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  Shivananda Ashram
Swami Shivananda through his ashram and the dynamic swamis who succeeded him and promoted his doctrine in the West, has been one of the major channels through which sound Eastern knowledge in the form of Yoga and Vedanta has been spread and practised all over the world, especially in North America.
The Universal Prayer of Swami Shivananda inscribed in Hindi and English on a marble column in the ashram has an ecumenical nature and is used by devotees around the world.
The founder of the ashram was Swami Shivananda, born Kuppuswamy Iyer on 8 September, 1887, in the village of Pattamadai in South India.
philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/shivan.html   (1061 words)

  
 Swami Shivananda - Direct Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna - [ RMIC ]
Swami Shivananda, more popularly known as Mahapurusha Maharaj, was a personality of great force, rich in distinctive colour and individual quality.
His leonine stature and dauntless vigour, his stolid indifference to praise or blame, his spontaneous moods and his profound serenity in times of storm and stress, invested with a singular appropriateness his monastic name which recalls the classical attributes of the great god Shiva.
And in 1922, after the passing away of Swami Brahmananda, he was made the President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, in which post he continued till he end of his life.
www.sriramakrishna.org /shiva.htm   (894 words)

  
  Shivananda Khan is a Real Man
In the chair, mediating between the floor and the panel who had drafted the statement, was Shivananda Khan, once London-based and (think Shakti) the doyen of HIV activism in South Asia.
Shiv is one of nature’s aristocrats; in a previous life he was surely a princess, both decorative and functional, the power behind the throne as her maharajah dallied in the harem.
Shivananda, of course, had kept his hands firmly by his side.
www.martinforeman.com /world/khan.html   (1219 words)

  
  Satyananda Ashram Italia | Shivananda Math
Shivananda Math ringrazia tutti coloro che l'aiutano a servire quanti non hanno nessuno che si occupa di loro.
Shivananda Math aiuta a creare una relazione positiva tra le persone, perché sostiene e sviluppa la capacità di prendersi cura degli altri e di responsabilizzarsi nei loro confronti.
Shivananda Math nel corso del tempo ha realizzato una grande varietà di opportunità di indipendenza e crescita per gli abitanti di molti villaggi dello Stato del Bihar (oggi in parte Jharkhand, dopo la recente scissione).
www.satyanandaitalia.net /shivanandamath.htm   (757 words)

  
 Talks with Swami Shivananda
To some visiting devotees, Swami Shivananda gave some very practical advice: “Even if a thousand duties intervene in your lives, or you experience happiness or sorrow, or good or bad befalls you, you should lay yourselves at the feet of the Lord twice during each day—or at least once.
A monk asked Swami Shivananda: “When does one’s mind become one’s guru?” The Swami responded: “The mind itself will know, and so it will tell the aspirant—it is a conviction beyond all doubt.” With folded hands he added, “My God is within me.” And then he said, “This is the conviction which dawns on one.
Swami Shivananda said to this: “That is it.
www.vedanta.org /reading/monthly/articles/2005/3.talks_shivananda.html   (3034 words)

  
 Chinmaya Yuva Kendra
Swami Shivananda is a name to be remembered not only for his own spiritual achievements, but also for the approach he has been advocating to stimulate the modern man’s eagerness to learn and practice the great Vedantic teachings.
Swami Shivananda was born in September 1887, as Kuppuswami Iyer, in rural Tamil Nadu.
In his wanderings, Swami Shivananda had been caring for any sick, ailing swami whom he happened to meet.
www.chyk.net /Guru/sw_Shivananda.asp   (1912 words)

  
 Body People, Mind People by Larry Rosenberg
However, Shivananda observed that his fellow monks were frequently ill, and lacking in energy.
When Shivananda returned to India I took training in different hatha yoga schools, but found serious meditation practice to be lacking.
Shivananda Saraswati used to put a lot of emphasis on food.
www.dharma.org /ij/archives/2001a/larry.htm   (1495 words)

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