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.

As we prepare to celebrate Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s 108th Janma Jayanti on May 8, 2024, Chinmaya Archives invites you to a phenomenal pilgrimage into the past where we retrace the first 108 sacred steps that became a mighty movement called Chinmaya Mission.

Our Guru Parampara. Adi Shankaracharya established the Dashanami Sannyasa Order, a monastic order with ten lineage names. Of these, Chinmaya. Mission belongs to the lineage and traditions of the ‘Sringeri Matha’ in Karnataka, India. The first acharya of this noble institution was none other than Shri Sureshvaracharya.

Swami Tapovan-ji Maharaj of Uttarkashi is one of the most renowned spiritual masters of the 20th century, that pristine glacier of Self-knowledge from whom flowed the Ganga of Vedantic wisdom through Swami Chinmayananda, the founder of Chinmaya Mission.

Chinmaya Mission Niagara provides individuals, from any background, the wisdom of Vedanta and the practical means for spiritual growth. Chinmaya Mission is an international non-profit organization working to transform individuals through the knowledge of Vedanta.

Formerly the Regional Head of Chinmaya Mission Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East, Africa and Far East, and presently Chairman of the Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth Trust (University for Sanskrit and Indic Traditions) and Director of the Chinmaya International Residential School in Coimbatore, South India, Swami Swaroopananda has now been ...

Swami Chinmayananda said of his Guru, “He was a God without temple, a Veda without language.” Swami Chinmayananda, the founder of Chinmaya Mission, was born in 1916, in Cochin, India.

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.

Guru makes the disciples think clearly and freely and helps them to understand the mysteries about themselves and the world. His words are the least part of his teaching; the effect of his life is always out of all proportion to the words he speaks.