This document provides a brief biography of Swami Krishnananda. It details that he was born in 1922 in India and showed a strong interest in religious scriptures from a young age. He immersed himself in studying texts like the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. He took up government service briefly before renouncing worldly life and moving to Rishikesh in 1944 where he met his guru Swami Sivananda. He was initiated into sannyasa in 1946 and went on to write many philosophical books and serve as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society for decades, guiding many spiritual seekers.
Kanchi Paramacharya Community - Story of Syamantaka Mani told by Sri Kanchi M...Sumathi Agambaranathan
1. The story describes brothers Satrajit and Prasena who lived in Dwaraka during Krishna's time. Satrajit performed intense austerities for Surya (the Sun God) and was given a precious gem called the Syamantaka Mani.
2. The gem brought great wealth and prosperity. However, Surya warned that its owner must maintain purity or harm could result. Satrajit returned to Dwaraka wearing the gem, which emitted a brilliant light.
3. Krishna praised the gem's beauty, making Satrajit suspicious of Krishna's intentions. However, Krishna had no real desire for the gem despite his royal status and power in D
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Swami Chidananda was born in 1916 in South India to a wealthy landowning family. From a young age he was interested in spirituality, inspired by stories of Hindu scriptures. He excelled academically and was noted for his kindness, charity and service to others, especially lepers. After graduating college he devoted himself further to spiritual studies and service. In 1943 he joined the Divine Life Society ashram led by Swami Sivananda, where he distinguished himself through his teachings, writings and leadership roles. He was given sannyas in 1949, becoming Swami Chidananda. He succeeded Swami Sivananda as president of the society in 1963 and worked tirelessly to spread its message
This document provides a brief biography of Swami Sivananda in 3 parts: his early life as Kuppuswamy growing up in India and becoming a successful doctor in Malaysia, his spiritual awakening and renunciation of worldly life to become a monk, and his founding of the Divine Life Society ashram in Rishikesh through intense spiritual practices and service.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Ebook on Sri Maha Periva's Life History - Volume 1kanchiperiva
This chapter describes Maha Periva's early interactions with his guru and eventual renunciation. As a young student, Maha Periva impressed his guru with his intelligence and wisdom. His guru requested that Maha Periva visit him regularly. When the guru fell ill, he wished to appoint Maha Periva as his successor. However, the guru passed away before Maha Periva could get there. The guru initiated another disciple as the next peetadhipathi, but he also passed away shortly after. These events paved the way for Maha Periva to eventually become the head of the Kamakoti Peetam.
- Gunatitanand Swami was born in 1785 in Gujarat, India and was ordained as a spiritual successor to Swaminarayan.
- He had an early inclination towards spirituality and encountered Swaminarayan at age 25, becoming his disciple.
- Swaminarayan publicly declared Gunatitanand Swami to be the embodiment of Akshar and initiated him as a sadhu in 1810.
- Gunatitanand Swami played a prominent role in propagating the teachings of Swaminarayan and establishing temples.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Ebook on Sri Maha Periva's Life History - Volume 6kanchiperiva
- Maha Periva continued his travels north through difficult terrain in central and northwestern India towards Kashi (Varanasi). Some key stops included Nagpur, Jabalpur, and Allahabad where he was warmly received.
- In Allahabad, he immersed sacred sand from Rameswaram in the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers.
- He spent four months in Allahabad engaging with scholars and visiting holy sites before being invited to Kashi city to celebrate the upcoming Navratri festival.
The role of blogs in L2 writing contextualization and expository reachLee Arnold
The document discusses using blogs to contextualize writing assignments for English language learners. It describes two blog-based creative writing projects where learners wrote stories in response to music clips or images. Learners were motivated by having their writing published online. Analysis found the projects elicited imaginative writing and expository depth. Contextualizing assignments through blogs can enhance learner creativity and development as writers.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Special Edition Ebook - The Divine Feet that blessed Indiakanchiperiva
The document provides details of the travels and visits undertaken by His Holiness Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal, the 68th Jagadguru of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, over a period of 100 years from 1894 to 1994. It lists the dates, locations visited and events associated with each visit in a tabular format. The visits covered many parts of Tamil Nadu and other southern states. An appeal is also made to members to install objects of worship in places visited by His Holiness to mark them for future generations.
Kanchi Paramacharya Community - Story of Syamantaka Mani told by Sri Kanchi M...Sumathi Agambaranathan
1. The story describes brothers Satrajit and Prasena who lived in Dwaraka during Krishna's time. Satrajit performed intense austerities for Surya (the Sun God) and was given a precious gem called the Syamantaka Mani.
2. The gem brought great wealth and prosperity. However, Surya warned that its owner must maintain purity or harm could result. Satrajit returned to Dwaraka wearing the gem, which emitted a brilliant light.
3. Krishna praised the gem's beauty, making Satrajit suspicious of Krishna's intentions. However, Krishna had no real desire for the gem despite his royal status and power in D
Swami Chidananda - A brief biography in Kannada & EnglishNitin Batra
Swami Chidananda was born in 1916 in South India to a wealthy landowning family. From a young age he was interested in spirituality, inspired by stories of Hindu scriptures. He excelled academically and was noted for his kindness, charity and service to others, especially lepers. After graduating college he devoted himself further to spiritual studies and service. In 1943 he joined the Divine Life Society ashram led by Swami Sivananda, where he distinguished himself through his teachings, writings and leadership roles. He was given sannyas in 1949, becoming Swami Chidananda. He succeeded Swami Sivananda as president of the society in 1963 and worked tirelessly to spread its message
This document provides a brief biography of Swami Sivananda in 3 parts: his early life as Kuppuswamy growing up in India and becoming a successful doctor in Malaysia, his spiritual awakening and renunciation of worldly life to become a monk, and his founding of the Divine Life Society ashram in Rishikesh through intense spiritual practices and service.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Ebook on Sri Maha Periva's Life History - Volume 1kanchiperiva
This chapter describes Maha Periva's early interactions with his guru and eventual renunciation. As a young student, Maha Periva impressed his guru with his intelligence and wisdom. His guru requested that Maha Periva visit him regularly. When the guru fell ill, he wished to appoint Maha Periva as his successor. However, the guru passed away before Maha Periva could get there. The guru initiated another disciple as the next peetadhipathi, but he also passed away shortly after. These events paved the way for Maha Periva to eventually become the head of the Kamakoti Peetam.
- Gunatitanand Swami was born in 1785 in Gujarat, India and was ordained as a spiritual successor to Swaminarayan.
- He had an early inclination towards spirituality and encountered Swaminarayan at age 25, becoming his disciple.
- Swaminarayan publicly declared Gunatitanand Swami to be the embodiment of Akshar and initiated him as a sadhu in 1810.
- Gunatitanand Swami played a prominent role in propagating the teachings of Swaminarayan and establishing temples.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Ebook on Sri Maha Periva's Life History - Volume 6kanchiperiva
- Maha Periva continued his travels north through difficult terrain in central and northwestern India towards Kashi (Varanasi). Some key stops included Nagpur, Jabalpur, and Allahabad where he was warmly received.
- In Allahabad, he immersed sacred sand from Rameswaram in the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers.
- He spent four months in Allahabad engaging with scholars and visiting holy sites before being invited to Kashi city to celebrate the upcoming Navratri festival.
The role of blogs in L2 writing contextualization and expository reachLee Arnold
The document discusses using blogs to contextualize writing assignments for English language learners. It describes two blog-based creative writing projects where learners wrote stories in response to music clips or images. Learners were motivated by having their writing published online. Analysis found the projects elicited imaginative writing and expository depth. Contextualizing assignments through blogs can enhance learner creativity and development as writers.
Kanchi Periva Forum - Special Edition Ebook - The Divine Feet that blessed Indiakanchiperiva
The document provides details of the travels and visits undertaken by His Holiness Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal, the 68th Jagadguru of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, over a period of 100 years from 1894 to 1994. It lists the dates, locations visited and events associated with each visit in a tabular format. The visits covered many parts of Tamil Nadu and other southern states. An appeal is also made to members to install objects of worship in places visited by His Holiness to mark them for future generations.
Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, known as Ammaji, was initially interested in studying Zen in Japan but discovered yoga after finding a book on it in Greece. She fell in love with India and its culture, customs, and sense of spirituality, becoming a citizen in 1992. She met her guru and husband, Dr Swami Gitananda, in 1967 and they married soon after, facing initial opposition due to his status as a swami. Dr Gitananda was called the "Lion of Pondicherry" due to his booming voice, intensity, and willingness to use whatever means necessary to help students grow, even if perceived as fierce. Ammaji hopes that her son and
Yoga, as an essential part of Hinduism, has been practiced in India for centuries as a way of freeing the mind, body & spirit. In recent years, yoga has also become popular in the west, inspiring increasing numbers of people to come and study yoga in India in traditional setting.
The document provides biographical details about Swami Vivekananda, including his birth, education, meeting with Ramakrishna, travels in India and the west, founding of the Ramakrishna Mission, and death. Some of Vivekananda's key teachings emphasized realizing divinity within through various spiritual practices like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and jnana yoga. He advocated perseverance in the search for God and seeing God in all people regardless of attributes.
Sri Arunachala Pancharatnam
graciously composed by
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
One day in the year 1917 a devotee asked Sri Bhagavan to compose a verse in the arya vritta metre, which is said to be one of the most difficult metres in Sanskrit. In answer to the
devotee’s request, Sri Bhagavan effortlessly composed the verse “Karunapurna sudhabdhe…” in flawless arya vritta.
Soon afterwards this sloka was brought to the notice of
Kavyakanta Ganapati Sastri, who on seeing it was wonderstruck, finding that its style possessed all the grandeur and beauty which could be found only in the slokas of the ancient Veda-rishis. Therefore he at once requested Sri Bhagavan to compose another verse in the same metre.
Sri Bhagavan accordingly composed the verse “Tvayarunachala sarvam…” On seeing this verse Ganapati Sastri asked Sri Bhagavan to compose three more slokas on the subject of the four yogas – one on jnana yoga (the path of knowledge), then one on raja yoga (the path of mind-control), and lastly one on karma and bhakti yoga (the paths of unselfish action and devotion), in order to form a poem of five verses. Thus in continuation of the ideas expressed in the first two verses, Sri Bhagavan wrote the next three verses as per the request of Ganapati Sastri.
Unlike the last three verses, which were composed on the subjects specified by Ganapati Sastri, the first two verses were composed without any subject being given to Sri Bhagavan.
The first verse is a prayer beseeching Arunachala, the light of self-consciousness, to make his heart-lotus blossom fully.
In the second verse he then reveals that the word ‘heart’ is a
name for Arunachala, the real self which ever shines in the heart as ‘I’. If we deeply reflect over the meaning of these two verses, it will be clear that in both of them Sri Bhagavan is
drawing our attention only to the effulgent light of self-consciousness, which is ever shining
within us as ‘I’. From this we can understand that if Sri Bhagavan is asked to say something without being given any specific subject, he will talk only about the shining of the real
consciousness ‘I’.
After understanding the first two verses thus, if we proceed to reflect deeply over the last three verses, it will become clear that even when Sri Bhagavan is asked to write on various specified subjects, he will connect those subjects only with the subject which alone really interests him, namely knowing the real light of self. This point we can see in more detail in the commentary on each verse.
Swami Vivekananda was a famous Indian Hindu monk, philosopher and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. He was born in 1863 in Kolkata and originally named Narendranath Dutta. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He spent his life spreading Indian values and philosophy. He was a powerful speaker and prolific writer who authored over two dozen books on topics like Vedanta, Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. He is known for representing Hinduism at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, where his speech was very well received.
Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863 in Kolkata to a wealthy family. As a youth, he encountered spiritual doubts but found guidance in the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. He took monastic vows and traveled around India spreading Sri Ramakrishna's message. He also founded the Ramakrishna Mission to further the goals of social service, education, and spiritual wisdom. In 1893, he represented Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, raising interest in Indian philosophy in the Western world. He lectured extensively in India and abroad until his death in 1902.
1) The Pandavas were able to see Krishna at every moment through their loving devotion (bhakti) which purified their consciousness.
2) One can attain the spiritual abode of Krishna in this very body by being washed clean of all material contamination through pure devotion.
