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Swami Satprakashananda
Swami
Satprakashananda
Served as Secretary from Jan. 1931
to Dec. 1935
Known as Harish Maharaj. He was born at Dhaka
(Now Bangladesh) in 1888, completed his MA from Calcutta University. He
met Swami Vivekananda in 1901 at Dhaka and was later initiated by Swami
Brahmanandaji. He had also met Swami Premanandaji and "M". Joined at Dhaka
Math in 1924 and received Sannyasa from Swami Shivanandaji at Varanasi in
1927. He was the Jt-Editor of Prabuddha Bharata and became the Secretary
of Delhi Ashrama (1931-36). Went to USA for propagating the message of the
Vedanta. Vedanta Society of St. Louis in 1938 was founded the by
him.
To his credit books include: Ethics and Religion, Meditation:
Its Process, practice and culmination, How is a man reborn, The Universe
etc.
He passed away as the head of Vedanta Society of St. Louis in
1979.
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