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In the News (Wed 9 Dec 09)

  
  Ramakrishna Sadhus' Meeting
Ranganathananda is an elderly Ramakrishna swami, quite well respected for his learning.
Ranganathananda said that Vivekananda came along at a time when Indian culture was in danger of being lost altogether after a thousand years of foreign domination.
Ranganathananda emphasized that there is a urgent need for that message now, as there is a great deficiency of character in contemporary India.
courses.missouristate.edu /JLlewellyn/ramakrishna.html   (419 words)

  
  newindpress on sunday - News Items
Ranganathananda's passing last week is an opportunity for us to think about the state of what Vivekananda called "our own otherland." Was the Hinduism this man talked about the same as the Hinduism the mavericks of the VHP type talk about?
Ranganathananda once drew lessons from the collapse of the great empires of Ceasar and Alexander on one hand and the continuing triumph of Jesus Christ's empire on the other.
Ranganathananda represented the quintessence of Indian wisdom, the philosophical core of the Hindu inheritance.
www.newindpress.com /sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEC20050430090815&eTitle=Columns&rLink=0   (626 words)

  
 Ranganathananda - India's spiritual ambassador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kolkata: The first recipient of the Indira Gandhi award for National Integration, Swami Ranganathananda regarded as India's spiritual ambassador, combined a formidable intellect, deep spiritual insight and a kindness that touched the high and the mighty as also the poorest of the poor.
Ranganathananda's life in Mysore, marked by meditation, study and monastery services, provided him the firm foundation for all his subsequent work in the holy order.
Between 1949 and 1962, Ranganathananda was the secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission's New Delhi centre.
news.indiainfo.com /2005/04/25/2504swami-obit.html   (785 words)

  
 Ramakrishna Sadhus' Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ranganathananda said that Vivekananda came along at a time when Indian culture was in danger of being lost altogether after a thousand years of foreign domination.
Ranganathananda emphasized that there is a urgent need for that message now, as there is a great deficiency of character in contemporary India.
Ranganathananda insisted that this teaching was necessary now, when corruption is spreading in society.
courses.smsu.edu /jel807f/ramakrishna.html   (419 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : Swami Ranganathananda passes away
KOLKATA: Renowned scholar, philosopher and president of the Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Ranganathananda, passed away on Monday following a cardiac arrest.
His mortal remains will be consigned to the flames on Tuesday at the mission headquarters at Belurmath, on the outskirts of the city.
Swami Ranganathananda is remembered in his home State as "one of the foremost modern exponents of Vedanta.''
www.hindu.com /2005/04/26/stories/2005042603881200.htm   (350 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : ``Ranganathananda, kept alive spirit of Vivekananda's legacy''
CHENNAI: The Chennai kendra of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on Sunday celebrated the life of Swami Ranganathananda, a "spiritual colossus who effortlessly walked into eternity leaving behind indelible footprints in the sands of history." Swami Ranganathananda, former president of the Ramakrishna Mission, died on April 25 at the age of 97.
Ram said Swami Ranganathananda declined to accept the Padma Vibhushan award in 2000, as it was presented to him in his individual capacity and not for the Mission.
The president of the Ramakrishna Math here, Swami Gauthamananda, who joined the mission under the guidance of Swami Ranganathananda in 1956, said his mentor was harsh on himself and soft on others.
www.hinduonnet.com /2005/05/31/stories/2005053102980600.htm   (524 words)

  
 EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF SWAMI RANGANATHANANDA
Swami Ranganathananda's concept of education, on close analysis, appears to had its basis in the concept of education developed by Swami Vivekananda.
Function of education is to bring about a harmonious development of all the aspects of human personality so that it can grow to its highest stature and serve the society as its best.
Following Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ranganathananda further elaborates it as 'Education is training the mind and not stuffing the brain'.
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 Propagate Swami Ranganathananda's teachings: PM:- - News - Webindia123.com
New Delhi, May 15 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday urged the Ramakrishna Mission to spread the teachings of late Swami Ranganathananda through multimedia for the benefit of millions of Indians seeking knowledge and inspiration.
Swami Ranganathananda, who took over as president of the Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami Vivekananda, passed away Apr 25 in Kolkata.
Stating that the world had not only lost a true ascetic but also become poorer after the demise of Swami Ranganathananda, the prime minister urged the Ramakrishna Mission to keep the late swami's memory alive by publishing his writings and releasing audio-visual tapes of his lectures.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=82260&cat=India   (176 words)

  
 Prime Minister's Office
It is with deep sadness and a profound sense of loss that millions of our countrymen and countrywomen received the news of the passing away of one of the greatest teachers of our times, Swami Ranganathananda.
Swami Ranganathananda was a great scholar and as I said earlier, a great teacher.
In the passing away of Swami Ran`ganathananda, the world has lost a true sanyasi, in every sense of that term.
pmindia.nic.in /speech/content.asp?id=127   (634 words)

