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    compassionate. Swami Sivananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Śivānanda Sarasvatī; 8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963), also called Swami Sivananda, was a yoga guru...
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  • guru in both his native India and the West. He was a student of Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society, and founded the Bihar School...
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    Divine Life Society in 1963, after the death of his predecessor, Sivananda Saraswati, who founded the Society. Chidananda's birth name was Sridhar Rao...
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    disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams (ISYVC). He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers'...
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  • Sivananda Radha Saraswati (March 20, 1911 – November 30, 1995), born Sylvia Demitz, was a German yogini who emigrated to Canada and founded Yasodhara...
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  • is a Hindu spiritual organization and an ashram, founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1936, at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, India. The Society has branches...
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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...
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    participated in the Indian independence movement. Under the tutelage of Swami Sivananda and later Tapovan Maharaj, he began studying Vedanta and took the vow...
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  • South Africa), known previously as Parthasarathy, was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati. He received his spiritual training at the Divine Life Society in...
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    Satchidananda and his fellow Sivananda devotee Satchidananda Saraswati Mataji jointly headed the Trincomalee Thapovanam, one of Sivananda's ashrams in the hill...
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    Writings – biography by Sheela Balaji Swami Sivananda Narasimhan, Padma (1990). Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Traditional Teacher of Brahma Vidya. T T. Maps...
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    and is known for its ashrams, including the Divine Life Society of Sivananda Saraswati. Literally meaning "Sand of the sages" (muni), Muni Ki Reti is traditionally...
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    interpretation is criticised by others, including Swami Vivekananda, Sivananda Saraswati, Stella Kramrisch, Swami Agehananda Bharati, S. N. Balagangadhara...
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    revered as an incarnation of Hindu goddess Durga. She was described by Sivananda Saraswati (of the Divine Life Society) as "la fleur la plus parfaite que le...
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    lovingly, it will be greatly to the advantage of the world. Dayanand Saraswati (pronunciation) born Mool Shankar Tiwari (12 February 1824 – 30 October...
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    Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by Sivananda and Vishnudevananda; it includes the use of asanas (yoga postures) but is not limited to...
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    possess form, unlike Parashiva, which is formless. According to Sivananda Saraswati, the lingam speaks unmistakable language of silence: "I am one without...
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    Ramaswami Swami Ramdas Chinmayananda Saraswati Dayananda Saraswati (Arya Samaj) Krishnananda Saraswati Sivananda Saraswati Swami Satprakashananda Swami Shraddhanand...
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    kutira at Sabaramati Ashram Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, the headquarters of Divine Life Society, founded by Sivananda Saraswati in 1936 Kailash Ashram, Muni...
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    politician and candidate 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries Sivananda Saraswati, Indian yoga guru, Hindu spiritual teacher, and proponent of Vedanta...
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    producing a profound transformation of consciousness.: 5–6  Swami Sivananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society stated in his book Kundalini Yoga that...
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    Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal (born in a Kannada Smartha family as Swaminathan Shasthri; 20 May 1894 – 8 January...
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    Ramaswami Swami Ramdas Chinmayananda Saraswati Dayananda Saraswati (Arya Samaj) Krishnananda Saraswati Sivananda Saraswati Swami Satprakashananda Swami Shraddhanand...
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    modern times, Satyananda Saraswati claimed to have experienced yoga nidra when he was living with his guru Sivananda Saraswati in Rishikesh. In 1976, he...
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    of his guru and took the name Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. Prabhupada ,Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada inaugurated in Calcutta the first center...
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  • Prabhupada Prabhavananda Ram Dass Swami Ramdas K. D. Sethna Sivananda Saraswati Dayananda Saraswati Ram Swarup Tilak Vivekananda Yogananda François Gautier...
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    to South Africa. Sivananda gave consent, adding, "The qualities will come". The only instruction Sahajananda received from Sivananda during this visit...
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    Ramaswami Swami Ramdas Chinmayananda Saraswati Dayananda Saraswati (Arya Samaj) Krishnananda Saraswati Sivananda Saraswati Swami Satprakashananda Swami Shraddhanand...
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    the more traditional teachers Sivananda Saraswati (1887–1963), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916-1993), Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya) (1930-2015), Swami...
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    1995 Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Meditation on Om. Divine Life Society. 1941 Selections from the Bhagavad Gita from Swami Sivananda Saraswati's translation...
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