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LECTURES OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

 

LECTURES OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

 
 

 

Swami VivekanandaListed chronologically. Some dates are estimated. Some lectures have been edited both under the Swami's supervision and in some instances after his death, under the auspices of the monastic order he founded.

 

Some of the lectures are extracts from newspaper reports, while some are transcripts taken verbatim by his disciples and admirers- most significantly, J.J. Goodwin, a stenographer who was hired to record and transcribe the Swami's lectures in December 1895, and soon afterward became the Swami's disciple.

 

Lectures listed in a chronological order

Title Date Source/Type Locale
       
Response to Welcome 09/11/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Why we Disagree 09/15/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Paper on Hinduism 09/19/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Religion not the crying need of India 09/20/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Buddhism, the fulfillment of Hinduism 09/26/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Address at the final session 09/27/1893 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Hindus and Christians 02/21/1894 J.J. Bagley's residence Detroit
Is India a benighted country? 04/05/1894   Detroit
Women of India 12/17/1894   Cambridge
Hindu religion 12/30/1894   New York
Indian religious thought 12/30/1894   New York
Soul, God and religion 03/08/1895   Hartford, CT
Introduction to Jnana Yoga 12/11/1895   New York
The first step towards Jnana 12/11/1895   New York
Karma in its effect on character 12/13/1895 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Each is great in his own place 12/13/1895 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga aphorisms - Introduction 12/14/1895   New York
Introductory 12/14/1895 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
First steps 12/14/1895 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The preparation 12/16/1895   New York
The first steps 12/16/1895   New York
Cosmology 12/18/1895   New York
Steps to realisation 12/18/1895   New York
The secret of work 12/20/1895 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
What is duty? 12/20/1895 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga aphorisms 12/21/1895   New York
Prana 12/21/1895 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The teacher of spirituality 12/23/1895   New York
The need of symbols 12/23/1895   New York
We help ourselves, not the world 01/03/1896 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Non-attachment is the complete self-abnegation 01/03/1896 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 01/04/1896   New York
The chief symbols 01/06/1896   New York
The Ishta 01/06/1896   New York
A study of the Sankhya philosophy 01/08/1896   New York
The Atman: Its Bondage and Freedom 01/08/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Freedom 01/10/1896 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
The ideal of Karma-Yoga 01/10/1896 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 01/11/1896   New York
The control of psychic Prana 01/11/1896 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The ideal of a universal religion 01/12/1896   New York
Sankhya and Vedanta 01/15/1896   New York
Soul, nature and God 01/15/1896   New York
Immortality 01/17/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 01/18/1896   01/18/96
Pratyahara and Dharana 01/18/1896 in book "Raja Yoga" 01/18/96
The Cosmos: The Macrocosm 01/19/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Bhakti Yoga (unedited) 01/20/1896 J.J. Goodwin New York
The free soul 01/22/1896   New York
The way to blessedness 01/22/1896   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 01/25/1896   New York
Dhyana and Samadhi 01/25/1896 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The Cosmos: The Microcosm 01/26/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
The preparatory renunciation 01/27/1896   New York
The Bhakta's renunciation 01/27/1896   New York
One existence appearing as many 01/29/1896   New York
The Mundaka Upanishad 01/29/1896   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 02/01/1896   New York
Raja Yoga in brief 02/01/1896 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The Atman 02/02/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" Brooklyn
The Naturalness of Bhakti Yoga 02/03/1896   New York
The forms of love - manifestation 02/03/1896   New York
Universal love 02/03/1896   New York
Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi 02/05/1896   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 02/08/1896   New York
The higher knowledge and the higher love are One 02/10/1896   New York
The triangle of love 02/10/1896   New York
The God of love 02/10/1896   New York
Steps of Hindu philosophical thought 02/12/1896   New York
Human representation of the divine ideal of love 02/17/1896   New York
Conclusion 02/17/1896   New York
Unity, the goal of religion 1896   New York
The Vedanta Philosophy 03/25/1896   Harvard University, Boston
