Thank you for watching the documentary on Swami Chinmayananda, a visionary spiritual leader whose teachings continue to inspire seekers around the world. We hope the film provided you with insights into his transformative journey—from a skeptic to a seeker, from a seeker to a master, and from a master to a global torchbearer of Vedanta.
Test your knowledge about what was covered in the documentary!
Balakrishnan Menon
May 8th, 1916
Chattambi Swamigal
District Judge
Badminton and swimming
National Herald
They cooked themselves!
Champion Magazine
Used a rock as his pillow
Ramana Maharishi
Memorizing the picture of Lord Shiva
Malaysia
English Literature
Ananda Kutir (Cottage of Bliss), Divine Life Society
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Serve, Love, Meditate, Realize
Forest of austerities
Wandering in the Himalayas, Ishwara Darshan
He was part of the Quit India movement, and the British put him in jail
Subramanian/Chippu Kutty
English, Sanskrit, Malyalam
He reminded her of her son
Uttarkashi
Yamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath
Erunakulum, Kerala
Sacrifice
40 days, to contemplate
Edit all the many articles that were submitted for a booklet that was being released.
The loss of his best friend Shroff made him realize that life is fragile
Hari Baba, lived in a cave only 3ft high, Sri Raghunath Das did not speak, and Sri Swami Krishna who sat of dry grass.
Swami Hridayananda
Swami Tyagananda
False
False – trick question (Chinmayananda is spelled wrong)
True
Shreyas is path of good (i.e. long term happiness, using time to study for a test) and preyas is path of pleasure (i.e. short term happiness, i.e. using time to watch a movie when you are unprepared for the test)
Swami Sivananada taught Gurudev to live in God and Swami Tapovan taught him to reach for the beyond.
Swami Tapovan was given a basket of ladoos from a devotee. He kept it in his kutia and did not bring it out for days. Students talked and thought that Swamiji ate them all himself. Many got frustrated and left. Several days later he brought the ladoos out and the basket was completely untouched. Swamiji told Swami Chinmayananda to go offer the ladoos in the Ganges. The lesson is that if you are focused on a higher goal, you should not be so easily disturbed by wants of the body.
Swami Sivananda did a lot of Seva. He was a people person, a doctor, more loving and gentle as a teacher. Swami Tapovan was more of an introvert. He enjoyed solitude, was very disciplined, and a strict teacher.
Tapas means austerities. It is meant to help us detach from the body. One example of this is when Swami Chinmayananda travelled by foot to complete the Chardham Yatra.
Shave head (all desires), leave one tuff (desire for Guru/scriptures remains), fire (surrender all past), sacred vows repeated, Guru cuts hair off, re-named