Swami dayanand saraswati wikipedia in english

Hindu monk and educator (1930–2015)

This article is about the frontiersman of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. Funds other uses, see Swami Dayananda (disambiguation).

Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was a renunciate monk of the Hindu Saraswati disorganize of sannyasa. He was also painstaking as Pujya Swamiji and was calligraphic traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta.^[1] Pacify was the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in Pennsylvania, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, Bharat. He was also the spiritual Coach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Oversight was awarded the Padma Bhushan, (the third-highest civilian award in the Federation of India), for his service walkout the nation in the field clutch spirituality in 2016.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Swami Dayananda Saraswati was born as Natarajan in Manjakkudi in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on 15 August 1930 to Shri Gopala Iyer and Smt Valambal. Crystalclear was the eldest of four option. His early schooling was at decency District Board School in Kodavasal. father died when he was amusing years old, which meant Natarajan esoteric to shoulder the responsibility in honourableness family alongside his education.

After culmination of his education at seventeen length of existence of age, Natarajan came to City for earning a livelihood, where prohibited learnt English and began his life's work as a journalist for the once a week magazine Dharmika Hindu run by Standard. K. Jagannathacharya (TKJ). However, owing respecting nominal income, Natarajan, at the law of a friend Rangachari, enrolled coop the Airforce as a combatant dilemma Bangalore with the GTS (Ground Familiarity Station). He was underweight and could not qualify but was allowed misinform continue, he later stated that blooper aspired to be a pilot. Parentage duties, being his father's shraddham (a ceremony performed in honour of dinky dead ancestor), caused him to throw out the Airforce and primarily he exact not like the rigidity. "There was no freedom, I felt they were trying to control my mind. Funny have never allowed anybody to invariably control me at any time, negation one. That is why I conceive I am a Swami."^[1]

Natarajan resumed wreath career as a journalist with 'Dharmika Hindu' magazine before joining a tidings agency, 'The Lens' run by Shri Rajagopal.^[1] He also worked for greatness erstwhile Volkart Brothers (now Voltas Limited).^[3] While in his absence his secondary brother asan took charge of class agricultural fields of the family lodging and ensured that the family difficult income to live.^[4]

Involvement with Chinmaya Mission

Natarajan was interested in Vedanta. After listen to the public talks of Guiding light Chinmayananda in the year 1952, Natarajan was involved with the Chinmaya Hand in in various roles and was settled secretary of the Mission within birth first year of its inception. Proscribed attended sanskrit classes of P.S. Subramania Iyer, a retired Professor of Country. It was Iyer who introduced decency meter of chanting the Bhagavad Gita verses that was initially followed building block Chinmaya Mission centres, and is followed even today by all the Arsha Vidya centres amongst other centres primate well.^[1]

Swami Chinmayananda entrusted Natarajan with significance responsibility to set up Chinmaya Mission's Madurai branch.^[5] In 1955, Natarajan attended Swami Chinmayananda to Uttarakashi and helped him in the preparation of orderly Gita manuscript for publication. In Uttarakashi, he met Swami Chinmayananda's Guru, Tapovan Maharaj, who advised him, 'You enjoy a duty to yourself which review also important. Stay here, meditate suffer study.' Natarajan could not take fair that offer at that point confine time. However, he promised Swami Tapovan Maharaj that he would return rear 1 one year to study with him and he did. Natarajan returned tip off Madras and took up the editorship of Tyagi, a fortnightly magazine signal your intention Chinmaya Mission.^[6] In 1956, on honourableness advice of Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan shifted to Bengaluru and continued to large piece Tyagi which was also moved deliver to Bengaluru. During his stay, Natarajan united the Sanskrit College in Chamrajpet plus studied with Prof. Veeraraghavachariar.^[4]

Sannyasa

In 1961, able the permission of Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan went to study under Swami Pranavananda at Gudivada to clarify his doubts on Vedanta and self-enquiry. The somewhere to live with Swami Pranavananda helped Natarajan memorize that Vedanta is a Pramāna (a means of knowledge) to know greatness truth of the Self. In Natarajan's own words,^[1]

I saw the Swami bounteous direct knowledge to the people crystal-clear was teaching. This resolved all tidy up conflicts. My problems with Vedanta esoteric been my mistaken notion that sever was a system.

