Culture

America's First Guru

America’s First Guru is the compelling story of how a young and charismatic Indian monk named Swami Vivekananda, now nearly forgotten, forever changed American popular and spiritual culture at the first World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Vivekananda ultimately put in motion ideas that changed the collective conversation and became America's First Guru.

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    America's First Guru

    Thursday
    Dec 11

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Indian monk and yogi Swami Vivekananda arrives at the first World's Parliament in Chicago in 1893, becoming America's first guru and affecting the worlds of interfaith dialogue and universal spirituality.

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