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Dayananda summed up the new courses' design as follows: What would take a sadhu in the Himalayas nine years to learn, the brahmacharis at Sandeepany learned in two and a half years. Dayananda was asked to start the new Brahmachari/ni training programme in Sandheepany. On his return to Bombay from Rishikesh in 1968, Sw. He spent three years here, studying vedic texts such as the Brahma Sutras under Swami Tarananda Giri. Subsequently in 1965, he undertook a study pilgrimage to Rishikesh and stayed in a grass hut near Purani Jhaadi. He moved to Mumbai, (erstwhile Bombay) and edited the Tapovan Prasad, the new monthly magazine of the mission. He became involved with Sandheepany sadhanalay right from its inception in 1963. He was given sanyasa deeksha by Swami Chinmayananda on the auspicious Sivarathri day, in 1962 and was given the deeksha name Swami Dayananda Saraswathi. My problems with Vedanta had been my mistaken notion that it was a system. I saw the Swami giving direct knowledge to the people he was teaching. It was here during his studies with Pranavananda that Natarajan crystallised the following notion: Vedanta is a pramana (means of knowledge).
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Pranavananda in Gudivada (near Vijayawada) to clarify many of his doubts on Vedanta and self-enquiry. Swami Chinmayananda sent Natarajan to study under Sw. Natarajan also took up the mantle of the editor of Tyagi, Chinmaya Mission's new fortnightly magazine and shifted to Bangalore in March 1956 for this purpose. During this time, Natarajan also studied Sanskrit and the bhashya of the Upanishads with Professor Vijayaraghavachariar. But Natarajan could not take up that offer at that point in time. Tapovanam advised to Natarajan, You have a duty to yourself which is also important. He had an opportunity to meet Swami Tapovanam, Chinmayananda's Guru during this time (1954–55). Natarajan also assisted Swami Chinmayananda in editing and bringing out a Bhagavad Gita manuscript for publication. Swami Chinmayananda instructed Natarajan to set up Chinmaya Mission's Madurai branch which Natarajan was able to fulfill. It was Iyer who introduced the mode of chanting the Gita verses (or for that matter, Sanskrit verses that follow the same metre as the Gita verses) that is still followed by Chinmaya Mission, Arsha Vidya Centres and others as well. Subramania Iyer, a retired Professor of English. He became actively involved with the then newly formed Chinmaya Mission in various roles and was made its Secretary within the first year of its inception. He became interested in Vedanta after listening to the public talks of Swami Chinmayananda in the year 1952-53. He also decided to be a fighter pilot at one point and joined the Indian Air Force, but left after six months as he felt suffocated by the regimentation there.
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Jagannathacharya) and also for erstwhile Volkart Brothers (now Voltas Limited) for some time. Natarajan worked as a journalist for the weekly magazine Dharmika Hindu (run by T. After completion of education, Natarajan came to Chennai (erstwhile Madras) for livelihood.
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His father's passing away when he was eight, meant Natarajan had to shoulder a significant portion of family responsibility along with his education. His early schooling was done in the Thiruvarur District Board School and he finished High school at Kodavasal. Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Natarajan) was born as Natarajan in Manjakudi - Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Augto Shri. 4.3 External links (List of Swami's ashrams and some of his disciples).3 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Post-Chinmaya Mission phase).