELIGION
Delivered in London
CHAPTER II: THE REAL NATURE OF MAN
Delivered in London
CHAPTER III: MAYA AND ILLUSION
Delivered in London
CHAPTER IV: MAYA AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPTION OF GOD
Delivered in London, 20th October 1896
CHAPTER V: MAYA AND FREEDOM
Delivered in London, 22nd October 1896
CHAPTER VI: THE ABSOLUTE AND MANIFESTATION
Delivered in London, 1896
CHAPTER VII: GOD IN EVERYTHING
Delivered in London, 27th October 1896
CHAPTER VIII: REALISATION
Delivered in London, 29th October 1896
CHAPTER IX: UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Delivered in London, 3rd November 1896
CHAPTER X: THE FREEDOM OF THE SOUL
Delivered in London, 5th November 1896
CHAPTER XI: THE COSMOS
The Macrocosm
Delivered in New York, 19th January 1896
CHAPTER XII: THE COSMOS
The Microcosm
Delivered in New York, 26th January 1896
CHAPTER XIII: IMMORTALITY
Delivered in America
CHAPTER XIV: THE ATMAN
Delivered in America
CHAPTER XV: THE ATMAN, ITS BONDAGE AND FREEDOM
Delivered in America
CHAPTER XVI: THE REAL AND THE APPARENT MAN
Delivered in New York
Practical Vedanta and other lectures
PRACTICAL VEDANTA: PART I
Delivered in London, 10th November 1896
PRACTICAL VEDANTA: PART II
Delivered in London, 12th November 1896
PRACTICAL VEDANTA: PART III
Delivered in London, 17th November 1896
PRACTICAL VEDANTA: PART IV
Delivered in London, 18th November 1896
THE WAY TO THE REALISATION OF A UNIVERSAL RELIGION
Delivered in the Universalist Church, Pasadena, California, 28th January 1900
THE IDEAL OF A UNIVERSAL RELIGION, How It Must Embrace Different Types Of Minds And Methods
THE OPEN SECRET
Delivered at Los Angeles, Calif., 5th January 1900
THE WAY TO BLESSEDNESS
YAJNAVALKYA AND MAITREYI
SOUL, NATURE, AND GOD
COSMOLOGY
A STUDY OF THE SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY
SANKHYA AND VEDANTA
THE GOAL
Delivered in San Francisco, March 27, 1900
Reports in American Newspapers
DIVINITY OF MAN
Ada Record, February 28, 1894
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ON INDIA
Bay City Daily Tribune, March 21, 1894
RELIGIOUS HARMONY
Saginaw Evening News, March 22, 1894
FROM FAR OFF INDIA
Saginaw Courier-Herald, March 22, 1894
AN EVENING WITH OUR HINDU COUSINS
Northampton Daily Herald, April 16, 1894
THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF INDIA
Boston Herald, May 15, 1894
THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA
Boston Herald, May 17, 1894
SECTS AND DOCTRINES IN INDIA
Harvard Crimson, May 17, 1894
LESS DOCTRINE AND MORE BREAD
Baltimore American, October 15, 1894
THE RELIGION OF BUDDHA
Morning Herald, October 22, 1894
The High Priest Speaks
Baltimore American, October 22, 1894
ALL RELIGIONS ARE GOOD
Washington Post, October 29, 1894
He Believes It Blindly
The Yogis Are Jugglers
THE HINDU VIEW OF LIFE
Brooklyn Times, December 31, 1894
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 31, 1894
IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD
Brooklyn Standard Union, January 21, 1895
TRUE BUDDHISM
Brooklyn Standard Union, February 4, 1895
INDIA’S GIFT TO THE WORLD
Brooklyn Standard Union, February 27, 1895
CHILD WIDOWS OF INDIA
Daily Eagle, February 27, 1895
SOME CUSTOMS OF THE HINDUS
Brooklyn Standard Union, April 8, 1895
Swami Vivekananda (January 1863 — July 1902), born Narendranath Dutta was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the introduction of Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the “Western” World, mainly in America and Europe and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the end of the 19th century Vivekananda is considered to be a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India. He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech beginning with “Sisters and Brothers of America”, through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions at Chicago in 1893.