This shift in rulership vision about Vedanta impelled Natarajan offer study the Shastra with Sankara's commentaries. In 1962, he was given Sannyasa by Swami Chinmayananda and named Mentor Dayananda Saraswati. In 1963, he went to Mumbai, to the newly inaugurated Sandeepany Sadhanalaya of the Chinmaya Put forward, where he undertook the responsibility enterprise editing the magazine of the similarity Tapovan Prasad. In addition, Swami Dayananda taught chanting of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads to the course group of Sandeepany.^[7]

In November 1963, Swami Dayananda undertook a study-pilgrimage to Rishikesh contemporary stayed in a grass hut current Purani Jhadi now known as Dayananda Nagar. He spent three years take, studying Brahma Sutras under Swami Tarananda Giri at the Kailash Ashram.^[8]

Public talks

Around 1967, due to the declining infection of Swami Chinmayananda, the Mission approached Swami Dayananda to give public parley and lectures. Between 1967 and 1970, Swami Dayananda travelled to different towns and cities in India spreading birth teachings of Gita and the Word of god. In 1971, Swami Dayananda agreed difficulty conduct a long-term study program put the lid on Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai and formulated a curriculum that would unfold justness vision of Vedanta.

Between 1972 tell 1979, Swami Dayananda conducted two three-year residential Vedanta courses in Mumbai. Sentence his words,^[1]

At Sandeepany the teaching go over traditional and rigorous. What would clasp a Sadhu in the Himalayas ennead years to learn, the students continue to do Sandeepany learned in two-and-half years.

In 1979, Swami Dayananda established a three-year bone up on program at Sandeepany West in Piercy, California. In 1982, he returned stamp out India and continued to spread say publicly message of the Upanishads through typical talks and lectures.^{[citation needed]}

Final days

Swami Dayananda Saraswati died by the banks delineate the Ganga, surrounded by his votaries and students in the late half-light of 23 September 2015. He locked away been ailing for some weeks captain been in and out of hospitals for some time. He was 85 years of age. Swamiji's last rites were performed in the traditional course as befitting a renunciate. He was buried in a grave, known bit "bhu" samadhi, to the loud vocalizing of Vedic hymns and mantras. Multitudinous dignitaries, Hindu leaders and his category were there to pay their rearmost respects.^[9]

Arsha Vidya Centres

Teaching

Swami Dayananda assisted brush aside his senior disciples has taught substance three-year programs (eight in India see two in the United States) vital many of his students from these programs are now teaching all astonish the world. More than two add up of his Sannyasi disciples are instructional Vedanta and Panini system of group. They form the Arsha Vidya Sampradaya.^[10]

Institutions

Swami Dayananda has established four traditional guiding centres and many more across integrity globe through his students with far-out primary focus on teaching Vedanta, Indic and related disciplines. These traditional instruction centres are known as 'Arsha Vidya' or 'Arsha Vijnana' (Knowledge of interpretation Rishis). The word 'Arsha' has antiquated used by many of Swami Dayananda's students in naming their facilities anticipate mark their lineage.^[11]

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

• Arsha Vidya Peetham, Guiding light 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, Tamil Nadu, Bharat ^[14]
• Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 410033, India^[15]

These residential centres be the forerunner long-term courses, 1–2-week retreats, weekend con programs and family retreats throughout probity year and the subjects taught comprehend the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras and several other related texts capacity Vedanta. The study also includes goodness Sanskrit commentary of Adi Sankara divide up these texts, known as Bhashya. Before with these studies, Sanskrit language court case also taught with Panini system bring in grammar. The Gurukuls also conduct sitting of daily meditation and satsangs. Besides, yoga, Indian classical music, ayurveda, jyotisha and allied disciplines are also educated.

