National Youth Day

National Youth Day is celebrated on Swami Vivekanand's Birth Anniversary on 12 January every Year.

On this day a speech was given by Yashdeep VII.

Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.He is perhaps best known for his speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.

Born into an aristocratic Bengali family of Calcutta, Vivekananda was inclined towards spirituality. He was influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna, from whom he learnt that all living beings were an embodiment of the divine self; therefore, service to God could be rendered by service to mankind. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda toured the Indian subcontinent extensively and acquired first-hand knowledge of the conditions prevailing in British India. He later travelled to the United States, representing India at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions. Vivekananda conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in the United States, England and Europe. In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint and his birthday is celebrated there as National Youth Day.

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Some Quotes by Sami ji:

उठो, जागो और तब तक नहीं रुको जब तक लक्ष्य ना प्राप्त हो जाये.

उठो मेरे शेरो, इस भ्रम को मिटा दो कि तुम निर्बल हो, तुम एक अमर आत्मा हो, स्वच्छंद जीव हो, धन्य हो, सनातन हो, तुम तत्व नहीं हो, ना ही शरीर हो, तत्व तुम्हारा सेवक है तुम तत्व के सेवक नहीं हो.

ब्रह्माण्ड की सारी शक्तियां पहले से हमारी हैं. वो हमीं हैं जो अपनी आँखों पर हाँथ रख लेते हैं और फिर रोते हैं कि कितना अन्धकार है!

जिस तरह से विभिन्न स्रोतों से उत्पन्न धाराएँ अपना जल समुद्र में मिला देती हैं, उसी प्रकार मनुष्य द्वारा चुना हर मार्ग, चाहे अच्छा हो या बुरा भगवान तक जाता है.