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Swami Prabhavananda

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Swami Prabhavananda (December 26, 1893 – July 4, 1976) was an Indian philosopher, monk of the Ramakrishna Order, and religious teacher. [1]

32 relations: Aldous Huxley, Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavata Purana, British Raj, Christopher Isherwood, Gerald Heard, Historical Vedic religion, Hollywood, India, Kolkata, Monk, Mysticism, Patanjali, Philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ramakrishna Mission, Ramakrishna Order, Santa Barbara, California, Sermon on the Mount, Spiritual Heritage of India (book), Swami Brahmananda, Swami Premananda (guru), Swami Vivekananda, Time (magazine), Trabuco Canyon, California, Vedanta, Vedanta Press, Vedanta Society of Southern California, Vivekachudamani, World Literature Today, Yoga, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family.

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Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता, in IAST,, lit. "The Song of God"), often referred to as the Gita, is a 700 verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of the 6th book of Mahabharata).

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Bhagavata Purana

Bhagavata Purana (Devanagari: भागवतपुराण) also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata, is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas, great histories).

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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Christopher Isherwood

Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English-American novelist.

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Gerald Heard

Henry FitzGerald Heard (6 October 1889 – 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born American historian, science writer, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher.

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Historical Vedic religion

The historical Vedic religion (also known as Vedism, Brahmanism, Vedic Brahmanism, and ancient Hinduism) was the religion of the Indo-Aryans of northern India during the Vedic period.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks.

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Mysticism

Mysticism is the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them.

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Patanjali

(पतञ्जलि) is a proper Indian name.

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Philosopher

A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy, which involves rational inquiry into areas that are outside either theology or science.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

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Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission named after Ramakrishna Paramhamsa is an Indian socio-religious organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement.

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Ramakrishna Order

The Ramakrishna Order (Bengali: রামকৃষ্ণ সংঘ) is the monastic organization inspired by Sri Ramakrishna and founded by his disciple Swami Vivekananda.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: Sermo in monte) is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7).

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Spiritual Heritage of India (book)

The Spiritual Heritage of India is a book written by Swami Prabhavananda (1893–1976), founder and head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California from 1930 until his death.

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Swami Brahmananda

Brahmananda (21 January 1863 – 10 April 1922), born Rakhal Chandra Ghosh, was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

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Swami Premananda (guru)

Prem Kumar (Nov. 17 1951 – Feb. 21 2011), better known as Swami Premananda, a Tamil from Sri Lanka, was an Indian guru who founded the Premananda ashram.

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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Trabuco Canyon, California

Trabuco Canyon is a small unincorporated community located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in eastern Orange County, California, and lies partly within the Cleveland National Forest.

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Vedanta

Vedanta (Sanskrit: वेदान्त, IAST) or Uttara Mīmāṃsā is one of the six orthodox (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy.

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Vedanta Press

Vedanta Press is the publishing wing of the Vedanta Society of Southern California.

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Vedanta Society of Southern California

The Vedanta Society of Southern California, with its headquarters in Hollywood, was founded in 1930 by Swami Prabhavananda.

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Vivekachudamani

The Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is an introductory treatise to Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism.

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World Literature Today

World Literature Today is an American magazine of international literature and culture, published bimonthly at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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Yoga

Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are a collection of 196 Indian sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Prabhavananda

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