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Nirmalananda, born as Tulasi Charan Dutta in Calcutta, was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, [1] the 19th-century mystic and Hindu saint from India, and took Sanyasa (monastic vows) from Vivekananda along with Brahmananda and others.
Swami Premananda (10 December 1861 – 30 July 1918) was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. He was born Baburam Ghosh.. He was given the name of Premananda or "joy of divine love" by disciple Vivekananda. He played a key role during the early days of Ramakrishna Mission as he managed the whole affairs of Belur Math from 1902 to 1916.
Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Dr. Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswamiji, the 72nd Pontiff of Sri Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Math, Mandya District, Karnataka, the Chancellor of Adichunchanagiri University (Established under Karnataka Act No. 18 of 2013) and the President of Sri Adichunchanagiri Shikshana Trust (R.) that runs more than 500 institutions.
Tales of the miraculous have always encircled the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine. The story of its 1950 founding goes that the spiritual guru Paramahansa Yogananda purchased the 10-acre ...
A swami's name has a dual significance, representing the attainment of supreme bliss through some divine quality or state (i.e. love, wisdom, service, yoga), and through a harmony with the infinite vastness of nature, expressed in one of the ten subdivision names: Giri (mountain), Puri (tract), Bhāratī (land), Vana (forest), Āraṇya (forest ...
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology as: [4] Hindi svāmī 'master, lord, prince', used by Hindus as a term of respectful address, < Sanskrit svāmin in same senses, also the idol or temple of a god. As a direct form of address, or as a stand-in for a swami's name, it is often rendered Swamiji (also Swami-ji or Swami Ji).
Swami Nikhilananda (1895–1973), born Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta [1] was a direct disciple of Sri Sarada Devi. In 1933, he founded the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York, a branch of Ramakrishna Mission , and remained its head until his death in 1973.
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Gurumayi or Swami Chidvilasananda), born Malti Shetty on 24 June 1955, is the guru or spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path, with ashrams in India at Ganeshpuri and the Western world, with the headquarters of the SYDA foundation in Fallsburg, New York.