""SATYAM SARANAM""

Satyananda Yoga
is renowned for maintaining the originality of ancient yogic and tantric practices which are proven to be excellent for physical health, mental development, emotional balance and spiritual growth.

Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda Saraswati
was born at Almora, Utter Pradesh, in 1923.

In 1943 He met Swami Sivananda Saraswati in Rishikesh and adopted the Dashnami Sannyasa way of life.

In 1955 He left His guru's ashram to live as a wandering mendicant and later founded the International Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1963.

He made a spiritual resolve to appoint Swami Niranjan

as His successor even before his birth.

That was four years before Swami Niranjan was born, so in effect,

He used His power of spiritual sankalpa

to call down a divine being

to take birth as the future Swami Niranjan

who has been recognised all over the world ""A YOGI FORM BIRTH"".


Over the next 20 years HE toured internationally and authored over 80 books.

In 1984 He founded Sivananda Math, a charitable institution for aiding rural development, and the Yoga Research Foundation.

In 1988 HE renounced His mission,

adopted KSHETRA SANNYASA, performed Panchagni Sadhana,

the ritual of five fires,

as described in the Satpatha Brahmanas and Kathopanishad

and

lived

in seclusion

as a PARAMAHAMSA SANNYASIN

performing

Higher Spiritual and Vedic Sadhanas.




PARAMAHAMSA SWAMI SATYANANDA SARASWATI

Who

inspired Millions

to live the Divine Life

took

MAHA SAMADHI

SEATED IN LOTUS POSE

and

IN STATE OF MEDITATION

at midnight

on December 5th 2009 in Rikhia, Devghar.


There are lessons

in His death for all of us,

as much as

there are lessons from His life.



PARAMAHAMSA SWAMI SATYANANDA SARASWATI

left the world in the manner,

place and time of His own choosing,

what our scriptures describe as ichchha mrityu.


"He simply inhaled

and

with a deep breath withdrew

His pranas

from this body"

seated in padmasana and in meditation.




No wonder there was no mourning following His death

because even in death

He had achieved perfection.


Through His death

He has given us

what can be best described

as a "doctrine for death"

and, thereby,

also a doctrine for living.


The message is clear:

if you want to die well,

then

you must live in accordance with certain principles.


Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda Saraswati

not only created two world class institutions,

but also groomed

the next generation of leaders to take forward the good work.

His successor

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswatiji

has already been freed from his social and institutional obligations

so that

he can concentrate full time

on sadhanas and carrying the legacy forward.


Swami Satsangi

is the Peethadishwari of Rikhiapeeth

and

Swami Suryaprakash,

who has been groomed by Swami Niranjanananda,

is the president of the Bihar School of Yoga.

There is no parallel for such perspective leadership planning

in the world today.




The SATYANANDA YOGA Tradition:-

*Swami Sivananda Saraswati
*Swami Satyananda Saraswati
*Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
*Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati
*Swami Suryaprakash Saraswati



The SATYANANDA YOGA Institutions:-

*International Yoga Fellowship Movement
*Bihar School of Yoga
*Bihar Yoga Bharati
*Sivananda Math
*Sivananda Ashram
*Yoga Research Foundation
*Yoga Publication Trust
*Sri Panchdashnam Paramahamsa Alakh Bara
*Bal Yoga Mitra Mandal
*Mahila Yoga Mitra Mandal


The SATYANANDA YOGA Websites:--

http://www.satyananda.net
http://www.rikhiapeeth.net
http://www.biharyoga.net
http://www.yogavision.net
http://www.yogamag.net


The SATYANANDA YOGA Dedication:-

In humility we offer this dedication to
Swami Sivananda Saraswati, who initiated
Swami Satyananda Saraswati into the secrets of yoga.

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