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America's First Guru

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.

America's First Guru

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Special | 1h 28m 16s | The compelling story of how a young, charismatic Indian monk changed American spiritual cu (1h 28m 16s)

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