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Life & Teachings of Swami Vivekananda LIFE & TEACHINGS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Ques 1 According to Vivekananda, what was the most practical form of Vedanta? (OR) According to Vivekananda, what was Vedanta and religion in practice? Ans 1 According to Vivekananda, “uplift of masses and relief of their sufferings” was the most practical form of Vedanta. This according to him was Vedanta and religion in practice. Ques 2 What constituted an ideal society according to Swami Vivekananda? Ans 2 An ideal society, according to Swami Vivekananda was that which conmbined the spiritual culture of India with the secular culture and social justice and freedom of the West. Towards this objective, he founded the Ramakrishna Mission in India combining spiritual and service activities. Ques Give the following details pertaining to Swami Vivekananda: 3a Date of birth. 3b Place of birth. 3c Father’s profession. 3d Fill in the blank: Swami Vivekananda was born as a result of prayers to _______. 3e What was the dream that Swami Vivekananda’s mother had, before his birth? Ans th 3a 12 January 1863. 3b Calcutta. 3c Vivekananda’s father was a lawyer practising at Calcutta High Court. 3d Lord Visveswara of Varanasi. 3e Swami Vivekananda’s mother had a dream in which Lord Siva appeared and told her that He would take birth as her son. Ques 4 What was the name given to Swami Vivekananda by his parents? Ans 4 Narendranath Dutta. Ques 5 Name Swami Vivekananda’s parents. Ans 5 Vishwanatha Dutta and Bhuvaneshwari Devi. Ques 6 Name the person in Vivekananda’s family who took to sanyasa before he did? Ans 6 Swami Vivekananda’s grandfather Durgacharan Dutta took to sanyasa before him. SRI SATHYA SAI BALVIKAS, TAMILNADU 16 www.sssbalvikastn.org Ques 7 Fill in the blank: The stories of _________ and___________, which Vivekananda’s mother told him when he was a child, left an indelible impression on his young mind Ans 7 Ramayana, Mahabharata. Ques 8 What was Brahmoism? Ans 8 Brahmoism was a popular socio-religious movement during Vivekananda’s time. It believed in a formless God, deprecated the worship of idols and addressed itself to various forms of social reforms. Ques 9 What were the consequences of Swami Vivekananda’s tryst with Brahmoism? Ans 9 Vivekananda tried earnestly to understand Brahmoism but the more he delved into it, the more he felt that there was something vitally lacking, something missing in it. He used to put questions to the Brahmo elders in all sincerity to properly understand things, but none of them could give convincing and satisfactory answers to his questions, especially about the existence of God. This only accentuated his spiritual restlessness. Ques 10 Who was the person who first mentioned Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s name to Swami Vivekananda? Ans 10 Professor William Hastie. Ques 11 Name the poem and the poet referred to by Professor William Hastie while talking about Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Ans 11 Poem: The Excursion and Poet: William Wordsworth. Ques 12 What did Professor William Hastie say about Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? Ans 12 Professor William Hastie, during one of his lectures, on Wordsworth’s poem, ‘The Excursion’, in which the ecstatic experience of the poet was described, said that, “Such an experience is the result of purity of mind and concentration on some particular object and it is rare indeed, particularly in these days. I have seen only one person who has experienced that blessed state of mind, and he is Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa of Dakshineswar. You too can understand for yourself if you go there”. Ques 13 Answer the following questions: a) What were the first words of Narendranath when he met Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? b) What was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s response? SRI SATHYA SAI BALVIKAS, TAMILNADU 17 www.sssbalvikastn.org Ans 13 a)Narendranath’s first words to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa were “Sir, have you seen God?” b)Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s response was, “Yes, I see Him just as I see you, even more intensely. God can be realized and one can see and talk to Him as I am doing with you. But who cares to do so? People shed torrents of tears for their wives and children, for wealth or property, but who does so for the sake of God? If one weeps sincerely for Him, He surely manifests Himself.” Ques 14 Fill in the blanks: As Narendra kept meeting Ramakrishna Paramahamsa regularly, he realized that he had to shift himself from the Intellectual plane to the _________ plane. Ans 14 Spiritual. Ques 15 Fill in the blanks: When Narendra’s father passed away suddenly and his family was left nearly penniless, he tried to pray to Mother Kali for alleviation of his family’s distress but standing before Her, he could not ask Mother for __________, but only for ___________ and ___________. Ans 15 