- Kaliprasad Chandra
Swami Abhedananda was born on
2 October 1866 as "Kaliprasad Chandra". He was a direct disciple of SriRamakrishna and was known as "Kali Tapaswi" to his fellow discipiles. His father was Rasiklal Chandra and his mother was Nayantara Devi. After the passing away of Sri Ramakrishna, he formally became a Sanyasi along with Swami Vivekananda and others, and came to be known as "Swami Abhedananda".During his life as a monk he travelled extensively throughout India, depending entirely on alms. During this time he met several famous sages like
Paohari Baba ,Trailanga Swami andSwami Bhaskaranand . He went to the sources of the Ganga and theYamuna , and meditated in the Himalayas. He was a forceful orator, prolific writer,yogi and intellectual with devotional fervor. SwamiVivekananda asked him to propagate the message ofVedanta in the West, which he did with great success. He went to USA in 1897 and preached messages of Vedanta and teachings of hisGuru for about 25 years. In 1921, he returned toIndia .In 1922, he crossed the Himalayas on foot and reached
Tibet , where he studied Buddhistic philosophy andLamaism . In Hemis Monastery, he discovered a manuscript on the unknown life ofJesus Christ Fact|date=August 2008, which has been incorporated in the book "Swami Abhedananda's Journey Into Kashmir & Tibet" published by the [http://www.ramakrishnavedantamath.org/ Ramakrishna Vedanta Math] , Kolkata.He formed the 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society' inKolkata in 1923, which is now known as [http://www.ramakrishnavedantamath.org/ Ramakrishna Vedanta Math] . In 1924, he established Ramakrishna Vedanta Math inDarjeeling inWest Bengal . In 1927, he started publishing Visvavani, the monthly magazine from 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society', which is published today as well.He died on
8 September ,1939 .External links
* [http://www.ramakrishnavedantamath.org/ Ramakrishna Vedanta Math]
* [http://www.ramakrishnavedantamath.org/swamij.html A short biography]
* [http://www.ramakrishnavedantamath.org/puli1.html The complete Works]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/hby/index.htm "How To Be A Yogi"] by Swâmi Abhedânanda
* [http://banglapedia.org/HT/A_0010.htm from Banglapedia]
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