Niranjanananda Saraswati Quotes

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati is the successor of Satyananda Saraswati, founder of Satyananda Yoga, who passed on the worldwide coordination of Satyananda Yoga to Niranjanananda in 1988.

Born in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India, Niranjanananda is considered by his followers to be a yogi from birth. He was named 'Niranjan' by his guru Satyananda. He began his training at Bihar School of Yoga in India at the age of four through the use of yoga-nidra and practice of other yoga techniques. At the age of ten, he was initiated as a sannyasi and thereafter for eleven years he lived overseas. From 1971, he extensively toured Europe and North and South America. This experience gave him an understanding of the Western mind and society. In 1983 he returned to India and was appointed the Head of Bihar School of Yoga. For the next eleven years, he spearheaded the research and development activities at Ganga Darshan, Shivananda Math and the Yoga Research Foundation.

In 1990, he was initiated in the tradition of Paramahamsa and in 1993 he was chosen as the spiritual successor of Satyananda. In 1993, he organised a World Yoga Convention on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the sannyasa of his guru. In 1994, he established Bihar Yoga Bharati as the centre for higher studies in the field of yoga. He founded Yoga Publication Trust in 2000.In 2009 he relinquished all administrative and public duties.He was given the third-highest civilian award of the country, Padma Bhushan, in 2017 for distinguished service of high order in the category/field of prominence of Others. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. February 1960
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Niranjanananda Saraswati Quotes

“As we disassociate ourselves more and more from result and expectations from our work and other selfish attitudes, we identify with our creative nature, with peace within and we attain serenity.”

Source: Swami Sivananda's 18 ITITES and the practice of Prayahara, book by Swami Sivamurti – Yoga Publication Trust, Bihar, India (2013)

“Charity is helping others to overcome their needs.”

Source: Swami Sivananda's 18 ITITES and the practice of Prayahara, book by Swami Sivamurti – Yoga Publication Trust, Bihar, India (2013)

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