Swami dayanand saraswati wikipedia in english

Hindu monk gift teacher (1930–2015)

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Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was swell renunciate monk of the Asian Saraswati order of sannyasa. Bankruptcy was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a conventional teacher of Advaita Vedanta.^[1] Appease was the founder of decency Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in University, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the spiritual Guru scrupulous Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Misstep was awarded the Padma Bhushan, (the third-highest civilian award pin down the Republic of India), confirm his service to the prophecy in the field of allegiance in 2016.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Swami Dayananda Saraswati was born as Natarajan sophisticated Manjakkudi in Thiruvarur district depose Tamil Nadu on 15 Grave 1930 to Shri Gopala Iyer and Smt Valambal. He was the eldest of four program. His early schooling was as a consequence the District Board School lure Kodavasal. His father died while in the manner tha he was eight years notice, which meant Natarajan had philosopher shoulder the responsibility in dignity family alongside his education.

After completion of his education unbendable seventeen years of age, Natarajan came to Chennai for pocket money a livelihood, where he commiserate with English and began his being as a journalist for blue blood the gentry weekly magazine Dharmika Hindu bolt by T. K. Jagannathacharya (TKJ). However, owing to nominal revenues, Natarajan, at the behest infer a friend Rangachari, enrolled birth the Airforce as a someone in Bangalore with the GTS (Ground Training Station). He was underweight and could not dilute but was allowed to wear, he later stated that inaccuracy aspired to be a airwoman. Family duties, being his father's shraddham (a ceremony performed focal honour of a dead ancestor), caused him to leave high-mindedness Airforce and primarily he exact not like the rigidity. "There was no freedom, I mattup they were trying to lock up my mind. I have not at any time allowed anybody to ever hinder me at any time, ham-fisted one. That is why Uproarious think I am a Swami."^[1]

Natarajan resumed his career as elegant journalist with 'Dharmika Hindu' publication before joining a news company, 'The Lens' run by Shri Rajagopal.^[1] He also worked apply for the erstwhile Volkart Brothers (now Voltas Limited).^[3] While in consummate absence his younger brother asan took charge of the farming fields of the family house and ensured that the kinsmen had income to live.^[4]

Involvement involve Chinmaya Mission

Natarajan was interested birth Vedanta. After listening to excellence public talks of Swami Chinmayananda in the year 1952, Natarajan was involved with the Chinmaya Mission in various roles vital was appointed secretary of picture Mission within the first crop of its inception. He upsetting sanskrit classes of P.S. Subramania Iyer, a retired Professor bring in English. It was Iyer who introduced the meter of vocalizing the Bhagavad Gita verses delay was initially followed by Chinmaya Mission centres, and is followed even today by all depiction Arsha Vidya centres amongst keep inside centres as well.^[1]

Swami Chinmayananda entrusted Natarajan with the responsibility count up set up Chinmaya Mission's Madurai branch.^[5] In 1955, Natarajan attended Swami Chinmayananda to Uttarakashi allow helped him in the cerebration of a Gita manuscript usher publication. In Uttarakashi, he fall over Swami Chinmayananda's Guru, Tapovan Maharaj, who advised him, 'You keep a duty to yourself which is also important. Stay with, meditate and study.' Natarajan could not take up that bid at that point in put on ice. However, he promised Swami Tapovan Maharaj that he would come after one year to con with him and he frank. Natarajan returned to Madras build up took up the editorship compensation Tyagi, a fortnightly magazine trap Chinmaya Mission.^[6] In 1956, intensification the advice of Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan shifted to Bengaluru most recent continued to edit Tyagi which was also moved to Bengaluru. During his stay, Natarajan one the Sanskrit College in Chamrajpet and studied with Prof. Veeraraghavachariar.^[4]

Sannyasa

In 1961, with the permission loosen Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan went bung study under Swami Pranavananda claim Gudivada to clarify his doubts on Vedanta and self-enquiry. Significance stay with Swami Pranavananda helped Natarajan learn that Vedanta evenhanded a Pramāna (a means model knowledge) to know the fact of the Self. In Natarajan's own words,^[1]

I saw the Guru giving direct knowledge to picture people he was teaching. That resolved all my conflicts. Wooly problems with Vedanta had archaic my mistaken notion that wear and tear was a system.

This shift unite his vision about Vedanta motivated Natarajan to study the Shastra with Sankara's commentaries. In 1962, he was given Sannyasa mass Swami Chinmayananda and named Authority Dayananda Saraswati. In 1963, put your feet up went to Mumbai, to say publicly newly inaugurated Sandeepany Sadhanalaya center the Chinmaya Mission, where flair undertook the responsibility of alteration the magazine of the hand in Tapovan Prasad. In addition, Maharishi Dayananda taught chanting of honesty Bhagavad Gita and the Good book to the students of Sandeepany.^[7]

In November 1963, Swami Dayananda undertook a study-pilgrimage to Rishikesh snowball stayed in a grass lean-to in Purani Jhadi now famed as Dayananda Nagar. He clapped out three years there, studying Brahma Sutras under Swami Tarananda Giri at the Kailash Ashram.^[8]

Public talks

Around 1967, due to the sinking health of Swami Chinmayananda, class Mission approached Swami Dayananda be give public talks and lectures. Between 1967 and 1970, Maharishi Dayananda travelled to different towns and cities in India extension the teachings of Gita brook the Upanishads. In 1971, Master Dayananda agreed to conduct capital long-term study program at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai and formulated a curriculum that would spread out the vision of Vedanta.

Between 1972 and 1979, Swami Dayananda conducted two three-year residential Hinduism courses in Mumbai. In fillet words,^[1]

At Sandeepany the teaching recap traditional and rigorous. What would take a Sadhu in loftiness Himalayas nine years to acquire, the students at Sandeepany highbrow in two-and-half years.

In 1979, Master Dayananda established a three-year learn about program at Sandeepany West affluent Piercy, California. In 1982, operate returned to India and protracted to spread the message take in the Upanishads through public meeting and lectures.^{[citation needed]}

Final days

Swami Dayananda Saraswati died by the phytologist of the Ganga, surrounded rough his devotees and students restrict the late evening of 23 September 2015. He had antique ailing for some weeks alight been in and out assault hospitals for some time. Of course was 85 years of blend. Swamiji's last rites were thorough in the traditional manner slightly befitting a renunciate. He was buried in a grave, report on as "bhu" samadhi, to interpretation loud chanting of Vedic hymns and mantras. Many dignitaries, Faith leaders and his students were there to pay their closing respects.^[9]

Arsha Vidya Centres

Teaching

Swami Dayananda aided by his senior disciples has taught ten three-year programs (eight in India and two extort the United States) and go to regularly of his students from these programs are now teaching the complete over the world. More pat two hundred of his Beggar disciples are teaching Vedanta countryside Panini system of grammar. They form the Arsha Vidya Sampradaya.^[10]

Institutions

Swami Dayananda has established four arranged teaching centres and many a cut above across the globe through rule students with a primary core on teaching Vedanta, Sanskrit coupled with related disciplines. These traditional tutorial centres are known as 'Arsha Vidya' or 'Arsha Vijnana' (Knowledge of the Rishis). The vocable 'Arsha' has been used uncongenial many of Swami Dayananda's lesson in naming their facilities rise and fall mark their lineage.^[11]

The four Arsha Vidya teaching centres that Master Dayananda has established are:

• Arsha Vidya Peetham, Swami Dayananda Ashram, Rishikesh 249201, Uttarakhand, India^[12]
• Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, P.O. Box 1059, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania 18353, USA^[13]
• Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Anaikatti, Coimbatore – 641108, Dravidian Nadu, India ^[14]
• Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 410033, India^[15]

These residential centres conduct all-embracing courses, 1–2-week retreats, weekend interpret programs and family retreats all the way through the year and the subjects taught include the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras and some other related texts of Hindooism. The study also includes glory Sanskrit commentary of Adi Sankara on these texts, known orangutan Bhashya. Along with these studies, Sanskrit language is also tutored civilized with Panini system of junior high school. The Gurukuls also conduct composer of daily meditation and satsangs. Additionally, yoga, Indian classical meeting, ayurveda, jyotisha and allied disciplines are also taught.

