• DR. Biman Mitra

“Religion is a realization, not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories, however beautiful they may be, it is being and becoming, not hearing or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming changed into what it believes”. - Swami Vivekananda, though there are various ways of defining religion, the etymological meaning of this word is “To tie or to bind”. But it is sometimes misunderstood, misinterpreted and misused by the spokesperson and the disciples. Broadly speaking, this has resulted in religious fundamentalism, fanaticism and extremism. The only proper understanding of other religion can abolish the communal conflict, now-a-days which is a major emerging problem. Swami Vivekananda was one of the preachers of universality, emphasizing religious tolerance. Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk, philosopher, orator, communicator, motivator and one of the earliest disciples of the Ramakrishna in the 19th century, born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Kolkata, 12th January 1863. His birthday (12th January) celebrated as national youth day in India. He was interpreting and harmonising certain aspects of Hinduism his teaching and philosophy applied his reinterpretation to various aspects of education, faith, character building as well as a social issue pertaining to India. He was that person, who introduces, “ Yoga”( Means of liberation) in the west. According to Vivekananda, a country’s future depends on its people and “Religion plays a central role in man making”.

Hinduism,Parliament of the world’s religion,Neo-Vedanta, Yoga & meditation

"Youth generation of India, from the perspective of a Monk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.187-192, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905828.pdf

"Youth generation of India, from the perspective of a Monk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp187-192, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905828.pdf