History, Childhood and early life, Spiritual apprenticeship, Realisation, Vision of one India, first visit to the west, Return and consolidation, Torch Ablaze, the long leave, personal habits, his mind, love of humour, as a orator, his yogic power, as a teacher, as a friend, Vivekananda's role in the national renaissance, Bona-fids of spiritualism advaita as expounded by Vivekananda, materialism and spiritualism, realization and renunciation, the path of intellect, the path of action, the path of devotion, the path of psychic control, a universal religion, a towering intellectual, an apostle of strength, on religion and religions, education, social regeneration, the Ramakrishna mission and math, a lover of nature and art.