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Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī) (21 December 1871 [1] – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India. [2] [3] Born into a Saryupareen Brahmin family, he left home at the age of nine in search of a spiritual master. At age ...
In 1955, [1] [2] [3] Brahmachari Mahesh left Uttarkashi and began publicly teaching what he stated was a traditional meditation technique [4] learned from his master Brahmananda Saraswati, which he called Transcendental Deep Meditation. [5] Later the technique was renamed Transcendental Meditation. [6]
Jyotir Math is the uttaramnaya matha or northern monastery, one of four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the reviver of Vedic Sanatana Dharma. [1] Shankara's four principal disciples, Padma-Pada, Hasta-Malaka, Suresvaracharya and Totakacharya were assigned to these four learning centers in the north, south, east and west of India. [3]
Brahmachari Mahesh remained with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati until the latter died in 1953, when he moved to Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas, where he undertook a reclusive life for two years. [44] Although Brahmachari Mahesh was a close disciple, he could not be the Shankaracharya's spiritual successor, because he was not a Brahmin.
Shantananda Saraswati became a devotee of Brahmananda Saraswati at an early age. He wanted to become a monk but Brahmananda Saraswati instructed him to marry. Due to this Shantanand lived the life of a householder, worked as a bookbinder, and supported a wife and child for fourteen years.
Swaroopanand Saraswati was born Pothiram Upadhyay on 2 September 1924 at Dighori village of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family. [3] A direct disciple of Shankaracharya Brahmananda Saraswati of Jyotir Math (1941–1953) and of Shankaracharya (disputed) Krishnabodha Ashrama of Jyotir Math (1953–1973), in 1950 his Guru Brahmananda made him a Dandi Sannyasi.
Brahmananda Saraswati [444] Chaitanya Mahaprabhu considered to be Avatar of Radhe Krishna.He founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism & composed Shikshashtakam [445] Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj [446] Eknath, according to legend [447] Dyaneshwar [448] Gopalanand Swami [449] Krishnananda Saraswati [450]
Brahmananda may refer to: Brahmananda Panda (1949–2010), Indian politician; Brahmananda Saraswati (1871–1953), Indian gurudeva and monk; Brahmanand Swami (1772–1832), Hindu saint from India; Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi (1852–1929), Indian writer and social reformer; Swami Brahmananda (1863–1922), disciple of Sri Ramakrishna