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The Hindustan Times
24.11.93
B.S.Y.- A UNIQUE SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION
MUNGER, Nov. 23 (PTI) - Far
rivalled. The convention drew from the madding crowd,
thousands of delegates from
various parts of the country and situated atop a hillock, is the
even remote corners of the globe. internationally reputed Bihar
Erudite scholars from various School of Yoga (BSY), training
walks of life, scientists and people to be healthier, happier,
doctors, besides spiritual leaders self-confident and creative. Loca
from India and abroad, dwelt at ted amidst sylvan surroundings with the holy Ganges skirting the
length on the use of yoga to
usher in peace, health and magnificent multi-storey edifice
happiness among individuals from three sides, the hillock has a significance of its own for it is
and the society they live in.
Delegates from believed that Karna used to
Australia,
Greece, Italy, Ireland and many distribute 50 maunds of gold
other western countries who everyday sitting there on a stone
evinced keen interest in the four slab.
day spectacular event in fact Founded in 1963 by
gave a lie to the saying that "East Paramahamsa Satyananda, the
is east and west is west and never torch bearer of yogic renaissance,
the twain shall meet." The the BSY has become internationally known and is respected
foreign delegates exchanged their as a teaching institu tion of the
views on various yogic become internationally known
experiences and even the
children accompanying them highest standard. Paramahamsa
mixed freely with each other Satya- nanda, with his profound
irrespective of religion knowledge of the practical and
and
language barriers. scientific aspects of yoga, himself
The BSY, which is rightly taught this sublime science from
named Ganga Darshan, is one of his own deep understanding of
the most modern and well every facet of yoga and human
equipped institutions of its kind nature.
in India and even abroad. There The BSY recently organized
are over 160 self-contained rooms the World Yoga Convention, which is held once in 20 years, to
to accommodate individual
students as well as families. In commemorate the 50 years of
the large hall the entire ashram renunciation of Paramahamsa
community gathers in Satyananda, whose vision of the
an
atmosphere of spiritual unity. yogic philosophy and its
The BSY also has on its relevance to modern life is un
campus a modern printing press 392
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