Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 127. Chapters: Gautama Buddha, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vandana Shiva, Swami Vivekananda, Patañjali, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Sri Aurobindo, Tibbetibaba, Adi Shankara, Shri Gaudapadacharya Math, Narayana Guru, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Chanakya, Abhinavagupta, Madhvacharya, Nataraja Guru, Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Vyasa, Vallabha Acharya, Sri Anirvan, Swami Shraddhanand, Kumarila Bhaa, Swami Abhedananda, Chinmayananda, Dnyaneshwar, Sahajananda, Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha, Swami Brahmananda, Madhurastakam, Debendranath Tagore, Rama Tirtha, Padmanabhan Palpu, Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy, Ram Charan Maharaj, Ekkirala Krishnamacharya, Swami Saswathikananda, Yajnavalkya, Chattampi Swamikal, Kapila, Sanatkumara, Nome, Akhandanand, Swami Paramananda, Changdev Maharaj, V. K. Choudhry, Swami Kalyandev, Sisir Kumar Maitra, Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry, Swami Ramakrishnananda, Nachiketa, Kshatrajagatguru Benadikar Patil, Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, Raghaveshwara Bharathi, Khana, Mohiddin Badsha II, Chaganti Koteswara Rao, Gopinath Kaviraj, Works of Madhvacharya, Santhananda, Ekkirala Bharadwaja, Gagangiri Maharaj, Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma, Canchupati Venkatrao Venkaswami Rao, Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj, Aruni, Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Vagbhatananda Gurudevar, A.R. Natarajan, Lopamudra, Swami Karpatri, Govinda Bhagavatpada, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, Tapovan Maharaj, Maitreyi, Gedong Bagus Oka, Gargi Vachaknavi, Raghunatha Siromani, Swami Prakashananda, Ghosha, Udayanacharya, Bodhananda Swamikal, Ram Kishor Ji Maharaj, Shankara Vijayam, Dharmaraja Adhvarin. Excerpt: Swami Vivekananda (Sanskrit: Bengali:, Shami Bibekanondo) (January 12, 1863-July 4, 1902), born Narendranath Dutta (Bengali: ) was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered a key figure in the introduction of Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the end of the 19th century. Vivekananda is considered to be a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India. He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech beginning with "Sisters and Brothers of America", through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions at Chicago in 1893. Swami Vivekananda was born in an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta in 1863. Swami's parents influenced his 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 (non-dualism) and that all religions are true, and service to man was the most effective worship of God. After the death of his Guru, Vivekananda became a wandering monk, touring the Indian subcontinent and getting first-hand knowledge 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 the United States and spoke at universities and clubs. He conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating Vedanta and Yoga in America, England and a fe.