- By Bornika Das
- Fri, 04 Jul 2025 01:14 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Swami Vivekananda Death Anniversary: On July 4 every year, the death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna, is observed. Born on January 12, 1863, as Narendra Nath Datta in Kolkata, into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family, Swami Vivekananda renounced worldly pleasures and became a sanyasi to serve humanity. He is considered one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India to bring the glory of the Hindu philosophy to the global platform. Vivekananda’s teachings transcend religion, time and borders. It was his famous speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893, that forever changed the way the world looked at India. Swami Vivekananda passed away on 4 July 1902, at the age of 39 years, in Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal. Throughout his life, Swami Vivekananda has shared ideas on self-belief, service, strength and spiritual growth that still inspire us today.
Vivekananda is considered the father of modern Indian nationalism and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness and bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late nineteenth century. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, enlightened and awakened people's religious consciousness and worked for uplifting the downtrodden. Swami Vivekananda passed away on July 4, 1902, while meditating. His disciples believe that he attained Mahasamadhi, with the rupture of blood vessels in his brain reported as his possible cause of death. He was cremated on the bank of the Ganga river in Belur, opposite where Ramakrishna was cremated sixteen years before that. To observe the death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and to remember his contributions to the nation, here are some powerful quotes that inspire the Indian youth till today.
Swami Vivekananda Quotes And Teachings For Indian Youths
"Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is achieved."
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life—think of it, dream of it, live on that idea."
"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
"Strength is life; weakness is death."
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"Talk to yourself once a day, otherwise, you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world."
"The greatest sin is to think yourself weak."
"All the power is within you; you can do anything and everything."
"Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment."
"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified."
"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."
"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."
"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."
Swami Vivekananda (Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons)
"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
"In this world, take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return."
"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."
"Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life."
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"Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”
“The Vedanta recognises no sin, it only recognises error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta, is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.”