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Dayananda advocated the doctrines of karma and reincarnation. He emphasized the Vedic ideals of brahmacharya, including celibacy and devotion to God. Among Dayananda's contributions were his opposition to untouchability, promotion of the equal rights for women and his commentary on the Vedas from Vedic Sanskrit in Sanskrit as well as in Hindi.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati (15 August 1930 – 23 September 2015) was a renunciate monk of the Hindu Saraswati order of sannyasa. He was also known as Pujya Swamiji and was a traditional teacher of Advaita Vedanta. [1] He was the founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulams in Pennsylvania, USA; Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India ...
Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is a set of Vedic teaching institutions founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1930 – 2015). A gurukulam is a center for residential learning that evolved from the Vedic tradition. Arsha Vidya translates to knowledge of rishis (sages). [1] Its current president is Swami Viditatmananda Saraswati (born 1940).
Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya) (15 August 1930 – 24 September 2015) Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas (1878–1994) Dhirendra Krishna Shastri; Dnyaneshwar [11] (1275–1296) Drona (Mahabharat era) Eknath (1533–1599) Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999)
In 1875 Swami Dayanda Saraswati founded in Mumbai the Hindu reform movement Arya Samaj. In the same year, the Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Henry Olcott in New York. Olcott met Moolji Thakurshi (Moolji Thackersey) already in 1870, but they lost contact with each other. In 1877 Olcott wrote to Thakurshi, and described ...
[109] [verification needed] Swami Dayananda Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj, held the text to be authentic and authoritative. [110] Other admirers of the text have included Annie Besant. [111] Friedrich Nietzsche is noted to have said "Close the Bible and open the Manu Smriti. It has an affirmation of life, a triumphing agreeable sensation ...
Two important commentaries on the text include the Klesāpahārinī by Satchidanandendra Saraswati and the Candrika of Jñānottama. Swamī Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī, disciple of Dayānanda Sarasvatī , has conducted 251 talks on the text in English.
Swami Dayananda may refer to: Dayanand Saraswati (Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 1824–1883), founder of the Arya Samaj; Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya) (Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, 1930–2015), founder of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam; Bede Griffiths (1906-1993), also known as Swami Dayananda, English Roman Catholic monk who lived in India