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.
“God Protects” ~ By Swami Tapovanam
From Wanderings in Himalayas God is everywhere and at all times; He understands the needs of all and supplies them as He knows fit. But man is hardly aware of this truth; even if he is aware of it, he does not fully, believe it. S…
A Study In Sublime - 4/5
…assion, Christ's charity, Sankara's knowledge, Vivekananda's courage, Tapovan Maharaja’s austerity, with Ramanuja's devotion and Madhwa's faith, with Ramakrishna's large-hearted tolerance and Ashoka's organizational efficiency he …
A Legend in His Lifetime – 1/8
…nd deeper studies of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads under Swami Tapovan ji Maharaj, who was a well-known scholar. After completing the studies and tapas, he decided to go to the plains and share the great wisdom which made h…
Conversation with a Swami - 1/5
…ence of Hinduism.” After several years of intensive study under Swami Tapovanam, one of the greatest Vedantic masters of his time, Swami Chinmayananda left the serenity of the Himalayas to spread the ancient wisdom he had acquired…
My Master! - 3/11
…ple, it was Swami Sivananda who directed him to his friend Shri Swami Tapovanam at Uttarkashi under whom Swamiji eared his deep, intensive, and extensive knowledge on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and other Hindu Scriptures. …
My Master! - 1/11
By Swami Nityananda, Calcutta Swami Tapovanam, the embodiment of Vedanta, from the Himalayan heights, with the Upanishads as the oil and the Bhagavad Gita as the wick, lighted a small lamp called Swami Chinmayananda and sent it do…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam – 17/17
Steadily his health deteriorated; digestion became nil. During 1955-56 I ran up to Uttarkashi three or four times, in between my Gita Jnana Yagnas. All requests to come down to Delhi for a general checkup and diagnosis were angril…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam – 16/17
…e person who left it. Yet always alone with the Alone Never did Swami Tapovanam try to keep in contact with his devotees or disciples. He invariably discouraged anyone from even writing a letter to him and, as a general rule, he r…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam – 15/17
There we remained till ab0ili the following Shivaratri when we would again reach Rishikesh. Our program of study continued both at Uttarkashi and Gangotri. Swamiji would take daily lessons in the morning for one and a half hours, …
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam – 14/17
As a teacher Throughout his life, Swami Tapovanam had been teaching the students who voluntarily requested that he instruct them in a text of Vedanta. He never encouraged disciples to come for teaching, nor did he believe in openi…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 13/17
…Kailasa) In addition to these two important books in Malayalam, Swami Tapovanam wrote a few volumes in a beautiful, yet efficient, Sanskrit. His masterpiece is the thick volume called Iswara Darshan (Vision of the Lord) which is a…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 12/17
…rowds increased, each student vying to serve the teacher saint, Swami Tapovanam retreated to higher altitudes where he could live in the solitude of communion with nature which he loved so dearly. Swamiji's favorite spots in Himal…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 11/17
…reported, read like a saga! Goes through regular initiation, becomes ‘Tapovanam’. After these wanderings he reached Rishikesh and there on an island (Purana Jhadi) in the Ganga, in a grass hut he remained, practicing meditation. A…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 10/17
…lur, and I listened to them all as in a moving dream”. Such was Swami Tapovanam. Takes Sannyasa himself, and assumes the name ‘Tyagananda’ However, he did speak of a great Sannyasi whom he mentioned twice as his guru and at whose …
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 9/17
For two hours only he rested in the night; his bed was the bare floor. Early morning, after his bath, he put on the same wet towel, a single piece of white cloth, as his sole apparel. Thus, in such Tapas (austerities) lived the yo…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 8/17
From Calcutta he travelled to the spiritual centers along the holy Ganga — Varanasi, Haridwar and Rishikesh — where he met many priests, sages, and saints. At Haridwar he met Swami Shraddhananda of Arya Samaj. He visited all the s…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 7/17
At Madras, he met and had discussions on spiritual themes with Swami Sarvananda, President of the Ramakrishna Math there. On his return journey he visited Cape Comorin, Sri Ananta Padmanabha Temple in Trivandrum, and the sacred te…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 6/17
Shuns all proposals for marriage. His mother, Balamba, had plans for seeing her son married and settled in life. She often used to point out the girl she had chosen for him and say, “This is the perfect girl for you to marry. When…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 5/17
Spiritual pursuit starts. At this time, his only brother was still in college; therefore, Chippu Kutty headed the family and could not shirk this responsibility. However, he managed to spend most of his time in religious pursuits …
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 4/17
Even as young he is known as a writer and speaker. The boy grew physically and developed mentally. At seventeen years, Chippu Kutty Nair had become a noted personality among Malayalam writers and speakers and had developed a style…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 3/17
1903: ‘I am only giving up my school, not my studies’. Chippu Kutty did not run away from the school because of idleness — he had the greatest reverence for knowledge and a true thirst for learning. He had independently thought ou…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 2/17
Astrological readings Even as a little boy Chippu Kutty exhibited a marked inclination for spiritual life. Puranic stories manifesting the glory of God fascinated him. He delighted in worshipping idols fashioned with his own hands…
My Teacher, Swami Tapovanam ~ 1/17
…so too, to write the life of a realized saint of the stature of Swami Tapovan is to trace the adventures of his soul in its onward flights to God-realization. A swami starts his life in a new world, with a new personality, and abs…
The Necessity of Faith – 4/5
…faith, it is not worthwhile continuing his pilgrimage, declares Swami Tapovanam in his ‘Hymn to Badrinath’ and he supports his assertion with powerful reasons. The Lord of Badri is the goal, the one who revels in us as the subject…
Swami Chinmayananda: The Divine Integrator - 2/4
…o alchemists of modern India, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, and Swami Tapovan Maharaj of Uttarkashi. Blending Science and Religion Swami Chinmayananda is no stranger to the world of science. He is one who has apprehended the limit…