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(Brochure US) Vivekananda - His Gospel of Man-Making
(Brochure US) Vivekananda - His Gospel of Man-Making
VIVEKANANDA
Sixth Edition
Commemorating the
th
150 Birth Anniversary of Swamiji (2013)
1000 + Pages
Hard Bound
Multi-colour Jacket
80 B & W Photos
ISBN 81-85304-66-1
CONTENTS
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Benediction: 2-4
Prologue: 5
What is Man-making?: 7
An Overview of the Book: 9
Contents at a Glance: 10
A Synoptic View of the Book: 12
Review Excerpts: 37
Milestones in the Publication: 41
The Author: 43
Benediction
SWAMI DAYANANDA SARASWATI
ARSHA VIDYA GURUKULAM
PO Box 1059
Saylorsburg, PA 18353-1059 USA
Ph: 570-992-2339
Fax: 570-992-7150/9167
October 19, 2011
Swami Dayananda
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Benediction
SWAMI TATTVAVIDANANDA
ARSHA VIDYA GURUKULAM
PO Box 1059
Saylorsburg, PA 18353-1059 USA
Ph: 570-992-2339
Fax: 570-992-7150/9167
24 Nov. 2011
Swami Tattvavidananda
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PROLOGUE
The main concern of the world today is peace and harmony.
The path that the world has until now traversed in pursuit of
technological mastery has imperilled peace. If peace and
harmony are to rise and reign in the hearts and minds of
people, they should have an opportunity to be exposed to the
revealing insights of spirituality, which Swami Vivekananda
has bequeathed to humanity. Hence, the propagation of his
spiritual teachings is the most important means of serving that
divine mission. The more the life and teachings of the great
Swamiji are made known, the more will the spiritual
perspective of humanity be widened, thereby paving the way
for enduring world peace everyone is hankering for.
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WHAT IS 'MAN-MAKING'?
(Excerpts from the Book)
Swami Vivekananda said: Man-making is my mission of life.
I am not a politician, nor am I a social reformer. It is my job
to fashion manI care only for the spirit: when that is right,
everything will be righted by itself.
Man-making! This Swamiji spoke as his New Gospel,
applying it not only to sannyasins, not only to Indians, but in
its most profound sense, to men and women everywhere.
Indeed, to make men and to teach the highest truth
constituted in Swamijis language one and the same mission
and this mission, to his mind, formed the central task of his
life on earth.
Manliness! Swamiji meant a great deal by that term. Manliness,
in his view, emanated from the atman, permeating the whole
empirical man body, senses, mind, heart and will. To have
the quality of manliness was to be established in the Self, to
rejoice in the Self, to want nothing, to fear nothing, to dislike
nothing, to love and serve all.
Only spiritually free and strong men and women, taking their
stand on the Self the atman can truly deify this world,
can truly revere it and work in it tirelessly, without desire or
fear, motivated by love alone. And, only such men and
women can meet the unprecedentedly terrible challenge of
this age.
Man-making: This really means rousing the purblind human
race to an awareness of its innate spiritual strength and
essential divine nature. Human beings are by no means
inheritors of any original sin, but, truly amrtasya putrah,
children of immortality. Such is Vedanta's Magna Carta for
humanity.
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INTRODUCTION
Part One: Sec. I
VIVEKANANDA: HIS GOSPEL OF MAN-MAKING
Part One: Sec. II
VIVEKANANDA ON EDUCATION AND RELIGION
(Interpretations and Allied Thoughts)
Part One: Sec. III
VIVEKANANDA THE MAN AND HIS MISSION
(Tributes from Abroad, Monks, Savants & Saints, Statesmen & Politicians)
Part Two
A CHRONICLE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
VIVEKANANDA (1863-1902)
Part Three
VIVEKANANDA A VOICE FROM ACROSS THE CENTURY (1893-1993)
Part Four
WINDS OF CHANGE: VIVEKANANDA AND HIS IMPACT ON THE WESTERN MIND
(1893-2013)
Part Five
VIVEKANANDA IN PICTURES
List of Pictures
Appendix
i) Vivekananda and His New Gospel A Recapitulation
ii) Homage to Swami Vivekananda
iii) An Unwarranted Disclaimer On Vivekananda TV Series
Glossary
Bibliography (Chronicle)
Vivekananda Literature Books by and on Vivekananda
Brief Introduction to the Authors
General Index (Chronicle)
Subject Index (Chronicle)
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
Introduction
Vivekananda in Pictures
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Swami Tapasyananda
Swami Vivekanandas message aiming at the spiritual
regeneration has relevance for the whole of mankind. His
seminal gospel of the essential divinity of man has a
universal appeal. The Worlds Parliament of Religions at
Chicago was the most appropriate platform to deliver this
message. Symbolically, the venue also proved an ideal
place to warn the world against the indiscriminate growth of
materialism. In the light of his Vedantic message, religious
exclusivism and fanaticism pale into insignificance. What
Swamiji achieved in the last ten years of his life is epochmaking. A patriotic and revolutionary monk indeed he was.
