TantraShiromani MantraMartand तन्त्रशिरोमणि मन्त्रमार्तण्ड Sri Mahant REV. DR. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati
Country : USA
EDUCATION: Associated of Art in the year 1994 in General Education with focus in Religious Studies and Philosophy;
Bachelor of Art in in the year 1996 in Religious Studies with a focus in World Religion, Hinduism, and Buddhism from
the University of California at Berkeley (CAL); Doctor of Ministry (DMin) from the New Seminary for Interfaith Studies in New York,
NY, His doctoral capstone is titled “Religious Pluralism and Sri Ramakrishna’s Tantric Ontology.”; Honorary Doctor of Divinity in
Tantra BrahmaVidya (Hon. DDTB) from Maharshi VedVyas International Virtual Vedic University in 2021.
SPIRITUAL DIKSHA : He received Mantra diksha in 1992 by His Holiness Brahmaleen Swami Chidananda Saraswati (1916-2008), in Rishikesh;
Tantric diksha in 1993 and ordination as Kali Mandir pujari/archaka ; Sannyasa Diksha in 1999-Fully ordained as a sannyasin (renunciate) in the
Bhurivar Sampradaya of the Dasnami order of monks via the rite of Purna Sannyasa Diksha as per the tradition of the Sri Panch Dashnam Juna
Akhara by His Holiness Sri Mahant Swami Omananda Saraswati, on the auspicious Lakshmi Panchami day, the 22nd of March, in the year 1999.
Swami Bhajanananda is one of only a few of Mexican decent to be ordained in this orthodox Hindu religious order.
CURRENT SPIRITUAL WORK: Since 2019 (to present) Dean and Senior Instructor of Ramakrishna Seminary- As a Kali Mandir pujari, Swami Bhajanananda
performs the daily and special ritual worship of the Mother Goddess Kali and other forms of divinity. He also gives regular pravachan (spiritual discourses)
on the classical Hindu scriptures.
SPIRITUAL AUTHOR : Swami has authored many books and booklets viz. Ramakrishna Upadeshamrita,The Nectar of Sri Ramakrishna’s Spiritual Instructions; Japa-Vidya,Preliminary Instructions in Mantra Meditation;
Kali Stotram, Hymns to Goddess Kali; Guru Stotram,Hymns to the Guru etc
SPIRITUAL SEVA - ACTIVITIES: Featured throughout the 9-episode documentary series Yogic Paths produced by Gaia TV, and in the soon-to-be-released documentary The Image Maker by Uma Sanasayana.
Presently working on several commentaries on Hindu scriptures such as Kapila Gita, Kali Sahasranama, Narada Bhakti Sutras.
Senior editor of a monumental translation project of the Bengal spiritual classic Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita led by his disciple Rev. Swami Ambikananda Saraswati.
Presently guiding several students through their doctoral capstone projects and theses at Ramakrishna Seminary.
Has been accepted as a delegate-presenter for the upcoming Parliament of World Religions in October 2021 and will speak on The Tantric Way of Healing to a world-wide audience.
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