3) By developing love and constant remembrance of Krishna through chanting and reading about Him, one can see and live with Krishna even in this life, just as the Pandavas did.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 who was a key figure in introducing Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to spread his teachings and provide social services. Some facts about Swami Vivekananda include that he was given the name Narendra Nath at birth but called Veereshwar as a child, he taught that serving humans was more important than just worshipping God, and he died at only 39 years old in 1902 but left a lasting legacy as a prominent Hindu leader and reformer.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 who was a key figure in introducing Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission to spread his teachings. Some facts about Swami Vivekananda include that he was inspired to take his monastic name based on his mother's dream, established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to provide social services irrespective of religion or caste, and gave a famous speech beginning with "Sisters and brothers of America" at the 1893 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago that introduced Hinduism to a wide audience. He died at the young age of 39 in
Swami Chidananda Saraswati Life History
Swami Chidananda Saraswati was a spiritual leader and yoga guru who lived from 1916 to 2008. He was born as Sridhar Rao in Mangalore, Karnataka, India, and was inspired to pursue a spiritual path from a young age.
In 1943, Chidananda met Swami Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society, and became his disciple. He served as the secretary of the Divine Life Society and traveled extensively throughout India, spreading the teachings of yoga and Vedanta.
In 1963, Chidananda was appointed as the President of the Divine Life Society following the passing of Swami Sivananda. Under his leadership, the Divine Life Society grew and expanded, establishing branches around the world and promoting the teachings of yoga and spirituality.
Chidananda was a prolific writer, authoring over 100 books on yoga, Vedanta, and spirituality. He was also a renowned speaker, delivering lectures and discourses on yoga and spiritual practice around the world.
Chidananda's teachings emphasized the importance of selfless service and the practice of yoga as a means to achieve spiritual growth and self-realization. He also emphasized the importance of developing a positive attitude and cultivating compassion and love for others.
Chidananda passed away in 2008, leaving behind a legacy of service, spiritual practice, and the teachings of yoga and Vedanta. The Divine Life Society and other organizations continue to promote his teachings and philosophy, inspiring and influencing yoga practitioners and spiritual seekers around the world.
Swami Dayananda Saraswathi was a renowned teacher of Vedanta who taught for over 50 years in India and around the world. The document discusses Swamiji's background and teaching career, as well as his connections to Mysore where he delivered numerous talks. It also shares quotes from Swamiji about topics like meditation, flexibility of mind, religion, and contentment.
Namaste !
I'm Shreyas Kulkarni, a 8th std. student in Pune, India.
This Documentary gives detailed information about Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda was a major force in the contemporary Hindu reform movements contributing to the concept of nationalism.
A singer, painter, wonderful master of language & a poet, Vivekananda was a complete artist. He composed many songs & poems. He blended humour with his teachings & his language was lucid.
For more info, here's the full video on my channel : https://youtu.be/Qp8UopWgJuU
This document provides biographical information about Swami Vivekananda, a famous Indian educator. It describes how he was inspired by his guru Sri Ramakrishna and sought to address issues in India like poverty, casteism, and lack of education. It details how Vivekananda's upbringing, education in both Western and Indian philosophy, travels throughout India, and representation of Hinduism at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago shaped his views and mission to regenerate India through education and empowerment of the masses.
This document provides a biography of Swami Vivekananda, a famous Indian educator and founder of the Ramakrishna Mission. It discusses his early life and upbringing, his meeting with his guru Sri Ramakrishna which proved pivotal, his travels throughout India, and his famous speech at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 which gained him international acclaim. It also describes his founding of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 with the goal of uplifting the Indian masses through education, cultural, medical and relief work. The document emphasizes Vivekananda's view that the aim of education should be the manifestation and development of the perfection already latent in every human being.
Swami Vivekananda's message promoted religion as a scientific search for realizing the divinity within through four yogas - karma yoga of selfless action, bhakti yoga of devotion to God, raja yoga of meditation and self-control, and jnana yoga of knowledge and reasoning. His message emphasized realizing one's true self through an inner spiritual journey grounded in serving humanity, and remains relevant today for its universal teachings of realizing higher human potentials.
Swami Vivekananda life history and his teachings
Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and spiritual leader who lived from 1863 to 1902. He played a key role in the introduction of Hinduism and Indian spirituality to the Western world and is widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the modern era.
Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata, India, and was initially named Narendranath Datta. He was a bright and curious child, and was drawn to the study of spirituality from an early age. As a young man, he met Sri Ramakrishna, a prominent spiritual teacher, and became his disciple.
Under Sri Ramakrishna's guidance, Swami Vivekananda deepened his spiritual practice and developed his own approach to spirituality. He emphasized the importance of direct experience of the divine, rather than simply relying on scriptural knowledge or intellectual study. He also believed in the unity of all religions, and taught that all spiritual paths ultimately lead to the same goal.