There is no dearth of Vivekananda literature. There are
many inspiring biographical works on him. The Complete
Works in eight volumes (with a ninth one added later) is a
monumental work. Then why this book? In what way does
this compilation by Swami Jyotirmayananda distinguish itself
from the rest? In his Foreword Swami Tapasyananda
answers the question: It has got a significance which none
of the existing works on the Swami serves. It can be called a
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king, but here the greatest kings would trace their descent to
some ancient priest. In this context, the religious tolerance,
nay, the acceptance of all religions in India is reiterated.
What is really needed is the mutual respect rather than the
mere condescending tolerance of the bigoted and the
fanatics. The Hindus have never been persecutors and
proselytizers like those of the Abrahamic faiths. Hinduism is
not a conquering religion wedded to a single book or a
prophet. It is never a one way traffic to heaven! It believes
in mutual respect, assimilation, harmony and peace. We
never preached, says Swami Vivekananda, our thoughts
with fire and sword. Swamiji, in stating what religion is not,
answers the question of what religion is. Religion is not talk
or doctrines or theories, nor is it sectarianism. Religion
cannot live in sects and societies. It is the relation between
the soul and God Religion consists in realization. What is
religion? Religion is the manifestation of the perfection
already in man.
There can be unity but not uniformity. Unity in diversity is the
law of nature. Though there is no division in the Ultimate
Reality, distinction and difference is the empirical reality
which cannot be denied. So there is difference without there
being any division. All people are not cast in the same
mould. Temperaments, inclinations and outlooks are bound
to differ from person to person and from place to place, and
hence the need for different pathways for the aspirants. The
path of Karma Yoga suits those who are active by
temperament. Bhakti Yoga more readily appeals to the
emotionally predominant ones. Raja Yoga, the path of
psychic control, suits people of contemplative nature. Jnana
Yoga is yet another path for the discriminative type. The
whole idea is to bring out the Perfect Man by resorting to one
or more or all of these paths.
One used to a brisk life becomes uneasy, may even become
lunatic, if he is to live in quiet solitude. At the same time,
inactivity is also not a promising kind of life. So the ideal is
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could not be any different from what his own evolved stature
was. He was what he spoke; and what he spoke, that he
was.
Vedanta teaches that God is in everything. This democracy
based on the spiritual oneness of mankind places Vedanta in
a privileged position to preach true universal brotherhood.
(Dr. Tapash Sankar Dutta).
This Section is a treasury of tributes to Swami Vivekananda.
It is a huge garland woven with flowers of varying hues. A
few flowers have been taken out from the garland and
woven into a smaller one to give a synoptic view.
The tributes are from saints and savants from all over the
world, and also from eminent statesmen and a few
outstanding political figures. Those fortunate ones who saw
Swami Vivekananda were captivated by his personality.
Those who heard his speech became speechless. Those
who heard his message felt a new awakening. Those who
thought of his energy and courage were struck with wonder.
How thoroughly many westerners have understood Swami
Vivekananda is a fact to which we Indians cannot grudge
acknowledgement. Their grasp of Hinduism as presented by
Swamiji is comparable with some of the best minds in India.
Even a random collection of tributes from this Section will
present Swamiji in his multifarious splendour. Here are a
few:
He spoke. It was enough. The depth of his great soul
had sounded forth, and the world felt the vibration.
