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Divine Life Society
Founder
Swami Sivananda Saraswati Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963), as he is known under his monastic name, was born Kuppuswamy in Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, India. ...
Year & place of founding At Rishikesh in 1936, India
Aims & ideals - To Disseminate Spiritual Knowledge
- By publication of books, pamphlets and magazines dealing with ancient, oriental and occidental philosophy, religion and medicine in the modern scientific manner, and their distribution on such terms as may appear expedient to the Board of Trustees
- By propagating the Name of the Lord, and by holding and arranging spiritual discourses and conferences and frequent Sankirtans (singing the Lords name) or spiritual gathering for singing and glorifying the Name of the Lord
- By establishing training centres or societies for the practice of Yoga, for moral and spiritual Sadhanas (spiritual practices) and the revival of true culture, to enable aspirants to achieve regeneration through worship, devotion, wisdom, right action and higher meditation with systematic training in asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercise), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (superconscious state)
- By doing all such acts and things as may be necessary and conducive to the moral, spiritual and cultural uplift of mankind in general and to the attainment of the above-mentioned objects in Bharatavarsha(India) in particular
- To Establish and Run Educational Institutions
On modern lines and on right basic principles and to help deserving students by granting them refundable and non-refundable scholarships for doing research work in the various branches of existing scriptures and comparative religion, as also to train them to disseminate spiritual knowledge in the most effective manner - To Help Deserving Orphans and Destitutes
By rendering them such assistance as the Society may deem proper, whether in any individual case or in any particular class of cases; - To establish and Run Medical Organizations
Or any other medical institutions and hospitals or dispensaries for the treatment of diseases and dispensing medicines and performing surgical operations, etc., to the poor in particular and to the other public in general, on such terms and in such manner as may be deemed expedient by the Board of Trustees - To Take Such Other Steps from Time to Time
As may be necessary for effecting a quick and effective moral and spiritual regeneration in the world and in Bharatavarsha in particular.
Monastic / Non-monastic monastic and non-monastic
General philosophical outlook Yoga of Synthesis for all round development - of heart, intellect and hand - of human beings in order to achieve realisation.
In the mind there are three defects, viz., Mala or impurity, Vikshepa or tossing, and Avarana or veil. The impurities of the mind should be removed by the practice of Karma Yoga, by selfless service. The tossing should be removed by worship or Upasana, by Japa and devotion. The veil should be torn down by the practice of Jnana Yoga, i.e., by study of Vedantic literature, enquiry, self-analysis, service to the Guru, and deep meditation. Only then Self-realization is possible. Karma yoga, or the discipline of action is based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. ...
Japa, or Japam, is a spiritual discipline in which a devotee repeats a mantra or the name of the God. ...
Jnana in Sanskrit means knowledge, and is often interpreted to mean knowledge of the true self. In the Vedanta school of the Hindu religion, to know Brahman as ones own Self is jnana. ...
A guru (गà¥à¤°à¥‚ Sanskrit) is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. ...
Spiritual disciplines generally advocated Study of Vedantic scriptures and Japa
Administrative set-up The President is the head of the organisation. The twin organisations are The Divine Life Society and The Divine Life Society Trust.
Provision for joining The Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy is the training centre and publication centre.
Present chief of the movement Swami Chidananda Saraswati
Activities
Religion & spirituality Spiritual counselling, Yoga training, Retreat centre, Libraries, mediation calsses etc. Publication of many books and booklets on various topics related to Hinduism and Self-developement keeping in view the needs of the modern man.
Social field - Charitable hospital at Sivanandanagar
Education field Around 1000 students from poor classes are given financial assistance from primary level to post-graduation level.
Cultural field
Relief activities - Thorugh The Leprosy Relief Work of the Society around 200 or more leper-patients are rehabilitated and taken care of in a suitable manner.
- The Social Service Wing attends to such services as medical aid to the poor and needy, contribution towards different relief works in the country, and such other gestures of charity as would relieve the sufferings of people, in some measure, from poverty, disease and ignorance.
Province of its influence Headquarters at Sivanandanagar, Tehri-Garhwal, Uttaranchal, India. Has branches in major western countries such as France, Germany, Italy etc. Uttaranchal (उतà¥à¤¤à¤°à¤¾à¤‚चल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000 after a relatively short and peaceful struggle by its people in the 1990s, having previously comprised part of Uttar Pradesh. ...
Major publications Published a lot of books on Hinduism, Yoga, Personality Development etc. Many of them are available online. - Divine Life - monthly magazine in English
- Divya Jeevan - monthly magazine in Hindi
- Bliss Divine - Swami Sivananda
- Sadhana - Swami Sivananda
- All about Hinduism - Swami Sivananda
- Concentration and Meditation - Swami Sivananda and many other books
Related Links See also Survey of Hindu organisations Jump to: navigation, search Scope The article presents a comparative overview of the leading Hindu organisations of India. ...
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