This two-volume set provides the most exhaustive and authoritative biography of a man whom the world knows as a giant intellect, a great scholar and orator, a patriotic Hindu, a powerful preacher of Vedanta, and above all, a mystic par excellence?Swami Vivekananda. This biography presents the Swami, a multi-faceted personality, in all his moods and varied illumination so as to reveal the man as he was. A must for all the admirers of the Swami.
Let us put forth all our energies to acquire that which never fails -- our spiritual perfection. If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares.
-Swami Vivekananda