![]() ![]() In 1922, he crossed the Himalayas on foot and reached Tibet, where he studied Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan Buddhism. Finally, he returned to India in 1921, after attending the Pan-Pacific Education Conference at Honolulu. He went to the USA in 1897, when Vivekananda asked him to take charge of the Vedanta Society in New York, here he preached messages of Vedanta and teachings of his Guru for about 25 years, travelling far and wide to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong. In 1896, Vivekananda was in London, when he asked Abhedananda to join him, and propagate the message of Vedanta in the West, which he did with great success. He was a forceful orator, prolific writer, yogi and intellectual with devotional fervour. He went to the sources of the Ganges and the Yamuna, and meditated in the Himalayas. ![]() During this time he met several famous sages like Pavhari Baba, Trailanga Swami and Swami Bhaskaranand. įor the next ten years, of his life as a monk, he travelled extensively throughout India, depending entirely on alms. After the death of Ramakrishna, he formally became a Sanyasi along with Vivekananda and others, and came to be known as "Swami Abhedananda Puri". Thereafter, in April 1885, he left home to be with him, during his final illness, first at Shyampukur and then at Cossipur Garden-house near Calcutta.Īfter his Master's death in 1886, he plunged into intense sadhana (meditations), by shutting himself up in a room at the Baranagar matha, this gave him the name "Kali Tapaswi" amongst his fellow disciples. In 1884, at the age of 18, while studying for the school final examination under the University of Calcutta, he went to Dakshineswar and met Sri Ramakrishna. His father was Rasiklal Chandra and his mother was Nayantara Devi. He was born in north Calcutta on 2 October 1866 and was named Kaliprasad Chandra. ![]()
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