Pujya Gurudev’s Daily Dose of Anecdotes
Swami Siddhananda Ji has been collecting, composing and publishing an anecdote a day for several years. Search the full text of every anecdote, not just the titles, by a word, a phrase or an anecdote number. Anecdotes with your exact phrase are listed first, then those with all your words, then those with some of them.
An Embodiment of Ideal Sannyasa – 6/17
Sri Swami Tapovanam by Swami Sivananda To a Jnani of the type of Sri Tapovanam ji Truth shines forth in all its splendor with the least effort on his part; it is as clear to him as an Amalaka-fruit on the palm of one's own hand. A…
An Embodiment of Ideal Sannyasa – 3/17
…and. Owing to his extremely sattvic and spiritual samskara, Sri Swami Tapovanam ji completely transcended such hereditary rajasic power- and pleasure-seeking natures and all the attractions of the vanishing sensual life even in hi…
An Embodiment of Ideal Sannyasa – 2/17
…fluence of modernism, however strong and vicious it may be. Sri Swami Tapovanam ji is one of these very few bright stars that scintillate with all the undiminished grandeur of unsullied renunciation and wisdom on the firmament of …
An Embodiment of Ideal Sannyasa – 1/17
“Swami Tapovanam - An Embodiment of Ideal Sannyasa” written by Swami Sivananda There is a significant saying that while sacred shrines and Tirthas purify and sanctify all mankind, more than this the sacred places and Tirthas are t…
He is with Us and Yet above Us! - 3/3
Written by Pankajam Sivaraman and published in Tapovan Prasad, November 1985 We must aid God in His purpose, that is what our sacred scriptures, the Upanishads and the Gita teach us. This is what Swamiji is trying to teach us thro…
He is with Us and Yet above Us! - 2/3
Written by Pankajam Sivaraman and published in Tapovan Prasad, November 1985 The intense desire of Swamiji to share his experiences of Ananda with others, was felt by one and all. So, the most indifferent person became eager to li…
He is with Us and Yet above Us! - 1/3
Written by Pankajam Sivaraman and published in Tapovan Prasad, November 1985 I met Swamiji in 1953 for the first time. He was lecturing in Madras for the first time too. My father took me to hear him. He told me that I must see th…
Abhinava Parthasarathy – 7/7
… by Shri. Chowallur Krishnankutty. It was translated and published in Tapovan Prasad Oct 1991)
Abhinava Parthasarathy – 5/7
…Gangotri. His steps were directed to the holy seat of the great Swami Tapovanam, who was widely known and acclaimed for his spiritual evolution attained through relentless Tapas. The meeting between them was literally momentous an…
Abhinava Parthasarathy – 1/7
…undreds of devotional songs too. This was translated and published in Tapovan Prasad in Oct 1991) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- His vaulting youthful ambition was to …
The Journey of Balan to Chinmaya ~ 12/12
…iva and suffered. His rediscovery of Siva and later on Shree Sat Guru Tapovanam reached him to the Temple of Life,” concluded Chinmaya. The hour had just then run out.
Take Up the Right Values and Start Living!
…right values and start living. May the blessings of Gurudev Sri Swami Tapovan be upon us!”
“Live Well! Live In Kindness and Love!”
…s to have had premonitions of the events to come. He had prepared for Tapovan Prasad in advance an article, “The Mission and the Vision”, which we received on August 16, 1993. Therein Gurudev gives clear indications as to how Miss…
Hindu Of The Year - 1992
…elage of Swami Sivananda, and later for 12 years at the feet of Swami Tapovanam, his guru, mastering Sanskrit and Vedanta. Then, yearning to bring the sacred knowledge to a suffering world, he began his powerful, lifelong mission.…
“How I Met Swamiji” by Stanley Woodbridge - 1/4
…ighest spiritual order. Just like his Gurus Swami Sivananda and Swami Tapovan ji, he never proclaimed himself as a Godman nor resorted to any cheap gimmicks. I heard Swamiji for the first time in the year 1963, when he was deliver…
Mission Manifests!
…owns of India. This was after coming back from his studies with Swami Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He called these series “The Gangotri Plan” and his lectures “Jnana Yagnas”, a term from the Bhagavad Geeta to mean “an offering o…