Swami Dheerananda, a disciple of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, is a
dynamic acharya with wit and wisdom. He was "literally born in the lap of
Chinmaya culture" and grew up in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. Swami
Dheerananda served the Mission in India, conducting many jnana yajnas. In 1989,
Pujya Gurudev posted him as the resident acharya of Chinmaya Mission Washington
Regional Center (CMWRC). Since then, Swamiji has been serving Mission centers in
the US and Canada. Swamiji's annual summer camps for children are renowned and
filled with much love and laughter. Swami Dheerananda is the last disciple
directly initiated into sannyasa by Pujya Gurudev, receiving sannyasa diksha on
May 23, 1993. In 1993, Swamiji addressed the Parliament of Religions in Chicago,
where the distinguished audience gave him a standing ovation.
Acharya Sadanandaji's Discourses
Dr. Sadananda, a retired scientist by profession
(US Naval Research Lab), is a disciple of Swami Chinmayananda, and one of the founding
members of Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center. He has conducted
several two-day Memorial Day spiritual camps at Chinmayam in the past: Upadesasara
of Bhagavan Ramana, Dakshinamurthy stotram of Shankara, Advaita Makaranda of Lakshmidhara
kavi, Mandukya aagama prakarana and Sadvidya of Chandogya. He has also conducted
several Vedanta classes in Northern Virginia. He is currently teaching Gita Navaneetam
classes at Durga Temple and conducting discourses on Taitereya Upanishad in Fairfax.
Swami Ishwarananda was part of Chinmaya Mission Bangalore where he served as
the secretary. Having been inspired by Param Pujya Swami Chinmayananda, and with
the guidance of Swami Brahmananda, he left his field of software engineering and
joined Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai in 1991. Upon completing his brahmachari
training in 1993, as Brahmachari Someshwar Chaitanya, he served Chinmaya Mission
Centers in Bangalore and Calcutta and eventually as resident Acharya of Chinmaya
Mission Los Angeles. In March of 2000, he was given sanyas deeksha by Pujya
Swami Tejomayananda, and was named Swami Ishwarananda Saraswati. Swami
Ishwarananda served the Mission in Los Angeles until 2001. Swamiji was then made
the Acharya in charge of Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai for the 12th
brahmachari batch from 2002 through 2004. Swamiji is a dynamic speaker and has
given talks on Vedanta, stress management, management techniques and other such
related fields.
Dr. D. C. Raoji's Talk Nov
13, 2011 at Chinmayam
About Sadhana:
PDF,
Audio
On Swastika:
PDF,
Audio
Acharya
Vivekji Discourse: Mindful Living, Aug 9-11, 2011
My Prayers
My Songs
My Books
(Courtsey of Chinmaya Mission
West)
Ramcharitamanas-Balakanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Ayodhyakanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Aranyakanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Kishkindhakanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Sunderkanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Uttarakanda
English
Hindi
Ramcharitamanas-Yuddhakanda
English
Hindi
Vivekachoodamani-English
Geeta Chanting Audio Files
Chinmayam Class Prayers 2010-2011
Geeta 2.07
Geeta
2.14
Geeta
2.15
Geeta
2.17 Geeta
2.22
Geeta
2.47
