essay on Vivek anand a 'S a visionary man
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We are commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, who was considered among the top 10 visitors to the United States in the 20th century. Swami Vivekananda, born on January 12, 1863, as Narendranath Dutta, was the disciple of Shree Ramkrishna Paramhansa. He was popularly known as a wandering Hindu monk, who had addressed the First Parliament of World Religions held at Chicago in September, 1893. The speech delivered by him on September 9, 1893, generated an electrifying effect in the audience, echoing the hall with a thunderous applause. He said, “Sectarianism, bigotry and its horrible descendant; fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now! “ But there time has come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.”
What happened on 9/11/2001after more than a century of Swamiji’s gift to the western world must be an eye-opener for humanity to embrace his vision of spiritual awakening.
Swami Vivekananda said, “Man making is the mission of my life. My ideal indeed can be put in a few words and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.” He was addressing a gathering where majority of the people were brought up in with the Biblical teaching, “Man is a sinner.”
The youth participating in this conference, most of you born and brought up here in the US in a new world connected globally by means of instant communications technology and means of transportation have an opportunity and a challenge to steer the current global view, “the world is a market place and we all are consumers” to a global view of world as “one family and we are all spiritual beings looking for the well being of the entire creation, not just a homo-centric but a holistic view.”
What will Swami Vivekananda offer to us as the most essential tool to accept such a challenge? In his words, “STRENGTH”, He used to say, “Above all, be strong, be manly! I have respect for one who is wicked , so long as he is manly and strong; for his strength will make him some day give up his wickedness, or even give up all work for selfish ends, and will then eventually bring him into the Truth.”
In a brief span of 39 years of life, this wandering monk delivered the powerful of message of Vedanta for human beings to embrace for the life in full vigor to serve the poor, the weak, the ignorant and the religious fanatics. He embodied the essence of Vedanta and acted like a warrior and a conqueror. He struggled to have both, the God and the world- to dominate everything and to renounce everything. He continued his intellectual struggle to grasp the real meaning of life and also surrender completely to God. The Grace of Shree Ramkrishna transformed him to aParivrajak, wandering through the world without an abode, without ties or relations, always a stranger to whom he meets.