Career
He was a great Vedantin of Advaitha Philosophy. Born as Sri Yellambalase Subbarao, he worked as a school teacher in the Indian state of Karnataka. His books, articles and lectures have made an important impact on disciples, pandits, sadhus and also scholars in the field of classical Indian philosophy.
He was known as a Jivanmukta sage.
He was the best example of a Sanskrit saying, "One should spend one"s life until sleep and until death only in Vedantic contemplation". In 1910 he was initiated into the study of Shankara´s scriptures by the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri Peetham.
Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati soon became well known for having shown that the later Vedantic tradition had in fact deviated from the teachings of the classical acharyas Gaudapada, Shankara and Sureshvara. This led to many fascinating discussions with learned pandits.
In 1920 he founded the organisation Adhyatma Prakasha Karyalaya, which is still very active today.
He was initiated into sannyasa in 1948. As a sannyasi, Satchidanandendra Swamiji lived a very simple and secluded life at his small ashram in Holenarsipur.
