Lord Krishna's words..
"who sees me in all things, and all things in me, is never far from me, and I am
never far from him."
Swamiji's quotes..
"After all meeting is prelude to parting.."
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About Sundara Chaitanya Movement :
Inspiring Gyana Yagnas :
The young Swamin could see that the men of the world around him though wise and
learned were completely in the dark regarding the knowledge of their own cultural
heritage. He, therefore, tried to give them a right interpretation of our ancient
and sacred culture for which he employed all the mental faculties and intellectual
capabilities, which the Almighty bestowed on him. He tried in his own unique way
to explain both to the educated and the uneducated masses the contents of the immortal
Upanishads and the Gita. He traveled widely conducting ‘Gyana Yagnas’ inspiring,
thrilling, reviving and awakening people through spiritual discourses and sankeertans.
His erudition, oratory, literary and musical skills helped him tremendously in fulfilling
his mission. The task of bringing about a cultural renaissance embarked on in his
nineteenth year was successfully carried out for nearly two decades.
The Need for an Ashram :
The year 1984 however, proved to be an epoch-making year in the history of his missionary
work. Countless devotees who came into his fold and were awakened and transformed
by him began to feel the need for an ashram - a divine hermitage, which they thought
would give them solace from the pangs and pains of life and form a strong and constant
base for their spiritual sadhana. But Swamiji’s views were different. He personally
felt that he was not the kind of a person who could be limited and confined to an
institution. He was apprehensive that his abundant and varied skills would stagnate
and not be fully utilized if his free movement in society were restricted. He felt
he was for the masses - for the rich, the poor, the literate, the illiterate, men,
women, old and young, for all castes, creeds, clans and classes of the world. He
wanted to run like a stream to quench the spiritual thirst of the millions. He wished
to flow like a river through vast expanses of spiritually parched lands wetting
and revivifying them before he could mingle with the divine sea of eternity. But
as God would have it, the honest prayers of the devotees for a Sadguru were answered,
and their wish to set up an ashram of their own was fulfilled. So, on the 11th of
November 1985, much against the wishes of Swamiji the Sundara Chaitanya Ashram was
first started on the banks of the holy Godavari at Dowlaiswaram in Andhra Pradesh.
The Divine Mission:
Swamiji continued his work of spreading the glory of Sanatana Dharma by conducting
gyana yagnas across the length and breadth of the state both in urban and rural
areas. He has set up satsangs not only in cities and towns but also in the remotest
villages of the state. His elaborate expositions of the Upanishads, Sankara’s works,
puranas and itihasas both in Telugu and English have captured the minds of the intelligentsia.
The intelligent and novel methods of teaching adopted by Swamiji give a logical
understanding of the hows, whys and wherefores of religion. He explains exhaustively
the deeper significance and the truer implications of our scriptures, brings them
within the intellectual appreciation of the educated as well as the uneducated masses,
and in this way, having convinced them of the glory of our religion, encourages
them to appreciate and live the moral values of life. This is how Swamiji attracts
millions as a spiritual orator.
Giridhari, the spiritual monthly magazine was started in the year 1985, a year after
the ashram was started. Countless audio cassettes and C.Ds of Bhajans and songs
written, musically composed and sung by Pujya Swamiji himself are released every
month. Hundreds of audio and video C.Ds of Pujya Swamiji’s discourses and Dhyana
classes gush out after each yagna and spiritual sessions in the ashram. All these
keep the lamp of bhakti and gyana burning steadily in the hearts of the devotees
wherever and in whichever walk of life they may be.
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