Swami Tathagatananda (15 February 1923 – 25 June 2016), was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He was the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016, which was the first Vedanta Society in the United States, founded my Swami Vivekananda in 1895.[1][2]
Minister and Spiritual Leader of The Vedanta Society of New York from November 1977 to June 2016
Born as Laxminarayan Bhattacharya in West Bengal, India, he was initiated in 1945 into the spiritual order by Swami Virajananda, a disciple of Sarada Devi and secretary of Swami Vivekananda. He officially joined the Ramakrishna Order as a brahmachari (trainee-student monk) in 1955 and had his sannyasadiksha (bestowal of full monkhood in accordance with the Hindu Advaita-Vedanta tradition) from Swami Madhavananda in 1965.[3]
Tathagatananda served as the Assistant Minister of Vedanta Society of New York from February 1977 under Swami Pavitrananda. He became the Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York in November 1977 after the sudden passing away of Swami Pavitrananda on 18 November 1977.[3][4]
Before going to the United States, Tathagatananda worked at Saradapitha, Deoghar Vidyapith, Chennai Students’ Home as an assistant. He was the head of Baranagore Mission Ashrama during the year 1975.[5]
^Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 26. ISBN0-253-33098-X.
^ abcSwami., Tathagatananda (2000). The Vedanta Society of New York : a brief survey (1st ed.). New York: Vedanta Society. ISBN096031041X. OCLC 47144343.
^Jackson, Carl (1994). Vedanta for the West. Indiana University Press. p. 110. ISBN0-253-33098-X.
^Swami, Resident (15 January 2011). "Swami Tathagatananda". Vedanta Society of New York. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^Swami., Tathagatananda (2008). Albert Einstein : his human side (2nd enl. ed.). New York: Vedanta Society. ISBN978-0960310463. OCLC 298130086.
^Tathagatananda, Swami (2005). Journey of the Upanishads to the West (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, Publication Dept. ISBN8175052732. OCLC 296289034.
^Swami., Tathagatananda (2005). Light from the Orient : essays on the impact of India's sacred literature on the West. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama Publication Dept. ISBN8175052775. OCLC 70859516.
^results, search (2004). Meditation on Swami Vivekananda. Vedanta Society.
^Tathagatananda, Swami (2009). Relief of tension, depression & anxiety through spiritual living. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, Publication Dept. ISBN978-8175052987. OCLC 449202150.
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