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conversations.value: Do you know a plot for a book about Narendranath, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda entitled Swami Vivekananda?
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conversations.value: Swami Vivekananda (1998 film): The film mainly captures the events of Vivekananda's life from his birth to 1897, when he returned to India from the West.\nThe film begins with the birth of Narendranath Datta (pre-monastic name of Swami Vivekananda) and shows the neighbors and relatives of Datta family celebrating the event.\nIt immediately moves to the scene where Narendranath sees his father Vishwanath Datta is donating money, clothes, food to poor and distressed people.\nSeeing this, young Narendranath asks his father to give him something too, and his father tells him to go and look at mirror and find what he had already given him.\nFollowing his father's suggestion, Narndranath goes to the room, sees his image in the mirror.\nDifferent events of child Narndranath are shown one by one, such as his mother is melodiously reciting religious scriptures which leaves an impression on his young mind, Narendranath practicing meditation, his mother is teaching him that experience is true knowledge, and his interest in studying a wide range of subjects.\nYoung Narendranath attends college where he gets acquainted with European literature and contemporary social and religious movements.\nHe also joins Brahmo Samaj.\nBut there he finds that the leader who is suggesting others to resist child marriage, is himself organizing his minor daughter's marriage with a wealthy person.\nNarendranath goes to Debendranath Tagore and asks him if he has seen God.\nTagore confesses that he did not have that experience and also tells Narendranath that he had Yogi's eyes.\nNarednranath meets Ramakrishna in a friend's house where Narendranath sings a devotional song Bina Prem Dhiraj Nahi.\nNarendranath's song impresses Ramakrishna who asks him to visit Dakshineswar Kali Temple, where Ramakrishna was based.\nFollowing Ramakrishna's invitation, Narendranath visits Dakshinewsar.\nThe relation between Ramakrishna and Narendranath have been shown with great details.\nNarendranath initially rejects Ramakrishna but gradually accepts him as his master.\nRamakrishna teaches him the true meaning of religion and how one can find God.\nAfter the death of Ramakrishna, Narendranath takes formal monastic vow, becomes a Sannyasi and a wandering monk.\nIn Alwar, he meets Raja Mangal Singh whom he tells Hindu's idol-worship is actually a symbolic form of worship.\nIn 1893, Vivekananda goes to Chicago to attend the Parliament of the World's Religions.\nThere he gets tremendous success.\nThe story of the film quickly moves to 1897, when Vivekananda returns to India.\nThe film ends with a long English speech of Vivekananda in which he describes his ideals, objectives of Hinduism and prays for world-peace and fraternity.
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conversations.value: Do you know a plot for a book about Ramakrishna, Swami, Vivekananda entitled Swami Vivekananda?
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conversations.value: Swami Vivekananda (1955 film): The eventful life of Swami Vivekananda, his teachings, thoughts, contribution towards society and his relation with his teacher Ramakrishna Paramahamsa are shown in this film.\nThe film has captured different events from his life starting from childhood days to his college days, meeting with his master Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar, relationship with Ramakrishna, austerities undertaken by him and other monastic disciples of Ramakrishna etc.