Abhedananda

Swami Abhedananda was born on 2nd October 1866 as Kaliprasad Chandra. He was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He was a forceful orator, prolific writer, yogi and intellectual with devotional fervor. Swami Vivekananda asked him to propagate the message of Vedanta in west, which he did with great success. In 1921, he reurned to India and formed the 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society' in Kolkota. He entered into Mahasamadhi on 8th September 1939.

Trivia

In 1922, he visited the Hemis monastary in Tibet and translated into English the documents relating to Unknown life of Jesus Christ
Dr. C. V. Raman and Sir Thomas Alva Edison met swamiji

External links

Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
A short biography
A study of Heliocentric Science – Swami Abhedananda
An introduction to the study of Panchadasi – Swami Abhedananda
Bhagavad Gita, the divine message – Swami Abhedananda
Doctrine of Karma – Swami Abhedananda
India and her people – Swami Abhedananda
The complete Works
from Banglapedia

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