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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda: A Comprehensive Collection fo...

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda is a comprehensive collection of the writings and lectures of one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the modern era. Swami Vivekananda was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, and he played a key role in in...

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (9 vols.)

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (9 vols.) is an exhaustive collection of Swami Vivekananda’s speeches and works. It brings together his thoughts on Vedanta, philosophy, and human consciousness. His teachings in these volumes convey the core mean...

Raja-Yoga (1896)

  This book, as the title suggests, is a book by Swami Vivekananda on Raja Yoga. It contains, for the major part, his interpretation of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. This book was written keeping his western audience and reader in mind. The book begi...

Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action (1896)

Karma Yoga: The Yoga of action is a book of lectures by Swami Vivekananda, as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin. The main subject of the book is Karma (Work) and Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action). Vivekananda uses the concept of Karma as described ...

Meditation and Its Methods

Meditation and Its Methods is divided into two sections: Meditation according to Yoga and Meditation according to Vedanta. Vivekananda’s views on meditation are sprinkled throughout his “Complete Works”. These various views, thoughts, opinions, an...

Jnana-Yoga (1899)

Jnana Yoga or The Yoga of Knowledge is a book of lectures by Swami Vivekananda as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin. These lectures were delivered mostly in New York. In this book, Vivekananda explains the knowledge of the Vedas, Upanishads, and ...

Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

Teachings of Swami Vivekananda comprises a choice collection of his speeches, quotes, and teachings. These are categorised into 44 suitable sections. This is a perfect book for a beginner reader looking to start Vivekananda’s books. It is suitable ...

Swami Vivekananda on Himself

This book is a biography of Swami Vivekananda written in an autobiographical manner. It was first published in 1963. The publishers have picked up excerpts from his various books and written them in the first-person voice. The life and different in...

Vedanta: Voice of Freedom

Vedanta: Voice of Freedom presents the spiritual wisdom of India as it has evolved over five thousand years. It does so in a clear, easy and concise form. The book is a compilation of Vivekananda’s ideas on the subject of Vedanta. The ideas have bee...

Lectures from Colombo to Almora

After visiting the West, Vivekananda reached Colombo on 15 January 1897. From there he proceeded to India and was received as a hero. He went around the country making speeches to thousands of people who were eager to hear him. Lectures from Colomb...

Lectures on Bhagavad Gita

This book would be useful to people who are trying to understand the Gita. “Lectures on the Bhagavad Gita” is an anthology of Vivekananda’s writings, opinions and comments on the sacred Hindu text. The Bhagavad Gita was a lifelong companion of Swam...

Inspired Talks by Swami Vivekananda

In 1895, Vivekananda conducted a series of private lectures to groups of selected disciples. These lectures were recorded by one of the disciples, Sara Ellen Waldo (who was later known as Haridasi). Inspired Talks by Swami Vivekananda was first publ...

Letters of Swami Vivekananda

Letters of Swami Vivekananda is a close look at the personality and spirit of Swami Vivekananda as seen through his letters. In this book, the reader gets a picture of Vivekananda that is untouched by any biographer. The letters have been arranged ...

My India: The India Eternal

My India: The India Eternal talks about India’s past, its present and Vivekananda’s vision for its future. Swami Vivekananda talks about the duties of India’s youth and the path they must follow to make India a great nation. The book also includes ...

Powers of The Mind

This is a booklet but packs more information than other volumes written on the subject of mind. It is a lecture delivered by Swami Vivekananda in Los Angeles on January 8th, 1900. Powers of The Mind talks about the infinite possibilities and powers...

Chicago Addresses

Swami Vivekananda attained global fame because of his speech at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. Chicago Addresses contains those lectures delivered by him. Through these speeches, Swamiji wished to impart the teachings of Veda...

My Master

While in the West, Swami Vivekananda mostly talked about and preached the beauties of Vedanta. But on two occasions – in New York and England – he talked about his Guru, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa. My Master contains both those lectures in which Swa...

Essentials of Hinduism

This book is a detailed account of Hinduism. It begins by describing the word ‘Hindu’ and goes on to discuss the various schools of thought in Hinduism. It stresses upon the Vedanta Philosophy and the Advaita system. The book also talks about the var...

Living at the Source

This book has many inspirational messages which have been selected from the various writings, speeches and teachings of Swami Vivekananda. The book is ideal for people seeking to live a spiritual life but are busy with their everyday material life....

My Idea of Education

Swami Vivekananda had many insightful and deep thoughts on education – a subject very close to his heart. In My Idea of Education, he writes about the philosophy of education, the relationship between society and education, and The Teacher. Swamiji p...

Work and Its Secret

Work and Its Secret is based on the speech by Swami Vivekananda in Los Angeles, California on January 4th, 1900. In it, Swamiji talks about giving equal importance to both the means and the end while doing work. He emphasises that the major reason fo...

Steps to Realisation

Steps to Realisation explains the secrets of self-realisation. The book begins by explaining the concept of organs – the external organs i.e., eyes, nose, and mouth are mentioned as instruments and internal organs i.e., brain, and heart are considere...

To the Youth of India

To the Youth of India is a collection of some of the rousing and inspiring lectures that Swami Vivekananda delivered to vast audiences in India and Sri Lanka after his rise to fame. It has some of the best messages that can be given to the youth of I...

Pearls of Wisdom

The content of this book is derived from “Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”. Pearls of Wisdom is a collection of all the quotes and thoughts by Swamiji, grouped into different themes like love, knowledge, leader etc. These quotes have inspired man...

Women of India

This book includes the speeches of Swami Vivekananda about the position of women in India, that had been delivered at the request of the western audience outside India. Swamiji also referred to the stature and glory of Indian women on a number of oth...

Life after Death

Perhaps no other subject has haunted the human mind, right from the hoary past, with such unerring consistency as the one regarding life and death. Is man mortal or immortal? What is reincarnation? What happens when a man dies? Every man is forced to...

The East and the West

Underlying the many observations that Swami Vivekananda makes in this book is the message: Every nation is the expression of an idea. “This idea is working for the world and is necessary for its preservation.” “Every nation has a na...

Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God

At the 1893 Parliament of religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda transformed Western thinking. He showed  hat, far from being an exotic novelty, Hinduism was an important, legitimate spiritual tradition with valuable lessons for the West. Pathways t...