Swami swaroopananda chinmaya mission biography of martin

A Brief Introduction to Swami Swaroopananda, Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide 

Even as a teenager, Swami Swaroopananda was interested in the spiritual path. After discovering Pujya Swami Chinmayananda’s "Holy Geeta", he was amazed by the clarity, the analytical thinking and the practical explanations Gurudev had brought out so lucidly.

His parents were members of Chinmaya Mission Hong Kong and through them, Swamiji too became a part of the mission.

One evening, he and a group of his peers attended a satsang by Swami Chinmayananda, which they found profoundly moving. Instead of going home that evening, they went to a place called, “The Peak”, a relatively tranquil place in Hong Kong.

They spent hours discussing their conversations with Swami Chinmayananda, followed by some quiet contemplation - not returning home until very late that night.

When they came to bid farewell to S