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Swami Sivananda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swami_Sivananda   (448 words)

Swami Sivananda - Unique Visionary Swami Sivananda was a rishi, a visionary who was able to foresee the need of human society, how to preserve the humanness of humanity and how to maintain and develop human culture. Swami Sivananda made yoga a practical subject which could be applied in people's lives, whether to manage one's health, to manage one's confused mind, to manage one's emotional personality, to go into deeper meditative states, or to excel in applying the yogic principles in a practical form through karma, through seva. Swami Sivananda believed that it was the birthright of everyone to experience spirituality in a practical form, in action, in speech and in thought, in all of life's situations. www.yogamag.net /archives/2003/5sep03/uniqvis.shtml   (1531 words)

International Sivananda Yoga Upon the instruction of his guru, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India, Swami Vishnu-devananda (in photo at left, standing next to his guru on the banks of the Ganges river in India) headed to the West and began travelling and teaching throughout the United States in 1957. Swami Sivananda then invited the young boy to remain at the Ashram to study and become a Yogi. Swami Vishnu-devananda quickly became an exceptional adept in the path of Hatha-Yoga and was a very keen and tireless Karma Yogi. www.meta-religion.com /New_religious_groups/Groups/Hinduist/international_sivananda_yoga.htm   (795 words)

New Page 0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Srinivasananda was born in California in 1952. Swami Srinivasananda was initiated into the Sannyasa order in 1979 by his guru, and he served under the close guidance of Swami Vishnu-devananda at the Sivananda headquarters in Val Morin for over ten years. Swami Srinivasananda was the director of the Val-Morin ashram from 1992 - 1994. www.yogadoor.com /SWAMISRIBIO.htm   (287 words)

Web Protal of Shri Sannyasi Krishnayogam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Sivananda wa born at Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, in 1887. Swami Satyananda was born at Almora, Utter Pradesh, in 1923. Swami Niranjananda was born at Rajnandgaon, Madya Pradesh, in 1960. www.krishnayogam.com /about_guruji.htm   (321 words)

Find Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course by International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers on Course Junction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Vishnu-devananda was sent to the West by his master Swami Sivananda with the instruction to spread the teachings of yoga and Vedanta. Swami Sivananda's teachings are a synthesis of all formal doctrines of Yoga. Swami Vishnu-devananda (1927 - 1993) Sent to the West in 1957 by his Master Swami Sivananda to spread the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta, Swami Vishnu-devananda is a world authority on Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. www.coursejunction.com /course_detail.cfm/id/11832   (863 words)

The Masters - Chinmaya Mission DFW - Saaket Swamiji was born in 1886, in the village of Mudappalur in Palghat district to Balamba and Achutan Nair. Swami Sivananda, founder of the Divine Life Society and the diksha guru of Pujya Gurudev, was born on 8 th September, 1887 in the village of Pattamadai on the bank of the river Tamraparani in South India to Sri P.S. Vengu Iyer and Srimati Parvati Ammal. Swami Sivananda radiated his divine and lofty message of service, meditation and God-realization to all parts of the world through his numerous books, periodicals and letters. www.chinmayasaaket.org /about/masters.php   (1130 words)

¦ Yoga Magazine ¦ Satyananda Yoga ¦ Inspirers ¦ Swami Sivananda Saraswati was born at Pattamadai, (Tamil Nadu) in 1887. Swami Satyananda has authored over 80 best-sellers and classical texts on yoga and spiritual life, he is the spiritual guide to thousands of aspirants and the inspiration behind many Yoga Ashrams and Yoga Mitra Mandals in India and abroad. Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati was born in Rajnandgaon (MP) in 1960 and joined the Bihar School of Yoga, Munger (Bihar) in 1964. www.yogamag.net /yogas/inspY.shtml   (732 words)

HIS HOLINESS SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA SARASWATI MAHARAJ Swami Sivananda organized the All-world Religions Federation on the 28th December 1945 and established the All-world Sadhus Federation on 19th February 1947. Swami Sivananda undertook a lightning All-India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) tour in 1950 to deliver his divine message throughout the length and breadth of the country. Swami Sivananda radiated his divine and lofty message of service, meditation and God-realization to all parts of the world through his books, running to more than three hundred, through periodicals and letters. www.hinduism.8k.com /sivananda.html   (2676 words)

indiayogi.com - Indian Saints, Mystics, Philosophers & Gurus - Swami Sivananda Swami Sivananda's teachings were simple, doing good unto others. Swami Sivananda was a prolific writer and he personally wrote, in his own hand, over 200 books on Yoga and Philosophy. In 1963, Swami Sivananda left his mortal remains, passing on the baton to his followers Swami Chidananda and Swami Vishnudevananda who took the message of their guru to all corners of the word. www.indiayogi.com /content/indsaints/sivananda.asp   (1079 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 Sivananda -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) For Swami Sivananda, the disciple of (additional info and facts about Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji) Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji, see (additional info and facts about Swami Sivananda (Rajasthan)) Swami Sivananda (Rajasthan). However, since Swami Sivananda spent only a few hours with Swami Vishwananda, the full (additional info and facts about Viraja Homa) Viraja Homa ceremonies were performed later by Swami Vishnudevananda, the Mahant of Sri Kailas Ashram. The free distribution of spiritual literature drew a steady flow of disciples to the Swami, one of which included the young (additional info and facts about U.G. Krishnamurti) U.G. Krishnamurti, who studied with him for seven summers. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sw/swami_sivananda.htm   (505 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)

