Vivekananda Analysis

India has given birth to several Hindu religious reformers along with influential spiritual personalities who have contributed to build the nation. They have all stressed upon the fact that India is avowedly the most notable country where religious introspection has fairly a long cherished history. Vivekananda is mainly considered to be an eminent figure among the others for making Hindu religion popular among the people of the West. He has always been eager to look into all other religious doctrines in order to broaden the mental horizon and support the ideals of religious tolerance. He has a firm conviction that no nation can progress without possessing an inherently strong religiosity. As an Indian monk he never has any reservations against
This is a poem encouraging Christine not to yield to any adverse situations. Life may be full of struggles which are sometimes hard to overcome but one should never escape from it. One needs to have a firm conviction about his own abilities and true self. The person who loses self-belief also becomes bereft of self-respect in this process. The flower violet stands for sweetness and purity of soul much like the lamb in Blake’s poem The Lamb. Whereas the lamb is associated with tender qualities Vivekananda in this poem does not intend to refer to the mildness of the violet flower but asks it to be resilient amid all turmoil. Human soul is tantamount to the ‘gentle bloom’ which is capable of withstanding the onslaught of hostile wintry weather. Like the previous poem of Vivekananda there is also an undercurrent of Vedantism in this one. In his essays and letters Vivekananda seems to be like a practitioner of practical Vedantist. Mere reading of texts of Upanishad will not hold any good for human being but all have to take recourse to Vedanata to grow strong at heart and at the same become compassionate and sympathetic towards the whole humanity. Each and every being on earth has the divinity within and that being is also the essential part of the eternal universe. Ignorance to this truth breeds enmity and hatred. If a human being shows condescending attitude to another he is in a way belittles himself because they both are the physical manifestations of the holistic universal entity. This is the kernel of monism of Advaita Vedanta that can be deployed as a useful medium to ward off racial discrimination and vindicate women emancipation. Vedanta does not boast of salvation but ensures liberation of the soul. According to Vivekananda the people of India