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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) – The Life, Videos, Music, and Books by Kriyananda
At the age of 22, Swami Kriyananda began the adventure of his lifetime: the search for joy in God.
Swami Kriyananda said that the talk at the book launch for
Swami Kriyananda was also presented with two awards: the Pioneer in Yoga Award, presented by the Los Angeles Yoga Fellowship, and the Beacon of Light Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the National Interfaith Council.
www.swamikriyananda.org   (250 words)

  
  My Life - Autobiography of Swami Krishnananda
Swami Sivananda left us physically in the year 1963, and left us today what we are in the eyes of God.
Swami Chidananda knew this very well, and distanced himself from all managemental affairs until he was forced to enter into the mainstream when the Founder-President left this world.
The famous Panchadasi of Swami Vidyaranya explains how one and the same woman can be the mother of some, a wife of another, a sister-in-law of a third one, and so on, all which are really there as facts of difference, yet they are not there.
swami-krishnananda.org /aubio/mylife_3.html   (3457 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Swami Sivananda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963), as he is known under his monastic name, was born Kuppuswamy in Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Swami Sivananda organized the All-world Religions Federation in 1945 and established the All-world Sadhus Federation in 1947.
On the 14th of July 1963, the Great Soul Swami Sivananda entered Mahasamadhi (departure of a Self-realized saint from his mortal coil) in his Kutir on the bank of Ganga, in Shivanandanagar.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Swami_Sivananda   (439 words)

  
 Learn more about Swami Vivekananda in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Swami Vivekananda (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902) was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the Hindu religion.
Born Narendranath Dutta, in Kolkata in India he became famous as Swami Vivekananda, when he became the chief disciple of Shri Ramakrishna.
Swami Vivekananda belonged to that branch of Vedanta that held that no-one can be truly free until all of us are.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sw/swami_vivekananda.html   (530 words)

  
 Sivananda Yoga - Swami Vishnu-devananda
Swami Sivananda then invited the young boy to remain at the Ashram to study and become a Yogi.
For 10 years Swami Vishnu-devananda continued at the Sivananda Ashram and was trained in all aspects of Yoga by Swami Sivananda.
Swami Vishnu-devananda quickly became an exceptional adept in the path of Hatha-Yoga and was a very keen and tireless Karma Yogi.
www.sivananda.org /teachings/teachers/swamiji/swamiji.html   (656 words)

  
 Swami Rama of the Himalayas
Swami Rama was one of the rare ones of the 20th century.
Swami Rama sacrificed a life of simplicity and serenity in the Himalayas to come out into the hustle and bustle of our modern world for the benefit of others.
Swami Rama was like a first domino, which quickly becomes unnoticed as strings of domino-like change occurred in the scientific, professional, and social cultures.
www.geocities.com /swamiramabio   (421 words)

  
 Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda met his to be Mentor, Sri Ramakrishna, in the year 1881 at the age of eighteen.
Swami Vivekananda was to become their leader and see to it that they were properly trained and cared for as sannyasins.
Swami Vivekananda began planning for his visit to America, and on 31st May 1893 he set sails for that far off land; the ochre robed sadhu planning to conquer the scientific reason of West with Vedantic intuition of the East.
www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/vivekananda.html   (4583 words)

  
 Sivananda Yoga - Swami Sivananda
Swami Sivananda, one of the greatest Yoga masters of the 20th century, is the inspiration behind the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers.
Born in 1887 in Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, South India, Swami Sivananda whose name was then Kuppuswami, was a brilliant boy at studying as well as gymnastics and naturally inclined toward spiritual and religious practices.
In 1957, Swami sivananda sent his devoted and industrious disciple, Swami Vishnu-devananda to the West where he then established the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers.
www.sivananda.org /teachings/teachers/sivananda/sivananda.html   (576 words)

  
 Swami Nardanand
Swami Nardanand was born in 1958 in a small farming village of Uttar Pradesh state in North India.
When Swami Nardanand was graduated, he not only was the leading student of his class, but also was given a special award for his accomplishments and expertise, presented in person by the President of India.
Later, Swami Nardanand met and was initiated into the more esoteric spiritual teachings by his teacher, Swami Shivom Tirth, a widely recognized adept who is now in his 80’s and maintains silence in complete seclusion, no longer seeing anyone publicly.
www.geocities.com /siddhaashram/SwamiNardanand.htm   (250 words)

  
 Swami and Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by RK Narayan, a celebrated English novelist from India.
Swami and Friends is the story of a 10-year-old boy, growing up during this particular time, his innocence, wonder, mischief and growing pains.
Swami is now under pressure by Rajam to attend cricket practices; he skips his drill classes in order to do so, and gets into trouble with the drill teacher.
www.wmich.edu /dialogues/texts/swamiandfriends.htm   (1956 words)

  
 Swami Nirmalananda
Swami's intent had been known for some time, and the local authorities had even posted police at the ashram located in the Balliligiri Rangana Hills ("BR Hills," 250 km from Bangalore) to prevent what they regarded as an unlawful act of suicide.
Swami Nirmalananda hailed from the Malabar region in Kerala.
Swami had the misfortune to be a mute witness to three major tragedies--World War II, Partition and the Indo-Pakistan conflict.
members.aol.com /satpostman/articles/swami/swami.html   (4020 words)

