Bibliography of Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902)
was an Indian Hindu monk and a key
figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world.
He was one of the most influential
philosophers and social reformers in his
contemporary India and the most
successful and influential missionaries of
Vedanta to the Western world. Indian
Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's
suggested to study the works of
Vivekananda to understand India. He also
told, in Vivekananda there was nothing
negative, but everything positive.
In the last century, hundreds of scholarly
books have been written on Vivekananda,
his works and his philosophy in different
languages. Sister Nivedita, who was a
disciple and a friend of Vivekananda,
wrote two books The Master as I Saw Him
and Notes of some wanderings with the
Swami Vivekananda. The first one was
published in 1910 and the second one was
published in 1913. Sister Gargi's lifelong
research work, a series of six volumes of
books, Swami Vivekananda in the West:
New Discoveries was first published in two
volumes in 1957. In 1983-87 these series
was republished in six volumes. Bengali
scholar and critic Sankari Prasad Basu,
who was a director of Swami Vivekananda
Archives, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture wrote several books on
Vivekananda such as Vivekananda o
Samakalin Bharatbarsha ((in Bengali)
volumes), Sahasya Vivekananda (in
Bengali), Bandhu Vivekananda (in Bengali)
etc.
Monks of Ramakrishna Math and Mission
to have written several notable books on
the life and works of Vivekananda. Swami
Vivekananda and Modern India written by
Swami Jagadiswarananda was first
published in 1941. In this book the author
covered the biography of Vivekananda in brief. Swami Nikhilananda wrote
Vivekananda: A Biography which was first
published in 1943 from Advaita
Ashrama.
Yuganayak Vivekananda (in
Bengali), written by Swami
Gambhirananda was first published in
1966–1967.
Swami Vivekananda
Books
Published in his lifetime[10]
* Karma Yoga (1896)
* Raja Yoga (1896)
*Vedanta Philosophy: An address before
the Graduate Philosophical Society (first
published 1896)
*Addresses on Bhakti Yoga
*Bhakti Yoga
*Complete works. Vol 5
*The East and the West
*Inspired Talks (1909)
*Narada Bhakti Sutras – translation
*Lectures from Colombo to Almora
(1904)
*Para Bhakti or Supreme Devotion
*Practical Vedanta
*Jnana Yoga
*Raja Yoga (1920)
*Speeches and writings of Swami
Vivekananda; a comprehensive collection
*Vivekavani (1986) – Telugu
*Yoga (1987) – Telugu
*A Bouquet of Swami Vivekananda's
Writings (2013), handwritten works of
Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda
