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This Directory will be a very importa–ntSWAMI compilation RAMDEV (in tohis1 recordappreciation the, s eeimpact p.9) of the works of these great masters in the world”. 1 – SWAMI RAMDEV (in his appreciation, see p.9) 1 SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA (b. 1945) hails from Kasaragod, Kerala, in South India; had his schooling and college studies at the Mangalore Ramakrishna Mission Students Home; initiated in 1966 while serving in a firm in Madras, by Swami Vireswarananda, the Tenth President of the Ramakrishna Order; joined the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, in 1973, and after a few years of seva, took to monastic life independently in 1976. His compiled and edited work on Swami Vivekananda (1064 pp.) – “a unique book with rich reading material which instructs and inspires the reader” (Swami Ranganathananda, in his Benediction) – brings into focus some of Swamiji’s powerful thoughts, chronicles the important events in 7th his life and times, and highlights his mission and the message to the world, besides presenting an array of select tributes to the Great Son of Modern India from eminent persons, from all walks of life. Wake up the Power Within: “All Power is Within You...” (120 pp.), is a slightly abridged version of a part of the aforesaid work, containing the unique and powerful EDITION thoughts of Swamiji. “India’s Gift to the World is the Light Spiritual – Understanding India, Its Culture and Sanatana Dharma” (344 pp.), comprises Swami Jyotirmayananda’s papers presented, since 2002, in various Indological conferences in the U.S., and elsewhere. His other works include, “Hanuman Chalisa and Ashtaka” (original text with transliteration and Hindi and English translations) with ‘Glory of Sri Hanuman, the Glory of Hanuman Chalisa and the Glory of Ramanam’; “Beloved Mother Amritanandamayi – A Sketch”; and “A Pilgrim Guide to Some Holy Places of Dakshina Kannada and Around.” Swami Jyotirmayananda, who was one of the coordinators of the Second ‘Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha’ (www.tinyurl.com/o2npdz9 / www.tinyurl.com/pdumd29) Conference held in Mumbai (2005), has successfully compiled the Directory of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, under instruction and guidance from its Convener, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who has commended his “admirable, committed effort” (vide ‘Foreword’ to the “Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha Directory 2009”). The web page: www.vivekanandagospel.org mainly deals with the publication of Swami Jyotirmayananda, who can be reached by email at [email protected]. 35 CONTENTS Benediction by SWAMI ATMASTHANANDA – 4 Benediction by SWAMI DAYANANDA SARASWATI – 5 A Word from the Coordinator – 6 Preface by SRI P. PARAMESWARAN – 7 THE GLOBAL VISION AND MISSION OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, AND HOW IT INSPIRED THE INDIAN SPIRITUAL THRUST WORLD-WIDE An Appeal for A Global Directory of Indogenic Spiritual Organisations Outside India • Introduction: The God of India, says Swami Vivekananda, sent him abroad and later hundreds like him – 11 • Conclusion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Vivekananda – the vantage point to look back at his vision of global thrust for Indians – 12 • Swami Vivekananda – the initiator of global Indian spiritual thrust –13 • Swami Vivekananda envisioned the rise of Bharat as a global power and it is being realized by the India emerging as the global power today – 17 • World needs Indian spiritual conquest to save itself from self destruction, said Swami Vivekananda. Decades later Western scholars including Arnold Toynbee affirmed it – 20 • The power of Indian thought emerging from caves–will conquer the world–22 • The Vivekananda influence on the West – 22 • How Vivekananda's mission is influencing the West is testified to by the paradigm shift that is taking place in the West – 24 • Needed: Directory of Indogenic spiritual organistions and spiritual masters who went out of India in the footsteps of Vivekananda carrying the light of adhyatma-vidya – 26 APPENDIX: Acknowledgement – 28 Particulars for Submission online at www.disoa.org – 28 Presentation – 30 Author – 31 3 Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, for the Directory uploaded at www.disoa.org, may be followed with suitable modifications, wherever necessary, according to the nature of the institution Since Sri Ganesh has already blessed our endeavours, we are sure that we will be able to complete this project, as BENEDICTORY MESSAGE early as possible, without any hurdle. The Directory will cover all dharma sampradayas (spiritual Swami Vivekananda once stated: “That I went to traditions) originated in Bharat, including Bauddh, Jain and America was not my doing or your doing; but the God of Sikh, and also all those respecting the Sanatana Dharma. The participating institutions include Vedanta Centers, Ashrams, India who is guiding her destiny sent me, and will send Yoga Centers, Mandirs, Indic Volunteer Organisations, hundreds of such to all the nations of the world. No power Dharma Foundations & Trusts, Indic Academic Institutions, on earth can resist it. You must go out and preach it to every Dharma Traditions, Individual Mahatmas, and others. nation under the sun, and preach your religion, preach it to The website (www.disoa.org) provides all the details of the Directory Project, including a downloadable copy of this every people.” It was in fulfilment of this great exhortation informatory booklet. The future plan is to organise, in due that the Vedanta Movement and other spiritual movements course, a ‘World Conference’, of all the Heads of the came into existence in the West and in several other institutions whose particulars are incorporated in the ‘Spiritual Directory’. countries. Swami Jyotirmayananda, the coordinator of the project, I am glad to know that Swami Jyotirmayananda is can be reached by email at [email protected] compiling a DIRECTORY OF INDIAN SPIRITUAL His mailing address: (In U.S.A.): ORGANIZATIONS FUNCTIONING ABROAD. I wish his 13 East 7th Street, #220, New York, NY 10003. noble endeavour all success. Ph: 1-347-776-1946 / 347-838-4675. (In India): Anandashram, P.O. Anandashram-671531, Kanhangad, Kerala. Ph: 91) 854-769-2626 E-mail: [email protected] 4 33 PROPOSED DIRECTORY OF INDIGENIC SPIRITUAL SWAMI DAYANANDA SARASWATI ORGANISATIONS FUNCTIONING ABROAD Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Anaikatti P.O., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 108, India. Particulars for Submission Online www.arshavidya.in/ Through the ‘Submission Form’ at www.disoa.org I am glad to learn that Swami Jyotirmayananda, Data Submission Guidelines Compiler and Editor of a massive volume on Swami For the proposed Directory, particulars are required as per Vivekananda (“Vivekananda — His Gospel of Man-making”, the following 'Data Submission Guidelines', and the 1064 pp, 7th Edn, commemorating his 150th Birth Anniversary: organisations are requested to submit them directly online, through the ‘Submission Form’ (at www.disoa.org): 2013), who has also successfully compiled the Directory of 1 Name of the institution, address and contact our ‘Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha’, has proposed to take information. up the compilation of a ‘DIRECTORY OF INDIAN SPIRITUAL 2 Brief history, tradition, aims and ideals (with a ORGANISATIONS FUNCTIONING ABROAD’. His brochure