Taisen Deshimaru vs. Swami Vivekananda
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Taisen Deshimaru
1914 – 1982
Taisen Deshimaru was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the Association Zen Internationale.
"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair."
Swami Vivekananda
1863 – 1902
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness and elevating Hinduism to the status of a major world religion.
"What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbol…"
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