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Swami Vivekananda

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Also known as Vivekananda, Narendranath Datta, Narendra Nath Datta

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

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Swami Vivekananda was a male person from India, born in 1863 and died in 1902. He is the subject of a Commons category and gallery, with a creator page on the platform. His works include *Ṿedanṭah maʻaśit*, *Raja yoga y otros escritos*, *My Master*, *Patanjali's Yoga Sutra*, and *Karma Yoga*.

He is referenced by 3,276 other encyclopedia articles. Quotes attributed to him include, "A perfect life is a contradiction in terms," and "If I do an evil action, I must suffer for it; there is no power in this universe to stop or stay it." He also stated, "Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy."

On Last.fm, he is listed as an artist with 133 listeners and a playcount of 865. Similar artists include The Pundits, Anuradha, R.D.Burman, Bhikari Bal, and Akshaya Mohanty. Crossref lists five works associated with him, while Open Library records 451 works.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1863
Died
1902
Works
451

Top works

  • Ṿedanṭah maʻaśit
  • Raja yoga y otros escritos
  • My Master
  • Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
  • Karma Yoga

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1863-01-12
Active to
1902-07-04

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
134
Total plays
866

Similar artists

The PunditsAnuradhaR.D.BurmanBhikari BalAkshaya Mohanty

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Swami+Vivekananda">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Swami Vivekananda

Quotes

  • To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.
  • A perfect life is a contradiction in terms.
  • If I do an evil action, I must suffer for it; there is no power in this universe to stop or stay it.
  • Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.
  • India is immortal if she persists in her search for God. But if she goes in for politics and social conflict, she will die.
  • It is here that Indians build temples for Mohammedans and Christians; nowhere else. If you go to other countries and ask Mohammedans or people of other religions to build a temple for you, see how they will help. They will instead try to break down your temple and you too, if they can.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

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Encyclopedic overview

Quotation

"Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached" (more on Wikiquote)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swami Vivekananda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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