Swami Hariharananda Aranya

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Swami Hariharananda Aranya
Personal
Born(1869-12-04)4 December 1869
Died19 April 1947(1947-04-19) (aged 77)
ReligionHinduism
NationalityIndian
Founder ofKapil Math
PhilosophySamkhya-yoga[1]
Religious career
GuruSwami Triloki Aranya
Disciples
  • Swami Dharmamegha Aranya and Swami Samadhi Prakash Aranya
Literary worksYoga Philosophy of Patanjali with Bhasvati

Swami Hariharananda Aranya (1869–1947) was a

Yoga Sutras.[4][5][6] Hariharananda is also considered by some as one of the most important thinkers of early twentieth-century Bengal.[7]

Hariharananda came from a wealthy Bengali family and after his scholastic education renounced wealth, position, and comfort in search of truth in his early life. The first part of his monastic life was spent in the Barabar Caves in Bihar, hollowed out of single granite boulders bearing the inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka and very far removed from human habitation. He then spent some years at Tribeni, in Bengal, at a small hermitage on the bank of the Ganges and several years at Haridwar, Rishikesh, and Kurseong.

His last years were spent at

mindfulness meditation.[8][9]

Works

  1. A Unique Travelogue
  2. Divine Hymns with Supreme Devotional Aphorisms
  3. Progressive and Practical Samkhya-Yoga
  4. Samkhya Across The Millenniums
  5. The Doctrine of Karma
  6. The Samkhya Catechism
  7. Yogakarika
  8. Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali with Bhasvati (1963)

See further bibliographical information on several works at WorldCat.[10]

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