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  swami rama tirtha and the muslims
Swami Rama answered them with great love and told them that he had no mysteries to hide and no mental reservations; plain talk (he said) was easily understandable, while complicated talk was only likely to be misunderstood.
Swami Rama went on to expound the special place of OM as a universal name of God, but the Muslims objected that they had never seen any mention of OM in their own holy scriptures and asked him (if what he said was true) whether he could quote any reference to OM in their Koran.
Swami Rama laughed heartily at this remark and said: ‘When God has revealed the entire Koran for the benefit of mankind, as the Muslims claim, it is very strange that he has kept its very heading a secret.
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 Swami Rama Tirtha at AllExperts
Swami Rama Tirtha (earlier known as Gossain Tirtha Rama) (Born Oct 22 1873, died Oct 17 1906), was a notable Indian follower of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.He was influenced by Swami Vivekananda.
He was among the first to spread this philosophy to the west.He travelled to U.S.A.,Japan and Egypt.He worked previously as a Maths Proffesor.He was born in Mirariwala, in Punjab (now in Pakistan).
Swami Ram Tirath Mission Ashram is located at Kotal Goan Rajpur near Dehra Doon in Uttranchal India where his teachings are practised.
en.allexperts.com /e/s/sw/swami_rama_tirtha.htm   (161 words)

  
 Swami Rama Tirtha's Biography
Swami Rama Tirtha, previously known as Gossain Tirtha Rama, was born in 1873, at Murariwala, a village in the district of Gujranwala, Punjab, India.
Swami Rama Tirtha, a direct descendant of Gosain Tulsi Das, the immortal author of the widely read Hindi Ramayan, was born in 1873, at Muraliwala, in the district of Gujranwala, Punjab.
Swami Rama was an exemplary figure in the field of Vedantic life.
www.ramatirtha.org /rama.htm   (2208 words)

  
 Prof. Somnath Wakhlu: The Rich Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Most notable among them are Swami Vivekananda who visited the holy cave in 1898, Swami Ramatirtha and, above all, Swami Shankaracharya, the great saint who journeyed from the south to have darshan of the icelingam.
She says that the Swami was much moved inside the cave so that his whole body shook and he swooned with intense emotion.
The Swami, she says, told her that he had a strange mystical experience in the cave.
ikashmir.org /snwakhlu/3.html   (1286 words)

  
 Contemporary Hindu movements - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are groups in India that are actively engaged in getting women and those from socially disadvantaged jatis to become priests of Vedic ritual.
The new movements look up to Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore,Ramana Maharshi, Shri Aurobindo (for his Integral Yoga), Swami Ramatirtha, Narayana Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti and A.C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada for inspiration.
In the intellectual field, the writings of Ananda Coomaraswamy, Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel, Subhash Kak and David Frawley have been influential.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contemporary_Hindu_movements   (629 words)

  
 FreeIndia.Org - India Site dedicated to freedom movement, education, culture, - Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Living a life of faith in spirituality and devotion to God, Swami Rama Tirth after lightening the lamp of Vedanta in the country and abroad entered in Jala Samadhi in Ganga at the age of 33 years.
Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) was one of the greatest spiritual figures of modern India.
He also visited the United States from 1902-1904 and was one of the first great Swamis to bring the Vedantic teaching to the West, following in the footsteps of Vivekananda.
www.freeindia.org /dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=412   (356 words)

  
 Divali: Some Incidents related with Divali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mahavir Swami was born on the thirteenth day of Chaitra - in Shukla Paksh (bright half of the month).
Followers of Shvetaambar section are of the opinion that Mahavir Swami was married and his wife’s name was Yashodra, he also had a daughter.
Swami Ramatirtha also gave up his mortal body on Divali day.
ethnonet.gold.ac.uk /illustrations/ch4illustrations/45tidco/visittnt/ToDo/Events/divali/Incidents.htm   (379 words)

  
 Guru - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Other gurus whose legacy of continuing the Hindu yogic tradition grew in the 20th century were luminaries like Shri Aurobindo Ghosh, Shri Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda and Swami Chinmayananda.
The origin of guru can be traced back as far as the early Upanishads, where the conception of the Divine Teacher on earth first manifested from its early Brahmin associations.
It is worth noting that in all sects with a disciplic succession or parampara, both guru and disciple affirm to be servants of the divine.
open-encyclopedia.com /Guru   (1684 words)

  
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Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), born in Bengal, he was illustrious disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
Swami Ramatirtha (1873-1906), born in Punjab, he was a dynamic exponent of Non-dualism.
Sri Swami Sivananda (1887 - 1965), born in South India, established the center of Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, Himalayas.
www.pakalapati.com /faq/faq_sages.htm   (647 words)

