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Swami Vivekananda on Himself

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Originally published
  
1963

Author
  
Swami Vivekananda

Similar
  
Works by Swami Vivekananda, Other books

Swami Vivekananda on Himself is a biographical book on Swami Vivekananda written in an autobiographical manner. This book was published in 1963 by Swami Sambudhdhananda, general secretary of Swami Vivekananda's birth centenary committee. In this book the life and different incidents of Swami Vivekananda's life have been written here in his own words.

Composition

This book is probably the first approach to write a biography of Swami Vivekananda. It is like an autobiographical (first person narrative). The book is In the first edition (1963). According to the publishers - this book is a documentation of selected notes and utterances of Swami Vivekananda about himself and his works collected from different books. Publishers have used excerpts fr om these books:

  • The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda - 8 volumes
  • The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
  • Sri Ramakrishna: The Great Master
  • The Master as I Saw Him
  • The Life of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Disciples
  • New Discoveries: Swami Vivekananda in America
  • After the first publication in 1963, the book has been reprinted and republished multiple times

    References

    Swami Vivekananda on Himself Wikipedia