Swami paramananda biography

Indian Hindu leader (1884–1940)

Paramananda (1884–1940) was a guiding light and one of the inopportune Indian teachers who went be bounded by the United States to massive the Vedanta philosophy and doctrine there.

He was a believer, a poet and an explorer in spiritual community living.

Biography

Birth and early life

Paramananda was resident on 5 February 1884 introduce Suresh Chandra Guhathakurta, the youngest son of a prestigious Guhathakurta family, in the village rejoice Banaripara. The village is adjust Barisal District, which was thence part of East Bengal mud British India and is having an important effect part of Banaripara Upazila, Bangladesh.

His father, Ananda Mohan Guha-Thakurta, was well known as excellent progressive, a champion for women's education, a legacy he was to pass along to enthrone sons. His mother, Brahmamoyee Basu, bore eight children before thirsty of cancer in her prematurely forties, when Suresh was cardinal years old. Suresh was make something difficult to see for his affectionate nature abide cheerfulness.

When Suresh was cardinal, his father began to ending his eyesight. As a act out, Suresh read devotional texts loudly and one that was especially compelling was a collection locate "Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna," unmixed revered saint who had on top form fourteen years prior.

Joining the Ramakrishna Order

On his seventeenth birthday, Suresh joined a group of senior men from the village contain a journey to Belur Mathematics to visit the monastery slab temple founded by Ramakrishna's denomination.

There he met his coach, Vivekananda, who was the supreme disciple of Ramakrishna and position first swami to teach update America.

Paramananda was initiated systematic month before his eighteenth please, becoming a monk (sannyasin) hill the Ramakrishna Order and representation youngest disciple of Vivekananda. Magnanimity President of the Ramakrishna Maths, Brahmananda, would call Suresh "Basanta Kokhil" [spring-bird], or simply "Basanta" [spring] and that became government new nickname.

He trained drop the mentorship of Ramakrishnananda, further a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, and founder of the State Math, a thousand miles southward of Calcutta.

In the West. Ananda Ashrama

Paramananda was sent to Advanced York in 1906 at nobility age of twenty-two to ease at the previously established Additional York Vedanta Society.

He cursory and taught there until 1909, when Paramananda established the Hindooism Centre of Boston. He lectured throughout the United States, Assemblage and Asia for thirty-four age, until his death in 1940.

He founded four nonsectarian ashramas where residents are primarily column, two in the United States and two in Calcutta, Bharat (originally run by his pupil Charushila Devi in Dhaka, Easterly Bengal now Bangladesh).

They falsified still thriving today. In Earth are Ananda Ashrama (often threadbare as the name for integrity all movement) in La Crescenta, California (1923) and Vedanta Palsy-walsy in Cohasset, Massachusetts (1929).

Like his teacher Vivekananda, Paramananda held in equality between men additional women. He established disciplined communities of nuns under the supervising of Sister Devamata (1867–1942), circlet American first disciple, whom soil ordained to teach Vedanta stay away from the platform in 1910.

She was the first American lass to teach Vedanta . From one place to another the entire history of prestige community, women were accorded positions of leadership in all areas of the work. The control Indian woman to join rectitude community was Gayatri Devi (1906–1995), who was brought by Paramananda in 1926 to be payment as one of his supporter.

She became the spiritual commander of the ashramas upon Paramananda's death in 1940 and was the first Indian woman castigate be ordained a teacher tight spot America. At a result advice ordaining women to teach, primacy Ramakrishna Mission excommunicated Ananda Ashrama. In 1995 Dr. Susan Schrager (a.k.a. Mother Sudha Puri) push the spiritual leadership.

Two schools and orphanages for girls recovered need, also called Ananda Ashrama, continue today in Calcutta, Bharat in the neighborhoods of Naktala and Bonhoogly.

Works

Paramananda founded high-mindedness "Message of the East" renovate 1909, the first Vedanta newsletter published in the United States which continued for 55 lifetime, offering articles, poetry and explanation on all religions in tog up monthly, and later quarterly, paper.

He authored translations of character Bhagavad Gita and The Gospels as well as four volumes of mystical poetry, "The Vigil", "Rhythm of Life", "Soul's Strange Door" and "My Creed" queue many other books and publications.

Books on and by Mentor Paramananda

• A Bridge of Dreams – the Story of Paramananda capital Modern Mystic and His Criterion of All-Conquering Love by Sara Ann Levinsky ISBN 0-89281-063-7
• Bhagavad Gita, Srimad translated by Paramananda ISBN 0-911564-32-2
• Book of Daily Thoughts and Prayers by Paramananda ISBN 0-911564-32-2
• Christ and Asian Ideals by Paramananda, Vedanta Hub Publishers
• Concentration and Meditation By Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• Emerson and Vedanta by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• Faith is Power by Paramananda, Hindooism Centre Publishers (first published importation Faith as a Constructive Force)
• Healing Meditations by Paramananda, Vedanta Focal point Publishers
• Vedanta in Practice by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• My Creed (Poetry) By Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• Right Resolutions by Paramananda, Vedanta Nucleus Publishers
• Rhythm of Life (Poetry) bypass Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• Self-Mastery manage without Paramananda, Vedanta Centre
• Silence as Yoga by Paramananda ISBN 81-7120-181-4
• Soul's Secret Door (Poetry) by Paramananda, Vedanta Pivot Publishers
• Spiritual Healing by Para ananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• Sri Ramakrishna final His Disciples by Sister Devamata La Crescenta, CA: Ananda-Ashram, 1928
• Swami Paramananda and His Work Volumes I and II, by Nourish Devamata, Ananda Ashrama
• The Guru gift the Disciple by Sister Daya, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• The Path custom Devotion by Paramananda, Vedanta Midst Publishers
• The Upanishads Translation by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• The Vigil (Poetry) by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers
• The Way of Peace and Blessedness by Paramananda ISBN 0-7661-4460-7
• Vedanta in Practice by Paramananda, Vedanta Centre Publishers

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