Swami Vivekananda on Himself
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,[1] 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[2] - 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 from these books:[3]
- 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
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Swami Vivekananda on Himself - Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Swami Vivekananda on himself (2nd enl. ed.). Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 2006. p. 3. ISBN 81-7505-280-5.
- ^ . pp. vii.
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- Indian biographies
- 1963 non-fiction books
- Swami Vivekananda
- 20th-century Indian books