  
 Tripuradda.org news :: Read More & Comment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
He combined a formidable intellect, deep spiritual insight and a kindness that touched the high and the mighty, as also the poorest of the poor.
In 1929, Sankaran was initiated into ‘brahmacharya’ by swami Shivananda at the order’s headquarters at Belur and became a full-fledged probationer under the new name of Yatichaitanya.
Between 1949 and 1962, ranganathananda was the secretary of the ramkrishna mission’s new delhi centre.
www.tripuradda.org /news/story.php?id=1114591793   (683 words)

  
 indianwriting: Remembering Ranganathananda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Swami Ranganathananda of the Ramakrishna Mission, who passed away this week, combined intellect, spiritual insight and a kindness that touched everyone alike.
Although I cant claim to be a hardcore devotee of the RK Mission, I have grown to respect the values it stands for.
The article u linked to also mentioned that Swami Ranganathananda was under the training and care of Swami Siddheswarananda (one of the disciples of Swami Brahmananda), who was my father's grand-uncle.
indianwriting.blogspot.com /2005/04/remembering-ranganathananda.html   (300 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Swami Ranganathananda (1908-2005), the 13th president of the Sree Ramakrishna Mission and the Sree Ramakrishna Mutt, died on April 25 in Kolkata.
Born Sankaran in a remote village in north Kerala, the spiritualist was first attracted to Vivekananda’s philosophy as a teenager.
(Swami Ranganathananda, who was penniless, famously gave his guru a few mangoes as gurudakshina.) A scholar, he has also extensively spoken on the synchronisation of science and spirituality.
www.the-week.com /25may08/lifestyle_article3.htm   (637 words)

  
 Image and reality
Swami Ranganathananda was the head of the Ramakrishna Math in Karachi from 1942 to 1948.
Advani explained that when he saw Swami Ranganathananda last at Belurmath in Kolkata last year they reminisced about their days in Karachi.
Swami Ranganathananda asked him to read it again and told him that it was a strong espousal of a secular state.
www.flonnet.com /fl2213/stories/20050701005701400.htm   (1182 words)

  
 Swami Ranganathananda passes away:- - News - Webindia123.com
Swami Ranganathananda, president of the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math, passed away on Monday following cardiac arrest.
His mortal remains will be consigned to the flames on Tuesday at the mission headquarters at Belurmath, on the outskirts of Kolkata.
Born in the village of Trikkur in Kerala on December 15, 1908, the Swami joined the Ramakrishna Order at its centre in Mysore in 1926 at the age of 18.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=79474&cat=India   (188 words)

  
 Organiser - Content
It was Swami Ranganathananda who set up the international centre, the Sree Ramakrishna Institute of Culture at Golpara, Kolkata, which is rendering enormous service to the cause of our culture and philosophy by way of lectures, publications, research and linguistic studies.
REVERED Swami Ranganathananda, the president of the Ramakrishna Mutt and Mission breathed his last yesterday, at the ripe age of 96.
His life is an example of how a man of humble beginnings canbe perseverance, penance and the deep study of scriptures rise to such spiritual heights and inspire thousands of young men and women to live a life of dedication and unattached karma.
www.organiser.org /dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=77&page=5   (2104 words)

  
 Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It was thus that he became the spiritual ambassador of India to the West, moving from country to country, meeting people, speaking about the glories of Vedanta, solving problems by the hundreds, and inspiring one and all to lead lives of enlightenment.
Swami Ranganathananda thus embodied the ancient and eternal Indian spirit of a harmonious combination of physical vitality and mental strength, deep intellectuality and spiritual dynamism, intense practicality and profound idealism.
Swami Ranganathananda, as everyone knows, was a gift of Kerala to the world, in which state he was born on 15 December 1908.
www.dailynews.lk /2005/05/09/fea04.htm   (1283 words)

  
 Estudo do Gita
Swami Ranganathananda, na época aos seus setenta anos, chegou ao Ashrama Ramakrishna desta cidade, para ministrar uma série de conferências.
Ranganathananda encarnava por tanto o antigo e eterno espírito indiano de combinação harmoniosa de vitalidade física e força mental, profunda intelectualidade e dinamismo espiritual, intensa praticidade e profundo idealismo.
Ranganathananda, como todos sabem, foi um presente de Kerala para o mundo, este estado no qual nasceu em 15 de Dezembro de 1908.
www.vedantarj.org.br /SITE/Portugues/PROGRAMAS/RJ/Ranganathananda.htm   (1214 words)

