Saturday, 7th April 2018
We visited Swami Jagadatmananda at Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama at Ponnampete this morning.
87-year old Swamiji was available and was reading book and was happy to see us, as I visited a couple of times earlier. He happens to be my uncle Srinivasa Kedilaya's elder son from Balekudru.
He left the house more than 60 years ago and joined Ramakrishna Ashrama and later became Swami Jagadatmananda and was in charge of Ramakrishna Ashram at various places.
Swami Jagadatmananda, who served as the Ashram president, from the year 2000 till the year 2010, has been an inspiration to many, all over the world. The suppressed and depressed souls, have found succour and relief through his thought provoking ideas and views, which have been conveyed down the years through his discourses and writings. It was under his tenure as the President of the Ashram, that the beautiful Universal Temple was consecrated in the year 2009.
We visited Swami Jagadatmananda at Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama at Ponnampete this morning.
87-year old Swamiji was available and was reading book and was happy to see us, as I visited a couple of times earlier. He happens to be my uncle Srinivasa Kedilaya's elder son from Balekudru.
He left the house more than 60 years ago and joined Ramakrishna Ashrama and later became Swami Jagadatmananda and was in charge of Ramakrishna Ashram at various places.
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| SWAMI JAGADATMANANDA 7/4/2018 |
Swami Jagadatmananda is the author of the book – ‘Learn to Live’, which has received rave reviews by discerning critics, both in India and abroad. The book which was originally written in Kannada, titled ‘Badukalu Kaliyiri’, has been translated into many languages.
‘Learn to Live’, written by Swami Jagadatmananda is a fascinating and provocative book, which goads and inspires humanity to rediscover the plain and simple ways to live life. Apart from delving deep into the powers of the fathomless reserves of the mind, the book extols humans to rediscover the joy of living, through un-conniving and selfless service to all. The power of love and prayer has been aptly exemplified with illustrative examples from real life. Many unexpected occurrences in life, both eventful as well as uneventful, have been vividly explained with authentic case histories, using the vedantic theory of Karma.
The book highlights the virtues of morality, faith, patience, character and goodness, in tiding over the vicissitudes of life with self-confidence. The value of sincerity in the means to achieve a goal, rather than keeping the end goal alone as the target, has been extolled in the book.
This book has inspired many a person to reach the higher echelons of success, in their own chosen sphere of life. Likewise, many a person seeking answers to the questions posed by the rigorous grind of life, have found it in this book, which inspires a reader to indeed live a life sublime!
Sri Ramakrishna Sharadashrama
The Ashram’s foundation stone was laid on 7th of February, 1927. Within a span of 6 months, a lovely Ashram had sprung up amidst mystical surroundings of the Ashram. Swami Nirmalananda consecrated the Ashram on 10th of June, 1927. The newly set up Ashram had a small pooja room, a prayer hall, a kitchen and a couple of rooms to accommodate resident monks.
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| Swami Jagadatmananda |
Along with us: Retd. Major VenkataGiri Saya, Suresh Cukkemane, Vanaja saya, UshaSuresh Cukkemane, Nalini Somayaji, Jayarama Somayaji
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