Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Cinmayānanda Sarasvatī), also known as Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (born Balakrishna Menon; 8 May 1916 – 3 August 1993), was a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher.

Chinmayananda means ‘filled with the bliss of pure Consciousness’. Swami Sivananda then guided Chinmayananda to the most renowned Vedanta master of the time, Swami Tapovanam, who lived in Uttarkashi, in the Himalayas.

The Chinmaya Mission is a Hindu religious and spiritual organization that disseminates Vedanta, the science of the self as described in the Vedas, particularly the Upanishads, and other Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita. [2][3] Followers of Chinmayananda Saraswati established the Chinmaya Mission in India in 1953. [4]

On the holy day of Mahashivaratri, February 25, 1949, Balakrishnan was initiated into the sannyasa order by Swami Sivananda, who blessed him with the name ‘Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati’. Chinmayananda means ‘filled with the bliss of pure Consciousness’.

Chinmaya Mission® was established in India in 1953 by devotees of the world-renowned Vedanta teacher, His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda. Guided by his vision, devotees all around the world formed the nucleus of a spiritual renaissance movement that now encompasses a wide range of spiritual, educational, and charitable activities, ennobling the ...

Swami Chinmayananda, known as Pujya Gurudev in Chinmaya Mission, needs no introduction to spiritual seekers. His name is synonymous with the renaissance of Bhagavad Gita in modern times. The main goal of his life was to reach the knowledge and wisdom of the ancient Hindu scriptures to the common person in everyday life.

Swami Chinmayananda’s biopic, On a Quest, attempts to capture the many facets of his life: from his ideal childhood spent with his pious mother and father in Ernakulam, Kerala to a young college student in the politically charged student campus of Lucknow University, from a freedom fighter who worked in the enemy den to a student union leader ...

Swami Chinmayananda was one of the 20th century’s most world-renowned and revered exponents of Vedanta, the foundation of Hindu religion and culture. Childhood and Youth.

The life of Swami Chinmayananda was one of extraordinary spiritual strength, immeasurable love and tireless service. In less than half a century, he has left behind a worldwide organisation, hundreds of institutions, and millions of devotees.

Profoundly influenced by the writings of Swami Shivananda, a teacher of orthodox Vedanta, Menon renounced the world and joined Shivananda’s ashram in 1949, taking the title swami and adopting the name Chinmayananda Saraswati (Sanskrit: “The One Who Revels in the Bliss of Pure Consciousness”).