  
 Swami Adiswarananda
The Swami is a member of the Advisory Board of The Temple of Understanding (located at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City), and has spoken at a number of its Spiritual Summit Conferences.
The Swami was selected to be one of the 250 representatives in the Parliament's Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.
Swami Adiswarananda is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities and other religious, educational, and cultural centers throughout the United States and abroad.
www.ramakrishna.org /sa.htm   (707 words)

  
 Swami Rama
While Swami Rama founded many worldly organizations, his greatest gift to humanity was in his bringing the depths of the wisdom of the ancient sages to the modern seeker in highly accessible ways.
Swami Rama believed in, and taught the universality of the realization of spiritual truths, in the inner chamber of one's own being.
Swami Rama continued to spread the teachings his own teacher had given him, that the first goal is to seek freedom from fears, and second, to seek the direct experience of the absolute reality at the core of your being, the center of consciousness that goes by many names.
www.swamij.com /swami-rama.htm   (1148 words)

  
 Swami - Trac
Swami aims to provide cross platform (Linux, Windows and Mac OSX) instrument editing and sharing software for instrument formats such as SoundFont, DLS and GigaSampler.
The Swami project is divided into several sub projects to allow applications to make use of the functionality provided.
The source code for the Swami project is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
swami.sourceforge.net   (688 words)

  
 Surfline | Swami's Surf Camera, Surf Travel Info and Photos
Pretty much any wave at Swami's is a good wave, and a rider is guaranteed at least one or two sections to hit even on the worst of days.
Swami's can handle as big a swell as the Pacific cares to throw its way, and gets better as the size increases.
Swami's Cafe is a local favorite for health-minded breakfasts and smoothies (1163 S. Coast Highway 101, 760-944-0612).
www.surfline.com /travel/surfmaps/us/san_diego/swamis.cfm   (1003 words)

  
 Who Is Swami Beyondananda
Now Swami grew up in a Methodist family (actually, his father was Methodist and his mother was Catholic -- so technically, he was a Rhythm-Methodist) and as a young teenager, he became quite taken with the opposite sects.
He was very impressed when an Oklahoma swami who called himself the Yogi From Muskogee (Swami has since taken that title) came to his boy scout troop and taught him to tie himself into twelve different knots.
Swami frantically tried to call Yuan Tibet for his sage advice, but he could not be found.
www.innerself.com /Humor/Who_Is_Swami_Beyondananda.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Swami Prabhavananda
Swami Prabhavananda was one of the pioneer swamis sent to America by the direct disciples of Ramakrishna to build on the work started by Swami Vivekananda at the turn of the century.
The swami was born in India on December 26, 1893.
Swami Prabhavananda passed away on the bicentennial of America's independence, July 4th 1976, fitting for one who gave so much of his life to this country.
www.vedanta.org /vssc/prabhavananda.html   (310 words)

  
 Swami Satyananda founded Bihar School of Yoga
Swami Satyananda was initiated into sanyas by his guru, Swami Sivananda Saraswati.
In 1984, Swami Satyananda established Sivananda Math, dedicated to the memory of his guru, through which BSY sanyasis are regularly sent to villages in and around Munger and other parts of Bihar to help uplift their condition.
Swami Sivananda told him: "You may be asleep but your subconscious is awake which is picking up the information and storing it." Later Swami Satyananda experimented this on a boy (Niranjanananda) which led to Yoga Nidra.
www.lifepositive.com /Body/yoga/satyananda.asp   (3778 words)

  
 Saints and Sages of Kashmir
Swami Ramji is said to have been his family priest.
Swami Ramji, with his comprehensive study of Kashmir Shaivism and severe practice of Yoga, got well established in the system.
In his later years Swami Ramji is said to have sat, with knees to his breast, at his Asana (seat) and did not move out for 20 long years.
www.ikashmir.net /saints/ramji.html   (1304 words)

  
 Swami Vishwananda
Swami Vishwananda is a spiritual Master, born in 1978, into a Hindu family on the island of Mauritius.
Swami Vishwananda’s natural ease in connecting elements from western tradition with Hindu spirituality, gives people access to a very personal experience with the Divine, regardless of culture, gender or age.
Often Swami Vishwananda points out that one needs a lot of patience and perseverance on the spiritual path and that no quick results are to be expected – the same for daily life.
www.bhaktimarga.org /english/swami.html   (1081 words)

  
 Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati
In 1999, initiation as Dandi Swami (a most honorific swami initiation in the Shankara tradition, in which a Danda, or staff is bestowed) was given at the bank of the Ganges in Haridwar, India by a highly revered Acharya (teacher) of Dandi Swamis, Acharya Dandi Swami Indradev Ashram.
The program was developed primarily by Swami Jnaneshvara due to the fact that the other swami in residence said he had no time for such a program, and that he would have no time in the future.
While Swami Rama named no single successor of the lineage, Swami Jnaneshvara is one of those whom Swami Rama empowered as a conduit of the teachings of this over 5,000 year old tradition.
www.swamij.com /swamijnaneshvara.htm   (1000 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.
In 1917, Swami Premananda who used to manage the affairs of the Math at Belur fell seriously ill, and his duties came to rest on the shoulders of Swami Shivananda.
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)

  
 Swami Chidananda
Swami Chidananda or young Sridhara was born in Mangalore in South Karnataka.
Swami Chidananda was sitting under the larger than life picture of Swami Sivananda.
Swami Chidananda called me and blessed the manuscript and said, continue the Bhakti of Sri Krishna and spread Ram’s word through the Ramayana.
www.dalsabzi.com /Books/In_touch_with_masters/swami_chidananda.htm   (1128 words)

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