India, Oct. 6 -- Vivekananda, before becoming a monk, was known simply as Narendra, a sharp, restlessly questioning young man thoroughly unwilling to accept matters of faith purely on authority alone. He visited several respected and well-known religious leaders of his time, asking each one directly and without hesitation whether they had personally, actually seen God, only to receive vague, evasive, or unconvincing answers in return each time. When he finally posed that same blunt question to Ramakrishna, expecting a similarly evasive response, Ramakrishna answered plainly and without any hesitation that yes, he had indeed seen God, as real and as clearly present as he could see Narendra standing directly before him in that very moment, ...