Yoga Sagar

Author(s): Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger

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PARAMAHAMSA SATYANANDA Foremost authority and inspirer of the modern yogic renaissance. Born in the foothills of the Himalyas in 1923. Left his home at the age of nineteen in search of spiritual truth. Joined his guru, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, and adopted the sannayasa way of life in 1943. Served his guru for twelve years, broadening his own understanding of the spiritual sciences. Travelled the length and breadth of the Indian sub-continent for nine years as a parivrajaka, wandering mendicant, to assess the needs of modern man. Founded the International Yoga Fellowship and the Bihar School of Yoga at Munger in 1963. Conducted numerous programs for training sannyasins and householders alike in the techniques of yoga. Toured internationally, propagating yoga among people of all countries, races, religions and cultures. Authored over eighty books on yoga, health and spirituality. Founded Sivananda Math, a social, charitable institution, and the Yoga Research Foundation, a scientific and medical research orientated institution, in 1987. Renounced all that he had created in 1988, and in the spirit of kshetra sannyasa, visited all the siddha teerthasthanas of India. Founded the Sri Panchdashnam Paramahamsa Alakhbara in 1990, where he now leads the life of a paramahamsa sannyasin, one who does not work for his flock and mission alone, but has a universal vision.
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