Swami Satchidananda Saraswati
Swami Satchidananda | |
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Satchidananda giving an informal talk to students in Yogaville (1982) | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder 22 December 1914 |
| Died | 19 August 2002 (aged 87) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Resting place | Yogaville, Buckingham, Virginia |
| Nationality | Indian-American (naturalized, 1976) |
| Honors | U Thant Peace Award; Juliet Hollister Award |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism, Interfaith universalism |
| Order | Saraswati order |
| Institute | Integral Yoga Institute |
| Church | Integral Yoga Ministry |
| Philosophy | Integral Yoga |
| Lineage | Sivananda |
Satchidananda Saraswati (IAST: Saccidānanda Sarasvatī; 22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002), born C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder and known as Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian yoga guru and religious teacher, who gained following in the West. He founded his own brand of Integral Yoga, and its Yogaville headquarters in Virginia. He was the author of philosophical and spiritual books and had a core of founding disciples who compiled his translations and updated commentaries on traditional handbooks of yoga such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita for modern readers.