Swami Gambhirananda (1899–1988), born as Jatindranath Datta, was a Hindu

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who servrd as the 11th President of the

Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. The mission was founde ...

Biography

He was born at Sadhuhati in today's

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. He graduated from

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, Calcutta (Kolkata). He joined the

in May, 1923. He was

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Sannyasa ''Sannyasa'' (), sometimes spelled ''sanyasa'', is the fourth stage within the Hinduism, Hindu system of four life stages known as ''ashrama (stage), ashramas'', the first three being ''brahmacharya'' (celibate student), ''Gṛhastha, grihast ...

Swami Shivananda Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Sou ...

(a direct disciple of

Sri Ramakrishna Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886——— —), also called Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhay,M's original Bengali diary page 661, Saturday, 13 February 1886''More About Ramakrishna'' by Swami Prab ...

) in 1928. Due to his excellent work, he was made the Secretary of

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in the year 1926 and continued till 1935. From 1953-1963, he served as the President of Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati. He became Vice President of the

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in 1979, and was elected as the 11th President in 1985, serving until his death in 1988. He died on 27 December 1988, at 7:27 pm at Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan from severe lung-infection and cardiac problems.

Works

Translations

He translated Adi Shankaracharya's major commentaries into English, namely the

Brahma Sutra The ''Brahma Sūtras'' (), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit text which criticizes the metaphysical dualism of the influential Samkhya philos ...

, ten Major Upanishads, and the

Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu texts, Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the Hindu epic, epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Ind ...

, and numerous other works related to

Vedanta ''Vedanta'' (; , ), also known as ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six orthodox (Āstika and nāstika, ''āstika'') traditions of Hindu philosophy and textual exegesis. The word ''Vedanta'' means 'conclusion of the Vedas', and encompa ...

and Ramakrishna-

Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda () (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was a major figure in th ...

literature. * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Other English works

*''The apostles of Shri Ramakrishna'' (compiler, editor), Advaita Ashrama, 2nd ed. 1972 *

Bengali

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Hindi

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References

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