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Annexure 1 REFERENCES: BOOKS BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Published during his lifetime . Karma Yoga (1896) . Raja Yoga (1896 [1899 edition]) . Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the graduate philosophical society (First published 1896) . Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1897) . Vedanta philosophy: lectures on Jnana Yoga (1902) Published posthumously . Addresses on Bhakti Yoga . Bhakti Yoga . Complete works. Vol 5 . The East and the West . Inspired Talks (First published 1909 ) . Narada Bhakti Sutras - translated by Swami Vivekananda . Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1904) . Para Bhakti or Supreme Devotion . Practical Vedanta . Jnana Yoga . Raja Yoga (1920) . Speeches and writings of Swami Vivekananda; a comprehensive collection . Vivekavani (1986) - Telugu . Yoga (1987) - Telugu ARTICLES BY VIVEKANANDA . The Ether - New York Medical Times, Feb 1895 . Reincarnation - The Metaphysical magazine March 1895 . Is The Soul Immortal- New York Morning Advertiser (1895) . On Dr. Paul Deussen- Brahmavadin 1896 . On Professor Max Muller - Brahmavadin 1896 . The education that India needs - Bharati, 1897 . The Problem of Modern India and Its Solution Udbodhan Jan 14, 1899 . The Bengali Language - Udbodhan . Knowledge Its Source and Acquirement- Udbodhan Feb 12, 1899 . Modern India - Udbodhan Mar, 1899 . Memoirs of European Travel - Udbodhan 1899 . The Paris Congress of the History of Religions- Udbodhan 1900 . Memoirs of European Travel -Udbodhan 1900 ON RAMAKRISHNA . Swami Vivekananda - My Master (1901) . Mahendranath Gupta - The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Translated by Swami Nikhilananda) . Muller, F Max. Ramakrishna - His life and Sayings (1898) 1 | P a g e BOOKS BY BROTHER DISCIPLES . Swami Brahmananda: Spritual teachings of Swami Brahmananda (1933) . Swami Abhedananda: How to be a Yogi. 6th edition . Swami Abhedananda: Vedanta Philosophy. Five lectures on reincarnation . Swami Abhedananda: Attitude of Vedanta . Swami Abhedananda: Self-Knowledge (1905) ARTICLES BY BROTHER DISCIPLES . Swami Turiyananda Conversations with Swami Turiyananda Vedanta and the West 1957 BOOKS BY DISCIPLES OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA . Sister Nivedita: An Indian Study of Love and Death (1908) . Sister Nivedita: Cradle tales on Hinduism (1907) . Sister Nivedita: Kali the Mother . Sister Nivedita: Studies from an Eastern Home . Sister Nivedita:The Web of Indian Life (1904) . Swami Paramananda: The Path of Devotion (1907) BOOKS AND ARTICLES OF HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE PUBLISHED DURING THE SWAMI'S LIFETIME Barrows, John Henry - The World's Parliament of Religions (1893) Review of the World's Religious Congresses Rev. L. P. Mercer (1893) Proceedings of the Calcutta Town Hall Meeting regarding Swami Vivekananda (1894) Swami Vivekananda and his Guru (1897) (Missionary Citicisms) Excerpt from Travel and Talk by Rev H. R. Haweis (1897) on Vivekananda Hinduism of Today by Rev. W. Raju Naidu. From the book 'The Gospel in all Lands' (Missionary Criticism) (1897) Across India at the dawn of the 20th Century Lucy E Guiness (Missionary Criticism) (1898) The Dawn of a New Religious Era Dr. Paul Carus (1899) BOOKS ON VIVEKANANDA Written by people who knew the Swami personally . Sarat Chandra Chakravarty: Diary of a disciple . Sister Nivedita: Notes of some wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda . Sister Nivedita: The master as I saw him . Eastern and Western Disciples: The life of the Swami Vivekananda vol 3 1915 BOOKS BY LATER AUTHORS - ON VIVEKANANDA . Swami Gambhirananda: A short biography of Swami Vivekananda . Swami Nikhilananda: A biography of Swami Vivekananda 2 | P a g e BOOKS ON PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH VIVEKANANDA . Nag Mahashay: Life of Nag Mahashay Sarat Chandra Chakravarty . Swami Nirmalananda: His life and teachings . Sister Nivedita: The Dedicated. A biography of Nivedita (1953) Lizelle Reymond . Gauri Ma - Life of Gauri Ma Swami Shivatatvananda . Emma Calve - My Life (1922) . Lewis G. Janes (1902) ARTICLES AND SKETCHES OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH VIVEKANANDA . Mahendranath Gupta: A reminiscence of M (Mahendranath Gupta) Paramahamsa Yogananda . Mahendranath Gupta: Short biography of M (Mahendranath Gupta) . Gopaler Ma: Death of Gopaler Ma Sister Nivedita . Gopaler Ma: Gopaler Ma Swami Chetananda . Ram Chandra Datta: Ram Chandra Datta Swami Chetananda . Duke of Richelieu: Article in The Modern Review, Kolkata . MacLeod, Mable: Article in The Vedanta Kesari RELATED WORKS . India and Christian Opportunity Harlan P. Beach (1907) . A History of Missions in India Julius Richter by Translated by Sydney H. Moore (1908) . Hinduism in Europe and America Elizabeth Reed (1914) . Modern religious movements in India Farquhar, J.N (1915) Later books by the Swami's of the Ramakrishna Order of Monks . The Divine Life Its Practice and Realisation by Swami Yatiswarananda 1939 . Universality of Vedanta by Swami Prakshananda 1915 . The Making of a Devotee Swami Vidyatmananda FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE SWAMI . Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens . Of the Imitation of Christ Thomas Kempis HINDU SCRIPTURES . Mundakopanishad Source: http://www.vivekananda.net/BooksBySwami.html Internet references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda by Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (http://www.belurmath.org/swamivivekananda.htm) Swami Vivekananda Foundation (http://www.vivekananda.org/) Complete Works of Vivekananda, Belur Math publication (http://cwsv.belurmath.org/) 3 | P a g e External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Swami Vivekananda (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Swami_Vivekananda) Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Swami Vivekananda (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda) The mentioned books, articles, websites, links etc. are not sponsored, associated, approved, endorsed nor, in any way, affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Note: Education (CBSE). Any mention of trademarked name or other mark is for reference purpose only for understanding the great philosopher. Copyright / trademark infringements are not intended, or implied. 4 | P a g e .
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