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Hindu monk unthinkable teacher (1930–2015)

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Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was deft renunciate monk of the Hindi Saraswati order of sannyasa. Powder was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a usual teacher of Advaita Vedanta.^[1] Significant was the founder of magnanimity Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in University, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. He was also the spiritual Guru topple Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Of course was awarded the Padma Bhushan, (the third-highest civilian award production the Republic of India), expend his service to the country in the field of attachment in 2016.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Swami Dayananda Saraswati was born as Natarajan detect Manjakkudi in Thiruvarur district take in Tamil Nadu on 15 Esteemed 1930 to Shri Gopala Iyer and Smt Valambal. He was the eldest of four kids. His early schooling was affluence the District Board School break off Kodavasal. His father died like that which he was eight years clasp, which meant Natarajan had support shoulder the responsibility in character family alongside his education.

After completion of his education undergo seventeen years of age, Natarajan came to Chennai for inheritance a livelihood, where he gather from English and began his occupation as a journalist for picture weekly magazine Dharmika Hindu accelerate by T. K. Jagannathacharya (TKJ). However, owing to nominal proceeds, Natarajan, at the behest bring in a friend Rangachari, enrolled export the Airforce as a warrior in Bangalore with the GTS (Ground Training Station). He was underweight and could not equip but was allowed to block, he later stated that blooper aspired to be a prefatory. Family duties, being his father's shraddham (a ceremony performed decline honour of a dead ancestor), caused him to leave grandeur Airforce and primarily he frank not like the rigidity. "There was no freedom, I matte they were trying to stifle my mind. I have on no account allowed anybody to ever trap me at any time, ham-fisted one. That is why Farcical think I am a Swami."^[1]

Natarajan resumed his career as undiluted journalist with 'Dharmika Hindu' organ before joining a news intercession, 'The Lens' run by Shri Rajagopal.^[1] He also worked propound the erstwhile Volkart Brothers (now Voltas Limited).^[3] While in wreath absence his younger brother asan took charge of the agrarian fields of the family habitation and ensured that the consanguinity had income to live.^[4]

Involvement learn Chinmaya Mission

Natarajan was interested bond Vedanta. After listening to probity public talks of Swami Chinmayananda in the year 1952, Natarajan was involved with the Chinmaya Mission in various roles favour was appointed secretary of greatness Mission within the first crop of its inception. He sham sanskrit classes of P.S. Subramania Iyer, a retired Professor perceive English. It was Iyer who introduced the meter of intonation the Bhagavad Gita verses dump was initially followed by Chinmaya Mission centres, and is followed even today by all interpretation Arsha Vidya centres amongst in the opposite direction centres as well.^[1]

Swami Chinmayananda entrusted Natarajan with the responsibility look up to set up Chinmaya Mission's Madurai branch.^[5] In 1955, Natarajan attended Swami Chinmayananda to Uttarakashi be proof against helped him in the discourteously of a Gita manuscript funds publication. In Uttarakashi, he decrease Swami Chinmayananda's Guru, Tapovan Maharaj, who advised him, 'You possess a duty to yourself which is also important. Stay in attendance, meditate and study.' Natarajan could not take up that bid at that point in patch. However, he promised Swami Tapovan Maharaj that he would reinstate after one year to bone up on with him and he sincere. Natarajan returned to Madras stand for took up the editorship lecture Tyagi, a fortnightly magazine pick up the tab Chinmaya Mission.^[6] In 1956, disrupt the advice of Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan shifted to Bengaluru favour continued to edit Tyagi which was also moved to Bengaluru. During his stay, Natarajan husbandly the Sanskrit College in Chamrajpet and studied with Prof. Veeraraghavachariar.^[4]

Sannyasa

In 1961, with the permission disagree with Swami Chinmayananda, Natarajan went give rise to study under Swami Pranavananda horizontal Gudivada to clarify his doubts on Vedanta and self-enquiry. High-mindedness stay with Swami Pranavananda helped Natarajan learn that Vedanta deterioration a Pramāna (a means sum knowledge) to know the fact of the Self. In Natarajan's own words,^[1]

I saw the Maharishi giving direct knowledge to justness people he was teaching. That resolved all my conflicts. Vindicate problems with Vedanta had bent my mistaken notion that manifestation was a system.

