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Satyananda Giri name Satyananda Giri birth_name Manamohan Mazumder birth_date November 17, 1896 birth_place Vikrampur, Bengal, British India death_date August 2, 1971 death_place Sevayatan Village, Jhargram district, West Bengal, India guru Yukteswar Giri nationality Indian religion Hinduism parents Mohini Mohan Majumdar (Father) Tarabasini Devi (Mother) Satyananda Giri (স্বামী সত্যানন্দ গিরি) (17 November 1896 – 2 August 1971), is the monastic name of Manamohan Mazumder, an Indian monk and a chief monastic disciple of Kriya Yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri....

Saubhagyalakshmi Upanishad devanagari सौभाग्यलक्ष्मी sanskrit_transliteration Saubhāgyalakṣmī meaning Bestower of fortune type Shakta veda Rigveda chapters 3 philosophy Shakta The Saubhagyalakshmi Upanishad (सौभाग्य लक्ष्मी उपनिषत्), also called Saubhagyalakshmyupanishad (सौभाग्यलक्ष्म्युपनिषत्), Saubhagya meaning auspicious, Lakshmi a deity, Saubhagyalakshmi is a minor Upanishadic text of Hinduism. Written in Sanskrit, it is one of the 10 Upanishads attached to the Rigveda, and is classified as one of the 8 Shakta Upanishads. The Upanishad presents its ideas through Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and fortune....

Savitri Upanishad devanagari सावित्री sanskrit_transliteration Sāvitrī meaning Ray of light, sunlight veda Samaveda verses 15 The Savitri Upanishad (सावित्री उपनिषत्), or Savitryupanishad, is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is attached to the Samaveda, and one of the Samanya Upanishads. The text title is related to the Hindu Sun god. The Upanishad describes the Savitri-vidya (knowledge of sunlight), asserting that everything in the universe is a manifestation of the masculine Savitr and feminine Savitri, elaborating on the Gayatri Mantra....

Sāyaṇa Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa, also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of South India, near modern day Bellary. An influential commentator on the Vedas, he flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II. More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Vedas. He also wrote on a number of subjects like medicine, morality, music and grammar....

See Yourself name See Yourself artist George Harrison album Thirty Three & 1/3 released 19 November 1976 genre Rock, pop length 2:51 label Dark Horse writer George Harrison producer George Harrison with Tom Scott) “See Yourself” is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. Harrison began writing the song in 1967, while he was a member of the Beatles, in response to the public outcry surrounding bandmate Paul McCartney’s admission that he had taken the hallucinogenic drug LSD....

Self-consciousness (Vedanta) Self-consciousness in the Upanishads is not the first-person indexical self-awareness or the self-awareness which is self-reference without identification, and also not the self-consciousness which as a kind of desire is satisfied by another self-consciousness. It is Self-realisation; the realisation of the Self consisting of consciousness that leads all else. Epistemology The word Self-consciousness in the Upanishads means the knowledge about the existence and nature of Brahman. It means the consciousness of our own real being, the primary reality....

Self-enquiry (Ramana Maharshi) !Sri Ramana Maharshi - Portrait - G. G Welling - 1948 Self-enquiry, also spelled self-inquiry (Sanskrit vichara, also called jnana-vichara or ), is the constant attention to the inner awareness of “I” or “I am” recommended by Ramana Maharshi as the most efficient and direct way of discovering the unreality of the “I”-thought. Ramana Mahirishi taught that the “I”-thought will disappear and only “I-I” or self-awareness remains. This results in an “effortless awareness of being”, and by staying with it this “I-I” gradually destroys the vasanas “which cause the ‘I’-thought to rise,” and finally the ‘I’-thought never rises again, which is Self-realization or liberation....

Self-Realization Fellowship name Self-Realization Fellowship size 250px type Religious organization status Foundation) founder Paramahansa Yogananda formation 1920 purpose Educational, Philanthropic, Religious studies, Spirituality headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States area_served Worldwide leader_title President leader_name Brother Chidananda affiliations Yogoda Satsanga Society of India website yogananda.org/ !SRF Headquarters at 3880 San Rafael Dr.|||Headquarters of SRF at Mt. Washington at 3880 San Rafael Ave., Los Angeles, CA Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and legally incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in 1935, to serve as Yogananda’s instrument for the preservation and worldwide dissemination of his writings and teachings, including Kriya Yoga....

