Personality Development  (English, Undefined, unknown)

Personality Development, published by Advaita Ashrama is a thought provoking compilation of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings. The book has the wisely chosen ideas and thoughts of Vivekananda, persuasive in their essence, for personality development.

Summary of the book

Swami Vivekananda is referred to as the Saint Patriot of India. He is revered as one of the most learned, thoughtful and influential philosophical teachers the Indian land ever saw. He lived only for 39 years but has left a legacy of a luxurious school of philosophy that is mostly on the grounds of humanism, spirituality and one’s strive for excellence as an enlightened soul. His love and respect for the Indian heritage in the field of spirituality was immense. This book, published by Advaita Ashrama, is a brilliant compilation of such thoughts, which inspire the readers for a better personal life. Swami Vivekananda travelled throughout India and also different parts of the world and spread his insights on life as a whole and life as an individual. Vedas and Upanishads were the basis of his teachings, which reflect extensively in many of his thoughts in this book.

About Advaita Ashrama

Advaita Ashrama was found in the year 1896 when Swami Vivekananda wanted to build a place for the study of the Vedas in India, that resembled the Alps. The Ashram follows the Advaita school of thought, which unifies the existence of the supernatural and of the human. They have published a large number of books based on Hinduism, the Vedas and the Upanishads, and also based on the teachings of saints like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda and others. They have published A concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism, A dictionary of Advaita Vedanta, A bouquet of Swami Vivekananda’s Writings, A Short Life of Swami Vivekananda and A Study of Mundaka Upanishad by Swami Vivekananda among many other books.