Stories of Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

O Swami Vivekananda!

Sri Ramakrishna's life-breath,

Sri Ramakrishna's supreme gift to mankind,

Sri Ramakrishna's victory-song all-where!

The victory-world's delight you were;

Lo, the cyclone-valour of the Absolute!

You awakened your slumbering India,

You awakened humanity's sleep.

In you blossomed the Form Universal.

O hero-warrior sannyasin,

In the core of the creation,

Sleeplessly shall burn

The incense of your self-offering.

                                             - Sri Chinmoy

(Source: Sri Chinmoy, India, My India. Mother India's Summit-Prides)

In writing these stories of Swami Vivekananda the following books have been referred to:

The Life of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Disciples

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vols. 1 – Vols. 9

Reminiscences of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Admirers