Swami Vivekananda's was a multi-faceted genius. This book is an anthology containing articles by eminent men and women, each highlighting a particular aspect of the life and teachings of Swamiji. One is amazed to see how one man could embody so many ideals and achieve excellence in almost all he did, and that too, in a short life of less than forty years!
Those who die, merely suffering the woes of life like cats and dogs, are they human beings? The worthy are those who, even when agitated by the sharp interaction of pleasure and pain, are discriminating and, knowing them to be of an evanescent nature, become passionately devoted to the Atman. This is all the difference between human beings and animals.
-Swami Vivekananda