The thousand dollars I have in New York will bring Rs. Be gracious and grant that I may have pure love for Thee, a love unsmitten by desire, untainted by any selfish ends — a love craved by the devotee for the sake of love alone.”, Swamiji glorified his mother’s character with these words: “…the love which my mother gave to me has made me what I am and I owe a debt to her that I can never repay……I know that before I was born, my mother would fast and pray and do hundreds of things which I could not do for five minutes even. Whenever Swamiji was in Calcutta, he would often visit his mother, and she too would go to see him. Swami Vivekananda Death Anniversary is observed on 4 July. Do not worry at all on my account; I am up and working with a will. Got message to be pure from within and outside which results in good colors. Swami Vivekananda once told— “I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.”. :). If I die, kindly send that money to my mother. Because she made herself pure; she underwent harsh penances sometimes to keep herself as pure as purity can be….. My father and mother fasted and prayed for years and years, so that I would be born…. ("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var d=0;a=c[d];++d){var e=a.getAttribute("data-pagespeed-url-hash");e&&(! We know Bhuvaneswari Devi‘s religious temperament highly influenced Narendranath in his childhood. Swami Vivekananda was a great social reformer and a very inspiring personality of India. Even though he had renounced the world and was spending all his time in Sri Ramakrishna’s work, he grieved at the thought of his mother’s condition. Again, since my second brother has gone away, she has become awfully worn-out with grief. Swami Vivekananda (1863 – 1902) He came to be known as Swami Vivekananda only when he became a sanyasi or monk. He was born on 12th January, 1863 at Kolkata (Swamiji’s Jayanti i.e. [All are arranged in chronological order], At this time Swami Vivekananda was travelling all over India as a wandering monk—[Source]. Swami Vivekananda’s Master, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, saw all women as the Divine Mother. The aunt whom you saw had a deep-laid plan to cheat me, and she and her people contrived to sell me a house for 6,000 Rs., or £400, and I bought [it] for my mother in good faith. His father's name was Vishwanath Dutta and his mother's name Bhuvaneswari Devi. All Mahans – great yogis, jnanis and bhaktas who renounced the whole world for spiritual prowess, for Self-Knowledge, for the sake of their Lord – have nevertheless had a soft corner for their mothers. Is it too much for a royal descendent of Ramchandra to do for one he loves and calls his friend? Because she did that, she deserves worship.”. Before he became an ascetic, Vivekananda’s name was Narendranath Dutta. I have now about a thousand dollars with Mr. Leggett. But yet he did not abandon any of the duties that he considered sacred. In a lecture in Pasadena, CA in 1900 he said: “From motherhood comes tremendous responsibility……Why should mother be worshipped? I would start just now, if I could make money for a passage to India, without touching the 1,000 dollars in New York. If any girl want to born a boy like a Swami Vivekananda she should have purest heart. [Source], I have got some in Calcutta and some with the Leggetts, and if you give a thousand more, that will be a fund for my own personal expenses (as you know I never took Math money) as well as for my mother. I do not know whom else to appeal to. He was born on January12, 1863 in Calcutta. Swami Vivekananda real name was Narendranath Dutta. Beautiful article. He also did his best to fulfill his devotion to his mother through doing things close to her spiritual heart. Kindly write to Saradananda to give up the little house plan. He fulfilled his mother’s wish of completing her old vow at the Kali temple of Kalighat near Calcutta and performed all the necessary rituals there. vivekananda ko koi bhi chij ek baar me yaad ho jati thi iska karan unka ek hi chij par full concentration aur dhyaan krne ki avishvasniya shakti thi. I am tired, heartsick and dying. I want to build a little, decent home for her and make some provision for the youngest, as there is very little hope of his being a good earning man. jisse vah kisi bhi topic ko ek hi baar me yaad kar lete. [CDATA[ Myself, my mother, my grandmother, and my brother will live on Rs. Vivekananda was called by the name Narendranath Datta.. 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