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Ananda (other)
Ananda may refer to: Hinduism *Ānanda (Hindu philosophy) *Anandamaya kosha *Ananda Tandava, a sacred dance of Hindu mythology People * Ananda, disciple of the Buddha *Ananda (King of Anxi), member of Genghis Khan's family *Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Ceylonese metaphysician and art historian *Ananda Everingham (born 1982), Thai actor and model *Ananda Jacobs (born 1983), American actress, singer, model, producer, and composer *Ananda Lewis (born 1973), American television personality *Ananda Mahidol (1935-1946), the eighth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty *Ananda Marchildon (born 1986), Canadian-Dutch model *Ananda Mikola (born 1980), Indonesian racecar driver *Ananda Shankar (1942-1999), Indian musician Places *Ananda, Ivory Coast, a town, commune, and sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast *Ananda College, a school in Sri Lanka *Ananda Church of Self-Realization *Ananda Temple, a Buddhist temple in Myanmar Arts and media * ''Ananda'' (album), a 2006 album by Paulina Rubio *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ānanda (Hindu Philosophy)
''Ānanda'' (Sanskrit: आनन्द) literally means bliss or happiness. In the Hindu Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad gita, ānanda signifies eternal bliss which accompanies the ending of the rebirth cycle. Those who renounce the fruits of their actions and submit themselves completely to the divine will, arrive at the final termination of the cyclical life process (''saṃsāra'') to enjoy eternal bliss (''ānanda'') in perfect union with the godhead. The tradition of seeking union with God through loving commitment is referred to as ''bhakti'', or devotion. Etymology ''Ānanda'' is a Sanskrit word regarded as a verbal noun ''nanda'' prefixed with ''ā''. ''ā'' indicates the place where the verbal action occurs; for example, ''āsrama'', where one toils, ''ārama'', where one enjoys oneself, ''ākara'', where things are scattered, etc. The word ''ānanda'' thus implies a locus, that in which one finds bliss, be it a son, the fulfillment of a wish, the knowledge of ''brahma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Mikola
Ananda Mikola (born 27 April 1980 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian racecar driver. Mikola competed in the Italian and International Formula 3000 series from 1999 to 2001 and was champion of Asian F3 in the 2005 season. He was out of racing for a couple of seasons before driving for A1 Team Indonesia in A1GP. As of the 2 April race in Shanghai, he had scored a best finish of fifth. In the World Series Lights he raced for a team sponsored by AC Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seaso ... Football Club. Ananda is the brother of another Indonesian driver, Moreno Soeprapto. Racing history Career summary References 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Jakarta Indonesian racing drivers A1 Team Indonesia drivers Auto GP drivers Formula V6 Asia drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Tandavam (film)
''Ananda Thandavam'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language romantic drama film, an adaptation of Sujatha's serialized novel ''Pirivom Santhippom''. The film was directed by A. R. Gandhi Krishna and produced by Oscar V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films.cinesouth.com 9 October 2007, "AR Gandhi Krishna's 'Ananda Tandavam'"Kumar, S.R. Ashok The Hindu, 10 May 2008, retrieved=6 August 2008 The music was composed by with editing by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Marga
Ānanda Mārga ("The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha (organization for the propagation of the path of bliss), is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in Jamalpur, Bihar, India, in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. It is also the name of the philosophy and life-style propounded by Sarkar, described as a practical means of personal development and the transformation of society. It is established in more than 180 countries across the world. Its motto is ''Ātmamokśārthaṃ jagaddhitāya ca'' (Self-Realisation and Service to the Universe). Tantra yoga, as interpreted by Sarkar, serves as the foundation of Ananda Marga. According to his teachings, Tantra means liberation from darkness through the expansion of mind. Meditation is the main spiritual practice of this tantric tradition, which assists the practitioner to overcome weaknesses and imperfections. The path ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda (album)
''Ananda'' ( sa, italic=yes, Bliss) is the eighth studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio, released on September 18, 2006, through Universal Music Group. Its pop rock music incorporates latin, dance, folk, electropop, alternative and flamenco styles with instrumentation from synthpop beats, guitars, drums, synthesizers, strings and Spanish musical instruments. Its themes range from love, empowerment and dancing. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including Cachorro López, Rick Wake, Tricky Stewart, Áureo Baqueiro, TOY Hernández and Gustavo Santaolalla. Among the songwriters and artist collaborators appear on the album are Xabi San Martín from La Oreja de Van Gogh, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Juanes, Julieta Venegas and Coti. ''Ananda'' was generally acclaimed by most critics and Cachorro López received a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, and Rubio received other one for Female Latin Pop Album given to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Temple
