DEEDS AND DREAMS OF SWAMIVIVEKANANDA

In This research paper an attempt has been made to find out the Deeds and Dreams of Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda emphatically advocated the spread of universal mass education. Vivekananda is an ardent lover of the masses and he desired sincerely to improve their wretched condition through education. Vivekananda sincerely believed that a nation could rise only by paying proper respect to women and raising their status. Vivekanada laid emphasis on self teaching or self-learning. As regards medium of education, Vivekananda strongly advocated the mothertongue. . Vivekananda's Philosophy of education ultimately aims at the cultivation of the soul. ‘Divinity of man' is the core of the social philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda's philosophy is a song of this struggle, a virtual marching song of the soul. Vivekananda made attempts to uplift the common mass from ignorance, bondage, superstitions etc. Vivekananda showed the real nature of religion which is nothing but the manifestation of divinity within i.e., God realization. In a very short life span of thirty nine years, he inspired his brothers and sisters to fight against all kinds of injustice and evil practices of the society. For upliftment of the downtrodden and women Vivekananda used education as the only reliable tool.Vivekananda's doctrine in the happiness of the many consists in the happiness of the individual, in the good of the many lies the good of the individual shows the way of integrating individualism to socialism.A deep penetrative study of the eventful life and the glorious deeds of Swami Vivekananda reveal his wonderfully generous and broad heart and his profoundly deep feelings for all irrespective of any distinction.Vivekananda once says that he does not believe in reform, he believes in growth.His sense is that he did not want any piece-meal reform in Indian society. He did not try to separate untouchability from the society by setting any rigid rule.Vivekananda gave maximum importance to education in developing our all round facultiesVivekananda reiterates that religion is the inne rmost core of education. However, by religion, he does not mean any particular kind of its but its essential character.Vivekananda declares liberty as the first condition of growth. According to Vivekananda religion is not in books.