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Swami Sivananda is a great saint of modern India. After a successful career as a medical doctor, he renounced the world, practiced intense meditation and attained Self-realization. Through more than 200 books, he made the timeless wisdom of Yoga and Vedanta known to the whole world. He summarized the essence of his teachings as "Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize." Swami Sivananda was the founder of the Divine Life Society Ashram in Rishikesh, Himalayas. He trained many outstanding disciples in his ashram, one of whom was Swami Vishnudevananda. In 1957, Swami Sivananda sent Swami Vishnudevananda to teach Yoga in the West with the words "People are waiting."