[Advaita-l] Amma Swamini Swathmabodhananda Saraswathi no more.

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Views of Puri Acharya are available here on two different occasions:

 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INMB8yciVc8
 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13uH2SQpjfE

On 12/11/19 8:10 PM, Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l wrote:
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> Divine Life Society (DLS)/ Swami Shivanandaji Maharaj (SS) was a pioneer in
> initiating women and foreigners into sannyAsa. I recall an incident quoted
> by one Swamini Amma at DLS, Rishikesh. SS had asked to write a book on Yoga
> while she was really an expert on Vedanta and not Yoga! By the time she
> finished the book, SS had attained mahAsamAdhi and she approached HH
> Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji for blessings. There she boldly told HH
> that even if orthodoxy may not agree, she considers herself as a sannyAsI
> belonging to the Sringeri tradition as SS was initiated by a sannyAsI of
> the Sringeri tradition. HH said that he appreciated her courage and a wrote
> a foreword to her book.
>
> SS used to initiate people into sannyAsa even on postcard! When asked as to
> this unheard-of way to initiate people into sannyAsa, he simply said
> something to the effect so: there is a traditional view that mokSha is not
> possible without sannyAsa and I do not want to deny the possibility of that
> to anyone.
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