Satchidananda
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Swami Satchidananda (birth name CK Ramaswamy Gounder , born December 22, 1914 in Chettipalayam , Tamil Nadu , India , † August 19, 2002 in the state of Tamil Nadu) was an Indian spiritual teacher and yogi who worked mainly in the USA and published some book titles .
life and work
After graduation, CK Ramaswamy Gounder worked as a manager at the Indian state power company and married at the age of 23.
His wife died five years later, whereupon Ramaswamy entrusted his two sons to his mother and went on a long pilgrimage through India, during which he visited numerous important Indian yogis and sages. Finally he found his guru in Swami Sivananda , who consecrated him as a sannyasin and gave him his new name.
Swami Satchidananda then headed one of Sivananda's ashrams in the hill country of Sri Lanka for several years. There he taught yoga and made some modernizations in the lifestyle of the ashram residents.
In 1966 he came to the USA at the invitation of the artist Peter Max. Soon after, he moved there and became an American citizen. In 1969 he appeared as the keynote speaker at the Woodstock Festival . He founded the Integral Yoga Institute in New York and a spiritual center in Yogaville, Virginia.
The integral yoga
The term “ integral yoga ” was first used by Sri Aurobindo with a specific meaning in works such as The Synthesis of Yoga , which originated at the time of the First World War. Although it is reported that there was a brief encounter between Sri Aurobindo and Satchidananda, the latter stated that his integral yoga was his own creation. For him, it was about flexibly merging different traditional yoga paths in a new system in order to be able to develop all aspects of the human personality - body, mind and soul - comprehensively and harmoniously.
literature
- Know your self . Hinder and Deelmann, Gladenbach 1986, ISBN 3-87348-122-7 ; 2nd edition, Hinder and Deelmann, Gladenbach 2003, ISBN 3-87348-174-X
- Beyond all languages . Ost-West-Verlag, Illmensee 1996, ISBN 3-930564-00-9
- Golden present . Hinder and Deelmann, Gladenbach, ISBN 978-3-87348-176-3
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Satchidananda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | CK Ramaswamy Gounder (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian spiritual teacher and yogi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chettipalayam , Tamil Nadu , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 2002 |
| Place of death | Tamil Nadu , India |