In 1893, Swami Vivekananda traveled to Chicago to attend the World Parliament of Religions, where he gave a famous speech that introduced Hinduism and Indian spirituality to the Western world. He went on to establish the Ramakrishna Mission, a charitable organization that continues to provide humanitarian aid and promote spiritual education around the world.
Swami Vivekananda's teachings emphasized the importance of spiritual self-discovery and the pursuit of truth. He believed that all individuals had the potential to achieve spiritual realization, and that the path to enlightenment could be found through meditation, self-inquiry, and the cultivation of inner peace and harmony.
Swami Vivekananda also emphasized the importance of social justice and the pursuit of the common good. He believed that spirituality and social activism were inseparable, and that true spiritual realization required a deep commitment to serving others and promoting positive change in the world.
Overall, Swami Vivekananda's teachings continue to inspire and influence people around the world, and his legacy as a spiritual leader and social activist remains a powerful force for positive change.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 in Kolkata, India. He was greatly influenced by his guru Ramakrishna and became a wandering monk. In 1893, he represented Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he made a great impression and became famous in the West. He founded the Ramakrishna Mission to uplift Indian society and spread Vedanta philosophy. Though facing criticism, he dedicated his life to serving humanity through inspiration and humanitarian work until his death in 1902.
This document provides background information and context for the book "The Path of Sri Ramana". It includes a brief biography of Sri Ramana Maharshi, details about the publication of the book including multiple editions, and background on the author Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal. The book expounds on the path of self-inquiry as taught by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. It also discusses Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal's role in clarifying Sri Ramana Maharshi's teachings for devotees and compiling the material into this book on self-inquiry.
Swami Vivekananda was a famous Indian monk and spiritual leader who played a key role in introducing Hinduism and Vedanta philosophy to the Western world. He was born in 1863 in Calcutta and was greatly influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda travelled extensively across India and the West, establishing the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission to provide social services to the poor. He taught Advaita Vedanta philosophy and emphasized national awakening, service, and spiritual practices like meditation and celibacy. Vivekananda died in 1902 at the Belur Math, leaving a lasting legacy through
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Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, known as Ammaji, was initially interested in studying Zen in Japan but discovered yoga after finding a book on it in Greece. She fell in love with India and its culture, customs, and sense of spirituality, becoming a citizen in 1992. She met her guru and husband, Dr Swami Gitananda, in 1967 and they married soon after, facing initial opposition due to his status as a swami. Dr Gitananda was called the "Lion of Pondicherry" due to his booming voice, intensity, and willingness to use whatever means necessary to help students grow, even if perceived as fierce. Ammaji hopes that her son and
Yoga, as an essential part of Hinduism, has been practiced in India for centuries as a way of freeing the mind, body & spirit. In recent years, yoga has also become popular in the west, inspiring increasing numbers of people to come and study yoga in India in traditional setting.
The document provides biographical details about Swami Vivekananda, including his birth, education, meeting with Ramakrishna, travels in India and the west, founding of the Ramakrishna Mission, and death. Some of Vivekananda's key teachings emphasized realizing divinity within through various spiritual practices like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and jnana yoga. He advocated perseverance in the search for God and seeing God in all people regardless of attributes.
Sri Arunachala Pancharatnam
graciously composed by
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
One day in the year 1917 a devotee asked Sri Bhagavan to compose a verse in the arya vritta metre, which is said to be one of the most difficult metres in Sanskrit. In answer to the
devotee’s request, Sri Bhagavan effortlessly composed the verse “Karunapurna sudhabdhe…” in flawless arya vritta.
Soon afterwards this sloka was brought to the notice of
Kavyakanta Ganapati Sastri, who on seeing it was wonderstruck, finding that its style possessed all the grandeur and beauty which could be found only in the slokas of the ancient Veda-rishis. Therefore he at once requested Sri Bhagavan to compose another verse in the same metre.
Sri Bhagavan accordingly composed the verse “Tvayarunachala sarvam…” On seeing this verse Ganapati Sastri asked Sri Bhagavan to compose three more slokas on the subject of the four yogas – one on jnana yoga (the path of knowledge), then one on raja yoga (the path of mind-control), and lastly one on karma and bhakti yoga (the paths of unselfish action and devotion), in order to form a poem of five verses. Thus in continuation of the ideas expressed in the first two verses, Sri Bhagavan wrote the next three verses as per the request of Ganapati Sastri.
