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Swami Ānandāshram (Devanagari: आनंदाश्रम्, ') was the ninth guru and the Head of the community of the Chitrapur Saraswats. He succeeded his guru Swami Pandurangashram in 1915. He remained the Head of the community for a period of 51 years until he died in 1966. Swami Ānandāshram had to work on his own to attain mastery over the Sanskrit scriptures, as he had been initiated just 9 days after his ordination as a ''shishya''(disciple). Thus he had no time to learn under the tutelage of a guru. His learning was taken care of mostly by the priests of Chitrapur Math along with special tutors. His regime was characterised by progress and prosperity of the community after initial periods of financial instability. Swami Ānandāshram regularly visited the various centres of the community all over the country without restricting himself to the Kanara districts. Under his regime the strict social norms enforced by his predecessor, Swami Pāndurangāshram were made more lenient. He died in 1966 and was succeeded by his ''shishya''(Disciple) Swami Parijñānāshram III. His ''samādhi'' (shrine) is located at Shirali within the premises of the Chitrapur Math. ''(NOTE: Henceforth in this article, Swamiji will refer to Swami Ānandāshram)'' == Initial period == Swami Ānandāshram was born Shāntamūrti Haridās Bhat to one of the priests in the Chitrapur Math by name Haridas Rāmchandra Bhat and his wife Jānakidevi on June 29, 1902. Swami Pāndurangāshram had accepted Shāntamoorthy as his ''shishya''(disciple) on June 5, 1915 just nine days before he attained ''Mahā-samādhi'' (died). Swami Ānandāshram was ordained as the head of the community on June 14, 1915 at the age of 13.〔 Thus he had the sole sovereignty over the community with no time to learn, among other things: Sanskrit Scriptures, administrative responsibilities, etc. under the tutelage of a guru. Swami Pāndurangāshram had foreseen the difficulty his disciple might have to face and so ordered that the administrative duties of the ''matha'' and the community should not be given to him until he had received due education and necessary training.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shirmat Anandashram )〕 Until then, the administrative responsibilities would be taken care of by the ''Shukla Bhats'' of the ''matha''(See Shukla Bhats). The community would continue to worship the ''pāduka'' (wooden slippers worn by Hindu saints) of Swami Pāndurangāshram till Swami Ānandāshram attained the required training.〔 The general education of Swamiji was taken care of by the priests in the Chitrapur Matha. Special tutors were arranged for teaching specific scriptures. However, Swamiji had to teach himself many of the previously mentioned qualities. Twice he was overcome with frustration and he left the premises of the ''matha'' without anyone's knowledge, to take up life of a sanyasi(Ascetic) and to quench his thirst for knowledge. Both times he returned upon the urgent requests of his devotees who promised him that things at the ''matha'' would be fine.〔 In 1927, Swamiji set out for Rishikesh, located at the foothills of the Himalayas, to the ''ashram'' (Hermitage) of Swami Krishnāchārya Saraswati under whom he studied for many days. Under him, Swamiji learnt the Brahma sūtras and other texts. Swami Krishnāchārya later visited Shirali and continued to teach him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anandashram Swami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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