Role Of Swami Vivekananda In The Life Of Narendranath Datta

Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902) or Narendranath Datta was an Indian
Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introducing the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and also in raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of major world religion during the late 19th century. He worked for the revival of Hinduism in India, and also contributed to the concept of nationalism in India. He is best known for his speech which starts, "Sisters and brothers of America ...,"where he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.

He was born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta and was inclined
Swamiji addressed the issue by simplifying the whole problem of existence. He made National reconstruction with the ideals of ‘Tyaga’ and ‘Seva’ the most important purpose of living for the young. He has, in very simple terms given the youth a higher ideal to strive for and in this striving he found answers to the material problems of the suffering millions. The only qualification that Swamiji wanted our youth to have was this wonderful ability to ‘feel’. To those who wanted to go beyond just feeling and take to concrete action – he gave this potent mantra. The power of the 3 P’s – Purity, Patience and Perseverance. These three words in my opinion are the qualities that every young person desiring to do social work needs to possess. According to him all good work has to go through three stages. First comes ridicule, then the stage of opposition and finally comes acceptance. What the young need is the purity, patience and the perseverance to go through these stages in whatever they do. Society, though slow and sometimes treacherous in its reactions, finally comes around and accepts the good work that goes on for its own sake.The young today are extremely result oriented and need to understand the reasons for what they need to do as well as the benefits of what they do. To them Swamiji had a simple formula. He laid down in clear and simple terms the three levels of service that one can do. The first is that of the Physical – taking care of the human body and undertaking activities to ameliorate human physical suffering. Running hospitals, orphanages, old-age homes and various income generation programs would qualify for this level. The next higher level was that of Intellectual service. Running schools, colleges and awareness and empowerment programs would operate at this level. And finally for the evolved – he prescribed the highest level of Spiritual service. He did not forget