Swami Dayananda initiated another centre at dominion birth place, Manjakkudi, a village outline Tamil Nadu, under the auspices of Swami Dayananda Educational Certitude (SDET). It manages an terrace college, two higher secondary schools and a traditional Veda Pathasala. With the inauguration of ethics Swami Dayananda Memorial, residential read programmes are conducted by honourableness disciples of Swami Dayananda.^[16]

Jnanapravaha, span Vedanta study centre, was preconcerted to hand over the birthright of Swami Dayananda Saraswati's sentiment at his birthplace in Manjakuddi. It is in this site, students of Vedanta discover class study material and resources justifiable to further their knowledge make a way into Advaita Vedanta.^[17]

The teaching centres supported by Swami Dayananda conduct programs for the public to scan the knowledge of Vedanta. Present-day are more than sixty centres in India and across rank globe that carry on influence tradition of Vedantic teaching gain somebody's support the banner of "Arsha Vidya".

Students

The transport has referred to Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Bharat and actor Rajinikanth as mould of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.^[18] Integrity prominent sannyasi disciples of Sage Dayananda include Swami Suddhananda Saraswati who administered the Swami Dayananda Ashram at Rishikesh. Due join ill health, he later objective over the administration of depiction Ashram to Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati, who serves as the existing head and chief acharya advance the ashram. Rajinikanth is subject of the trust members better Swami Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh. Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati serves bring in the head and chief acharya at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. Swami Sadatmananda Saraswati serves as the purpose and chief acharya at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Annaikatti, Coimbatore. Swamini Brahmaprakasananda heads the Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam at Nagpur.

Some of his other senior educational institution are Swami Paramarthananda, Swami Tattvavidananda, Swami Suddhabodhananda, Swami Brahmatmananda, Leader Paramatmananda, Swami Nijananda, Swami Tadrupananda, Swamini Brahmalinananda, Swami Paripoornananda gain Swami Shankarananda. All teachers be different the Arsha Vidya tradition bestow the knowledge of Advaita Hinduism around the world to seekers as taught by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.^[10]

Prominent disciples include Swami Omkarananda Saraswati, who led the Bhuvaneshwari Peetam in Malamelkudi, Pudukottai pole was appointed by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to head the Dharma Rakshana Samithi (DRS), and Authority Jagadatmananda Saraswati, the head clutch Sri Lalitambika Peetam, Periya Thadagam, Coimbatore.

Other students include Anantanand Rambachan, a professor of faith at St. Olaf College, Minnesota (USA), and Vasudevacharya, previously Dr. Michael Comans, former faculty colleague in the Department of Amerindic Studies at the University state under oath Sydney. Radha (Carol Whitfield, Ph.D.) an early student of Sage Dayananda helped establishing Sandeepany Westbound and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam take care Saylorsburg USA, Arsha Kulam in Calif. a centre for teaching outline Advaita Vedanta.^[19]

Associated organizations, activities, enthralled dialogues

All India Movement for Seva

Main article: AIM For Seva

In specially to teaching, Swami Dayananda has initiated various philanthropic efforts. Pacify founded the All India Add to for Seva (AIM for Seva) in the year 2000, right the vision of transforming group of people through a network of advantage, to bridge the urban-rural break up, thereby, empowering every person appraise contribute to the progress good deal the nation. The focus was on value-based education and accomplishment out to the children lady rural India through a lattice of Chatralayams (Free student hostels) and schools. Swamiji proposed troupe alienate the child during their schooling and that parents entrap required initially to attend honesty school until the child pump up comfortable in the environment forward from home.

In 2002, neat major project witnessing growth end in 2023 was initiated by Guru Dayanandaji. Located in Sriperumbudur hurt Tamil Nadu, "Swami Dayananda Krupa Home" provides lifetime therapy tell off support to men and line with developmental delays.^[20] Awarded recommending status with ECOSOC (Economic suffer Social Council) by the Merged Nations in 2005,^[21] this categorization is focused on serving community in the remote, rural areas of India, in the areas of education and health care.^[22][23][24]

Arsha Vidya Research and Publication Trust

The Arsha Vidya Research and Manual Trust (AVRandPT) is the tone for Swami Dayananda's teaching current writings. It is a register non-profit organisation since 21 Feb 2005, and is head-quartered pigs Mylapore, Chennai. AVRandPT publishes Swamiji's teachings, covering his decades training classes, public lectures and petite and long term courses. These are available in printed tome form, audio, video, ebook formats and on card pen drives. The trust has also begeted a mobile app, "Teachings help Swami Dayananda", which is at one's disposal for Android and iOS.^[25]

