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Niranjanananda Saraswati (born 14 February 1960) is the successor of

Satyananda Saraswati Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009), was a Sanyasi, yoga teacher and guru in both his native India and the West. He was a student of Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society, and founded the Bihar Sch ...

, founder of Satyananda Yoga, who passed on the worldwide coordination of Satyananda Yoga to Niranjanananda in 1988. He is Born Kayastha family in

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, Niranjanananda is considered by his followers to be a yogi from birth. He was named 'Niranjan' (the Untainted One) 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 Yoga nidra ( sa, योग निद्रा, ) or yogic sleep in modern usage is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, typically induced by a guided meditation. A state called yoga nidra is mentioned in the Upanishads and the ...

and practice of other yoga techniques. At the age of ten, he was initiated as a

sannyasi ''Sannyasa'' (Sanskrit: संन्यास; IAST: ), sometimes spelled Sanyasa (सन्न्यास) or Sanyasi (for the person), is life of renunciation and the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as '' A ...

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 Paramahamsa (Sanskrit: परमहंस, Bengali: পরমহংস, romanized: Pôromohôṅso; pronounced ɔromoɦɔŋʃo, also spelled paramahansa or paramhansa, is a Sanskrit religio-theological title of honour applied to Hindu spiritual ...

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, following the mandate of his Guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, he relinquished and renounced all administrative responsibilities and institutional posts. Swami Niranjanananda now lives as an independent sannyasin, following the lifestyle and sadhanas of a paramahansa sannyasin. From 2013, following in the tradition of his Guru, Swami Niranjanananda is performing the arduous panchagni tapasya or austerity, and other sadhanas and yajnas as elucidated in the Kathopanishad, Brihadaranyaka and Chhandogya Upanishads. He was given the third-highest civilian award of the country,

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, in 2017 for distinguished service of high order in the category/field of prominence of Others(Yoga).

Publications

Bihar School of Yoga has published several books by Swami Niranjananda. These include: * ''Jnana Yoga'' * ''My Inheritance of Sannyasa'' * ''The Yoga of Sage Vasishtha'' * ''The Yoga of Sri Krishna'' * ''Yoga in Daily Life'' * ''Dharma of a Disciple'' * ''Head, Heart & Hands'' * ''Karma & Karma Yoga'' * ''Mantra & Yantra'' * ''Mind, Mind Management & Raja Yoga'' * ''Origin of Yoga & Pashupata Yoga'' * ''The Paths of Pravritti & Nivritti'' * ''Sannyasa'' * ''On the Wings of the Swan'' (four volumes) * ''Yoga Sadhana Panorama'' (five volumes) * ''Prana Pranayama'' * ''Yoga Chudamani Upanishad'' * ''Gheranda Samhita'' * ''Dharana Darshan'' * ''Sannyasa Darshan'' * ''Yoga Darshan''

References

External links

* http://www.yogapoint.com/info/swamiji2.htm * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amPz09I401Q {{DEFAULTSORT:Niranjanananda Indian yoga teachers 20th-century Hindu religious leaders 21st-century Hindu religious leaders 1960 births Living people Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields