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Swami Krishnananda Saraswati | |
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Born | Subbaraya 25 April 1922 India |
Died | 23 November 2001 (aged 79) Shivanandanagar |
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Religion | Hinduism |
Philosophy | Vedanta |
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Guru | Swami Sivananda Saraswati |
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Swami Krishnananda Saraswati (IAST: Swāmī Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, 25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001) was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati and served as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India from 1958 until 2001. Author of more than 40 texts, and lecturing extensively, on yoga, dharma, and metaphysics, Krishnananda was a prolific theologian, saint, yogi and philosopher.
Krishnananda was President of the Sivananda Literature Research Institute and the Sivananda Literature Dissemination Committee. He served as editor of the Divine Life Society’s monthly paper, Divine Life, for 20 years.