Earthly wealth, knowledge and devotion. Ques 16 Fill in the blank: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa initiated Swami Vivekananda with __________ mantra during his last few days. Ans 16 Rama Nama Mantra. Ques 17 “Shame on you! I thought You would grow like a huge banyan tree sheltering thousands from the scorching misery of the world. But now I see you seek your own liberation.”Why did Ramakrishna Paramahamsa say these words to Narendra? Ans 17 When Narendra prayed to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa that he be blessed with Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said these words to Narendra. Ques 18 Fill in the blank: Few days before Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s Samadhi, he transmitted to Narendra all his own ___________. Ans 18 Spiritual Power. Ques 19 What did Ramakrishna Paramahamsa say to Narendra, after transmitting his power to Narendra? SRI SATHYA SAI BALVIKAS, TAMILNADU 18 www.sssbalvikastn.org Ans 19 Ramakrishna Paramahamsa told Narendra, that by the force of the spiritual power transmitted from him to Narendra, great things would be done by Narendra and only after that, he would go back to where he came from. Ques 20 When and where was the foundation for Ramakrishna’s brotherhood laid down? Ans 20 After the death of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, on 16th August 1886, the foundation for Ramakrishna’s brotherhood was laid down at an old, dilapidated house at Baranagore. Ques 21 When and where did the disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa take the vow of sanyasa? (OR) When did Narendranath become Swami Vivekananda? Ans 21 At Antpur on Christmas eve (1886), the disciples took the vow of sanyasa. They also took new names appropriate for monks. Narendranath emerged as Swami Vivekananda. Ques 22 What type of sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda? Ans 22 Parivrajaka. Ques 23 Who became the spiritual guide to the young monks after the passing away of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? Ans 23 Mother Sarada Devi became the spiritual guide to the young monks after the passing away of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Ques 24 To whom did Swami Vivekananda prove that idol worship was not wrong? How? Ans 24 The young Maharajah of Alwar had western education and therefore had a skeptical attitude. He contemptuously asked Swami Vivekananda if he believed in the stone Gods in the temples. When Vivekananda replied in the affirmative, the Maharajah refused to accept that God could be a thing made of stone. Vivekananda then turned to the minister in the court and asked him to remove the Maharajah’s picture from the wall and spit on it as it was only a picture and not the Maharajah himself. However the minister refused to do so. Vivekananda then turned to the Maharajah and said: “Do you see my point now? The stone is like a portrait, a symbol – a sacred symbol of God, the Ultimate Reality.” Ques 25 “The stone is like a portrait, a symbol – a sacred symbol of God, the Ultimate Reality.” To whom did Swami Vivekananda say these words & when? Ans 25 Swami Vivekananda said these words to the Maharajah of Alwar, while trying to SRI SATHYA SAI BALVIKAS, TAMILNADU 19 www.sssbalvikastn.org teach him that idol worship was not wrong and it need not be abhorred or condemned upon. Ques 26 “For me all castes and creeds are the same and all are my own brethren.” To whom did Swami Vivekananda say these words & when? Ans 26 Swami Vivekananda said these words to a Muslim. At Mount Abu, Swami Vivekananda was invited to the house of a Muslim. The latter was hesitant to offer food to Swami Vivekananda, wondering whether he would accept food from a non-Hindu. Swami at once gauged his thoughts and said that, for him, all castes and creeds were the same and all were his own brethren. Ques 27 With which great patriot did Swami Vivekananda stay at Poona? Ans 27 Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Ques 28 Answer the following questions: a)Why did Swami Vivekananda want to go to the west? b)Who offered Swami Vivekananda financial support to go to the west? Ans 28 a)To propound the Universal principles of Vedanta among the people in the west. b)The Maharajah of Mysore. Ques 29 Where did Swami Vivekananda make his decision of serving his motherland? Ans 29 At Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin). Ques 30 When and where did Swami Vivekananda understand the full purport of his Master’s words that an empty stomach was no good for religion? Ans 30 When Swami Vivekananda fell into profound meditation about the past, present and future of his motherland at Kanyakumari, he understood the full purport of his Master’s words that an empty stomach was no good for religion. Ques 31 What according to Swami Vivekananda would better the conditions of the poor people in India? Ans 31 Swami Vivekananda realized that the poor people of India were leading the life of brutes simply due to ignorance.
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