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Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri name Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri religion Hinduism birth_name Priya Nath Karar birth_date May 10, 1855 birth_place Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India (Present day in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India) death_date March 9, 1936 death_place Puri, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India literary_works The Holy Science guru Lahiri Mahasaya influenced André Kërr, The Beatles disciples Paramahansa Yogananda Satyananda Giri philosophy Kriya Yoga Sri Yukteswar Giri (also written Sriyuktesvara, Sri Yukteshwar) (Devanagari: श्रीयुक्तेश्वर गिरि ) (10 May 1855 – 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar (also spelled as Priya Nath Karada and Preonath Karar ), an Indian monk and yogi, and the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda and Swami Satyananda Giri....

Umar Alisha name Umar Alisha image_size 225px birth_date August 2, 1966 birth_place Pithapuram nationality Indian known_for Social Service, Philanthropist, Sufi Philosopher education Secondary Education R.R.Bh.R High School, Pithapuram, Intermediate: Government Junior College, Rajahmundry, BHMS from Dr Gururaju Government Homeopathic College, Gudivada, title Brahmarishi predecessor Brahmarishi Mohiddin Badsha II spouse Farzana Begum children Hussain Pasha, Azeeza Tabassum parents Brahmarishi Mohiddin Badsha II, Fatima Jahrunnisa Begum website www.uardt.org & www.sriviswaviznanspiritual.org Umar Alisha (born 2 August 1966) is the ninth peetadhipathi of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham He became head of this 545-year-old institution on 9 September 1989, succeeding his father, Mohiddin Badusha II....

Vasudeva Sarvabhauma name Vasudeva Sarvabhauma native_name वासुदेव सर्वभौम birth_place Nabadwip nationality Indian alma_mater Ancient Mithila University occupation Philosopher Professor notable_works Navya Nyaya ( New Logic ) school_tradition Navya Nyaya School of Indian Philosophy institutions Ancient Mithila University Ancient Nabadwip University language Sanskrit era 13th century - 14th century Vasudeva Sarvabhauma ( Sanskrit: ** वासुदेव सर्वभौम ** ) was an Indian Philosopher and a scholar of Nyaya Shastra. He is also known as Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya....

Gaudapadacharya Math Śrī Sansthāna Gauḍapadācārya Maṭha Shri Gaudapadacharya Statue.jpg Gauḍapāda, the grand guru of Adi Shankara and the first historical exponent of Advaita Vedanta, also believed to be the founder of Śrī Sansthāna Gauḍapadācārya Maṭha. Shri Shivananda Saraswati Swamiji.jpg Present 77th Peetadipathi: Shrimat Shivananda Saraswati Swami Gauḍapādāchārya. Formation About 740 AD Founder Gauḍapāda Religion Hinduism Philosophy Followers Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin (RSB),and Smartha Goud Saraswat Brahmin. Main Math Kavale, Ponda, Goa. Website http://www....

Vinayakas The were a group of four troublesome demons who created obstacles and difficulties in Hindu mythology, but who were easily propitiated. One theory of the origin of Ganesha is that he gradually came to prominence in connection with the. In Puranic literature of a much later period the group of four Vināyakas was merged into one definite god named Vināyaka whom Rudra appointed as the “Leader of the Ganas” (Ganapati)....

Udyotakara Udyotakara (or Uddyotakara) (c. 6th century CE) was a philosopher of the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy. Subandhu’s mentioned him as the rescuer of the Nyaya. He was a brahmin of Bharadvaja gotra and he belonged to the Pashupata sect. His philosophical treatise, the ’ was written to defend Pakṣilasvāmin Vātsyāyana’s ’ against the criticisms made by Dignaga. See also List of teachers of Nyaya

History of Shaktism The roots of Shaktism – a Hindu denomination that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi, the Hindu Divine Mother – penetrate deeply into India’s prehistory. The Devi’s earliest known appearance in Indian Paleolithic settlements is believed to go back more than 8000 years ago. The Badrinath Monastery, dated to about 7000 years ago, and its associated ritual site of Adi Shankara have been well studied. Then came the refinement of her cult in the Indus Valley Civilisaztion...

