SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

FOREMOST SAINT OF
MODERN INDIA
 LIFE SKETCH
BORN: JANUARY 12, 1863 IN CALCUTTA ON
MAKAR SANKRANTI DAY. HIS NAME AT
BIRTH WAS NARENDRANATH.

Father: Sri Visanath Datta, a very successful

and distinguished lawyer.

Mother: Bhuvanesvari ,a very pious lady.

Prayer of the Lord was a way of life.
 CHILDHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH
• HE WAS WELL READ AND HAD A REMARKABLE POWER OF
UNDERSTANDING AN RETENTION.

• COMPLETED BACHELOR ARTS DEGREE FROM

SCOTTISH CHURCH COLLEGE CALCUTTA IN
1884.
• HE WAS A GREAT THINKER AND OFTEN
CHALLENGED EXISTING CUSTOMS AND
RITUALS.
HE OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THIS
WORLD AND ITS CREATOR.

• EXTENSIVELY STUDIED DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS

AND PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS OF EAST AND
WEST.
• HOWEVER, NO ONE WAS ABLE TO SATISFY HIS
CURIOSITY AND HE DEVELOPED A FEELING
THAT GOD WAS A MYTH.
 TRANSFORMATION

• NARENDRANATH SPENT ABOUT 5 YEARS AS A

DISCIPLE OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA AND LEARNT
EVERYTHING CONCERNING SPIRITUALITY BASED
ON ADVANTA PHILOSOPHY.

• SRI RAMAKRISHNA PASSED ON ALL HIS

SPIRITUAL POWER TO NARENDRANATH BEFORE
GOING INTO SAMADHI.

• NARENDRANATH TAKES CHARGE OF

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION AT THE AGE OF 23,
COMES TO BE KNOWN AS SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.
 TEACHINGS

• SWAMI VIVEKANANDA FIRMLY BELIEVED IN THE

EQUALITY OF MANKIND AND PREACHED TO
REMOVE BIASES AND EXPLOITATION BASED ON
CASTE, CREED, RACE AND GENDER.

• SWAMIJI IS WIDELY REGARDED AS INDIA’S

FOREMOST NATION BUILDER.

• MANY OTHER NATIONAL LEADERS INCLUDING

AUROBINDO GANDHI AND NEHRU WERE
INFLUENCED BY HIS TEACHINGS ON
SPIRITUALITY AND SERVICE TO THE FELLOW
BEINGS.
 HE EMPHASIZED ON SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD
ALONG WITH MATERIAL ADVANCEMENT.

SWAMIJI’S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

THE REAL EDUCATION SPIRITUAL AND GREAT EMPHASIS ON

IS POSSIBLE ONLY MORAL DEVELOPMENT WESTERN EDUCATION
THROUGH NATURE AND OF CHILD, THE OF TECHNOLOGY,
NATURAL ESSENCE OF WHICH IS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY
PROPENSITIES. ALREADY PRESENT IN AND SCIENCE TO
HIM. ACHIEVE MATERIAL
PROPENSITY.

HARMONIOUS SYNTHESIS OF THE ANCIENT INDIAN IDEALS AND MODERN WESTERN BELIEFS.
 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
• ONLY STUDY OF BOOKS IS NOT EDUCATION.
• KNOWLEDGE LIES HIDDEN IN THE MIND OF MAN. HE UNCOVERS AND
DEVELOPS IT BY HIS OWN EFFORTS.

• CONCENTRATIONS IS THE KEY TO ALL KNOWLEDGE. FOR THIS PRACTICE OF

BRAHAMCHARYA IS VERY ESSENTIAL.

• PURITY OF THOUGHT, SPEECH AND DEED IS SELF DISCIPLINE.

• EDUCATION SHOULD DEVELOP A CHILD PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND
SPIRITUALLY.
• MASS EDUCATION.
• BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULD RECEIVE SAME EDUCATION.
• EDUCATION SHOULD DEVELOP CHARACTER, MENTAL POWER,
INTELLIGENCE AND INCULCATE SELF CONFIDENCE AND SELF RELIANCE.
• RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SHOULD BE IMPARTED THROUGH SWEET
IMPRESSIONS AND FINE CONDUCT IN PREFERENCE TO BOOKS.
• TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
 Teacher is a philosopher, friend
and guide. He should bring out
Teacher the latent knowledge in a child
by inspiration.

All those subjects should be

included in the curriculum which
promote the material and
spiritual development of a child.
Child Centered
Education
Child Curriculum

Child is the store and repository

of all learning-material and
spiritual. Like a plant a child grow Spiritual Perfection
by his own inner power naturally.

Material advancement and

propensity

Physical development
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
• REACHING PERFECTION IN LIFE. (MANIFESTATION OF INTERNAL TO
EXTERNAL)

• PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

• MORAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.

• CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

• DEVELOPING FAITH IN ONE’S OWN-SELF, SHRADDHA AND A SPIRIT OF

RENUNCIATION.

• UNITY IN DIVERSITY.

• RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT.
 DEATH
• SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ATTAINED MAHA
SAMADHI ON JULY 4, 1902 AT BELUR MATH
DURING MEDITATION. HE HAD A
PREMONITION ABOUT THIS. THREE DAYS
BEFORE HIS DEATH HE POINTED OUT THE SPOT
FOR THIS CREMATION—THE ONE AT WHICH A
TEMPLE IN HIS MEMORY STANDS TODAY. IN
THE MORNING OF JULY 4, HE GAVE
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION TO ONE OF HIS
DISCIPLES.

• HE HAD REMARKED TO SEVERAL PERSONS THAT

HE WOULD NOT LIVE TO BE FORTY.

• HIS TEACHINGS AND MISSION CONTINUES TO

INSPIRE US EVEN AFTER 100 YEARS…
YOU

ROSHNI BHARDWAJ
MONICA SINGH
SHADMA AHMED
B.ED. SEM 1