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine building_name Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine image_size 300px location 17190 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, California 90272 United States coordinates 34.04274°N, -118.55235°W religious_affiliation Self-Realization Fellowship functional_status Temple and Retreat Center website lakeshrine.org architecture_style Combination of Eastern and Western founded_by Paramahansa Yogananda year_completed 1996 capacity 400 (sanctuary seating) height_max 58 ft site_area 4000 sqft materials concrete, stained glass, wood, and ceramic tile The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, California....

Shabda Brahman !Nada Brahmins tradition Shabda Brahman or Sabda-brahman or Nada brahman means transcendental sound (Shatapatha Brahmana III.12.48) or sound vibration (Shatpatha Brahmana Vi.16.51) or the transcendental sound of the Vedas (Shatpatha Brahmana Xi.21.36) or of Vedic scriptures (Shatpatha Brahmana X.20.43). Shabda or sabda stands for word manifested by sound (‘verbal’) and such a word has innate power to convey a particular sense or meaning (Artha). According to the Nyaya and the Vaisheshika schools, Shabda means verbal testimony; to the Sanskrit grammarians, Yaska, Panini and Katyayana it meant a unit of language or speech or vac....

Shaiva Upanishads The Shaiva Upanishads are minor Upanishads of Hinduism, specific to Shiva theology (Shaivism). There are 14 Shaiva Upanishads in the Muktika anthology of 108 Upanishads. They, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen ancient Principal Upanishads rooted in the Vedic tradition. The Shaiva Upanishads also contrast from other groups of minor Upanishads, such as the Samanya Upanishads which are of a generic nature, the Sannyasa Upanishads which focus on the Hindu renunciation and monastic practice, the Yoga Upanishads related to Yoga, the Vaishnava Upanishads which highlight aspects of Vishnu, and the Shakta Upanishads which highlight Shaktism....

Shakala Shakha Shakala Shaka (Sanskrit: शाकल शाखा; IAST: Śākala Śākhā), is the oldest shakha (from skt. śākhā f. “branch” or “recension”) of the Rigveda. The Śākala tradition is mainly followed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The Mahābhāṣya of Patanjali refers to 21 śākhās of the rigveda; however, according to Śaunaka’s Caraṇa-vyuha there are five śākhās for the Rigveda, the Śākala, Bāṣkala, Aśvalayana, Śaṅkhāyana, and Māṇḍukāyana of which only the Śākala and Bāṣkala and very few of the Aśvalayana are now extant....

Shakambhari type Hindu name Shakambhari devanagari शाकम्भरी consort Vishnu festivals Navaratri, Durga Puja, Durga Ashtami, Lakshmi Puja deity_of Goddess of Nourishment venerated_in Shaktism Shakambhari (Sanskrit: शाकम्भरी, IAST: Śākambharī), also referred to as Shatakshi, is a goddess of nourishment. She is regarded to be an incarnation of Mahadevi, and identified with both Lakshmi and Durga in Hinduism. After the malevolent asura Durgamasura deprived the earth of nourishment by causing the sages to forget the Vedas, the goddess appeared to offer human beings and devas) sufficient fruits and vegetables to restore their strength....

Shakha A shakha (Sanskrit , “branch” or “limb”) is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school. An individual follower of a particular school or recension is called a . The term is also used in Hindu philosophy to refer to an adherent of a particular orthodox system. A related term ‘, (“conduct of life” or “behavior”) is also used to refer to such a Vedic school: “although the words ’ and ’ are sometimes used synonymously, yet ‘ properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and ’ to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase ‘, (“he recites a particular version of the Veda”)”....

Shakti type Hindu affiliation Adi Parashakti, Parvati, Mahadevi, Kali, Durga, Devi, Sati), Lakshmi, Saraswati, Radha, Indrani In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. “Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability” ) is the primordial cosmic energy), female in aspect, and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the universe. She is thought of as creative, sustaining, as well as destructive, and is sometimes referred to as auspicious source energy....