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vendredi, mars 20, 2009

Swami Vivekananda , Gandhi à Kanyakumari

Après une nuit ma foi pas si mauvaise dans la tempête, j'ai fait un saut de 5 heures à Kaliakumari, cet endroit étonnant où les mers se fondent dans l'Océan, cet endroit où le philosophe Swami Vivekananda , qui fonda le Ramakrishna Math et répandit en Europe et aux Etats Unis les idées de son vénéré maître, venait méditer ; l'endroit encore où fut répandue une partie des cendres du Mahatma Gandhi ; l'endroit enfin où les couchers du soleil et ses levers prennent des allures de festival . C'est une charmante petite ville de pêcheurs entourée de plages parait-il splendides, envahie matin et soir par une nuée de touristes indiens qui viennent rendre hommage au roi Soleil . Je vous en montrerai bien plus quand je reviendrai avec Marine et son petit Lou.

" Swami Vivekananda was born in an aristocratic family of Calcutta in 1863. His parents influenced the Swami's thinking—the father by his rational mind and the mother by her religious temperament. From his childhood, he showed inclination towards spirituality and God realization. While searching for a man who could directly demonstrate the reality of God, he came to Ramakrishna and became his disciple. As a guru Ramakrishna taught him Advaita Vedanta and that all religions are true, and service to man was the most effective worship of God. After the death of his Guru, he became a wandering monk touring the Indian subcontinent and getting a first hand account of India's condition. He later sailed to Chicago and represented India as a delegate in the 1893 Parliament of World religions. An eloquent speaker, Vivekananda was invited to several forums in United States and spoke at universities and clubs. He conducted several public and private lectures, disseminating Vedanta, Yoga and Hinduism in America, England and few other countries in Europe. He also established Vedanta societies in America and England. He later sailed back to India and in 1897 he founded the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, a philanthropic and spiritual organization. The Swami is regarded as one of India's foremost nation-builders. His teachings influenced the thinking of other national leaders and philosophers, like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh, Radhakrishnan."[2][4][8]

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