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Works
Mainarticle:BibliographyofSwamiVivekananda
AlthoughVivekanandawasapowerfuloratorandwriterin
EnglishandBengali,[186]hewasnotathorough
scholar,[187]andmostofhispublishedworkswere
compiledfromlecturesgivenaroundtheworldwhichwere
"mainlydelivered[...]impromptuandwithlittle
preparation".[187]Hismainwork,RajaYoga,consistsof
talkshedeliveredinNewYork.[188]

Literaryworks
AccordingtoBanhatti,"[a]singer,apainter,awonderful
masteroflanguageandapoet,Vivekanandawasa
completeartist",[189]composingmanysongsandpoems,
includinghisfavourite,[citationneeded]"KalitheMother".
Vivekanandablendedhumourwithhisteachings,andhis
languagewaslucid.HisBengaliwritingstestifytohisbelief

(left)LecturesfromColombotoAlmorafrontcover1897
edition
(right)VedantaPhilosophyAnaddressbeforethe
GraduatePhilosophicalSociety1901coverpage

thatwords(spokenorwritten)shouldclarifyideas,rather
thandemonstratingthespeaker(orwriter's)knowledge.[citationneeded]
BartamanBharatmeaning"PresentDayIndia"[190]isaneruditeBengalilanguageessaywrittenbyhim,whichwas
firstpublishedintheMarch1899issueofUdbodhan,theonlyBengalilanguagemagazineofRamakrishnaMath
andRamakrishnaMission.Theessaywasreprintedasabookin1905andlatercompiledintothefourthvolume
ofTheCompleteWorksofSwamiVivekananda.[191]Inthisessayhisrefraintothereaderswastohonourandtreat
everyIndianasabrotherirrespectiveofwhetherhewasbornpoororinlowercaste.[192]

Publications
Publishedinhislifetime[193]
SangeetKalpataru(1887,withVaishnavCharanBasak)[70]
KarmaYoga(1896)[194][195]
RajaYoga(1896[1899edition])[196]
VedantaPhilosophy:AnaddressbeforetheGraduatePhilosophicalSociety(1896)
LecturesfromColombotoAlmora(1897)
BartamanBharat(Bengali)(March1899),Udbodhan
MyMaster(1901),TheBakerandTaylorCompany,NewYork
Vedntaphilosophy:lecturesonJnnaYoga(1902)VedntaSociety,NewYorkOCLC919769260
Publishedposthumously
HerealistofselectedbooksbyVivekanandathatwerepublishedafterhisdeath(1902)[193]
AddressesonBhaktiYoga
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BhaktiYoga
TheEastandtheWest(1909)[197]
InspiredTalks(1909)
NaradaBhaktiSutrastranslation
ParaBhaktiorSupremeDevotion
PracticalVedanta
SpeechesandwritingsofSwamiVivekanandaacomprehensivecollection
CompleteWorks:acollectionofhiswritings,lecturesanddiscoursesinasetofninevolumes

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