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A Hindu monk and disciple of Ramakrishna, Vivekananda brought Vedanta to the West at the 1893 Parliament of Religions, defended the unity of religions, service to the poor as worship and an Indian national revival based on spirituality and education.
Political topics
Swami Vivekananda leans further toward religious than 78% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where Swami Vivekananda stands furthest from the rest.
On Morality, Swami Vivekananda sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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