Vedanta philosophy first arrived in northern California in February of 1900 with Swami Vivekananda, the great disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He lived and taught like his master, as did later […] ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Swami Vivekananda founded New York's first ashram. He was feted on what would have been his 162nd birthday.

Between Vivekananda co-opters and Vivekananda nay-sayers is Indian society which has made an icon of him. Sri Ramakrishna, Srima Sarada and Swami Vivekananda make a lovely trio.

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, became a symbol of Indian pride. He addressed the World’s Parliament of Religions in 1893. His message of universal tolerance resonated deeply. Vivekananda ...

She suggests that making a direct link between the Swami with the current politics of Hindu nationalism, as writers like Jyotirmaya Sharma have done, “is both reductive and dangerously misleading,” ...

(RNS) — As religious conflict and disharmony rage on elsewhere in the world, the interfaith teachings of Swami Vivekananda are evergreen to these devotees.

(RNS) — At the Unitarian church where Vivekananda lectured in his landmark 1900 tour of California, clergy and congregants credit the Hindu guru with inspiring its forefathers.

Speaking at an event where Swami Pradiptananda was conferred with the Swami Vivekananda Seva Award, Sarma drew a historical parallel with Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, emphasizing that past attempts ...

A month-long exhibition at the UN celebrates Swami Vivekananda’s legacy, highlighting his role in bridging East and West, organized by SEAT and HSS. Swami Vivekananda’s profound impact on ...

PUNE, India (RNS) — The female monks at Sri Sarada Math in Pune, India, celebrated Sarada Devi’s birth anniversary on Jan. 3, in accordance with the Hindu auspicious calendar.