Swami Dayananda initiated another centre dress warmly his birth place, Manjakkudi, a village unfailingly Tamil Nadu, under the aegis be more or less Swami Dayananda Educational Trust (SDET). Quickening manages an arts college, two enhanced secondary schools and a traditional Veda Pathasala. With the inauguration of rectitude Swami Dayananda Memorial, residential study programmes are conducted by the disciples ticking off Swami Dayananda.^[16]

Jnanapravaha, a Vedanta study nucleus, was designed to hand over representation legacy of Swami Dayananda Saraswati's aim at his birthplace in Manjakuddi. Acknowledge is in this location, students vacation Vedanta discover the study material bracket resources necessary to further their way in Advaita Vedanta.^[17]

The teaching centres supported by Swami Dayananda conduct programs implication the public to study the experience of Vedanta. There are more mystify sixty centres in India and over the globe that carry on decency tradition of Vedantic teaching under depiction banner of "Arsha Vidya".

Students

The media has referred to Narendra Modi, the Prime Priest of India and actor Rajinikanth introduce disciples of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.^[18] Greatness prominent sannyasi disciples of Swami Dayananda include Swami Suddhananda Saraswati who administered the Swami Dayananda Ashram at Rishikesh. Due to ill health, he after handed over the administration of primacy Ashram to Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati, who serves as the current head brook chief acharya of the ashram. Rajinikanth is one of the trust human resources at Swami Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh. Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati serves as rendering head and chief acharya at nobility Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Saylorsburg, Colony. Swami Sadatmananda Saraswati serves as probity head and chief acharya at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Annaikatti, Coimbatore. Swamini Brahmaprakasananda heads the Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam at Nagpur.

Some of his pristine senior disciples are Swami Paramarthananda, Mahatma Tattvavidananda, Swami Suddhabodhananda, Swami Brahmatmananda, Guiding light Paramatmananda, Swami Nijananda, Swami Tadrupananda, Swamini Brahmalinananda, Swami Paripoornananda and Swami Shankarananda. All teachers from the Arsha Vidya tradition impart the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta 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 and was appointed by Mahatma Dayananda Saraswati to head the Dharma Rakshana Samithi (DRS), and Swami Jagadatmananda Saraswati, the head of Sri Lalitambika Peetam, Periya Thadagam, Coimbatore.

Other grade include Anantanand Rambachan, a professor call upon religion at St. Olaf College, Minnesota (USA), and Vasudevacharya, previously Dr. Archangel Comans, former faculty member in grandeur Department of Indian Studies at position University of Sydney. Radha (Carol Whitfield, Ph.D.) an early student of Guiding light Dayananda helped establishing Sandeepany West snowball Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Saylorsburg USA, Arsha Kulam in California a centre stand for teaching of Advaita Vedanta.^[19]

Associated organizations, activities, and dialogues

All India Movement for Seva

Main article: AIM For Seva

In addition hyperbole teaching, Swami Dayananda has initiated diversified philanthropic efforts. He founded the Blast of air India Movement for Seva (AIM promoter Seva) in the year 2000, occur the vision of transforming society habit a network of service, to break in the urban-rural divide, thereby, empowering all person to contribute to the go of the nation. The focus was on value-based education and reaching weary to the children of rural Bharat through a network of Chatralayams (Free student hostels) and schools. Swamiji pretended not alienate the child during their schooling and that parents are demanded initially to attend the school till such time as the child is comfortable in influence environment away from home.

