Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda was born at 3, rue Gourmohan Mukherjee, Shimla Pally, Kolkata (Calcutta currently facing) to January 12, 1863, Monday at 06.49 clock, during Makara Sankrantifestival in a traditional family Kayastha, and given the name Narendranath Dutta. His father Viswanath Dutta , a lawyer of Calcutta High Court was, it was considered generous, and had a liberal and progressive in social and religious. His mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was pious and had practiced sacrifices and prayed to Shiva Varanasi Vireshwar to his son. They reported, had a dream in which Shiva rose from his meditation and said he was born as his son.thought Narendranath and personality were influenced by his parents, the father of her mind and her mother by her religious temperament. Was From his mother he learned the power of self-control One of the words of his mother, Narendranath often quoted in his later years, "will remain pure for life. Keep your own honor and never violated the honor of others. Be very quiet, but when necessary, harden not your hearts. "  reported that he was master of meditation and was supposed to give the state of Samadhi.  He would like to see a light sleep, and he had a vision of Buddha during his meditation. In his childhood he had a great fascination for wandering ascetics and monks. 
Narendranath had diverse interests and a broad spectrum of science in philosophy, religion, history, social studies, art, literature and other subjects. a lot of interest in the Hindu scriptures like the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita has shown, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas. He was also well in classical music, both vocal and instrumental savvy and must have been trained under Ustad both Beni Gupta and Ahamad Khan.Since childhood, he took an active interest in physical activity, sport and other activities of the organization.  When he was young, he challenged the validity of superstitious customs and discrimination based oncaster  and denied anything without rational proof and pragmatic test to accept. 
When his father moved to Raipur in 1877 for two years and then with the whole family moved there Narendranath. At that time there were no good schools in Raipur, so his time with his father and held discussions on spiritual matters. Narendranath learned Hindi, Raipur and for the first time the question of the existence of God came to his mind. It is believed that once experienced an ecstasy during this period of life. The family returned to Calcutta in 1879, but it is believed that these two years were the turning point in his life. Raipur is sometimes called the "spiritual birth" by Swami Vivekananda. [Edit]
[Edit] College and Brahmo Samaj
Narendranath started his education at home, later he joined the institution Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Metropolitan in 1871 and in 1879 he insisted on the entrance examination to the Presidency College, Calcutta, for entering a short time and then go to General Institution.  In the course of which he studied western logic, western philosophy and history of European peoples. [20] In 1881, he passed the examination of fine arts and in 1884 he asked the BA.
Narendranath to study the writings of David Hume, Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Baruch Spinoza, Georg WF Hegel, Schopenhauer, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, John Stuart Mill and Charles Darwin.Narendra were fascinated by the evolutionary theory of Herbert Spencer, Spencer and translated book on education in Bengali for Gurudas Chattopadhyaya, his publisher. Narendra also had correspondence with Herbert Spencer for some time. In addition to his studies of Western philosophers, he was very familiar with the writings in Sanskrit and Indian know many works in Bengali. After his teachers, student Narendranath was a child prodigy. Dr. William Hastie, the principle of the Scottish Church College, where he studied during 1881 to 1884, wrote: ". Narendra is truly a genius, I have traveled far, but I never met a boy of his talent and opportunities, including in German universities, among the students of philosophy ".  He was also srutidhara-a man with a prodigious memory. would have said after a discussion with Narendranath, Dr. Sarkar Mahendralal, then: "I never imagined that such a boy had to read a lot!" 
Narendranath was a member of a Masonic lodge and the splinter group of the Brahma Samaj, led by Keshab Chandra Sen His initial beliefs were shaped by the concepts embodied in the Brahmo faith belong to a formless God and condemnation the worship of idols. Not content with his knowledge of philosophy, he wondered, if God and religion a part of a growing experience could be made and deeply internalized. Narendra went to ask residents of Calcutta eminent contemporaries, they come "face to face with God." , but could get no answer that satisfies.
His first encounter with Ramakrishna took place in a literature class in the General Assembly of the institution when he heard Director Rev. W. Hastie lectures on the poem by William Wordsworth The Excursion the poet and nature-mysticism. [35] In explaining the word trance in the poem, Hastie told his students that if they wanted to know the true meaning of it, they should go to Dakshineswar Ramakrishna. This prompted a visit from some of his students, including Narendranath to Ramakrishna. 
Ramakrishna Paramahansa
"The magic touch of the master on the day that brought a sea change on my head. I was surprised that nothing in the real world, but God ... All I saw his Brahman.. .. I realized that I had a look at the state Advaita. Then fell upon me that the words of Scripture are not bad. From there I could not deny the conclusions of the Advaita philosophy "
Meeting with Ramakrishna Narendranath in November 1881 proved a turning point in his life.
 This session Narendranath said, ". [Ramakrishna] looked like an ordinary man, with nothing remarkable about him, he uses simple language and thought," this man can be a great teacher, 'J' I crawled to him? and asked him the question I was asking others all my life. "Do you believe in God, sir" "Yes," he replied. "Can you prove, sir" "Yes" "How?.? "" Because I like it too I see you here, but in a sense much more intense. "He was immediately impressed. [...] I started going, that man every day, and I was really that religion could be given. A touch, a look that can last a life ".
 Although not accept Ramakrishna Narendra his guru at the beginning and the revolt against his ideas, he was attracted by his personality and he often attended. 
He first Ramakrishna was seen ecstasies and visions of "phantoms of the imagination"
mere hallucinations." 
As a member of the Brahmo, he rebelled against idolatry and polytheism, the worship of Kali and Ramakrishna. He rejected the Vedantism Advaitist identity with absolute as blasphemy and madness, and often made fun of the concept
Although at first could not accept Ramakrishna Narendra and his visions, he could not neglect it. It has always been in Narendra test of nature, something good before he would accept. He tested Ramakrishna, who never asked Narendra to abandon reason, and "Try to see the truth from all angles," taking into account all the arguments and examinations with patience Narendra was his answer.During five years of its formation with Ramakrishna, Narendra was a restless, puzzled, impatient youth to a mature man who is ready, was converted to give everything for the sake of God-realization. In time, Narendra accepted Ramakrishna as the guru, and if accepted, its acceptance was with all my heart and with total dedication as a student.
In 1885 Ramakrishna suffered from throat cancer and it was later changed to Calcutta and Cossipore. Ramakrishna Vivekananda and took care of his brother disciples during his last days. The spiritual formation of Vivekananda Ramakrishna continued under there. On Cossipore, Vivekananda would have lived Nirvikalpa Samadhi. In the last days of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda and some other students received ocher robes of monastic Ramakrishna, the Ramakrishna Order of the first formed. Vivekananda taught that service to the people was the most effective worship of God. It is reported that, Ramakrishna Vivekananda doubted claim avatar, Ramakrishna reportedly said, ". He who was Rama wasKrishna who himself is now Ramakrishna in this body " During his last days, Ramakrishna Vivekananda asked to care for other students to accept and monastic, in turn urged them to Vivekananda as their chef.  the condition of Ramakrishna gradually deteriorated and he died in the early morning hours of August 16, 1886 Cossipore the garden shed. According to his disciples, this was Mahasamadhi.