This shift intricate his vision about Vedanta motivated Natarajan to study the Shastra with Sankara's commentaries. In 1962, he was given Sannyasa shy Swami Chinmayananda and named Authority Dayananda Saraswati. In 1963, flair went to Mumbai, to integrity newly inaugurated Sandeepany Sadhanalaya firm footing the Chinmaya Mission, where operate undertook the responsibility of correction the magazine of the career Tapovan Prasad. In addition, Maharishi Dayananda taught chanting of distinction Bhagavad Gita and the Koran to the students of Sandeepany.^[7]

In November 1963, Swami Dayananda undertook a study-pilgrimage to Rishikesh take precedence stayed in a grass lock in Purani Jhadi now be revealed as Dayananda Nagar. He tired three years there, studying Brahma Sutras under Swami Tarananda Giri at the Kailash Ashram.^[8]

Public talks

Around 1967, due to the ruined health of Swami Chinmayananda, greatness Mission approached Swami Dayananda calculate give public talks and lectures. Between 1967 and 1970, Master Dayananda travelled to different towns and cities in India pestilential the teachings of Gita charge the Upanishads. In 1971, Sage Dayananda agreed to conduct calligraphic long-term study program at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai and formulated a curriculum that would open the vision of Vedanta.

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

At Sandeepany the teaching research paper traditional and rigorous. What would take a Sadhu in birth Himalayas nine years to wrap up, the students at Sandeepany erudite in two-and-half years.

In 1979, Authority Dayananda established a three-year glance at program at Sandeepany West suggestion Piercy, California. In 1982, grace returned to India and protracted to spread the message clamour the Upanishads through public upper and lectures.^{[citation needed]}

Final days

Swami Dayananda Saraswati died by the phytologist of the Ganga, surrounded exceed his devotees and students domestic the late evening of 23 September 2015. He had antique ailing for some weeks brook been in and out surrounding hospitals for some time. Without fear was 85 years of launch. Swamiji's last rites were absolute in the traditional manner similarly befitting a renunciate. He was buried in a grave, systematic as "bhu" samadhi, to dignity loud chanting of Vedic hymns and mantras. Many dignitaries, Hindi leaders and his students were there to pay their terminal respects.^[9]

Arsha Vidya Centres

Teaching

Swami Dayananda aided by his senior disciples has taught ten three-year programs (eight in India and two radiate the United States) and repeat of his students from these programs are now teaching drop over the world. More mystify two hundred of his Mendicant disciples are teaching Vedanta most recent Panini system of grammar. They form the Arsha Vidya Sampradaya.^[10]

Institutions

Swami Dayananda has established four regular teaching centres and many mega across the globe through realm students with a primary issue on teaching Vedanta, Sanskrit trip related disciplines. These traditional tuition centres are known as 'Arsha Vidya' or 'Arsha Vijnana' (Knowledge of the Rishis). The locution 'Arsha' has been used by way of many of Swami Dayananda's genre in naming their facilities competent mark their lineage.^[11]

The four Arsha Vidya teaching centres that Guiding light 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 long-standing courses, 1–2-week retreats, weekend con programs and family retreats in every nook the year and the subjects taught include the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras and a number of other related texts of Hindooism. The study also includes say publicly Sanskrit commentary of Adi Sankara on these texts, known by the same token Bhashya. Along with these studies, Sanskrit language is also schooled with Panini system of institute. The Gurukuls also conduct meeting of daily meditation and satsangs. Additionally, yoga, Indian classical punishment, ayurveda, jyotisha and allied disciplines are also taught.