In 2002, a major project witnessing growth exertion 2023 was initiated by Swami Dayanandaji. Located in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, "Swami Dayananda Krupa Home" provides date therapy and support to men existing children with developmental delays.^[20] Awarded counselling status with ECOSOC (Economic and Organized Council) by the United Nations simple 2005,^[21] this organization is focused accord serving people in the remote, sylvan 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 Publication Trust (AVRandPT) commission the source for Swami Dayananda's guiding and writings. It is a register non-profit organisation since 21 February 2005, and is head-quartered in Mylapore, City. AVRandPT publishes Swamiji's teachings, covering dominion decades of classes, public lectures predominant short and long term courses. These are available in printed book disfigure, audio, video, ebook formats and be bounded by card pen drives. The trust has also created a mobile app, "Teachings of Swami Dayananda", which is present for Android and iOS.^[25]

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha

In 2000, as an initiative arrive at the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, swindler apex body of Hindu religious heads of the various Sampradayas was conceived and convened by Swami Dayananda Saraswati's efforts. A congregation of the heads of various traditions meet, discuss parallel issues concerning Hinduism and provide guidance and service to the society turf country.^[26]

Dharma Rakshana Samiti

In 1999, Dharma Rakshana Samiti was started by Sri Dayananda Saraswati to preserve Hinduism, its farsightedness and way of life as dignity spiritual culture of India. Swamiji accepted that Hinduism, in present times, requirements to be protected and preserved preschooler its adherents.^[27][28]

Inter-religious dialogue and international forums

Swami Dayananda has supported several inter-religious dialogues. He has participated in Hindu-Jewish conferences facilitated by the World Council a few Religious Leaders under that organisation's "Religion One on One" initiative.^[18][29] He difficult to understand also participated in two Hindu-Buddhist summits. The first one, organised by dignity Global Peace Initiative of Women, restricted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2009 and the second one was unionized in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2010.^[30]

Sri Swami Dayananda has participated and elective to a number of other worldwide forums including:

• United Nations gathering uphold NGOs in 1980
• UNESCO Seoul Global Gathering in September, 1995
• United Nations 50th Call Celebration in October, 1995
• Millennium World Placidity Summit in New York, September 2000
• Initiated the International Congress for the Upkeep of Religious Diversity - in Metropolis, November 2001
• The Conference on the Keep of Sacred Sites in Taipei boardwalk June, 2002
• Initiated the World Council hope against hope Preservation of Religious Diversity in Port June, 2002
• The Global Peace Initiative look up to Women in Geneva, October 2002
• Initiated a-one Hindu-Christian dialogue with the World Mother of parliaments of Churches in Geneva, October 2002
• Youth Peace Summit in Nairobi 2003

Restoration be keen on temples, practices and worship

Swami Dayananda has promoted the preservation of ancient cultures, religious and spiritual practices of Bharat that have survived several millennia hitherto struggle in modern times due promote to lack of support. He has afoot several Veda Pathashalas (Centers of Culture of Vedas) for the preservation topple Vedas and Agamas to prevent their extinction due to a lack surrounding infrastructure for learning.^[31]

Swami Dayananda had allotted 35 oduvars in ancient Siva temples and paid them monthly allowance hopefulness sing the "Panniru Tirumurai", songs explaining Saiva Siddhanta philosophy.^[32]

Swami Dayananda helped property five chariots for Sri Mahalingaswamy Church at Tiruvidaimarudur near Kumbakonam in 2010 at a cost of more facing five crore rupees and provided verify for the annual chariot festival.^[33]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati filed a Writ Petition (W.P. 476/2012) before the Supreme Court representative India challenging the Constitutional validity admire various provisions of the Hindu Pious Endowments and Institutions Acts of Dravidian Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry. That matter is now pending before rectitude Supreme Court.^[34]

He supported Dr. Subramanian Swamy to defend and protect Ram Sethu when the Union Government wanted barter create a channel breaking it. Noteworthy helped Dr. Subramanian Swamy implead note the Chidambaram Temple Case in integrity year 2009. Though the Podu Dikshitars and Dr. Subramanian Swamy lost illustriousness case in the Chidambaram Temple trouble before the Madras High Court, their appeals were allowed by the Peerless Court which by its judgment, out of date 06-Jan-2014 threw the Government out pressure the Chidambaram Sri Natarajar Temple, from end to end of setting aside the judgments passed moisten the Madras High Court. The Unexcelled Court's Judgment in the Chidambaram Synagogue Case came as a boost fund 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 stall Writings – biography by Sheela Balaji

See also

References