Swami Bodhananda Saraswati
Swami Bodhananda Saraswati His Holiness Swami Bodhananda Saraswati is extremely appreciated in America and India as a talented teacher of Vedanta and thought. He was born in Mattatur, Kerala, 36 miles from kalady, the birthplace of Adi Sankaracharya. His birthplace, religious feeling and experiences as a youth, seemed to destine him for the life of a sannyasin. At an early age he felt a religious vocation, readily took to religious tapas, and, with a deep sense of kindness, vowed to help kindness. With this frame of intelligence, he finished his undergraduate degree in finances at Christ College , Irinjalkuda, Kerala. The young hopeful locate, out in search of heavenly thoughtful, wandering throughout the Himalayas for a number of years. Lastly, he established in Kerala where, as a brahmachari, he connected the Saraswati order-one of ten sannyasa instructions recognized by Adi Shankaracharya, the famous 8 th century Indian Philosopher and advocate of Advaita Vedanta. In...