

Photograph of Swami Vivekananda from Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions (F. T. Neely, Chicago, 1893), public domain, via the Internet Archive · Full-length photographic plate captioned 'Swami Vivekananda, Hindu Monk', printed in Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions and Religious Congresses at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago: F. T. Neely, 1893), facing page 505, imprint 'Copyrighted 1893 by F. T. Neely, Chicago'; Internet Archive scan neelyshistoryofp0000houg. The caption identifies the sitter, and it is a halftone reproduction of a photograph taken during the 1893 Parliament, so it is a likeness from his lifetime; the photographer is not credited in the book. The file is a plain crop of the head and upper body of the plate from the 1781 x 2847 pixel page scan, downscaled to 827 x 900 with no upscaling and no retouching; the halftone dot pattern and paper tone of the 1893 print remain visible. · Public domain (published in the United States in 1893)
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비베카난다
1863–1902
주요 업적 분야
아직 성격 매칭에 포함되지 않았습니다 — 기록된 근거가 성격 모델 전체를 다루기에는 충분하지 않습니다. 이 페이지의 다른 모든 내용은 자유롭게 확인하실 수 있습니다.
핵심 특성
주요 업적
1893년 시카고 세계종교의회에서 그는 '미국의 자매 형제 여러분'이라는 말로 연설을 시작해 몇 분간 이어진 박수를 받았고, 의회에서 가장 널리 알려진 연사 가운데 한 사람이 되었다.
의회 이후 그는 약 3년 반 동안 미국 동부와 런던에서 베단타를 강연하며 서양인 추종자를 얻었고, 뉴욕 등지에 베단타 협회가 설립되는 데 기여했다.
그는 1897년 5월 1일 베단타 가르침과 학교, 병원, 재난 구호 같은 사회봉사를 결합하는 라마크리슈나 미션을 세웠고, 라마크리슈나 마트 수도원도 여기서 비롯되었다.
삶의 장면들
1893년 7월 말 시카고에 도착한 그는 의회가 열리기를 기다리는 동안 보스턴에서 강연했고, 하버드 교수 존 헨리 라이트의 소개장을 얻어 대표로 참가하게 되었다.
이는 초대를 기다리기보다 스스로 나서서 의회 참가 자리를 마련한 사람의 모습과 일치한다. 선제적 행동력
전환점
1897년 인도로 돌아온 그는 라마크리슈나의 제자들이 사회봉사에 헌신하도록 설득하고 1897년 5월 1일 라마크리슈나 미션을 세워, 작은 수도 공동체를 콜카타 근교의 수도원을 갖춘 봉사 단체로 발전시켰다.
이는 떠돌며 강연하던 수도자에서 조직의 책임자로 옮겨간 전환과 일치한다. 주도 성향
비슷한 인물
전체적인 프로필이 이 사람과 닮은 사람들이에요.


