Hindu saint
Swami Krishnananda Saraswati
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Swami Krishnananda
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Born
| Subbaraya
25 April 1922
India
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Died
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Shivanandanagar
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Religion
| Hinduism
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Philosophy
| Vedanta
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Guru
| Swami Sivananda Saraswati
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Swami Krishnananda Saraswati
(IAST: Sw?m? K????nanda Sarasvat?
,
25 April 1922 ? 23 November 2001) was a disciple of
Sivananda Saraswati
and served as the General Secretary of the
Divine Life Society
in
Rishikesh
, India from 1958 until 2001. Author of more than 40 texts, and lecturing extensively, on
yoga
,
dharma
, and
metaphysics
, Krishnananda was a prolific theologian, saint, yogi and philosopher.
Krishnananda was President of the Sivananda Literature Research Institute and the Sivananda Literature Dissemination Committee. He served as editor of the Divine Life Society’s monthly paper,
Divine Life
, for 20 years.
Life
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Swami Krishnananda (born as Subbaraya), initiated by his mentor Swami Sivananda Saraswati, was born on 25 April 1922 into an orthodox Madhva (Shivalli
Brahmin
) family in Puttur, Karnataka. He learnt Sanskrit at an early age and took to reading and memorising Sanskrit works. His understanding of Hindu scriptures predisposed him towards
Advaita philosophy
. He yearned for spiritual learning and renunciation, however, his father persuaded him into accepting a government job at Hospet Government Training School in Bellary in 1943. He fell ill there and returned home. In 1944, he left his home to visit
Sivananda Ashram
in Rishikesh. He worked as an editor in the
Ashram
and in 1948, on Sivananda’s request, he wrote his first book
Realisation of the Absolute
.
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(note: the year 1948 in the preceding sentence is incorrect. Swami Krishnananda's Preface to The Realization of the Absolute is dated 1 August 1947. Swami Sivananda's Foreword is dated 8 September 1947).
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In 1961, he became the general secretary of Divine Life Society. He spent his life in the Ashram giving lectures and writing over 40 books on philosophy, Hindu scriptures, yoga, meditation, mysticism and poetry till his death on 23 November 2001.
Philosophy
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Vedanta
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Swami Krishnananda valued and was a scholar of
Western philosophy
and was also an exponent of
Advaita Vedanta
philosophy, the most influential
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sub-school of
Vedanta
.
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citation needed
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Yoga
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Swami Krishnananda taught and practiced Yoga of Synthesis, which combines the four main paths of the discipline -
Karma Yoga
,
Bhakti Yoga
,
Raja Yoga
, and
Jnana Yoga
.
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Books
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Saraswati wrote many books, published by the DLS. Among them were
Mundaka Upanishad
and
The Tree of Life
.
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Further reading
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- Chidananda, S.; Gunasekaran, K.J.A.; Hridayananda, S.; Keikens, Narayan; Krishnamurthy, V.; Krishnananda, S.; Madhavananda, S.; Mandali, Matru; Naik, B.R.; Nath, Dr. Bharat Chandra;
Narayanananda
, S.; Prasad, Ganesh; Randev, Prof. Vasudav; Rao, Seshagiri; Sachdev, Medha; Sahai, Baldeo; Sinha, D.M.; Sivachidananda, S.; Sivananda, S.; Tushar, Chattopadhyay; Vandana, Mataji; Viveka, Mataji; Yagnavalkyananandaji, S.; (1999)
A Messenger of Peace and Wisdom
. Rishikesh: Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy Press.
- Divine Life (2001). "Swami Krishnananda Attains Mahasamadhi"
Divine Life
. December 2001: pp. 1?5
- "His Holiness Sri Swami Krishnananda Saraswaiti Maharaj"
. dlshq.org. 5 November 2010
. Retrieved
5 November
2010
.
- "Swami Krishnananda's website"
. 12 April 2013.
- Krishnananda, Swami.
A Sacramental Life
. Rishikesh: Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy Press. 2004
- Krishnananda, Swami.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga
. Rishikesh: Y.V.F.A. Press. 3rd ed. 2000
ISBN
81-7052-155-6
- Krishnananda, Swami.
My Life
. Rishikesh: Y.V.F.A. Press. 1998
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