{"id":51495,"date":"2019-08-22T16:35:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51495"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:35:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T11:05:45","slug":"answered-write-about-major-teachings-of-swami-vivekananda-do-you-think-ideas-of-swami-vivekananda-are-still-relevant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-write-about-major-teachings-of-swami-vivekananda-do-you-think-ideas-of-swami-vivekananda-are-still-relevant\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Write about major teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Do you think Ideas of Swami Vivekananda are still relevant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Teachings of Swami Vivekanand and it\u2019s relevance today.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Swami Vivekananda was a great social reformer of the 19th century. He was a devote follower of Vedanta. He tried to apply Vedanta to practical every day life. Hence his teaching are also referred to as Practical Vedanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some teachings of Swami Vivekanand:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Tolerance:<\/strong> Swami Vivekananda preached\ntolerance and peace for humankind. His idea of peace and tolerance was global\nand included people of all the religions and sects. If humans are to thrive and\nprosper, they need to tolerate the diversified views and strive for the\nprosperity of all.<\/li>
  2. Right Education:<\/strong> He stressed that good education is\nnot merely learning of facts but also development of character. He redefined\nthe concept of education which was not limited to exploring means of earning\nonly. For him education was way to build one\u2019s character, strength, intellect\netc. Such idea of education would help in evolving oneself as better person in\nboth personal and public life.<\/li>
  3. Strength:<\/strong> Swami Vivekananda stresses on the\nimportance of being strong in the life. Weakness comes with number of\ndifficulties for one in a life. Whether its personal goals or professional\ngoals, a person need to be fearless and firm to achieve them.<\/li>
  4. Compassion for Weaker Sections<\/strong>: He stressed that success at the\ncost of poor is not worth having. He tells us that as a part of society every\nperson is responsible for the welfare of poor and marginalised people. It\nemphasizes the need to have empathy and compassion for the weaker sections of\nthe society.<\/li>
  5. Religion: <\/strong>He argued in favour of religious\nreforms. He stressed that rationality must be applied to root out evils in\nreligion. His meaning of religion had no place for superstitions, unending\nrituals and practices and religion that was adrift of spiritual content. His\nidea of religion was humane, did not have necessity of middlemen to connect\nwith one\u2019s god and did not have barriers of caste, community etc. Such\nprogressive understanding of the religion would relieve people from wrong\nnotions of religion and provide them with real spiritual upliftment.<\/li>
  6. Fraternity: <\/strong>Swami Vivekananda focuses on the\nvalues like Love, Patience, Perseverance in one\u2019s life. This would increase the\nbrotherhood and fraternity among the people, reduce conflicts among them and\nwould bind the society as a whole.<\/li>
  7. Self-faith:<\/strong> Having faith on oneself is the most\nimportant. In order to live a good life, people make all sorts of efforts, but\nthey forget to trust themselves, lack confidence and depend on supernatural\npowers to help them out of their miseries.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Relevance of Swami Vivekanand\u2019s teaching today:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The relevance of Swami Vivekanand\ntoday is with the ideals and goals that he devised for the youth. He wanted the\nyouth to have that much of faith in themselves. The youth needs to rediscover\nVivekananda\u2019s message of looking inward rather than being a restless soul stuck\nup in an incessant effort. Understanding Swami Vivekananda and his message and\nputting it across our youth can be the simplest way to address many problems\nfaced by India today.<\/li>
    2. Another aspect of Swamiji\u2019s teaching\nwas universal brotherhood. Today the world realises that to bring peace, there\nis no other ideology more proper than this. Vasudhev Kutumbakam \u2013 i.e. belief\nin the world as a family has become necessary in growing era of protectionism\nand de-globalisation.<\/li>
    3. He said that lack of education is\nthe root cause behind all problems in India. He believed that education should\nbe freed from the stranglehold of the upper class and spread to every section\nof the society. He was not in favour of just career-oriented education.\nUnfortunately, that kind of education is not available today and given the risk\nof automation and poor job growth rate in India, gaining true education, as\ndefined by Vivekanand, would surely help youth of today to excel in various\nfields.<\/li>
    4. He was in favour of allowing women\nto take their own decisions. He emphasised on the women\u2019s education and\nbelieved that it will lead to greater development of society as a whole. He\nalso advocated the need to impart martial arts training to women so that they\ncould defend themselves. Considering the sexual crime against women, girl drop\nouts from school and also reducing female labour force participation, Swami\u2019s\nteaching are still relevant.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      It is high time for the youth to come forward by shedding their fears to shape up India. Swamiji laid great stress on Vasudev Kutumbakam. He argued that instead of differences if we focused on the similarities we all share then this world would be a happier place. His teachings are relevant today since many problems remained the same. His teachings reflects a path to these problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Teachings of Swami Vivekanand and it\u2019s relevance today. Conclusion. Way forward. Swami Vivekananda was a great social reformer of the 19th century. He was a devote follower of Vedanta. He tried to apply Vedanta to practical every day life. Hence his teaching are also referred to as… Continue reading [Answered] Write about major teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Do you think Ideas of Swami Vivekananda are still relevant?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51495","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}