– This paper aims to explore the following questions in the light of Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy: What will ultimately come out of human development? Is development a goal in itself or only a doorway to a higher goal called transcendence?
– A comprehensive view of human development can come only through a comprehensive understanding of human nature.
– What the dimensions of the human personality are and how they function in the world provide a good starting point to assess the way in which human development can be achieved.
– Vivekananda’s quest for human development was not for human development per se, but to point to its potential as a spiritual practice that makes human beings realize that they are, in fact, not human being but divine beings.
