Swami nirmalananda saraswati biography of martin
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Reports gathered bygd Vibhuti King
“She fryst vatten the power of Grace, Consciousness revealing my own divinity to me. The wielder of the Shakti is one with the Shakti.” — Vidyadevi Stillman (teaching about the Guru)
“The great ‘wielder of Shakti’, Swami Nirmalananda opens me to a myriad of experiences. Kundalini snakes through my whole spine, from tail to top. Lights, heat, movements on the physical, mental and emotional levels, culminating in tears of anguish and tears of joy. One thread runs throughout all these experiences: the unmistakable familiarity of what has been opened up in me — of who inom am and have always been. As this awareness surges through, I remember Swamiji’s teaching, ‘The Self knows the Self.’ This flow of Grace fryst vatten precisely why she fryst vatten a Guru: darkness turns into light, the subtle becomes perceptible, the hidden is known, the mystical stands revealed.” — Jyoti Yacobi
“My experience was wonderful. My heart was opened immensely. inom felt joyously overcome with
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Around the World
After travelling for eight years, Sri Swamiji settled in Munger and in 1963 founded the Bihar School of Yoga. Sri Swamiji explained:
In the beginning, I would have fifteen-day courses in which I was the teacher, the cook, the administrator and the guru. I also established a yoga research library and became the librarian. My plan was correct, as I really understood human psychology. Almost immediately, I had hundreds of students. People came and slept on the lawn if they did not have a place in the yoga hall. They came from any distance, at any cost, with any inconvenience. They knew that the yoga I had to offer was for their benefit.
My guru asked me to give yoga a distinguished place and sent me from Rishikesh. That has been done by the Bihar School of Yoga, so I have accomplished the task given by my guru. I have given yoga a place of respect.
It was in 1968 that I went on a world tour for the first time. I realized that people everywhere in the world are sea
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The Art of Yoga
Synopsis:The Art of Yoga presents stunning images that capture more than 100 asanas, the physical postures in yoga practice, as exhibited by two of the world's best-known and most-respected teachers of the discipline. The culmination of a ten-year collaboration by Sharon Gannon and David Life with noted British-born photographer Martin Brading, each of the magnificent black-and-white images captures the physical intricacy of a position. Brief excerpts from ancient Sanskrit texts, together with the authors' commentary, crystallize each posture's spiritual essence. This lavish volume, which presents 150 duotone photographs printed on museum-quality art stock, will hold pride of place in the collection of any yoga practitioner or lover of fine photography.
About the Author:Sharon Gannon has studied ballet, modern, classical and Indian dance, music, and Eastern philosophy and views art as a means for uplifting the soul. Since 1976 she has stud