Swami Brahmavidyananda

For over 10 years, Swami Brahmavid has been carrying on the universal message of visionary prophet Swami Vivekananda, who in the 1890's was among the first to bring the concept of religious acceptance from India to America. Swami Brahmavidyananda describes the path of Vedanta as "bringing democracy to religion. Vivekananda believed that all religions are not only necessary, but essential to the human spirit which, due to race and culture, has the need for diversity as obviously expressed by the various paths & religions," he explains. "Vivekananda never used the words religious tolerance' because that infers one'ssense of superiority over another. He always preferred to say religious acceptance."

Dedicated to this humane philosophy that he feels defines the 21st Century, the Swami has compiled 10 volumes that have been organized to capture the essence of Vivekananda's works for a Western audience. Vivekananda's teachings are a comprehensive dissertation of the evolution of man's spiritual consciousness. Starting with our inner nature and the structure of universal religion and its application through action, love, meditation and reason to the metaphysics of religion and the nature of human misunderstandings, perception and evolution. The Vedanta philosophy teaches that all paths have value in the eyes of God and that no matter which path you choose, whether it be Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Native American or any spiritual path, you will ultimately be led to God. We all have an inherent tendency toward the sacred and divine.