The spirit and influence of Vedanta 03/28/1896   Twentieth Century Club, Boston
History of the Aryan Race 05/07/1896 London
Methods and purpose of religion 05/14/1896   London
The Necessity of Religion 06/07/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Real And Apparent Man 06/21/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Basis for psychic or spiritual research 07/1896    
Vedanta as a factor in civilisation 10/06/1896   London
Vedic Religious Ideals 10/13(?)/1896 London
Maya and Illusion 10/15(?)1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God 10/20/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Maya and Freedom 10/22/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
God in Everything 10/27/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Realisation 10/29/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Absolute and Manifestation prob 10/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Vedanta and Privilege prob 10/1896   London
Unity in Diversity 11/03/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Freedom of the Soul 11/05/1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Reason and religion 11/18/1896 London
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa prob 11/1896 (combined with "My Master") London
Privilege 12/06/1896   Sesame Club, London
The Real Nature of Man 1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
First public lecture in the East 01/15/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Colombo
Vedantism 01/24/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Jaffna
Reply to the address of welcome at Pamban 01/26/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Pamban, Tamil Nadu
Address at the Rameswaram Temple on real worship 01/27/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Ramnad 01/29/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Ramnad, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Paramakudi 02/01/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Shivaganga and Manamadura 02/01/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Shivaganga and Manamadura, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Madura 02/02/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madura, Tamil Nadu
The mission of the Vedanta 02/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Madras 02/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
My plan of campaign 02/09/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Victoria Public Hall, Madras
The work before us 02/09/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Triplicane Literary Society, Madras
The sages of India 02/11/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
Vedanta in its application to Indian life 02/13/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
The future of India 02/14/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Harmston's Circus Pavillion, Madras
On charity 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Address of welcome presented at Calcutta and reply 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
The Vedanta in all its phases 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Address of welcome at Almora and reply 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Vedic teaching in theory and practice 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Bhakti 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Sialkote, Punjab
The common bases of Hinduism 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
Bhakti 11/09/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
The Vedanta 11/12/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
Vedantism 12/20/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Maharaja of Khetri's Bungalow, Khetri
The influence of Indian spiritual thought in England 03/11/1898 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Star Theater, Calcutta
Sannyasa: Its ideal and practice 06/19/1899 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Belur Math
Work and its secret 01/04/1900   Los Angeles
Christ The Messenger 01/07/1900   Los Angeles
The Powers of the mind 01/08/1900   Los Angeles
Women in India 01/18/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
My life and mission 01/27/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The Ramayana 01/31/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The Mahabharata 02/01/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
Buddhistic India 02/02/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The great teachers of the world 02/03/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
Concentration 03/16/1900   San Francisco, CA
Buddha's message to the world 03/18/1900   San Francisco, CA
The practice of religion (fragmentary notes) 03/18/1900   Alameda, CA
Discipleship 03/29/1900   San Francisco, CA
Meditation 04/03/1900   San Francisco, CA
Is Vedanta the future religion? 04/08/1900   San Francisco, CA
The practice of religion 04/18/1900   San Francisco, CA
What have I learnt? 03/30/1901 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Dacca
The religion we are born in 03/31/1901 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Dacca (open air meeting)
Title
Date
Source/Type
Locale
       