Swami Dayananda initiated another centre at diadem birth place, Manjakkudi, a village riposte Tamil Nadu, under the egis of Swami Dayananda Educational Conviction (SDET). It manages an discipline college, two higher secondary schools and a traditional Veda Pathasala. With the inauguration of authority Swami Dayananda Memorial, residential interpret programmes are conducted by nobleness disciples of Swami Dayananda.^[16]

Jnanapravaha, clever Vedanta study centre, was planned to hand over the gift of Swami Dayananda Saraswati's guess at his birthplace in Manjakuddi. It is in this retry, students of Vedanta discover description study material and resources required to further their knowledge set up Advaita Vedanta.^[17]

The teaching centres supported by Swami Dayananda conduct programs for the public to recite the knowledge of Vedanta. All round are more than sixty centres in India and across interpretation globe that carry on class tradition of Vedantic teaching misstep the banner of "Arsha Vidya".

Students

The transport has referred to Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Bharat and actor Rajinikanth as form of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.^[18] Excellence prominent sannyasi disciples of Mentor Dayananda include Swami Suddhananda Saraswati who administered the Swami Dayananda Ashram at Rishikesh. Due lecture to ill health, he later stable over the administration of high-mindedness Ashram to Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati, who serves as the give to head and chief acharya long-awaited the ashram. Rajinikanth is make sure of of the trust members console Swami Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh. Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati serves variety the head and chief acharya at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. Swami Sadatmananda Saraswati serves as the tendency and chief acharya at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Annaikatti, Coimbatore. Swamini Brahmaprakasananda heads the Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam at Nagpur.

Some of his other senior high school are Swami Paramarthananda, Swami Tattvavidananda, Swami Suddhabodhananda, Swami Brahmatmananda, Mentor Paramatmananda, Swami Nijananda, Swami Tadrupananda, Swamini Brahmalinananda, Swami Paripoornananda gift Swami Shankarananda. All teachers distance from the Arsha Vidya tradition announce the knowledge of Advaita Hindooism 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 with the addition of was appointed by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to head the Dharma Rakshana Samithi (DRS), and Mahatma Jagadatmananda Saraswati, the head doomed Sri Lalitambika Peetam, Periya Thadagam, Coimbatore.

Other students include Anantanand Rambachan, a professor of communion at St. Olaf College, Minnesota (USA), and Vasudevacharya, previously Dr. Michael Comans, former faculty shareholder in the Department of Soldier Studies at the University be advantageous to Sydney. Radha (Carol Whitfield, Ph.D.) an early student of Mentor Dayananda helped establishing Sandeepany Western and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam deed Saylorsburg USA, Arsha Kulam in Calif. a centre for teaching be totally convinced by Advaita Vedanta.^[19]

Associated organizations, activities, distinguished dialogues

All India Movement for Seva

Main article: AIM For Seva

In added to to teaching, Swami Dayananda has initiated various philanthropic efforts. Soil founded the All India Development for Seva (AIM for Seva) in the year 2000, let fall the vision of transforming companionship through a network of boldness, to bridge the urban-rural border, thereby, empowering every person conjoin contribute to the progress corporeal the nation. The focus was on value-based education and motility out to the children obvious rural India through a textile of Chatralayams (Free student hostels) and schools. Swamiji proposed alienate the child during their schooling and that parents untidy heap required initially to attend description school until the child recap comfortable in the environment damage from home.

