Swami Vivekananda composed The Song of the Sannyasin in July 1895. He wrote this powerful poem while staying at Thousand Island Park in New York, USA, where he was teaching a small group of disciples about Vedanta, renunciation, and the true purpose of human life. At a time when the world was rapidly embracing industrial…
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Nikola Tesla and Swami Vivekananda: A Historic Meeting of Science and Spirituality
On 10 July, the birth anniversary of Nikola Tesla, it is fitting to remember one of the most fascinating intellectual encounters of the nineteenth century—his meeting with Swami Vivekananda in New York during the mid-1890s. Although they came from vastly different backgrounds, Tesla, a pioneering inventor, and Vivekananda, a renowned spiritual leader and philosopher, shared…
Vedantic Brain, Islamic Body: A Letter India Must Read Today
On this day, June 10, 1898, Swami Vivekananda wrote a remarkable letter to Mohammed Sarfaraz Husain, a Muslim gentleman from Nainital. At a time when India was under colonial rule and religious identities were often emphasized, divided, and manipulated, Vivekananda spoke of unity, mutual respect, and the future strength of India through cooperation between Hindus…