The Lecture: Ruth Harris on Vivekananda, Guru to the World

Wolfson History Prize-winning author #RuthHarris delivers the inaugural lecture in an exciting new collaborative initiative between HarperCollins and Harvard University Press: #TheLecture. Watch now to learn more about the everlasting influence of Swami Vivekananda, and how he became a global spiritual guru.

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Bringing you #liveupdates from the inaugural edition of #TheLecture, with @Harvard_Press. #RuthHarris speaks with @supriyan on the enduring impact of #SwamiVivekananda—who inspired Freud, Gandhi & Tagore.
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— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

I didn’t want to reinforce the tired story of the Guru and yet I purposely chose the title #GuruToTheWorld. I wanted to query this title rather than agree to it. – #RuthHarris at the inaugural edition of #TheLecture. @Harvard_Press @ThePrintIndia pic.twitter.com/yLuYEmiK91

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

Rather than being grateful for being allowed to speak at all, he proclaims that we accept all religions to be true. He was met with applause. Why? Somehow he tapped into a vein of vulnerability and self doubt within his western heroes. #RuthHarris #TheLecture #GuruToTheWorld pic.twitter.com/0t6B2o8zYx

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

Rather than being grateful for being allowed to speak at all, he proclaims that we accept all religions to be true. He was met with applause. Why? Somehow he tapped into a vein of vulnerability and self doubt within his western heroes. #RuthHarris #TheLecture #GuruToTheWorld pic.twitter.com/0t6B2o8zYx

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

At the inaugural edition of #TheLecture — @WolfsonHistory Prize–winning author #RuthHarris and her definitive biography of #Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual history of both the East and the West.@Harvard_Press#GuruToTheWorld @ThePrintIndia pic.twitter.com/Fe0LX6JF64

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

At the inaugural edition of #TheLecture — @WolfsonHistory Prize–winning author #RuthHarris and her definitive biography of #Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual history of both the East and the West.@Harvard_Press#GuruToTheWorld @ThePrintIndia pic.twitter.com/Fe0LX6JF64

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023

As a historian, I like to create worlds that people cannot imagine anymore. #Vivekananda did not live through Swadeshi, let alone the freedom movement. – #RuthHarris in conversation with @supriyan at #TheLecture @Harvard_Press pic.twitter.com/i1HHy1qeHv

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollinsIN) January 27, 2023