1 Philosophical Foundations & Educational Thinkers · 1.2 Indian educational thinkers

1.2.3 Swami Vivekananda: man-making education

Vivekananda (1863–1902) took his education from Vedanta: education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man, and its goal is man-making and character-building, carried to the masses and to women.

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  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Narendranath Datta
  • Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
  • Vedanta
  • Advaita
  • manifestation of perfection
  • man-making education
  • character-building
  • education of the masses
  • women's education
  • concentration
  • guru-griha
  • brahmacharya
  • Chicago 1893
  • Parliament of Religions
  • Ramakrishna Mission 1897
  • National Youth Day
  • idealism
  • practical Vedanta
  • Belur Math 1898
  • muscles of iron and nerves of steel
  • reject as poison
  • faith in oneself
  • daridra narayana
  • Sister Nivedita

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