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The influence, of course, of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa on Swami Vivekananda can not be exaggerated. It was he who realized Vivekananda’s potential, bestowing spiritual powers upon him so that he may spread his realizations world-wide and guide other disciples.Swami Vivekananda travelled all over India, and saw the true condition of people’s suffering under British rule.
Vivekananda’s eloquent speeches, including his historical address at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago, moved the hearts and minds of people in America and England. Swamiji impressed upon his audience the greatness of the Vedanta and Hindu Dharma. It was as a result of his brilliant speeches, that the western Press named him “The Cyclonic Hindu”. Margaret Nobel, a young Irish women, later named Sister Nivedita by Swamiji, was so impressed by Hindu culture that she relocated to India and devoted her life to spreading Swamiji’s teachings. Swamiji also founded the Ramakrishna Mission.
He was full of compassion for the poor and needy. He exhorted his audience, if they felt the suffering of their brothers and sisters to be at once active and dedicated in their service. Swamiji was also strong in body, mind, intellect and spirit. He stood boldly in the face of his aggressors.
Swamiji always repeated the Upanishadic message, “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached”.