Prajnanapada
Swami Prajnanapada | |
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Personal | |
Born | Yogeshwar Chattopadhyay 8 February 1891 Chinsurah, British India |
Died | 5 September 1974 | (aged 83)
Religion | Hinduism |
Organization | |
Philosophy | Advaita Vedanta |
Religious career | |
Guru | Niralamba Swami |
Disciples |
Prajnanapada, popularly known as Swami Prajnanapada or Swami Prajnanpad (1891–1974) of Channa Ashram (located at Channa village), was one of the eminent disciples of Niralamba Swami, the great yogi and Guru of India. He was born on 8 February 1891.[1] He entered the life of Sannyasa and became Niralamba Swami’s disciple in 1924-25 at Channa ashram.[1] Besides living at Channa
, India.A unique method of teaching of Swami Prajnanapada was his establishment of one-to-one contact with his disciples and devotees instead of giving religious discourses. He was an astute psychoanalyst as well.
Life
Early life
Swami Prajnanapada was born as Yogeshwar Chattopadhyay on 8 February 1891 at Chinsurah, near
Spiritual awakening
In 1921 he met
In 1930 he gave up his teaching post and left Varanasi for good, at the behest of Niralamba Swami who requested him to take charge of Channa Ashram after his death.
Final years
Swami Prajnanpada had a congenital heart condition which deteriorated with passage of time partly due to the intensive psychoanalysis sessions he conducted for his disciples. He had his first serious heart attack in 1972. In 1974 he died at the Ranchi Ashram.[citation needed]
Disciples
Some of his notable Indian and non- Indian disciples included R. Srinivasan, Yogendra Narayan Verma, Shailaja Devi Verma, Sumongal Prakash, Minati Prakash, Daniel Roumanoff, Pierre Wack, Frédéric Leboyer, Roland de Quatrebarbes, Arnaud Desjardins, Denise Desjardins, and Olivier Cambessedes.[2]
References
- ^ a b Prajnanapada, Ramaswamy Srinivasan, "Talks with Swami Prajnanapada ", Vidya Bhavan, India (edition 1977). Page available: [1]
- ^ "Svami prajnanpad".
- Hornby, A S, "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English" (5th ed.), UK: Oxford University Press (1998). ISBN 0-19-431445-6, pp. 1433–1475.
- Prajnanapada, Ramaswamy Srinivasan, Talks with Swami Prajnanapada, Vidya Bhavan, India (edition 1977).
External links
- http://www.svami-prajnanpad.org/index.html (In French language)