Unlike the last three verses, which were composed on the subjects specified by Ganapati Sastri, the first two verses were composed without any subject being given to Sri Bhagavan.
The first verse is a prayer beseeching Arunachala, the light of self-consciousness, to make his heart-lotus blossom fully.
In the second verse he then reveals that the word ‘heart’ is a
name for Arunachala, the real self which ever shines in the heart as ‘I’. If we deeply reflect over the meaning of these two verses, it will be clear that in both of them Sri Bhagavan is
drawing our attention only to the effulgent light of self-consciousness, which is ever shining
within us as ‘I’. From this we can understand that if Sri Bhagavan is asked to say something without being given any specific subject, he will talk only about the shining of the real
consciousness ‘I’.
After understanding the first two verses thus, if we proceed to reflect deeply over the last three verses, it will become clear that even when Sri Bhagavan is asked to write on various specified subjects, he will connect those subjects only with the subject which alone really interests him, namely knowing the real light of self. This point we can see in more detail in the commentary on each verse.
Swami Vivekananda was a famous Indian Hindu monk, philosopher and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. He was born in 1863 in Kolkata and originally named Narendranath Dutta. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He spent his life spreading Indian values and philosophy. He was a powerful speaker and prolific writer who authored over two dozen books on topics like Vedanta, Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. He is known for representing Hinduism at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, where his speech was very well received.
Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863 in Kolkata to a wealthy family. As a youth, he encountered spiritual doubts but found guidance in the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. He took monastic vows and traveled around India spreading Sri Ramakrishna's message. He also founded the Ramakrishna Mission to further the goals of social service, education, and spiritual wisdom. In 1893, he represented Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, raising interest in Indian philosophy in the Western world. He lectured extensively in India and abroad until his death in 1902.
1) The Pandavas were able to see Krishna at every moment through their loving devotion (bhakti) which purified their consciousness.
2) One can attain the spiritual abode of Krishna in this very body by being washed clean of all material contamination through pure devotion.
3) By developing love and constant remembrance of Krishna through chanting and reading about Him, one can see and live with Krishna even in this life, just as the Pandavas did.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 who was a key figure in introducing Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to spread his teachings and provide social services. Some facts about Swami Vivekananda include that he was given the name Narendra Nath at birth but called Veereshwar as a child, he taught that serving humans was more important than just worshipping God, and he died at only 39 years old in 1902 but left a lasting legacy as a prominent Hindu leader and reformer.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 who was a key figure in introducing Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission to spread his teachings. Some facts about Swami Vivekananda include that he was inspired to take his monastic name based on his mother's dream, established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to provide social services irrespective of religion or caste, and gave a famous speech beginning with "Sisters and brothers of America" at the 1893 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago that introduced Hinduism to a wide audience. He died at the young age of 39 in
Swami Chidananda Saraswati Life History
Swami Chidananda Saraswati was a spiritual leader and yoga guru who lived from 1916 to 2008. He was born as Sridhar Rao in Mangalore, Karnataka, India, and was inspired to pursue a spiritual path from a young age.
In 1943, Chidananda met Swami Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society, and became his disciple. He served as the secretary of the Divine Life Society and traveled extensively throughout India, spreading the teachings of yoga and Vedanta.
In 1963, Chidananda was appointed as the President of the Divine Life Society following the passing of Swami Sivananda. Under his leadership, the Divine Life Society grew and expanded, establishing branches around the world and promoting the teachings of yoga and spirituality.
Chidananda was a prolific writer, authoring over 100 books on yoga, Vedanta, and spirituality. He was also a renowned speaker, delivering lectures and discourses on yoga and spiritual practice around the world.
Chidananda's teachings emphasized the importance of selfless service and the practice of yoga as a means to achieve spiritual growth and self-realization. He also emphasized the importance of developing a positive attitude and cultivating compassion and love for others.
Chidananda passed away in 2008, leaving behind a legacy of service, spiritual practice, and the teachings of yoga and Vedanta. The Divine Life Society and other organizations continue to promote his teachings and philosophy, inspiring and influencing yoga practitioners and spiritual seekers around the world.
