A philosopher and not a commercial Guru. His B G is remarkable. Many USA chins are catering to the needs of the children. Erudite Pranams. K R IRS 9521
On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 01:45, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > *Respected Sir/s Today (8th May) is Swami > Chinmayananda's birth day. Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, > commonly referred to as Swami Chinmayananda, was born at Ernakulam in > Kerala state of India in a Hindu aristocratic family, with the name > putampalli. His real name was Balakrishnan Menon. After graduating from the > University of Lucknow in the field of journalism. Involved in the Indian > independence movement and went to jail. After his release he worked as a > journalist for the National Herald, a New Delhi-based newspaper, and wrote > prolifically on various subjects. On February 25, > 1949, the day of Shivaratri ascetic initiation to Balakrishnan Menon was > named as Swami Chinmayananda. He was a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher > who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide nonprofit > organisation, to spread the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta, the Bhagavad > Gita, the Upanishads, and other ancient Hindu scriptures. From 1951 onward, > he spearheaded a global Hindu spiritual and cultural renaissance that > popularised the religion's esoteric scriptural texts, teaching them in > English all across India and abroad. Having mastered Vedanta texts, Swami > Chinmayananda started his own Jnana Yajna Mission and moved from corner to > corner of India conducting Gita Yajna classes, Upanishad classes and > discourses on the scriptures, which earned him great reputation as an > extraordinary orator and a masterly exponent of India’s culture, its > literary heritage and scriptural lore. > In 1963, Swami Chinmayananda wrote an article airing the idea of calling > for a World Hindu Council, inviting delegates from throughout the world to > discuss the difficulties and needs concerning the "survival and development > of Hindu culture. > Chinmaya Mission was founded in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1953 to spread > knowledge of Vedanta philosophy worldwide. and now operates 350 centers > world wide. The relevance of the main disciples of Swami Dayananda, the > Guru of the Advaita philosophy is spreading around the world in the present > day. More than 250 students have so far developed and spread of Advaita > philosophy. Chinmayananda inaugurated the Chinmaya Mission > Hospital in 1970. The facility has grown into a modern, fully equipped > 200-bed hospital in Bangalore . > Forty years after his first jñāna yajña, on 24 December 1991, > Chinmayananda's devotees gathered in Mumbai to offer him an amount of gold > equal to his body weight, presented to him on a tula (ceremonial balance > scale) in an age-old ritual called suvarņa tulābhāram. The funds generated > were used to support the myriad service projects and programs of Chinmaya > Mission. Swami Chinmayananda died on August 3, 1993 at San > Diego, California. On 7 August 1993, thousands of people were at Indira > Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi when his body returned to India. > It was transported to Sidhbari, Himachal Pradesh, where it was finally laid > to rest in accordance with Vedic ritual. A mahasamadhi shrine has been > built. RegardsV.SridharanTrichy ,* > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/202704267.1446177.1620504919575%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/202704267.1446177.1620504919575%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorNp6tjdXcx7fUkXfPn8Yn-zdpGowWevQDTCfsRy-nKrw%40mail.gmail.com.
