Swami Nikhilananda

Swami Nikhilananda (actually Dinesh Chandra Das Gupta, * 1895 in Bengal, British India, † 1973 in New York City, USA) was a Bengali Hindu scholar, translator and author.

Life

Swami Nikhilananda was already familiar in his youth by his devout parents with the teachings of Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. At the University of Calcutta, he was trained as a journalist. At the same time he came into contact with the Indian freedom movement. However, his life took a different direction for his study of Hinduism, in the Sri Sarada Devi him, the Holy Mother introduced. After several years as a member of the Ramakrishna Order, which he spent with the study of the Holy Scriptures and the writings of important representative of Hinduism, he was seconded in 1931 as one of the representatives of the Order in the United States. In 1933 he founded in New York City, the Ramakrishna - Vivekananda Center, which he headed until his death in 1973.

In the aftermath Nikhilananda was invited to the USA to give lectures and discussions about the relationship of religion. He contributed to the spread of the literature of the Ramakrishna movement through translations from Sanskrit and Bengali into English and was at the center of attraction for people like Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, the representative of comparative theology of Joseph Campbell, the engineer and inventor Chester Carlson and the philosopher Lex Hixon, who was his student.

Publications

  • Bhagavad Gita, translated from the Sanskrit, with Notes, Comments, and Introductions by Swami Nikhilananda. Ramakrishna - Vivekananda Center, New York City, USA, 1944.
  • Essence of Hinduism. Ramakrishna - Vivekananda Center, New York City, USA, 1946.
  • The Upanishads, translated from the Sanskrit with Introductions Embodying a General Survey and the Metaphysics and Psychology of the Upanishads, and with Notes and Explanation based on the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya, the great eighth- century Philosopher and Saint of India, 3 volumes. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York 1949. German by Kurt Friedrichs: The Katha Upanishad. From the immortality of the self, with the comments of the sage Shankara and explanations by Swami Nikhilananda. Barth, Bern / Munich / Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-502-65345-3.
  • German by Leopold Voelker: Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit. Ullsteinhaus Paperback -Verlag, Berlin 1960.
  • German: Sri Sarada Devi Life of, the wife of Sri Ramakrishna and helpmate in his mission, 2nd edition. Schwab, Argenbuehl - Egloffstal 2012, ISBN 978-3-7964-0240-1.
  • German: Vivekananda: A Biography, 2nd edition. Schwab, Argenbuehl - Egloffstal 2004, ISBN 3-7964-0182-1.
  • German: Atmabodha: The realization of the Self Sankaracharyas with commentary, introduction and notes by Swami Nikhilanda. Aharva -Verlag Zühlsdorf, Frankfurt am Main 1956.
  • Publisher Joseph Campbell and Margaret Woodrow Wilson, with a foreword by Aldous Huxley: Mahendranath Gupta: The Gospel of Sri Ramkrishna. , 1942.
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