Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals :Ch-5. Part - 2.

Chapter 5: Sivananda – The Fire of Sannyasa

Part-2.

Two years afterwards, in the year 1924, he came across a great saintly person known as Swami Visvananda Saraswati, whom he met, as it is said, only for a few minutes, and from whom he received initiation into the sacred order of Sannyasa as Swami Sivananda Saraswati.

This was on the 1st of June.

This Swami Visvananda Saraswati is little known to the public and, perhaps, personally he was not even acquainted to Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.

It was a unique coming together of two personalities, as if ordained by God Himself, and Jnana Sannyasa, as it is known, was offered to Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.

Jnana Sannyasa implies Sannyasa without ritual.

The ritualistic confirmation of this Jnana Sannyasa was subsequently performed by the great Sri Swami Vishnudevanandaji Maharaj of Kailas Ashram.

Thus, Swami Visvanandaji Maharaj was his Diksha Guru, while Swami Vishnudevanandaji Maharaj was his Sannyasa Kriya Guru.

But Swami Sivanandaji had equal regard for both.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....