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Swami Satchidananda’s message emphasized harmony among people of all races and faiths. His motto was: “Truth is One, Paths are Many.” He believed that we are all one in Spirit and that throughout history great spiritual masters, such as Buddha, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, have come forward to teach the people of the world how to experience this spiritual oneness. After we have found that Spirit within ourselves, we will always recognize it in others. Then, we truly have power to help heal the world. Swami Satchidananda exemplified these teachings. His beautiful message is that we, too, can exemplify them.
Not limited to any one organization, religion or country, he received invitations for over fifty years from around the world to speak about the way to peace. He served on the advisory boards numerous Yoga, interfaith, and world peace organizations.
Swami Satchidananda received many honors for his public service, including the Juliet Hollister Interfaith Award presented at the Uni
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Sri Swami Satchidananda Biography
Ramaswamy
Each individual decides on his or her number of births and the duration of each birth. Every action of ours has its own reaction that we have to face. If we don't have enough time in this life alone to face all these reactions, we are given another body.
Among the shrines, green hills and waters of the South Indian rivers lived a poet-devotee, Kuttiappa. At the age of fifteen, Kuttiappa lost his sight to the extent that he could see shapes and shadows during the day but nothing after the sun went down. To compensate for his loss, he developed his intellect in the study and creation of literature and in the science of mathematics.
With his nephew, he traveled to the temple of Lord Muruga in Marudamalai. Unaware of the presence of the visitors, the temple priest locked the two within the shrine when he left at day's end. Kuttiappa sat motionless in meditation, unaware of the priest's departure. Sometime during the night, he f
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Swami Satchidananda Saraswati
Indian religious teacher (1914–2002)
Satchidananda Saraswati (IAST: Saccidānanda Sarasvatī; 22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002),[1] born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder and known as Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian yoga guru and religious teacher, who gained following in the West. He founded his own brand of Integral Yoga, and its Yogaville headquarters in Virginia. He was the author of philosophical and spiritual books and had a core of founding disciples who compiled his translations and updated commentaries on traditional handbooks of yoga such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita for modern readers.
Early life and education
[edit]Satchidananda Saraswati was born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder on 22 månad 1914,[1] in Chettipalayam,[1] a suburb of Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu, India, on månad 22, 1914, "to a family of wealthy landowners".[1]
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