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

 ============================================================== =============================================================== Thursday, March 3, 2022. 6:00.AM. Sri Namdev : =============================================================== 1.Introduction : Namdev of Maharashtra was a saint of mediaeval India. He was not a servant of Lord Krishna, but His companion. Namdev was an Amsa (part) of Lord Krishna. Namdev was a contemporary of Jnanadev, the famous saint of Maharashtra, being his senior in age by about five years. He was born in 1269 A.D. He came of a family of tailors who were sincere devotees of Vittala of Pandharpur. The family members were observing the Wari of Pandharpur, i.e., going on pilgrimage twice a year on the first eleventh day of the Ashadh (June-July) and Kartik (October-November) months. The family originated from a village called Narsibamani on the bank of the river Krishna, near Karad, in district Satara. Being a great devotee of Vittala and wishing to impr...

===================================== ======================================= 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 Siva...

 ======================================================== ======================================================= 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 elde...

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...