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Swami Jyotirmayananda hails from South Kanara in Karnataka state of India. He had his schooling and college studies at the Mangalore Ramakrishna Mission Students Home. He got the mantra diksha in 1966 while serving in a firm in Madras, from Swami Vireswarananda, the Tenth President of the Ramakrishna Order. He joined the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, in 1973, and took to monastic life independently in 1976.

 

He edited a voluminous book on Swami Vivekananda titled “Vivekananda – His Gospel of Man-Making” (www.vivekanandagospel.org) which chronicles the important events in the life and times of Swami Vivekananda, and highlights his mission and the message to the world. The first edition of this unique book (986 pp) with rich reading material which instructs and inspires the reader, was published in 1986, and the fifth edition, was released at New York in the context of the UN Millennium World Peace Summit 2000. Later, it was also made available as an e-book on CD-ROM, with an audio-visual presentation titled ‘Swami Vivekananda -- The Great Hindu Monk of India and His Lasting Spiritual Legacy to Humanity’, in the context of the 100th year of his Mahasamadhi (2002).

 
“India’s Gift to the World is the Light Spiritual” (240 pp.) released in Sept. 2009, is a collection of his papers and the articles written in various brochures. These papers were presented at various conferences, including the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Biennial Conferences of the ‘World Association of Vedic Studies’, a paper presented at the symposium in Chicago organized by the ‘Foundation for Hindu Religious Studies’ (FHRS), the articles published in the brochures released at the ‘Hindu Unity Day’ celebration in New York, at the First ‘Dharma Summit’ in New Jersey, at the anniversary of ‘Arsha Vidya Gurukulam’ (www.arshavidya.org), Saylorsburg, PA, and at the ‘Second Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference’ in New Jersey. It also contains his article published in India Tribune and another article compiled from the writings of Swami Vivekananda.
 

His other works/translation include “Hanuman Chalisa and Ashtaka” (with 'Glory of Sri Hanuman, the Glory of Hanuman Chalisa and the Glory of Ramanam.'); “Beloved Mother Amritanandamayi – A Sketch”; and “A Pilgirm Guide to Some Holy Places of Dakshina Kannada and Around.”

 
He has been visiting the US regularly and participating various conferences and forums, since 1993, when the centenary of Parliament of World Religions was held in Chicago:  ‘Global Vision 2000’, Washington (1993); ‘UN Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders’, New York (2000); ‘Vedanta in the Third Millennium’ Conference, Vivekananda Vedanta Society, Chicago (2001); the ‘Vishwa Dharma Prasaar Yaatra’ (2001),  Chicago; In early July 2004, he also participated in the ‘Konkani Sammelan’ at Los Angeles,
 

He was one of the Program Coordinators of the Dharma Summit (tinyurl.com/47ehff) convened by Swami Dayananda Saraswati and held at the Rutgers University, New Jersey (Aug. 13-15, 2005); and a Coordination Committee Member, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha Second Convention, Mumbai (October16, 17 & 18).
His web page vivekanandagospel.org mainly deals with his publication and other activities, while the blog spot (vivekajyoti.blogspot.com) is a resource on various issues concerning the Hindu Dharma and the Samaj.