Omkarananda
Swami Omkarananda (also Omkarananda Saraswati ; born December 25, 1929 in Hyderabad , India ; † January 4, 2000 in Langen near Bregenz , Austria ) was an Indian monk. In 1967 he founded the Divine Light Center in Winterthur , Switzerland , in 1982 the Omkarananda Ashram in Rishikesh in India and in 1986 the Omkarananda Ashram Austria in Langen near Bregenz.
In October 1975, an attack was carried out on the house of the Zurich government councilor Jakob Stucki in Seuzach near Winterthur. Two teenagers and young followers of the "Divine Light Center" (DLZ) were identified as perpetrators. In May 1979, Omkarananda was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by the federal court for the attack (and released in 1986). The investigation revealed that the teenagers and supporters of the DLZ tried to procure the explosive devices of their own accord, but in the process came across a police informant in Belgium; With one exception (the reference to a tracking device was not included in the case files), no evidence of manipulation of files was found.
The organizations founded by Swami Omkarananda continue to be active in the field of education and training and maintain dozens of schools and institutions in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Uttarakhand, India. The schools represent Swami Omkarananda's well-known aphorism "Think like a genius, work like a giant, live like a saint."
biography
- Vidyaprakashananda (2004) An Eminent Avatara Purusha , ISBN 3-7964-0188-0 , ed. Heinrich Schwab Verlag
credentials
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Web links
- Literature by and about Omkarananda in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official site of the Omkarananda Ashram, India
- Official website of the Divine Light Center, Winterthur
- Divine Light Center, Winterthur
- Collection of the decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 2002
- Collection of the decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 2003
- NZZ March 11, 2006: Swami Omkarananda's long shadow
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SURNAME | Omkarananda |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Omkarananda Saraswati |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian founder and leader of the Divine Light Center in Winterthur |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyderabad (India) |
DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2000 |
Place of death | Langen near Bregenz |