Krishnananda Saraswati
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Swami Krishnananda Saraswati (IAST: Swāmī Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, 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
Swami Krishnananda (born as Subbaraya), initiated by his mentor Swami Sivananda Saraswati, was born on 25 April 1922 into an orthodox Madhva (Shivalli
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
Vedanta
Swami Krishnananda valued and was a scholar of Western philosophy and was also an exponent of Advaita Vedanta philosophy, the most influential[3] sub-school of Vedanta.[citation needed]
Yoga
Swami Krishnananda taught and practiced Yoga of Synthesis, which combines the four main paths of the discipline -
Books
Saraswati wrote many books, published by the DLS. Among them were Mundaka Upanishad and The Tree of Life.[5]
Footnotes
- ISBN 978-0-8160-7564-5.
- ^ The Realization of the Absolute, Fourth Edition, 2001
- ISBN 978-0-8248-0271-4.
- ^ "Yoga of Synthesis". sivanandaonline.org. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://swami-krishnananda.org
Further reading
- 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