  
 Lights of Grace: Classical Hindu Literature
Vyasa Deva next performed all the natal ceremonies of the high-souled child; the celestial drums were sounded and the celestial nymphs began to dance and the lords of the Gandharvas, Visvavasu, Narada, Tumburu and others began to sing with great joy for the sight of the son.
Swami Venkatesananda continues the long tradition of elaborating on and clarifying the teachings of Vasistha.
Shri Purohit Swami was of the line of Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramatirtha and Shri Aurobindo, and was a true son of the Indian Renaissance.
www.bluedove.com /hindu.html   (1835 words)

  
 Swami Rama Tirtha’s View of Vedanta-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swami Rama Tirtha rekindled the poetic vision of the Upanishads.
Swami Rama Tirtha’s own life was a living testimony to the faith he advocated.
Swami Rama Tirtha’s thoughts on the Upanishads were compiled and published as In Woods of God-Realisation.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=14798642   (622 words)

  
 Sri Ramakrishna Math : The Vedanta Kesari, April 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Swami Vivekananda visited Lahore in 1897, he met Swami Ramatirtha who was then known as Goswami Tirtha Ram, a mathematics professor in a college there.
Although Swami Vivekananda was a famous Vedantin and a monk of very high order, he never gave up recitation of Chandi.
Swami Vivekanandaji was extremely pleased to see the competence of Punditji and said that if he goes to Kolkata along with him, he will arrange for Rs.
www.sriramakrishnamath.org /magazine/vk/2006/04-6-1.asp   (506 words)

  
 Guru
Other gurus whose legacy of continuing the Hindu yogic tradition grew in the 20th century were luminaries like Shri Aurobindo Ghosh, Shri Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda and Swami Chinmayananda.
Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada) founder of the Hare Krishna Movement (ISKCON)
Maharaji, born under the name Prem Rawat used to be the guru of the Divine Light Mission in the West after his father died, now styles himself as an inspirational speaker
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/g/gu/guru.html   (1494 words)

  
 Dharma Stories about Papaji, Sri H.W.L. Poonja
Swami Rama Tirtha is the brother of Papaji's Mother.
But they recognized Swami Rama Tirtha in him, which is probably why they thought he was his Uncle.
Swami Rama Tirthi is the brother of Papaji's Mother.
www.poonja.com /Stories.htm   (1276 words)

  
 Divali: Some Activities related to Divali
Mahavir Swami was born on the thirteenth day of Chaitra - in Shukla Paksh (bright half of the month).
Followers of Shvetaambar section are of the opinion that Mahavir Swami was married and his wife’s name was Yashodra, he also had a daughter.
In the end he achieved salvation in Paawaapuri, Bihar, between the (14th) fourteenth and (15th) fifteenth dark nights of the month of Kartik on the occasion of Divali, in the year of 527 B.C. at the age of seventy-two (72).
www.visittnt.com /ToDo/Events/Divali/Activities.html   (387 words)

  
 Daism Report #2
On April 16, Beloved Bhagavan gave the revelation that Rama was previously incarnated as Swami Ramatirtha, an Indian Yogi of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who was a follower of Swami Vivekananda.
(Swami Ramatirtha is represented on The Basket of Tolerance.) Beloved explained that Swami Ramatirtha did not himself claim to be a Transmission Master but regarded Swami Vivekananda as such.
Swami Ramatirtha was trying to spread what he called "practical Vedanta"--making the esoteric philosophies of Vedanta into a practical reality.
lightmind.com /thevoid/daismreport-02.html   (4678 words)

  
 Guru Sivananda - Physician of the Soul
This birthday anniversary celebration, as relevant to the great master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, is a rejoicing of the spirit for all his disciples and its meaning cannot be anything but spiritual.
This is the twentieth century and history has taken a leap, as it were, by means of an advance into what we may call an industrial revolution, and a gigantic technological step in the direction of a complete transformation of human values.
The philosophy and the religion of Swami Sivanandaji is the philosophy and the religion of mankind.
www.swami-krishnananda.org /fest/fest_13.html   (2379 words)

  
 Contemporary Hindu movements - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
There are groups in India that are actively engaged in getting women and those from socially disadvantaged jatis to become priests of Vedic ritual.
The new movements look up to Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore,Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo (for his Integral Yoga), Swami Ramatirtha, Narayana Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda,Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji and A.C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada for inspiration.
More recently, the work of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Sathya Sai Baba, Shirdi Sai Baba who has many Muslim followers, Swami Muktananda, Swami Chinmayananda, Dayananda Saraswati, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Ammachi has inspired millions to create new centers of spiritual development.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/o/n/Contemporary_Hindu_movements_0407.html   (589 words)