Swami Dayananda Saraswathi was a renowned teacher of Vedanta who taught for over 50 years in India and around the world. The document discusses Swamiji's background and teaching career, as well as his connections to Mysore where he delivered numerous talks. It also shares quotes from Swamiji about topics like meditation, flexibility of mind, religion, and contentment.
Namaste !
I'm Shreyas Kulkarni, a 8th std. student in Pune, India.
This Documentary gives detailed information about Swami Vivekananda.
Swami Vivekananda was a major force in the contemporary Hindu reform movements contributing to the concept of nationalism.
A singer, painter, wonderful master of language & a poet, Vivekananda was a complete artist. He composed many songs & poems. He blended humour with his teachings & his language was lucid.
For more info, here's the full video on my channel : https://youtu.be/Qp8UopWgJuU
This document provides biographical information about Swami Vivekananda, a famous Indian educator. It describes how he was inspired by his guru Sri Ramakrishna and sought to address issues in India like poverty, casteism, and lack of education. It details how Vivekananda's upbringing, education in both Western and Indian philosophy, travels throughout India, and representation of Hinduism at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago shaped his views and mission to regenerate India through education and empowerment of the masses.
This document provides a biography of Swami Vivekananda, a famous Indian educator and founder of the Ramakrishna Mission. It discusses his early life and upbringing, his meeting with his guru Sri Ramakrishna which proved pivotal, his travels throughout India, and his famous speech at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 which gained him international acclaim. It also describes his founding of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 with the goal of uplifting the Indian masses through education, cultural, medical and relief work. The document emphasizes Vivekananda's view that the aim of education should be the manifestation and development of the perfection already latent in every human being.
Swami Vivekananda's message promoted religion as a scientific search for realizing the divinity within through four yogas - karma yoga of selfless action, bhakti yoga of devotion to God, raja yoga of meditation and self-control, and jnana yoga of knowledge and reasoning. His message emphasized realizing one's true self through an inner spiritual journey grounded in serving humanity, and remains relevant today for its universal teachings of realizing higher human potentials.
Swami Vivekananda life history and his teachings
Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and spiritual leader who lived from 1863 to 1902. He played a key role in the introduction of Hinduism and Indian spirituality to the Western world and is widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the modern era.
Swami Vivekananda was born in Kolkata, India, and was initially named Narendranath Datta. He was a bright and curious child, and was drawn to the study of spirituality from an early age. As a young man, he met Sri Ramakrishna, a prominent spiritual teacher, and became his disciple.
Under Sri Ramakrishna's guidance, Swami Vivekananda deepened his spiritual practice and developed his own approach to spirituality. He emphasized the importance of direct experience of the divine, rather than simply relying on scriptural knowledge or intellectual study. He also believed in the unity of all religions, and taught that all spiritual paths ultimately lead to the same goal.
In 1893, Swami Vivekananda traveled to Chicago to attend the World Parliament of Religions, where he gave a famous speech that introduced Hinduism and Indian spirituality to the Western world. He went on to establish the Ramakrishna Mission, a charitable organization that continues to provide humanitarian aid and promote spiritual education around the world.
Swami Vivekananda's teachings emphasized the importance of spiritual self-discovery and the pursuit of truth. He believed that all individuals had the potential to achieve spiritual realization, and that the path to enlightenment could be found through meditation, self-inquiry, and the cultivation of inner peace and harmony.
Swami Vivekananda also emphasized the importance of social justice and the pursuit of the common good. He believed that spirituality and social activism were inseparable, and that true spiritual realization required a deep commitment to serving others and promoting positive change in the world.
Overall, Swami Vivekananda's teachings continue to inspire and influence people around the world, and his legacy as a spiritual leader and social activist remains a powerful force for positive change.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk born in 1863 in Kolkata, India. He was greatly influenced by his guru Ramakrishna and became a wandering monk. In 1893, he represented Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where he made a great impression and became famous in the West. He founded the Ramakrishna Mission to uplift Indian society and spread Vedanta philosophy. Though facing criticism, he dedicated his life to serving humanity through inspiration and humanitarian work until his death in 1902.
This document provides background information and context for the book "The Path of Sri Ramana". It includes a brief biography of Sri Ramana Maharshi, details about the publication of the book including multiple editions, and background on the author Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal. The book expounds on the path of self-inquiry as taught by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. It also discusses Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal's role in clarifying Sri Ramana Maharshi's teachings for devotees and compiling the material into this book on self-inquiry.
