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Henri Le Saux

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August 30, birth in Saint-Briac (Brittany)

Entrance to the minor seminary of Châteaugiron

Entrance to the major seminary of Rennes

Called to the Benedictine order

October 15 , entry into the Abbey of Ste Anne de Kergonan.

Birth of his sister Marie-Thérèse

May 13, begins his year of Benedictine novitiate

May 17, simple profession of novice

First call from India

May 30, solemn profession of Benedictine monk

December 21, priestly ordination

September, mobilization for the Second World War

July, captured by German troops, he escapes and returns to the monastery

Death of his mother Louise Le Saux (Sonnerfaud)

First correspondence with Mgr. Mendonça, Bishop of Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) and

Father Jules Monchanin

July 26, leaves his monastery for India

Henry the Saux

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France (1910-1948)

India (1948-1973)

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August 15, arrives in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
August 17, joins Father Jules Monchanin in Kulittalai (Tamil Nadu, India)
January 24, first stay in Tiruvannamalai / first darshan of Ramana Maharshi
August, second darshan of Ramana Maharshi
March 21, inauguration of Shantivanam Ashram (Kulittalai) founded with Jules Monchanin
Takes the name of Swami Abhishiteshvarananda
April 14, death of Ramana Maharshi
April, her sister Marie-Thérèse enters the Benedictine abbey of St Michel
March 31, settled in Vanatti Cave (Arunachala)
May 19-August 10, return to Arunachala / stays in the Vanatti and Arutpal Tirtham caves
March 3-31, Arutpal Tirtham Cave Retreat (Arunachala)
March 19, meeting of Harilal Poonja
June, tour in the south with Father Dominique Van Rolleghem

April 20-27, retreat at Skandashram (Arunachala).
May 13-July 12, in Tiruvannamalai with Father Monchanin
May 26 - June 30, Sadei Sami Cave Retreat
Last cave stay in Virupaksha
November, death of his father Alfred Le Saux.
Retreats in Arunachala (January, July and early December)
July 11, welcome of Father Francis Mahieu in Bombay / visit to Elephanta, Kanheri and Ajanta
Meetings with Dr. Dinshaw Mehta (July-August)
December 12-15 first visit to Tapovanam Ashram / Meeting with Sri Gnanananda
February 28-March 15, retreat in Tirukoyilur with Sri Gnanananda
November 6 - December 8, thirty-two day retreat at Mauna Mandir (Kumbakonam).
March to September, trips (Tamil Nadu, Bombay, North India) / meetings with Harilal Poonja and Dr. Mehta
September 10, departure of Father Monchanin for France
October 10, death of Father Jules Monchanin in Paris
December, theological conference in Shantivanam with Fathers Dominique Van Rolleghem, Bede Griffiths and Raimon Panikkar

Start of correspondence with the Carmel of Lisieux
February, four days in Arunachala
December, second theological conference in Shantivanam
April to October, trips to northern India/first contact with the Himalayas
May 21, first visit to Jyotiniketan Ashram (Bareilly) and meeting with Rev. Murray Rogers
June 18, obtained Indian citizenship
Numerous trips and meetings (Bangalore, Mysore, Bombay, Delhi, Haridwar...)
Participation in various seminars
February 1, meeting with Dr Cuttat, Swiss ambassador in Delhi
March 13, acquisition of a plot of land for his hermitage (kutiya) in Gyansu (Uttarkashi)
April 16-30, seminar organized in Almora with Dr. Cuttat
November 23-December 2, assembly of the World Council of Churches in Delhi
Travel between north and south.
April 1 to 7, second “Cuttat Meeting” in Rajpur.
May-June, establishes a small hermitage (kutiya) in Gyansu.
June 1-7, pilgrimage to the sources of the Ganges (Gangotri) with Raimon Pannikar

First meeting with Swami Chidananda Saraswati at Shivananda Ashram (Rishikesh)

September 20-28, meeting with Sister Thérèse of the Carmel of Lisieux in Bombay

November, arrival of Lalit Sharma, 18-year-old Hindu disciple

August, officially leaves Shantivanam entrusted to Bede Griffiths

December 15, settled in his hermitage in Uttarkashi until March 1969

May 15-25, participates in the "All India seminar on the Church in India today" in Bangalore

First correspondence with Marc Chaduc

Remains mainly in his hermitage

Dedicates time to his disciples Ramesh Shrivastava and Lalit Sharma

January, meeting with Dominican Father Shigeto Oshida at Jyotiniketan
October 21, first meeting with Marc Chaduc arrived in India (Delhi)

November, installation of Sister Thérèse in a hermitage in Haridwar

January-February, stay in Delhi with Ramesh

February 26-March 6, visit of Sister Therese in Haridwar
May 1-20, retreat at Phulchatti Ashram with Marc Chaduc
May 20-21, “Fire Upadesha” experience at Shivananda Ashram on the night of Pentecost
May 22-26, first “prayer school” in Rajpur
July, with Marc Chaduc in Rajpur.
September 20 – December 2, intense spiritual study with Marc, and other friends in Rajpur.

April, last stay in the hermitage of Gyansu
May 11-20, in Rajpur, Rishikesh and Phulchatti with Marc.
May 21-25, second “prayer school” in Rajpur.
June 4-10, trip to Rishikesh and Haridwar with Marc.
June 27-30, sannyasa-diksha of Marc who becomes Swami Ajatananda Saraswati
July 10-14, meeting with Marc in Kaudyala / three intense days at the Ranagal temple
July 14, Heart attack and awakening experience at Rishikesh bazaar.
August 21, Arrival at Roberts Nursing Home, Indore.

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