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The Life of Swami Vivekananda

By His Eastern and Western Disciples

41 chapters · 41 narrated

The standard biography, compiled by his Eastern and Western disciples from firsthand accounts — from his birth in Calcutta and training under Sri Ramakrishna to the Parliament of Religions, his world mission, and his final days at Belur Math.

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PREFACE14:36Read
Ancestry13:26Read
Birth and Childhood18:35Read
Early Education: Glimpses of Spirituality22:50Read
Collegiate Days — Tendencies19:17Read
Shri Ramakrishna30:17Read
At the Touch of the Master28:45Read
The Guru and the Disciple43:28Read
The Man in the Making43:06Read
Trials and Hardships33:54Read
Days of Ecstasy at Dakshineswar81:16Read
Cossipore & The Passing of the Master61:49Read
The Baranagore Math47:59Read
The Itinerant Days: The Northern Tirthas66:57Read
Wanderings in the Himalayas33:52Read
In Historic Rajputana46:02Read
In the Bombay Presidency54:02Read
Through Southern India to Cape Comorin44:15Read
Further Glimpses of Parivrajaka Life27:33Read
In Madras and Hyderabad55:25Read
On the Way to and Early Days in America39:57Read
The Parliament or Religions80:58Read
Varying Experiences as Preacher22:18Read
The Beginning of Work116:44Read
The First Visit to England26:44Read
Establishing the American Work95:58Read
Back to London and a Tour of The Continent91:49Read
Towards India20:01Read
Triumphal March through Ceylon and Southern India76:21Read
Back to Bengal83:56Read
In Northern India85:51Read
Life at the Math and Training of the Disciples114:20Read
In Kashmir: Amarnath and Kshir-Bhavani68:21Read
Consecration of the Math: Its Scope and Ideals26:57Read
Amongst His own People103:37Read
Second Visit to America117:32Read
The Paris Congress and a tour in Europe43:11Read
Visit to Mayavati16:50Read
A Trip to East Bengal and Life at the Math48:58Read
Towards the End54:04Read
Mahasamadhi39:59Read