Lectures from Colombo to Almora

by Swami Vivekananda

The lectures and replies to addresses of welcome he gave on returning to India in 1897, from his first public lecture in Colombo, through Madras and Calcutta, to Almora in the Himalayas, with his later lectures in India.

29 lectures · about 9 hours of reading

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Contents

  1. First Public Lecture in the East (Colombo)20 min
  2. Vedantism30 min
  3. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Pamban6 min
  4. Address at the Rameswaram Temple on Real Worship4 min
  5. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Ramnad17 min
  6. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Paramakudi11 min
  7. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Shivaganga and Manamadura8 min
  8. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Madura10 min
  9. The Mission of the Vedanta37 min
  10. Reply to the Address of Welcome at Madras9 min
  11. My Plan of Campaign33 min
  12. Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life31 min
  13. The Sages of India32 min
  14. The Work Before Us25 min
  15. The Future of India31 min
  16. On Charity1 min
  17. Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and Reply23 min
  18. The Vedanta in All its Phases42 min
  19. Address of Welcome at Almora and Reply7 min
  20. Vedic Teaching in Theory and Practice2 min
  21. Bhakti14 min
  22. The Common Bases of Hinduism31 min
  23. Bhakti12 min
  24. The Vedanta1 hr 4 min
  25. Vedantism9 min
  26. The Influence of Indian Spiritual Thought in England9 min
  27. Sannyasa: its Ideal and Practice4 min
  28. What Have I Learnt?6 min
  29. The Religion We Are Born in12 min