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Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppuswami to a brahmin family [6] on 8 September 1887. His birth took place during the early hours of the morning as the Bharani star was rising in Pattamadai village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. His father, P.S. Vengu Iyer, worked as a revenue officer and was a devotee of Shiva. His mother, Parvati Ammal ...
Sivanandha, known among his followers as Sri Sivanandha Mouna Guru or Siddhar Sivanandha, is a South Indian spiritual guru, left home and went to Mahadeva Hill to perform penance.People started calling him "Silent Swamis" because he remained silent, and later after Patti Celliyamman came to the temple and performed many miracles there, the god Kandak appeared in the dream of the Swamis and ...
He also wrote many poems, and a collection of 32 of his poems was published in 1995. He was a good public speaker and most of his speeches, focusing mainly on history of the Tamils, Tamil literature, Tamil music and musical instruments, and Vedanta philosophy, were published in international journals and magazines. [1] [2]
A swami, as the monk is called, is a renunciate who seeks to achieve spiritual union with the swa (Self). In formally renouncing the world, he or she generally wears ochre , saffron or orange-colored robes as a symbol of non-attachment to worldly desires, and may choose to roam independently or join an ashram or other spiritual organizations ...
Swami Krishnananda (1922–2001), Hindu saint who was the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India from 1958 to 2001. Foremost disciple of Swami Sivananda. Author of more than 200 works of theology and philosophy. According to disciples, achieved Moksha upon death. [10] [11] Swami Chinmayananda (1916–1993), (1916 ...
His guru was Swami Shivananda who was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. As per the wish and advice of Swami Shivananda, he returned to Tamil Nadu and established an Ashram near Ooty. On 14 Jan 1937, he has started a Seva Sangh in a village (Athigaratty) near Ooty and named it Kalaimagal Seva Sangam (KMSSA).
Vishnudevananda arrived in San Francisco in December 1957, and began to teach yoga; he moved to New York to teach hatha yoga in 1958. [2] The practice he taught, which he named Sivananda Yoga after his guru, consisted largely of asanas, yoga postures, but rather than emphasising yoga as exercise, he taught a combination of yoga philosophy, the shatkarmas or purifications, the sattvic diet, and ...
Swami Sivananda cites Nesa Nayanar to explain the importance of the practice of Japa, which involves repetition of a mantra or a name of a chosen deity. Sivananda also suggests that the Nayanar practised the Yoga of Synthesis , which involves combining four types of yoga : karma (actions), bhakti (devotion), jnana (knowledge) and Raja yoga ...