  
 Meditation : Know your innerself   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Even during the past hundred years people have witnessed such saints like Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramatirtha, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Ramdas, Swami Sivananda and several others of world fame.
Swami Ramatirtha was often seen in a state of ecstasy during last seven years of life in India and United States.
Swami Sivananda was another who would often sing and dance or be just be quiet in divine ecstasy.
mobile.rajasthanpatrika.com /ASTROLOGY/meditation/meditation.htm   (1605 words)

  
 Home Page of SSSRaj - Deepavali
It is on the same day of Amavasya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, that leonine sanyasin who was one of the first to light the torch of Hindu Renaissance during the last century, passed into Eternity.
Swami Ramatirtha who carried the fragrance of the spiritual message of Hindu Dharma to the western world, also passed into eternity.
The lights kindled on this day also mark the attempt of their followers to immortalize the sacred memories of those great men who lived to brighten the lives of millions of their fellow beings.
www.geocities.com /raj_sss/deepavali.htm   (1959 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Swami Vivekananda is the chief among the seventeen Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.
It was Swami Vivekananda, who introduced Vedanta to the West.
After Buddha and Sankara, Swami Vivekananda is considered to be the greatest spiritual leader and Missionary of India, who revived the ancient monasticism among the deserving aspirants.
www.vivekananda.btinternet.co.uk /home.htm   (338 words)

  
 Sounds of Aloka
Swami Sivananda was another who would often sing and dance or be just be quiet in divine ecstasy.
One of the greatest saints of the present day Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj has placed before the world the ‘Divine Life’ gospel for the uplift of the individual and attainment of divinity in the end which can be summed up in six succinct words, “Serve, Love.
The physical frame of a man owes much to the world because it is made of the same five elements of which this world is composed.
mywebpage.netscape.com /soundsaloka/Meditation.html   (7618 words)

  
 Guru - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some influential gurus in the Hindu tradition (there have been many) include Adi Shankaracharya, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Shri Ramakrishna.
Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada) founder of the Hare Krishna Movement (ISKCON)
Maharaji, born under the name Prem Rawat used to be the guru of the Divine Light Mission in the West after his father died, now styles himself as an inspirational speaker
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/gu/guru.html   (1504 words)

  
 Meditation : Know your innerself
India has been fortunate to have produced many saints and seers who had realised the Truth and for more or less time lived in a state of Divine Ecstasy.
Even during the past hundred years people have witnessed such saints like Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramatirtha, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Ramdas, Swami Sivananda and several others of world fame.
Swami Ramatirtha was often seen in a state of ecstasy during last seven years of life in India and United States.
www.rajasthanpatrika.com /astrology/meditation/meditation.htm   (1605 words)

  
 Page22   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Swami Ramatirtha was a professor, he had drawn a list of successful and unsuccessful students.
From their inner condition and character, he had come to the conclusion that those students who were engrossed in base pleasures, during the examination days or just before the examination, were often unsuccessful, even though they were said to be good students in the class.
The organs of senses are not easily controllable and lead to the fall of even educated people."
www.ashram.org /satsang_eng/eternal_youth/page22.html   (124 words)

  
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The works of Swami Vivekananda read in depth in 1920's, created in him deep change in life on 22nd Feb 1921, as he recorded in his diary.
During his tenure as Professor in the S.V.Arts College he was able to convince the management that their should be a compulsory class on Religion for every student.
One is Sri Swami Sivananda whose ability to catch men is as skillful as a master fisherman, who wrote to me a letter saying that my life was very important and offered to look after my body.
www.sriramchandra.org /body.asp?file=story_kcv   (7533 words)

  
 The Ultimate Guru - American History Information Guide and Reference
The origin of guru can be traced back as far as the early Upanishads, where the conception of the Divine Teacher on earth first manifested from its early Brahmin associations.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna Movement (ISKCON)
Swami Tejasananda, A Short Life of Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashram Publication, 1999.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Guru   (3166 words)

  
 AmarnathJi-NIC Ang
Lakhs of great men and common men, both old and young, have undertaken the hazardous and exhausting trekking to the cave for centuries.
Most notable among them are Swami Vivekananda who visited the holy cave in 1898, Swami Ramatirtha and, above all, Swami Shankaracharva, the great saint who journeyed from the south to have darshan of the ice lingam.
Sister Nivedita also writes that "the place was vast, huge enough to hold a Cathedral and the great ice-Shiva was in a niche of the deepest shadow, sacred as if throwned on its base.
anantnag.nic.in /significance.htm   (1130 words)

  
 LINKS
Swami Vivekananda went to America as the representative of Hinduism at the World's Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893.
With the help of some of his brother monks, a number of Vedanta centers were started in America.
There are 15 Vedanta Societies in the United States and 125 Centers in the world managed by the Ramakrishna Order, the monastic organization established by Swami Vivekananda in India.
www.vivekanandagospel.org /links.htm   (208 words)

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