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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
|name= Swami Krishnananda Saraswati<br />
|image= Krishnananda 1975.jpg<br />
|caption= Swami Krishnananda<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|birth_date= 25 April 1922<br />
|birth_place= India<br />
|birth_name= Subbaraya<br />
|death_date= 23 November 2001 (aged 79)<br />
|death_place= Shivanandanagar<br />
|guru= [[Swami Sivananda Saraswati]]<br />
|philosophy= Vedanta<br />
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'''Swami Krishnananda Saraswati''' (25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001) was a disciple of [[Sivananda Saraswati]] and served as the General Secretary of the [[Divine Life Society]] in [[Rishikesh]], India from 1958 until 2001. Author of more than 40 texts, and lecturing extensively, on [[yoga]], [[religion]], and [[metaphysics]], Krishnananda was a prolific theologian, saint, yogi and philosopher.<br />
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Krishnananda was President of the Sivananda Literature Research Institute and the Sivananda Literature Dissemination Committee. He served as editor of the Divine Life Society’s monthly paper, ''Divine Life'', for 20 years.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Swami Krishnananda (born as Subbaraya), initiated by his mentor Swami Sivananda Saraswati, was born on 25 April 1922 into an orthodox Madhva (Shivalli [[Brahmin]]) family in Puttur, Karnataka. He learnt Sanskrit at an early age and took to reading and memorising Sanskrit works. His understanding of Hindu scriptures predisposed him towards [[Advaita Vedanta|Advaita philosophy]]. He yearned for spiritual learning and renunciation, however, his father persuaded him into accepting a government job at Hospet Government Training School in Bellary in 1943. He fell ill there and returned home. In 1944, he left his home to visit [[Sivananda Ashram]] in Rishikesh. He worked as an editor in the ''[[Ashram]]'' and in 1948, on Sivananda’s request, he wrote his first book ''Realisation of the Absolute''.<ref name="JonesRyan2006">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Constance|last2=Ryan|first2=James D.|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC&pg=PA245|year=2006|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7564-5|pages=244–5}}</ref> (note: the year 1948 in the preceding sentence is incorrect. Swami Krishnananda's Preface to The Realization of the Absolute is dated 1 August 1947. Swami Sivananda's Foreword is dated 8 September 1947).<ref>The Realization of the Absolute, Fourth Edition, 2001</ref><br />
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In 1961, he became the general secretary of Divine Life Society. He spent his life in the Ashram giving lectures and writing over 40 books on philosophy, Hindu scriptures, yoga, meditation, mysticism and poetry till his death on 23 November 2001.<br />
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==Philosophy==<br />
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===Vedanta===<br />
Swami Krishnananda valued and was a scholar of [[Western philosophy]] and was also an exponent of [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy, the most influential<ref>{{cite book|last=Deutsch|first=Eliot|title=Advaita Vedanta: A Philosophical Reconstruction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63gdKwhHeV0C|year=1973|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-0271-4|page=25}}</ref> sub-school of [[Vedanta]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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===Yoga===<br />
Swami Krishnananda taught and practiced Yoga of Synthesis, which combines the four main paths of the discipline - [[Karma Yoga]], [[Bhakti Yoga]], [[Raja Yoga]], and [[Jnana Yoga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sivanandaonline.org/html/kutiryoga/ownwords/ownwords|title=Yoga of Synthesis|publisher=sivanandaonline.org|date=2010-11-05|access-date=2010-11-05}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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[[File:Krishnananda 1972.jpg|right|thumb|top|Swami Krishnananda, Rishikesh, 1972.]]<br />
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==Books==<br />
Saraswati wrote many books, published by the DLS. Among them were ''[[Mundaka Upanishad]]'' and ''[[The Tree of Life]]''.<ref>http://swami-krishnananda.org</ref><br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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* Chidananda, S.; Gunasekaran, K.J.A.; Hridayananda, S.; Keikens, Narayan; Krishnamurthy, V.; Krishnananda, S.; Madhavananda, S.; Mandali, Matru; Naik, B.R.; Nath, Dr. Bharat Chandra; [[Swami Narayanananda|Narayanananda]], S.; Prasad, Ganesh; Randev, Prof. Vasudav; Rao, Seshagiri; Sachdev, Medha; Sahai, Baldeo; Sinha, D.M.; Sivachidananda, S.; Sivananda, S.; Tushar, Chattopadhyay; Vandana, Mataji; Viveka, Mataji; Yagnavalkyananandaji, S.; (1999) ''A Messenger of Peace and Wisdom''. Rishikesh: Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy Press.<br />
* Divine Life (2001). "Swami Krishnananda Attains Mahasamadhi" ''Divine Life''. December 2001: pp.&nbsp;1–5<br />
* {{cite web|url= http://www.dlshq.org/saints/krishnananda.htm.|title=His Holiness Sri Swami Krishnananda Saraswaiti Maharaj |publisher=dlshq.org |date=2010-11-05|access-date=2010-11-05}}<br />
* {{cite web|date= 12 April 2013 |url= http://www.swami-krishnananda.org |title=Swami Krishnananda's website}}<br />
* Krishnananda, Swami. ''A Sacramental Life''. Rishikesh: Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy Press. 2004<br />
* Krishnananda, Swami. ''An Introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga''. Rishikesh: Y.V.F.A. Press. 3rd ed. 2000 {{ISBN|81-7052-155-6}}<br />
* Krishnananda, Swami. ''My Life''. Rishikesh: Y.V.F.A. Press. 1998<br />
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