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Swami Chidananda Saraswati

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===================================== ======================================= Thursday, December 30, 2021. 6:00.AM. Swami  Chidananda Saraswati ======================================= Chidananda Saraswati 2016 stamp of India. Personal Born Sridhar Rao, 24 September 1916, Mangalore Died 28 August 2008 (aged 91),  Religion Hinduism Philosophy Yoga of Synthesis, Religious career Guru Sivananda Saraswati -------------------------------------------------------- Introduction : Chidananda Saraswati  (24 September 1916 – 28 August 2008) was President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India. He is well known in India as a yogi, dnyani and spiritual leader. He succeeded as President of the Divine Life Society in 1963, after the death of his predecessor, Sivananda Saraswati, who founded the Society. Chidananda's birth name was Sridhar Rao. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola College, Chennai. He took to a life of renunciation in 1936, and joined the Sivananda Ashr

Swami Krishnananda - A direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda

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 ======================================================== ======================================================= Thursday, November 18, 2021. 6:00.AM. Swami Krishnananda - A direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda ====================================================== ========================================================= Swami Krishnananda is a highly respected philosophical writer, especially on metaphysics, psychology and sociology. Swamiji's books are known the world over as excellent presentations of answers to the daily questions that arise in the day-to-day confrontations of a human being. Swami Krishnananda was the General Secretary of The Divine Life Society from 1961 until 2001. Swamiji was a direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda, founder of this Institution. Swamiji attained Mahasamadhi in 2001. A Brief Biographical Sketch Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj took birth on the 25th of April, 1922, and was named Subbaraya. He was the eldest of

The Eternal Message of Sage Aurobindo - Swami Krishnananda

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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 06, 2021. 6:54. AM. (Spoken on June 1, 1972) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is very few in the world, even in our own country, who have been able to appreciate or understand the great message of Sage Aurobindo, partly because of the lofty style of his writings and the elevated form of his thinking, which is lifted above the common man’s thinking in terms of objects of sense. Aurobindo’s presence, his birth, his life, his career and his message have all been a great pride to our country, a matter of immortal memorial for the whole nation because his life and teachings were directed to the integration of the nation as a whole and, much more, the integration of the human personality and the universe in its proper perspective. May I be permitted to take a fe

Swami Vivekananda - "to rouse the religious consciousness of the people of Bharatham and create in them pride in their cultural heritage;"

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 31, 2021. 7:05. AM. Swami Vivekananda. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendra Nath Datta, was born in an affluent family in Kolkata on 12 January 1863. His father, Vishwanath Datta, was a successful attorney with interests in a wide range of subjects, and his mother, Bhuvaneshwari Devi, was endowed with deep devotion, strong character and other qualities. A precocious boy, Narendra excelled in music, gymnastics and studies. By the time he graduated from Calcutta University, he had acquired a vast knowledge of different subjects, especially Western philosophy and history. Born with a yogic temperament, he used to practise meditation even from his boyhood, and was associated with Brahmo Movement for some ti

Madhvacharya - Swami Sivananda

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, August 14, 2021. 7:07. AM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madhvacharya was a great religious reformer and an orthodox commentator on the Brahma Sutras and the ten Upanishads. He was born in 1199 A.D. at Velali, a few miles from Udipi in the district of South Kanara in South India. He was a Tulu Brahmin by birth. He was born of Madhya Geha and Vedavati. Vedavati was a virtuous woman. Madhva is regarded as an incarnation of Vayu, the Wind-God. The father gave him the name Vasudeva. Madhva distinguished himself in physical exercises and field games. He had a wonderful physique. He could wrestle, run, jump and swim. So people gave him the nickname Bhima. Madhva took to the study of the Vedas and the Vedangas and became well-versed in them. He took Sannyasa in his t

Ramanujacharya - Philosopher, Teacher & Reformer

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Thursday, July 15, 2021. 7:53. AM. Ramanujacharya - Philosopher, Teacher & Reformer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Profile : Born Iḷaiyāḻvār,April 25, 1017 CE, Sriperumbudur, Chola dynasty, Tamilnadu. Died c. 1137 CE (aged 120), Sri Rangam, Chola dynasty, Tamilnadu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Religion                 Hinduism Philosophy Vishishtadvaita Literary works Traditionally 9 Sanskrit texts, including Vedartha Sangraham, Sri Bhashyam, Gita Bhashyam Honors                Emberumānār, Udaiyavar, Yatirāja (king of sannyasis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orthodox - SamkhyaYogaNyayaVaisheshikaMimamsaVedanta Heterodox - CharvakaĀjīvikaBuddhismJainism Sub-sc