  
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Many BJP leaders blamed L K Advani’s speech-writer Sudheendra Kulkarni for his remarks on Jinnah, but the inspiration was actually the late head of the Ramakrishna Mission Swami Ranganathananda.
In Kolkata in 2003, Advani, then Deputy Prime Minister, called on the Swami Ranganathananda, whose discourses he has been listening to since he was a student in Karachi.
Ranganathananda, who was 94, reminded Advani of Jinnah’s speech in Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly remarking, ‘‘that was truly a secular speech’’.
iecolumnists.expressindia.com /print.php?content_id=72468   (645 words)

  
 MSN India - Ramakrishna Mission head passes away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kolkata, April 25: Swami Ranganathananda, the head of the Ramakrishna Mission, died Monday.
Born Dec 15, 1908, at Trikkur in Kerala, Ranganathananda was often referred to as the second Vivekananda, who founded the mission in 1897.
Ranganathananda joined the Ramakrishna Order, the international spiritual and cultural movement, at its branch in Mysore in 1926.
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 PIB Press Release
His interpretation of our ancient and religious texts was laced with modernism, humanism and liberalism, the values that Swami Vivekananda held so dear in his teaching of Hinduism.
Along with the writings of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Swamiji’s scholarly essays helped millions of young people to imbibe the true values of all the great religions of this ancient land.
I urge the Ramakrishna Mission to keep the memory of Swamiji alive by publishing his writings and the audio-visual tapes of his lectures so that future generations can be equally enlightened and enriched by the wisdom, the grace and the compassion of Swamiji.
pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=9272   (676 words)

  
 Indian American Center for Political Awareness
Kolkata : Swami Ranganathananda, president of the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math, passed away on April 25 at the age of 97.
Ramakrishna Mission officials said Ranganathananda, who was suffering from various ailments, died at around 3 p.m.
Born in Kerala’s Trikkur village on Dec. 15,1908, the swami, known as the second Vivekananda, joined the Ramakrishna Order, the international spiritual and cultural movement founded by Swami Vivekananda, at its Mysore branch in 1926.
www.iacfpa.org /p_news/nit/iacpa-archieve/2005/05/06/diary5-06052005.shtml   (128 words)

  
 President, PM condole death of Ramakrisha Mission head : Political News Onlypunjab.com- Onlypunjab.com Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday condoled the death of Swami Ranganathananda, president of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Kalam described Ranganathananda, who died in Kolkata Monday, as a "noble soul, who immersed himself into the mission of spreading the message of Vedanta to humanity".
He said the swami was of "indomitable spirit and a great spiritual leader" and recalled his meeting with him during his visit to Belur Math last year.
www.pacificherald.com /fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-21-newsID-2523.html   (586 words)

  
 Kaumudi Online Kochi Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The links between southern India and the UK are helped by the deep regard with which Indian medical professionals are held in the UK, particularly nursing professionals from Kerala, the first secretary said.
Rich tributes were paid to the late scholar, philosopher and president of the Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Ranganathananda, by social, political and religious leaders at a public function held at T.D.M. Hall here on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Speaker, Therambil Ramakrishnan said that the late Swami Ranganathananda's was a magnetic personality who could inspire people.
www.kaumudi.com /news/050505/c_kochi.stm   (633 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Books
T is an irony that the first biography of Swami Ranganathananda, easily the tallest interpreter of Vedanta after Swami Vivekananda and master of many languages, should come out in Malayalam.
Even more ironical is that the author, who is the Bureau Chief of the Malayala Manorama in New Delhi, had to wait for 12 years before the manuscript could be sent to the publisher.
As playwright, media expert and student of Vedanta, Prof Omcherri, who conceived this project, says in his introduction, Swami Ranganathananda will, hopefully, be the footpath that leads to a definitive biography of Swamiji.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050904/spectrum/book9.htm   (660 words)

  
 RK Digest - A Bravenet.com Forum
Belur (West Bengal), April 26: The body of Swami Ranganathananda, the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, was consigned to flames at the order's global headquarters Belur Math today.
Amid chanting of Vedic hymns and singing of devotional songs, monks of the Ramakrishna order lit the funeral pyre at the math's southern fringes on the banks of the Hooghly as a sea of lay devotees watched, many loudly wailing.
Around noon, the swamiji's body was taken to the temples dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and Swami Brahmananda (the order's first president) to the chanting of 'Hari Om Ramakrishna', before being brought to the Sarada Devi ghat.
pub39.bravenet.com /forum/3300153605/fetch/394700   (302 words)

  
 R K Mission chief Ranganathananda passes away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kolkata: President of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Swami Ranganathananda died at a city nursing home in Kolkata today (Apr 25, 2005), Math sources said.
Many personalities, including the city mayor Subrata Mukherjee were among the early devotees to pay their respected to the Swami.
Swami Ranganathananda's death is a loss to the nation,'' Mukherjee said.
news.indiainfo.com /2005/04/25/2504rk-chief.html   (266 words)

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