One single man changed the current of thought of half
the globe -- that was his work. (Christina Albers)
He has given us in America higher ideas of life than
we have ever had before. (John J. Bagley)
Since the days of the Indian missionaries who
travelled in South-East Asia and China preaching
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Vivekananda in Pictures
This Section is verily a pictorial exhibition. A rich collection of
80 photographs duly captioned serves like flower plants of
varying hues adding to the beauty of a verdant landscape. A
perusal of this Section gives one the feeling of seeing a
documentary feature. Intently looking at the face of Swamiji
in several of the photos, the mind tends to become
meditative, feeling relaxed and feeling at home with
someone so dear. At the back of the mind there is also a
feeling of awe What a life! What a personality! What a
brilliant intellect!
This Section is followed by the final one which again is a
breath-taking volume of Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography,
Vivekananda Literature Books by and on Swami
Vivekananda, General and Subject Index etc. together
making up over one hundred pages.
A last word of appreciation: This huge volume, Vivekananda
His Gospel of Man-making, is doubtlessly a monumental
work of Swami Jyotirmayananda. It is a divinely inspired
work accomplished with consummate skill.
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We are thankful to SRI K. P. SHIVKUMAR for his labour of love in presenting to our
readers his excellent Synoptic View of the present Edition of our book on Swami
Vivekananda, in the context of his 150th Birth Anniversary (2013). The Author is the
former Assistant Editor, Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust, Chennai (H.Q.
Kanyakumari), and my association with him in the Editorial Department of the
Kendra, Chennai (1975-76), is still fresh in my memory. Sri Shivkumar, who has a
few books to his credit, also edited a Quarterly, Make History, for 18 years, and
presently he is the Associate Editor of Kisan World, a Magazine founded by the
eminent Industrialist and Philanthropist, Dr. N. Mahalingam.
-- SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
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REVIEW EXCERPTS
I have gone through the book by Swami Jyotirmayananda:
Vivekananda: His Gospel of Man-making, with a Garland of
Tributes, and a Chronicle of His Life and Times, with
Pictures. It is a unique book with rich reading material,
which instructs and inspires the reader. It should find a place
in all our libraries of educational institutions and all our public
libraries as well.
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THE AUTHOR
Swami Jyotirmayananda hails from Kasaragod, Kerala, in
South India. He had his schooling and college studies at the
Mangalore Ramakrishna Mission Students Home. He got the
mantra diksha in 1966 while serving in a firm in Madras, from
Swami Vireswarananda, the Tenth President of the
Ramakrishna Order. He joined the Vivekananda Kendra,
Kanyakumari, in 1973, and after a few years of service, took
to monastic life independently in 1976.
His work on Swami Vivekananda (www.vivekananda
gospel.org) chronicles the important events in the life and
times of Swamiji, and highlights his mission and the message
to the world. The first edition of the book was published in
1986, and the fifth edition was released at New York, in the
context of the UN Millennium World Peace Summit 2000.
Later, it was also made available as an e-book, with an audiovisual presentation on Swamiji, in the context of the 100th year
of his Mahaasamadhi (2002).
Indias Gift to the World is the Light Spiritual
Understanding India, Its Culture and Sanatana Dharma is a
collection of his papers and articles. The papers were
presented at various indological conferences in the U.S.A.,
and the articles published in brochures, from time to time, for
different programs in New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. The book also contains his article published in
India Tribune, Chicago, and another article compiled from
the writings of Swamiji. His other works/translation include
Hanuman Chalisa and Ashtaka (with 'Glory of Sri Hanuman,
the Glory of Hanuman Chalisa and the Glory of Ramanam.');
Beloved Mother Amritanandamayi A Sketch; and A Pilgrim
Guide to Some Holy Places of Dakshina Kannada and Around.
He has been visiting the U.S. regularly and participating in
various conferences and forums, since 1993, when the
centenary of the Parliament of World Religions was held in
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1. Indias Gift to the World is the Light Spiritual Understanding India, Its
Culture and Sanatana Dharma (comprising papers presented in various
Indological conferences in the U.S., from 2002-2010)
2. Hanuman Chalisa and Ashtaka (Original text with transliteration and Hindi
and English Translations); Also the Glory of Sri Hanuman, the Glory of
Hanuman Chalisa and the Glory of Ramanam
3. Beloved Mother Amritanandamayi A Sketch
4. A Pilgrim Guide to Some Holy Places in Dakshina Kannada and Around
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BUTALA EMPORIUM
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