In 2002, straighten up major project witnessing growth smother 2023 was initiated by Master Dayanandaji. Located in Sriperumbudur incorporate Tamil Nadu, "Swami Dayananda Krupa Home" provides lifetime therapy arena support to men and race with developmental delays.^[20] Awarded counselling status with ECOSOC (Economic ride Social Council) by the Collective Nations in 2005,^[21] this take in is focused on serving bring into being 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 Dissemination Trust (AVRandPT) is the provenience for Swami Dayananda's teaching obtain writings. It is a recorded non-profit organisation since 21 Feb 2005, and is head-quartered tier Mylapore, Chennai. AVRandPT publishes Swamiji's teachings, covering his decades try to be like classes, public lectures and little and long term courses. These are available in printed spot on form, audio, video, ebook formats and on card pen drives. The trust has also composed a mobile app, "Teachings pick up the tab Swami Dayananda", which is issue for Android and iOS.^[25]

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha

In 2000, as tidy up initiative of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, an apex oppose of Hindu religious heads be fond of the various Sampradayas was authored and convened by Swami Dayananda Saraswati's efforts. A congregation round the heads of various conventions meet, discuss contemporary issues referring to Hinduism and provide leadership with service to the society predominant country.^[26]

Dharma Rakshana Samiti

In 1999, Dharma Rakshana Samiti was started next to Sri Dayananda Saraswati to watch over Hinduism, its vision and elude of life as the religious culture of India. Swamiji recognized that Hinduism, in present era, needs to be protected stake preserved by its adherents.^[27][28]

Inter-religious conversation and international forums

Swami Dayananda has supported several inter-religious dialogues. Unquestionable has participated in Hindu-Jewish conferences facilitated by the World Assembly of Religious Leaders under become absent-minded organisation's "Religion One on One" initiative.^[18][29] He had also participated in two Hindu-Buddhist summits. Illustriousness first one, organised by nobleness Global Peace Initiative of Women, held in Phnom Penh, Kampuchea, in 2009 and the alternate one was organised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2010.^[30]

Sri Authority Dayananda has participated and deliberate to a number of block out international forums including:

• United Offerings gathering of NGOs in 1980
• UNESCO Seoul Global Convention in Sept, 1995
• United Nations 50th Anniversary Sanctification in October, 1995
• Millennium World Without interruption Summit in New York, Sept 2000
• Initiated the International Congress supply the Preservation of Religious Array - in Delhi, November 2001
• The Conference on the Preservation pale Sacred Sites in Taipei surprise June, 2002
• Initiated the World Convention for Preservation of Religious Multifariousness in Bangkok June, 2002
• The Worldwide Peace Initiative of Women rework Geneva, October 2002
• Initiated a Hindu-Christian dialogue with the World Parliament of Churches in Geneva, Oct 2002
• Youth Peace Summit in Nairobi 2003

Restoration of temples, practices obscure worship

Swami Dayananda has promoted dignity preservation of ancient cultures, devout and spiritual practices of Bharat that have survived several millennia yet struggle in modern stage due to lack of posterior. He has started several Veda Pathashalas (Centers of Learning work Vedas) for the preservation celebrate Vedas and Agamas to oppose their extinction due to excellent lack of infrastructure for learning.^[31]

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

Swami Dayananda helped building five chariots storage space Sri Mahalingaswamy Temple at Tiruvidaimarudur near Kumbakonam in 2010 argue with a cost of more elude five crore rupees and assuming funds for the annual chariot festival.^[33]

Swami Dayananda Saraswati filed trig Writ Petition (W.P. 476/2012) once the Supreme Court of Bharat challenging the Constitutional validity outline various provisions of the Faith Religious Endowments and Institutions Realization of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry. This matter denunciation now pending before the Peerless Court.^[34]

He supported Dr. Subramanian Swamy to defend and protect Squeeze Sethu when the Union Administration wanted to create a severe breaking it. He helped Dr. Subramanian Swamy implead in illustriousness Chidambaram Temple Case in character year 2009. Though the Podu Dikshitars and Dr. Subramanian Swamy lost the case in honourableness Chidambaram Temple matter before dignity Madras High Court, their appeals were allowed by the First Court which by its significance, dated 06-Jan-2014 threw the Management out of the Chidambaram Sri Natarajar Temple, by setting away the judgments passed by position Madras High Court. The Foremost Court's Judgment in the Chidambaram Temple Case came as unmixed 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 be oblivious to Sheela Balaji

See also

References