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Why You Should Know About Swami Brahmananda

January 30, 2025 • Nishanth Selvalingam • Season 8 • Episode 119

Today is a special day for us because it is Raja Maharajji’s (Swami Brahmananda) birthday! He is my guru’s guru’s guru and his energy is of course the foundational spirituality of the Ramakrishna Mission after Ramakrishna-Sarada; it’s an energy that is very palpably felt at our Hollywood Temple which was founded by his disciple, Swami Prabhavanandaji.

Today would be a good day to contemplate his life and teachings (which you will find in the books “The Eternal Companion” and “Guide To Spiritual Life”) but it is also a good day to do any spiritual practice since it is said that on auspicious days, “a special grace” flows!

Naturally, at our 6:30pm PST puja class, we reflect a little bit on Raja Maharaja to make a few claims about why he's so important to know about and connect to!

We also say a few words about our puja tradition which has a lot to do with Swami Brahmananda and the Hollywood Vedanta Temple.

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