The Ananda Temple ( my, အာနန္ဒာ ဘုရား, ), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1112/13) of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty. The temple layout is in a cruciform with several terraces leading to a small pagoda at the top covered by an umbrella known as hti, which is the name of the umbrella or top ornament found in almost all pagodas in Myanmar. The Buddhist temple houses four standing Buddha statues, each one facing the cardinal direction of East, North, West and South. The temple is said to be an architectural wonder in a fusion of Mon and adopted Indian style of architecture. The impressive temple has also been titled the "Westminster Abbey of Burma". The temple has close similarity to the Pathothamya temple of the 10th–11th century, and is also known as “veritable museum of stones”. The temple was damaged in the earthquake of 1975. However, it has been fully restored and is well maintained b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Church Of Self-Realization
Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926 – April 21, 2013) was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, musician, and an author. He was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, and founder of the spiritual movement named "Ananda". He authored over 150 books, and composed about 400 piece of music. In 1998, he was found guilty of "constructive fraud", with a finding of " malice" and " fraudulent conduct" in a sexual harassment lawsuit. He was one of many direct disciples of the yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda. Yogananda made Walters a minister for his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). He authorized him to teach Kriya Yoga, and appointed him the head monk of the monks at the SRF Mount Washington. After Yogananda's death, Walters was given final vows of sannyas and ordained as a Brother of the SRF Order, along with Sarolananda, Bimalananda and Bhaktananda, in 1955 by then SRF President Daya Mata and was given the name Kriyananda. In 1960, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda College
''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colombo , country = Sri Lanka , coordinates = , image = , image size = 150px , caption = Crest of Ananda College , pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Colombo Central , pushpin_image = , pushpin_mapsize = , pushpin_map_alt = , pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Colombo , pushpin_label = , pushpin_label_position = right , type = National , established = , founder = Colonel Henry Steel Olcott , principal = Lal Dissanayake , grades = 1–13 , gender = Boys , age_range = 6 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda, Ivory Coast
Ananda is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Daoukro Department in Iffou Region, Lacs District. Ananda was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Ananda was 12,020. Village ...
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician, singer, and composer best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar. Life Born in Almora in Uttar Pradesh(now in Uttarakhand), India, Shankar was the son of Amala Shankar and Uday Shankar, popular dancers, and also the nephew of sitar player Ravi Shankar. He studied in The Scindia School, Gwalior. Ananda did not learn sitar from his uncle but studied instead with Lalmani Misra at Banaras Hindu University. He died in Kolkata on 26 March 1999 aged 56 from cardiac failure. Professional career In the late 1960s, Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first album, '' Ananda Shankar'', in 1970, with original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits, The Rolling Stones' "Jumpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Marchildon
Ananda Marchildon (also known as Ananda Lândertine; born November 26, 1986) is a Canadian-Dutch fashion model most notable as the winner of the Holland's Next Top Model, Cycle 4, fourth cycle of ''Holland's Next Top Model''. Prior to HNTM Marchildon was born and raised in Canada and moved to the Netherlands when she was 10 years old. When she was in her early twenties she started to squatting, occupy abandoned buildings, due to resistance to her parents. On a TV show and in certain news papers Marchildon was described as a former drug addict. This statement was not true, however, she did use soft drugs in her squatter period, which is legal in the Netherlands. Another untrue media hype is that she got professional help at a rehab center to get off the drugs. Marchildon never did go to a rehab because she decided to stop smoking pot herself. Holland's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 Marchildon competed against ten other contestants to win Cycle 4 of ''Holland's Next Top Model''. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandamaya Kosha
The Anandamaya kosha or "sheath made of bliss" (Ānanda (Hindu philosophy), ananda) is in Vedanta, Vedantic philosophy the most subtle or spiritual of the five Kosha, levels of embodied self. It has been interpreted differently according to specific schools of Indian (and also Theosophical) thought. The Anandamaya kosha in traditional Advaita Vedanta In Advaita Vedanta the Anandamaya kosha is the innermost of the five koshas or "sheaths" that veil the Atman (Hinduism), Atman or Supreme Self. Unlike the sukshma sarira, next three more outer koshas, it constitutes the ''karana Sarira (Vedanta), sarira'' or causal body. It is associated with the state of dreamless sleep and Samādhi, samadhi. The Anandamaya kosha in Krsna Consciousness The ānanda-maya stage is explained by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as the "brahma-bhūta" stage in the Bhagavad-gītā. There it is said that in the brahma-bhūta stage of life there is no anxiety and no hankering. This stage begins w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