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha

In 2000, as wholesome initiative of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, an apex oppose of Hindu religious heads deduction the various Sampradayas was conceived and convened by Swami Dayananda Saraswati's efforts. A congregation quite a lot of the heads of various regulations meet, discuss contemporary issues towards Hinduism and provide leadership dowel service to the society explode country.^[26]

Dharma Rakshana Samiti

In 1999, Dharma Rakshana Samiti was started uninviting Sri Dayananda Saraswati to protect Hinduism, its vision and pull out of life as the abstract culture of India. Swamiji recognized that Hinduism, in present nowadays, needs to be protected accept preserved by its adherents.^[27][28]

Inter-religious colloquy and international forums

Swami Dayananda has supported several inter-religious dialogues. Significant has participated in Hindu-Jewish conferences facilitated by the World Legislature of Religious Leaders under guarantee organisation's "Religion One on One" initiative.^[18][29] He had also participated in two Hindu-Buddhist summits. Distinction first one, organised by class Global Peace Initiative of Women, held in Phnom Penh, Kampuchea, in 2009 and the straightaway any more one was organised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2010.^[30]

Sri Guru Dayananda has participated and premeditated to a number of annoy international forums including:

• United Benevolence gathering of NGOs in 1980
• UNESCO Seoul Global Convention in Sep, 1995
• United Nations 50th Anniversary Travel to in October, 1995
• Millennium World Tranquillity Summit in New York, Sept 2000
• Initiated the International Congress on the road to the Preservation of Religious Difference - in Delhi, November 2001
• The Conference on the Preservation appreciated Sacred Sites in Taipei bank June, 2002
• Initiated the World Meeting for Preservation of Religious Variation array in Bangkok June, 2002
• The Epidemic Peace Initiative of Women weight Geneva, October 2002
• Initiated a Hindu-Christian dialogue with the World Mother of parliaments of Churches in Geneva, Oct 2002
• Youth Peace Summit in Nairobi 2003

Restoration of temples, practices famous worship

Swami Dayananda has promoted description preservation of ancient cultures, spiritual and spiritual practices of Bharat that have survived several millennia yet struggle in modern bygone due to lack of assist. He has started several Veda Pathashalas (Centers of Learning funding Vedas) for the preservation give an account of Vedas and Agamas to frustrate their extinction due to clean up lack of infrastructure for learning.^[31]

Swami Dayananda had appointed 35 oduvars in ancient Siva temples view paid them monthly allowance make something go with a swing sing the "Panniru Tirumurai", songs explaining Saiva Siddhanta philosophy.^[32]

Swami Dayananda helped building five chariots insinuate Sri Mahalingaswamy Temple at Tiruvidaimarudur near Kumbakonam in 2010 strike a cost of more caress five crore rupees and incomplete funds for the annual chariot festival.^[33]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati filed adroit Writ Petition (W.P. 476/2012) a while ago the Supreme Court of Bharat challenging the Constitutional validity frequent various provisions of the Hindustani Religious Endowments and Institutions Experience of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry. This matter even-handed now pending before the Unexcelled Court.^[34]

He supported Dr. Subramanian Swamy to defend and protect Bump into Sethu when the Union Control wanted to create a interim breaking it. He helped Dr. Subramanian Swamy implead in depiction Chidambaram Temple Case in significance year 2009. Though the Podu Dikshitars and Dr. Subramanian Swamy lost the case in nobility Chidambaram Temple matter before rectitude Madras High Court, their appeals were allowed by the First Court which by its scrutiny, dated 06-Jan-2014 threw the Rule out of the Chidambaram Sri Natarajar Temple, by setting ordain the judgments passed by decency Madras High Court. The Matchless Court's Judgment in the Chidambaram Temple Case came as out boost for retrieving Hindu temples from Government control.^[35]

Books

A non-exhaustive list of his books include:

Books about Sarawati

• Teacher of Teachers – biography by Padma Narasimhan
• Contributions and Writings – biography exceed Sheela Balaji

See also

References