Response to Welcome 9/11/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Why we Disagree 9/15/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Paper on Hinduism 9/19/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Religion not the crying need of India 9/20/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Buddhism, the fulfillment of Hinduism 9/26/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Address at the final session 9/27/93 Parliament of Religions Chicago
Hindus and Christians 2/21/94 J.J. Bagley's residence Detroit
Is India a benighted country? 4/5/94   Detroit
Women of India 12/17/94   Cambridge
Hindu religion 12/30/94   New York
Indian religious thought 12/30/94   New York
Soul, God and religion 3/8/95   Hartford, CT
Introduction to Jnana Yoga 12/11/95   New York
The first step towards Jnana 12/11/95   New York
Karma in its effect on character 12/13/95 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Each is great in his own place 12/13/95 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga aphorisms - Introduction 12/14/95   New York
Introductory 12/14/95 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
First steps 12/14/95 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The preparation 12/16/95   New York
The first steps 12/16/95   New York
Cosmology 12/18/95   New York
Steps to realisation 12/18/95   New York
The secret of work 12/20/95 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
What is duty? 12/20/95 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga aphorisms 12/21/95   New York
Prana 12/21/95 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The teacher of spirituality 12/23/95   New York
The need of symbols 12/23/95   New York
We help ourselves, not the world 1/3/96 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Non-attachment is the complete self-abnegation 1/3/96 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 1/4/96   New York
The chief symbols 1/6/96   New York
The Ishta 1/6/96   New York
A study of the Sankhya philosophy 1/8/96   New York
The Atman: Its Bondage and Freedom 1/8/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Freedom 1/10/96 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
The ideal of Karma-Yoga 1/10/96 in book "Karma Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 1/11/96   New York
The control of psychic Prana 1/11/96 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The ideal of a universal religion 1/12/96   New York
Sankhya and Vedanta 1/15/96   New York
Soul, nature and God 1/15/96   New York
Immortality 1/17/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 1/18/96   01/18/96
Pratyahara and Dharana 1/18/96 in book "Raja Yoga" 01/18/96
The Cosmos: The Macrocosm 1/19/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Bhakti Yoga (unedited) 1/20/96 J.J. Goodwin New York
The free soul 1/22/96   New York
The way to blessedness 1/22/96   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 1/25/96   New York
Dhyana and Samadhi 1/25/96 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The Cosmos: The Microcosm 1/26/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
The preparatory renunciation 1/27/96   New York
The Bhakta's renunciation 1/27/96   New York
One existence appearing as many 1/29/96   New York
The Mundaka Upanishad 1/29/96   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 2/1/96   New York
Raja Yoga in brief 2/1/96 in book "Raja Yoga" New York
The Atman 2/2/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" Brooklyn
The Naturalness of Bhakti Yoga 2/3/96   New York
The forms of love - manifestation 2/3/96   New York
Universal love 2/3/96   New York
Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi 2/5/96   New York
Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms 2/8/96   New York
The higher knowledge and the higher love are One 2/10/96   New York
The triangle of love 2/10/96   New York
The God of love 2/10/96   New York
Steps of Hindu philosophical thought 2/12/96   New York
Human representation of the divine ideal of love 2/17/96   New York
Conclusion 2/17/96   New York
Unity, the goal of religion 1896   New York
The Vedanta Philosophy 3/25/96   Harvard University, Boston
The spirit and influence of Vedanta 3/28/96   Twentieth Century Club, Boston
History of the Aryan Race 5/7/96 London
Methods and purpose of religion 5/14/96   London
The Necessity of Religion 6/7/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Real And Apparent Man 6/21/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" New York
Basis for psychic or spiritual research 7/96    
Vedanta as a factor in civilisation 10/6/96   London
Vedic Religious Ideals 10/13(?)/96 London
Maya and Illusion 10/15(?)96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God 10/20/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Maya and Freedom 10/22/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
God in Everything 10/27/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Realisation 10/29/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Absolute and Manifestation prob 10/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Vedanta and Privilege prob 10/96   London
Unity in Diversity 11/3/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
The Freedom of the Soul 11/5/96 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
Reason and religion 11/18/96 London
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa prob 11/96 (combined with "My Master") London
Privilege 12/6/96   Sesame Club, London
The Real Nature of Man 1896 in book "Jnana Yoga" London
First public lecture in the East 1/15/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Colombo
Vedantism 1/24/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Jaffna
Reply to the address of welcome at Pamban 1/26/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Pamban, Tamil Nadu
Address at the Rameswaram Temple on real worship 1/27/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Ramnad 1/29/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Ramnad, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Paramakudi 2/1/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Shivaganga and Manamadura 2/1/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Shivaganga and Manamadura, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Madura 2/2/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madura, Tamil Nadu
The mission of the Vedanta 2/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Reply to the address of welcome at Madras 2/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
My plan of campaign 2/9/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Victoria Public Hall, Madras
The work before us 2/9/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Triplicane Literary Society, Madras
The sages of India 2/11/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
Vedanta in its application to Indian life 2/13/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Madras
The future of India 2/14/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Harmston's Circus Pavillion, Madras
On charity 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Address of welcome presented at Calcutta and reply 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
The Vedanta in all its phases 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Address of welcome at Almora and reply 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Vedic teaching in theory and practice 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora"  
Bhakti 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Sialkote, Punjab
The common bases of Hinduism 1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
Bhakti 11/9/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
The Vedanta 11/12/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Lahore
Vedantism 12/20/1897 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Maharaja of Khetri's Bungalow, Khetri
The influence of Indian spiritual thought in England 3/11/1898 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Star Theater, Calcutta
Sannyasa: Its ideal and practice 6/19/1899 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Belur Math
Work and its secret 1/4/1900   Los Angeles
Christ The Messenger 1/7/1900   Los Angeles
The Powers of the mind 1/8/1900   Los Angeles
Women in India 1/18/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
My life and mission 1/27/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The Ramayana 1/31/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The Mahabharata 2/1/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
Buddhistic India 2/2/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
The great teachers of the world 2/3/1900   Shakespeare Club, Pasadena, CA
Concentration 3/16/1900   San Francisco, CA
Buddha's message to the world 3/18/1900   San Francisco, CA
The practice of religion (fragmentary notes) 3/18/1900   Alameda, CA
Discipleship 3/29/1900   San Francisco, CA
Meditation 4/3/1900   San Francisco, CA
Is Vedanta the future religion? 4/8/1900   San Francisco, CA
The practice of religion 4/18/1900   San Francisco, CA
What have I learnt? 3/30/1901 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Dacca
The religion we are born in 3/31/1901 in book "Lectures from Colombo to Almora" Dacca (open air meeting)
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