Bharathiya Guru Parampara : (10/04/2013. )

 ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Monday, December 05, 2022. 06:00. Sri Swami Chidananda Saraswati -Divine Life Society ========================================================================= Sridhar Rao, as Swami Chidananda was known before taking Sannyasa (embracing a life of renunciation), was born to Srinivasa Rao and Sarojini, on the 24th September, 1916, the second of five children and the eldest son. Sri Srinivasa Rao was a prosperous Zamindar (a rich landlord) owning several villages, extensive lands and palatial buildings in South India. Sarojini was an ideal Indian mother, noted for her saintliness. At the age of eight, Sridhar Rao's life was influenced by one Sri Anantayya, a friend of his grandfather, who used to relate to him stories from the epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Doing Tapas (austerities), becoming a Rishi (sage), and having a vision of the Lord be

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Monday, October 24, 2022. 07:45. Sivananda Saraswati - Founder of Divine Life Society. ======================================================================== 1.Personal : Born Kuppuswami, 8 September 1887, Pattamadai, Madras, India (now in Tamil Nadu, India) Died 14 July 1963 (aged 75), Muni Ki Reti, Uttar Pradesh, India (now in Uttarakhand, India) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Religion Hinduism Nationality Indian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founder of Divine Life Society Philosophy Yoga of Synthesis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Religious career : Gur

======================================================================== ======================================================================= Wednesday, August 10, 2022. 07:40. Direct spiritual experience :The goal of human life is the realization of the Ultimate Reality which alone can give man supreme fulfilment and everlasting peace. ========================================================================= BELUR MATH Sri Ramakrishna was born on 18 February 1836 in the village of Kamarpukur about sixty miles northwest of Kolkata. His parents, Kshudiram Chattopadhyaya and Chandramani Devi, were poor but very pious and virtuous. As a child, Ramakrishna (his childhood name was Gadadhar) was dearly loved by the villagers. From early days, he had strong disinclination towards formal education and worldly affairs. He was, however, a talented boy, and could sing and paint well. He was fond of serving holy men and listening to their discourses. He was oftentimes found to be absorbed in sp

 ================================================================ ================================================================ Tuesday, July 12, 2022. 08:30. Bhakti yogam : =============================================================== Meera is regarded as an incarnation of Radha. She was born in Samvat 1557 or 1499 A.D. in the village Kurkhi, near Merta, a small state in Marwar, Rajasthan. Mira was the daughter of Ratan Singh Ranthor and the grand-daughter of Dudaji of Merta. The Ranthors of Merta were great devotees of Vishnu. Mira Bai was brought up amidst Vaishnava influence, which moulded her life in the path of devotion towards Lord Krishna. She learnt to worship Sri Krishna from her childhood. When she was four years of age, she manifested religious tendencies. Once there was a marriage procession in front of her residence. The bridegroom was nicely dressed. Mira, who was only a child, saw the bridegroom and said to her mother innocently, “Dear mother, who is my bridegroom?

 ====================================================================== ===================================================================== Monday, June 06, 2022. 06:00. AZHWARS: The Mystic Vaishnavite Saints of the South Bharatham ====================================================================== Azhwars (or Alvar) are the Vaishnavite saints who had composed a collection of 4000 hymns, called Nalayira Divya Prabhandham (4000 divine verses) in praise of Lord Vishnu and His many avatars. These verses are called “Dravida Veda” ­ that is Vedas in the Tamil language! The word Azhwar, in Tamil, means “one who is immersed”.  Since the azhwars were immersed in their devotion and love for the Lord, they were called so. The azhwars are twelve in number:­ 11 men and 1 woman, and they belonged to various castes, by birth. The only common thread amongst them all was their unwavering devotion to Lord Vishnu. The traditional view of the beginning of the timeline for the azhwars has been from t