He was a great Avatar who came to Earth to perform a mission along with certain other special intelligences at that time. RamaKrishna, of course knew and worked quite closely with Narendranath even before his incarnation into terrestrial existence as various incidents and remarks from his guru would reveal. Although Naren was technically a Master of advanced spiritual potential nevertheless he had to operate under certain karmic limitations imposed by an Earth incarnation as well as other limitations which designed to ''damped down'' his spiritual vibrations so as to allow him to work among people without harming them inadvertedly or causing early permanent release from his Earthly duties before his mission is accomplished.
Ramakrishna said 2 things...
He said he saw in meditation that Vivekananda was one of the sapta rishis (seven sages) ...
He also said that swami Vivekananda was sage Nara of the twins Nara-Narayana
His mother prayed to lord shiva to be born as his son...
so these 3 beliefs are popular among his devotees
that he was lord Shiva himself
that he was one of the seven sages and
that he was sage Nara
Swami Vivekananda
Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Swami Vivekananda on May 1,1897. pkn...
To spraed the message of sri ramakrishna which was all religion lead to the same brahman.
yes...he used to smoke...i saw his smoking pipe at the ramakrishna museum in belurmath, kolkata. He mentioned about the criticism he faced for his habit of smoking in his book "swami vivekananda on himself".
positionof sage swami vivekananda
The first Vedanta Society was founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894, who later on asked Swami Abhedananda to lead the organization in 1897. Many of the existing Vedanta Societies are affiliated, either formally or informally, with the Ramakrishna Order, the monastic order, which led to the formation of Ramakrishna Mission. Source: wikipedia.org SandyKSam
Swami Vivekananda went by Naren.
all indians are brother and sisters of swami vivekananda. -from vivekananda (and I also want to become like swami vivekananda) (bihar) sharsha.
The cast of Swami Vivekananda Speaks - 2008 includes: Swami Vivekananda as himself
Swami Vivekananda's birth name is Narendranath Datta.
According to Swami Vivekananda realization can be defined as an act of becoming fully aware of something like a fact. He also defines it as the fulfillment or the achievement of something that is anticipated or desired.