Indian mystic Swami Vivekananda addresses the 1893 World Parliament of Religions in Chicago supplying an inspiring message of the shared spirituality and the harmony of world religions. He’s considered a key amount in the introduction of Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga in European countries and America, and is also credited with increasing interfaith awareness, getting Hinduism to the status of a major world religion through the end of the 19th century.