* Swami Narayanananda ( 1902 – 1988 )

* Swami Narayanananda: Brahmacharya, Its Necessity and Practice for Boys and Girls.

On 11 November 1995, a section of Michigan Avenue, one of the most prominent streets in downtown Chicago, was formally renamed " Swami Vivekananda Way ".

Swami Dayananda was active in forming and participating in the Women ’ s Global Peace Initiative, which convened at the United Nations in Geneva in October 2002.

* Bhakti Tirtha Swami Spiritual Warrior VI: Beyond Fanaticism, Terrorism, and War: Discover the Peace Solution.

Professor Brian Hutchinson notes that in speaking with these individuals, Pramukh Swami “ consistently emphasizes what religions hold in common and advocates cooperation between them with the purpose of uplifting the moral and religious life of mankind .” The sentiments Pramukh Swami shared with world religious leaders at the 2000 Millennium World Peace Summit at the United Nations reflected a similar message.

" Siddha Yoga: Swami Muktanada and the Seat of Power.

At Syracuse University, he studied South Asian religions and Sanskrit literature under Prof. H. Daniel Smith and Swami Agehananda Bharati, Hindi language under Prof. Jishnu Shankar, history of religions under Prof. Charles H. Long, music theory and history under Prof. Howard Boatwright, and ethnomusicology from Prof. Ellen Koskoff.

* Swami Tejasananda, A Short Life of Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashram Publication, 1999.

He was a disciple of Swami Sivananda at Rishikesh, who founded the Divine Life Society, and was then advised by Swami Sivananda to study under Swami Tapovan Maharaj in Uttarkashi in the Himalayas.

* Interviews with Swami Chidananda: The Role of Celibacy in the Spiritual Life

* 1993-Chicago: at the centenary Parliament of the World's Religions, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was elected one of three presidents, along with Swami Chidananda Saraswati of the Rishikesh-based Divine Life Society and Kerala's Mata Amritanandamayi, to represent Hinduism at the Presidents ' Assembly, a core group of 25 men and women voicing the needs of world faiths.

Life changes dramatically for young Swami when Rajam-a symbol of colonial power-joins the school, and becomes his close friend.

He then started correspondence courses on the Hindu way of life ( Sanatana Dharma ) with the Divine Life Society of Rishikesh, located in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, where he first met Swami Krishnananda of India and became his śishya ( disciple ), and then in 1975 Swami Krishnananda initiated Swami Ghanananda as a swami.

Sivananda Yoga, the yoga form propagated by him, are now spread in many parts of the world through Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, but these centres are not affiliated to Swami Sivananda's ashrams which are run by the Divine Life Society.

* The Eternal Companion ( Life and teachings of Swami Brahmananda )

Cohen's emphasis on community and the collective dimension of spirituality can be traced to his encounter with Swami Krishnananda of the Divine Life Society in India.

* Devī Māhātmya by Swami Sivananda at Divine Life Society

* Shivaratri by Swami Sivananda ( Divine Life Society )

* Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda ( 1964 )

* God lived with them: Life stories of sixteen monastic disciples, by Swami Chetanananda, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, ISBN 81-7505-189-1

* A Guide to Spiritual Life: Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda-Swami Chetanananda

* Swami Vijnanananda: Life and Teachings by Swami Vishwashrayananda ISBN 81-7120-721-9

Her works included The Web of Indian Life, which sought to rectify many myths in the Western world about Indian culture and customs, Kali the Mother, The Master as I Saw Him on Swami Vivekananda, Notes of Some Wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda on her travels from Nainital, Almora and other places with Swamiji, The Cradle Tales of Hindusim on the stories from Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata, Studies from an Eastern Home, Civil Ideal and Indian Nationality, Hints on National Education in India, Glimpses of Famine and Flood in East Bengal — 1906.

Ramai Swami started the first Hare Krishna Food for Life program in the world at the ISKCON temple in Sydney, Australia.

Jayapataka Swami is the world chairman for ' Food for Life ' and ISKCON's Food Relief Programs.

Swami Sivananda, an Advaita scholar, reiterates the same views in his commentary synthesising Vedanta views on the Brahma Sutras, a Vedantic text.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, prominent figures of Indian spirituality such as Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Sivananda and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami emphasized the importance of ahimsa.

* 1914 – Swami Satchidananda, Yogi and Spiritual teacher ( d. 2002 )

* 1836 – Sri Ramakrishna, Indian Bengali guru of Swami Vivekananda ( d. 1886 )

* 1902 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk ( b. 1863 )

A fifth individual whom Drury identified as an important influence upon the New Age movement was the Indian Swami Vivekananda ( 1863 – 1902 ), an adherent of the philosophy of Vedanta who first brought Hinduism to the West in the late 19th century.

Major Temple cities: Puri, which hosts a major Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration ; Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple ; Three comparatively recent temples of fame and huge pilgrimage are Shirdi, home to Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tirumala-Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple ; and Sabarimala, where Swami Ayyappan is worshipped.

* 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( d. 1977 )

The temple at Arasavilli was constructed in such a way that on the day of Radhasaptami, the sun's rays directly fall on the feet of the Sri Suryanarayana Swami, the deity at the temple.

Stating that " Paramahansa Yogananda was sent to the West by Jesus Christ himself " with the said intent to " restore the original Christian teachings among his followers ", in Revelations of Christ Swami Kriyananda, Yogananda's disciple and Ex-minister of the Self-Realization Fellowship, provides a distilled commentary on the life and teachings of Christ, all of which is meant to serve as an anticipatory primer to Yogananda's more philosophically nuanced treatment in The Second Coming of Christ.

Thus Hinduism's consideration of itself as an Eastern extension of the Christian Gospel, however, is neither unique to Yogananda or his disciple, Swami Kriyananda.

In the field of religion, Huxley ’ s friend and spiritual mentor, the Vedantic monk Swami Prabhavananda, thought that mescaline was an illegitimate path to enlightenment, a " deadly heresy " as Christopher Isherwood put it.

Hindu monks, beginning with Swami Vivekananda, brought yoga to the Western world in the late 19th century.

* January 12 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian religious leader ( d. 1902 )

* July 4 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian religious leader ( b. 1863 )