Swami Vivekananda was a famous Indian monk and spiritual leader who played a key role in introducing Hinduism and Vedanta philosophy to the Western world. He was born in 1863 in Calcutta and was greatly influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. After Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda travelled extensively across India and the West, establishing the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission to provide social services to the poor. He taught Advaita Vedanta philosophy and emphasized national awakening, service, and spiritual practices like meditation and celibacy. Vivekananda died in 1902 at the Belur Math, leaving a lasting legacy through
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Revered Sri Swami KrishnanandajiMaharaj took birth on the
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eldest son of a family of five children of a highly religious
and orthodox Brahmin family, well versed in the Sanskrit
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to the traditional Madhva sect which follows the philosophy
of dualism. His inner longing for Advaitic experience and
renunciation grew stronger every day. In 1943 Subbaraya
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which however did not last long. Before the end of the same
2. year he left for Varanasi, where he studied the Vedas and
other scriptures. But the longing for seclusion and the
unknown call from the Master pulled him to Rishikesh, and
he arrived there in the summer of 1944. When he met Swami
Sivananda and fell prostrate before him, the saint said: “Stay
here till death; I will make kings and ministers fall at your
feet.” The prophecy of the saint’s statement came true to this
young man who wondered within himself how this could ever
happen. Swami Sivananda initiated young Subbaraya into the
holy order of Sannyasa on the sacred day of MakaraSankranti, the 14th of January, 1946, and he was named
Swami Krishnananda.
Sri Gurudev Swami Sivananda found that Swami
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manuscripts of Sri Gurudev, which he used to bring to him
every day. For instance, the entire volume of the Brahma
Sutras of Sri Gurudev, which he wrote by hand, was
typewritten by Swami Krishnananda. In the year 1948 that
Gurudev asked Swamiji to do more work along the lines of
writing books in philosophy and religion, which he took up
with earnestness. Swamiji was more absorbed in writing and
conducting classes, holding lectures, etc., as per the
instructions of Sri Gurudev. The first book Swamiji wrote
was The Realisation of the Absolute which was written in
merely 14 days and is still his best book - terse, direct and
stimulating.
3. Swami Krishnananda was asked to collaborate with the
Working Committee which was formed in the year 1957. At
that time Swamiji became the Secretary especially concerned
with the management of finance. This continued until 1961
when, Gurudev nominated Swamiji as General Secretary of
the Divine Life Society, which position Swamiji held until
2001.
Swami Krishnananda, the genius and master of scriptures,
expounded practically all the major scriptures of Vedanta. The
discourses were given at the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy
of the Society during the early morning sessions, afternoon
classes and the regular three-month courses. Most of them
have been brought out in book form and are authentic
commentaries covering the philosophy, psychology and
practice of the various disciplines of Yoga. Swami
Krishnananda is thus the author of nearly fifty books, each
one a masterpiece in itself. Only a genius of Swamiji’s caliber
could do this in the midst of the enormous day-to-day volume
of work as the General Secretary of a large Institution.
Swamiji is a rare blend of Karma and JnanaYogas, and he
lived in the spirit of the teachings of Bhagavad Gita.
Such was Swami Krishnananda’s literary skill and
understanding of the entire gamut of the works of Swami
Sivananda, numbering about three hundred, that when the
Sivananda Literature Research Institute was formed on the
8th of September, 1958, Sri Gurudev himself made Swamiji
the President. Again it was Swami Krishnananda who was
appointed as the President of the Sivananda Literature
Dissemination Committee, which was formed to bring out
translations of Sri Gurudev’s works in the major Indian
languages. From September 1961, Swamiji was made the
4. Editor of the Society’s official monthly organ, ‘The Divine
Life’, which he did efficiently for nearly two decades.
Swami Krishnananda was a master of practically every
system of Indian thought and Western philosophy. “Many
Sankaras are rolled into one Krishnananda,” said Sri
Gurudev, in a cryptic statement, which he himself has
amplified in his article, He is a Wonder to Me! Swamiji lived
in God-consciousness and guided countless seekers on the
path to self-realisation. Swamiji attained Mahasamadhi on
23rd November, 2001