Hinduism Today | Dec 1999 At 83, Swami Chidananda, presi-dent of the Divine Life Society, is one of India's spiritual treasures, a sage, a beacon of light and a living example of the simplicity that lies at the heart of Indian spiritual practice. Born Sridhar Rao, September 24, 1916, Swami Chidananda was the eldest son of a wealthy landlord in South India. Swami has often repeated that he is not a guru, and when he has to give an initiation, he demures, "I do it in the name of my Master. www.hinduism-today.com /archives/1999/12/1999-12-15.shtml   (625 words)

Encyclopedia: Swami Sivananda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Image File history File links Swami Sivananda Saraswati From the Divine Life Society Website; fair use File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Divine Life Society // Founder Swami Sivananda Saraswati Year and place of founding At Rishikesh in 1936, India Aims and ideals To Disseminate Spiritual Knowledge By publication of books, pamphlets and magazines dealing with ancient, oriental and occidental philosophy, religion and medicine in the modern scientific manner, and their distribution on such terms... Swami Chinmayananda (स्‍वामी चिन्‍मयानन्‍द;) (1916 - August 3, 1993) was born Balakrishna Menon (Balan) in Ernakulam, Kerala in a very devout Hindu family. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Swami-Sivananda   (3459 words)

Sivananda Yoga - Om Page The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, founded by Swami Vishnu-devananda is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to propagate the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta as a means of achieving physical, mental and spiritual well being and Self-Realization. Swami Vishnu-devananda developed a training program for yoga teachers with the vision to develop messengers of peace. Upon the instruction of his guru, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India, Swami Vishnu-devananda headed to the West and began travelling and teaching throughout the United States in 1957. www.sivananda.org   (284 words)

Swami Sivananda Radha - Yasodhara Ashram   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Radha was among the first Westerners and first women to bring yoga to the West. Swami Radha was 44 when she went to India, and spent the remaining forty years of her life passionately committed to the teachings. Swami Radhananda became president of Yasodhara Ashram in 1993 and was initiated into sanyas in 1994. www.yasodhara.org /about_us.ch2   (288 words)

Satyananda Yoga Swami Sivananda established the Sivananda Ayurvedic Pharmacy, The Divine Life Society, the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, Sivananda Eye Hospital and wrote many books which are in print all over the world. Paramahamsa Satyananda was born in the Himalayan foothills of Almora, India, in 1923. Swami Niranjananda was born in Madya Pradesh, India in 1960. www.anahata-retreat.org.nz /pages/Satyananda-Yoga.htm   (645 words)

Swami Sitaramananda - Swami Sitaramananda & Sivananda Yoga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Sitaramananda is an International meditation teacher, director of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley and the spiritual director of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Swami Vishnu devananda was a pioneer in many things in Yoga in the West: Yoga Retreats, Yoga Vacations, Yoga for kids, Yoga Teachers Training, Yoga for Peace. Swami Vishnu-devananda is there as an example, and he is encouraging me to practice the karma yoga (selfless work) and the self discipline, but I believe it was myself that was so inspired that I became very, very serious in daily yoga and meditation practice. www.openexchange.org /archives/OND04/sita.html   (3260 words)

Swami Atma's home Page & bio The turning point of Swami's spiritual life came in 1987 at which time he took the International Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course (TTC) in Neyyar Dam, Kerala, South India. Rigorous training in the yoga of synthesis of Swami Sivananda with a marked emphasis on karma yoga. In the ISYVC, Swami Atma was trained in a variety of karma yogas which led him to direct the Chicago and Los Angeles branches for quite some years. www.yogaadvaita.org /text/swamiatma.shtml   (556 words)

ipedia.com: Sivananda Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Swami Sivananda was born in Pattamadai South India and named Kuppuswamy. Swami Sivananda performed austerities for many years but he also continued to help the sick. Swami Sivananda believed in synthesis in everything, in Yoga as well as in the alleviation of human suffering. www.ipedia.com /sivananda.html   (417 words)

About The Divine Life Society The Divine Life Society was founded by the great Saint and Sage of modern times, Swami Sivananda, in the year 1936. The Founder's main intention was to awaken humanity towards the ways and means of imbibing in one's life the characteristics of Ultimate Reality, veritably God-Realisation. This is briefly the great vision of the Founder, Swami Sivananda. www.swami-krishnananda.org /dls.html   (77 words)

Sivananda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Another disciple of Swami Sivananda's and promoter of traditional hatha yoga was the late Swami Vishnu-devananda (1927-1993). Following a standard format, Sivananda's hatha yoga classes are based on a routine of breathing exercises, sun salutations, a series of 12 classic yoga postures, and relaxation. The Sivananda Yoga Retreat, located in Nassau, Bahamas, is a favorite getaway for yoga vacations as well as for Vishnu-devananda's 4-week yoga teacher training course. www.innerbodyworks.com /sivananda_yoga.htm   (209 words)

Swami Sivananda (Rajasthan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swami Sivananda, born in the village Choti Khatu, district Nagaur (Rajasthan), whose original name was Savai Singh, was the son of a Rajastani nobleman (Thakur Sri Balvant Singhji Jodha Rajput). He was initiated into the Sannyas order by Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji. Swami Sivananda is well known in India and throughout the world for his bhajans (devotional hymns), a selection of which have been collected and published in the book Sri Sivananda Vani Prakash'. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swami_Sivananda_(Rajasthan)   (116 words)

Hinduism Today | Jan 1988 Swami Radha was trained by Swami Sivananda at Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, India. Swami Radha describes her greatest fulfillment as seeing her students overcome difficulties with understanding, thus changing their lives for the better. These courses are taught by Swami Radha and the permanent residents and are recognized by a number of accredited colleges and universities in Canada and the U.S. as part of the prerequisites for admission into a variety of programs ranging from religion to communications. www.hinduism-today.com /archives/1988/01/1988-01-01.shtml   (976 words)

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