Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha (For one's own salvation and for the welfare of the world)





Swami Vivekananda Library

The Swami Vivekananda Library is a Reference Library (non-lending) at Headquarters and has a fine collection of books to which additions are made regularly. There are currently 2300 titles in stock. Religious and cultural magazines and journals are received on a regular basis from local and overseas institutions. The library is used not only by the members and devotees of the Centre, but also by the pupils and students from the secular and other religious institutions. In particular, students pursuing graduate and post-graduate studies at tertiary institutions have utilised the resources in the library to their benefit.

Here is a listing of the range of titles available:

Religion

  • Sri Ramakrishna
  • Sri Sarada Devi
  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order
  • Swami Sivananda-Venkatesananda
  • Neo-Vedanta
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • World Religion
  • Saints & Sages

Hinduism

  • General Hinduism
  • Hindu Mythology
  • Hymns & Prayers
  • Hindu Theology
  • Hindu Temple
  • Hindu Law
  • Hindu Mysticism
  • Hindu Rituals
  • Hindu Scripture
  • Tantric Studies

India

  • Modern India
  • Indian Language
  • Indian Literature
  • Indian Science: Ancient & Modern
  • Indian Music
  • Indian Philosophy
  • Indian History
  • Indian Psychology
  • Mahatma Gandhi

Other Topics

  • Africa
  • Art
  • Ayurveda
  • Biographies
  • Culture
  • Education
  • General Works
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • South Africa
  • Western Philosophy
  • Western Science
  • Woman Studies
  • World History
  • Yoga

Periodicals

  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Vedanta Kesari
  • Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa
  • Yuva Bhakti
  • Hinduism
  • Tapovan Prasad
  • Bhavan's Journal
  • Yoga Sudha
  • India Perspectives
  • India Today
  • Indira Gandhi National Open University
  • Global Perspective
  • Times
  • National Geographic
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica - 15th Edition
  • General
  • Miscellaneous

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