넬슨 만델라

마틴 루터 킹 주니어

왕가리 마타이

수전 B. 앤서니

조지 오웰
출처
- Swami Vivekananda (Q47478), verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-10-31): label 'Swami Vivekananda', description 'Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863-1902)', born 12 January 1863, died 4 July 1902, citizenship British India, Korean label 비베카난다, image the 1893 signed portrait. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- 'Vivekananda', Encyclopedia.com page reproducing the Encyclopedia of Religion entry (Thomas J. Hopkins 1987, revised by Brian A. Hatcher 2005), the Encyclopedia of World Biography entry and two Oxford dictionary entries, read via a fetched summary of the whole page. CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE: born Narendranath Datta in a Calcutta family, met Ramakrishna in 1881 and accepted him as guru in 1885, Ramakrishna died in August 1886 and the disciples formed a monastic movement (monastic names in 1887); attended the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago with travel funds from the maharaja of Khetri; drew Western followers and founded the Vedanta Society in New York (the dates 1895 and 1896 differ between entries) with chapters in London and Boston; returned to India in 1897 to a mixed reception and persuaded Ramakrishna's disciples to commit to social service; founded the Ramakrishna Mission on 1 May 1897 with a monastery (Ramakrishna Math) and bought land near Calcutta in 1898; a community near San Francisco in 1898; died 4 July 1902. The Hopkins and Hatcher entry also calls the question of his responsibility for Hindu chauvinism and Hindu-Muslim polarisation 'legitimate and complex', notes he praised Islam and tolerance, and notes possible influences from Schopenhauer, Deussen, Brahmo thought and Christianity. Scholarly reference with a critical note; the short Gale and Oxford entries are uncritical.
- EBSCO Research Starters, 'Vivekananda', read in full: passed the Calcutta University bachelor's examination in 1884; led Ramakrishna's disciples in forming a monastic order after 1886; wandered across India as a mendicant; sailed from Bombay in May 1893, reached Chicago in late July, spoke in Boston while waiting, and became a delegate after a letter of introduction from the Harvard professor John Henry Wright; the Parliament opened on 11 September; after it he lectured across the northeastern United States and the Midwest; organised a committee in December 1895 to spread Vedanta and the New York society was launched in October 1898; oversaw the founding of the Ramakrishna Mission in May 1897 (later schools, colleges, hospitals and disaster relief); a second Western journey from June 1899; died 4 July 1902. The entry itself carries unsourced details (a Freemason claim, a figure of sixteen centres), dates the New York society differently from Gale, and frames conventional Hinduism in a one-sided way. Independent reference used for dates and the Boston/Wright episode; flagged weaknesses are not relied on.
- Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (Belur Math), 'Swami Vivekananda', the order's official biography, read in full: born Narendra Nath Datta in Kolkata on 12 January 1863; graduated from Calcutta University; met Ramakrishna in November 1881; cared for him in his final illness; the disciples formed a monastic brotherhood at Baranagar and took sannyasa vows in 1887; from 1890 a long journey across India during which he concluded that the masses needed education and renewed self-belief; resolved to attend the 1893 Parliament partly to present his teacher's message and partly to seek support for his work among the poor; about three and a half years of teaching in the eastern United States and London; founded the Ramakrishna Mission on 1 May 1897 to combine practical Vedanta with social service (hospitals, schools, rural development, disaster relief); land at Belur in 1898; second Western visit from June 1899. The organisation he founded; admiring and institutional, so its statements of his purposes are self-framed.
- John Henry Barrows (ed.), The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the World's First Parliament of Religions, Volume I (Chicago: Parliament Publishing Company, 1893), full OCR text on the Internet Archive searched for every mention of Vivekananda and the passages read: the chairman's account of the opening day (the Hindu monk 'clad in gorgeous red apparel', addressing the audience as 'sisters and brothers of America' to 'a peal of applause that lasted for several minutes'), his remarks with a fable of the frog in a well, addresses on Hinduism, and the remark that he 'was always heard with interest' but that 'very little approval was shown to some of the sentiments expressed in his closing address'; a later passage records a speaker endorsing his criticism of Christian charity limited to converts. Contemporary organiser's history, published by the Parliament's own promoters, so the reception is a friendly record; a primary account, not an independent assessment.
- Walter R. Houghton (ed.), Neely's History of the Parliament of Religions and Religious Congresses at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago: F. T. Neely, 1893), Internet Archive scan, the plate and chapter on Vivekananda read: a full-length photographic plate captioned 'Swami Vivekananda, Hindu Monk' with the imprint 'Copyrighted 1893 by F. T. Neely, Chicago', the chapter 'Most Ancient Order of Monks' reporting that a peal of applause lasted several minutes after he addressed the audience as 'Sisters and Brothers of America', and a chapter 'Hinduism as a Religion'. A second contemporary Chicago account, but it follows the same Parliament proceedings as Barrows and is not independent of it on the speech; used for the portrait and as a cross-check on the date and place of publication.