Consorts of Ganesha !Ganapati1 The marital status of Ganesha varies widely in mythological stories and the issue has been the subject of considerable scholarly review. Several patterns of associations with different consorts are identifiable. One pattern of myths identifies Ganesha as an unmarried brahmacārin with no consorts. Another mainstream pattern associates him with the concepts of Buddhi (intellect), Siddhi (spiritual power), and Riddhi (prosperity); these qualities are sometimes personified as goddesses who are considered to be Ganesha’s wives....

Jagdamba !Durga Puja Köln 2009 3 Jagadamba (जगदम्बा) is an epithet used to address a Hindu goddess, primarily applied to Lakshmi and Parvati in literature. Ramcharitmanas !Devi Jagdamba|||Adi Shakti as Jagadamba creates the universe In Ramcharitmanas, a version of the Ramayana by Tulsidas, after Angadha meets Ravana, the latter remarks thus: This translates to: Temples Devi Jagadambi Temple, is a temple dedicated to goddess Parvati at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. Mahalakshmi Ambabai Temple, is a temple dedicated to goddess Lakshmi in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India Shree Jagadamba Devi Temple in Kasaragod, Kerala, India

Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society name Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society image_size 230px author Swami Vivekananda language English subject Philosophy publisher Cambridge University Press pub_date 1896 pages 58 isbn 978-1-147-03379-3 Vedanta Philosophy: An address before the Graduate Philosophical Society is a lecture given by Swami Vivekananda on 25 March 1896 at the Graduate Philosophical Society of Harvard University. After this lecture, the university offered Vivekananda the chair of Eastern Philosophy....

Punya (Hinduism) **Punya **(पुण्य), also rendered Punyam (पुण्यं) is a concept in Hinduism with various definitions. It generally refers to virtue or merit, and the activities that allow one to acquire this attribute, in order to achieve liberation from samsara, the cycle of birth and death in the material world. Definitions Punya is referred to as good karma or a virtue that contributes benefits in this and the next birth and can be acquired by appropriate means and also accumulated....

Panchikarana Pancikarana (पञ्चीकरण) is a Vedantic theory of how matter came into existence, originating from the primordial five subtle elements. History Adi Shankara wrote a treatise on this theory, titled – Pancikaranam, which was elaborated by his disciple Sureshvaracharya, and later on commented upon in 2400 slokas by Ramananda Saraswati, disciple of Ramabhadra, and in 160 slokas by Ananda Giri, disciple of Suddhananda Yati. The Chandogya Upanishad teaches the doctrine of tripartition from which developed the Vedantic theory of pancikarana with regard to the creation of the transformed evolutes of the original elements....

World Brotherhood Colonies name Paramahansa Yogananda World Brotherhood Colonies are an idea for self-sustaining spiritual communities envisioned by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian yogi and author of Autobiography of a Yogi and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. Yogananda envisioned that communities for “plain living and high thinking,” would develop as a natural culmination of the spread of his worldwide teachings. Yogananda established a World Brotherhood Colony at his Self-Realization Fellowship Encinitas center in Southern California and found that organizing spiritual communities for families along the lines he envisioned would take much more time than he then had available....

Manyu sukta Manyu Sukta is hymn 10.83 and 10.84 from the Rig veda. It contains 14 verses and is dedicated to Manyu). Manyu in Vedic sanskrit stands for temper, anger or passion. Devatas such as Varuna, Indra and Rudra (Shiva) are mentioned in this sukta. Renowned Hindu Saint Madhvacharya quotes Manyu Sukta in the context of Bhima killing Dushasana in the Mahabharata war and said that Bhima invoked Lord Narasimha through this hymn after killing Dushasana....

Collaboration (magazine) Collaboration is an American magazine dedicated to the spiritual and evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The magazine was founded in 1974. Content includes articles, essays, poetry, and art. Topics range across the theory and practice of Integral Yoga, the place of humankind in the universe, consciousness, and transformation. It is published three times per year. External links website