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Kripalvananda (January 13, 1913 – December 29, 1981), also known as Swami Sri Kripalvanand or Bapuji, was a renowned master of kundalini yoga and the namesake of the Kripalu Center, Kripalu Yoga style and Kripalvananda Yoga Institute, as well as a significant influence on Kriya Yoga in the United States.
It taught Swami Kripalvananda's teachings, held retreats and other programs, and trained yoga teachers. [1] [5] In 1975, Kripalu bought Summit Station, Pennsylvania, including a health center that became a key element of its mission. [5] In 1977, Swami Kripalu moved to the United States, inspiring many people to take up yoga.
From left: Swami Satchidananda, B.K.S. Iyengar, Amrit Desai, Shri Kumar-swami, Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari, and B.I. Atreya at the World Conference on Scientific Yoga in New Delhi in 1970. In 1966, during his first visit to India since his arrival in the United States, Swami Kripalvananda gave him initiation and further instruction in kundalini ...
According to SRF's magazine, he was given his final vows of sannyas into the swami order of Shankaracharya by Daya Mata, SRF's president from 1955 until her death in 2010. [17] Regarding this order, Yogananda stated in his Autobiography of a Yogi: Every swami belongs to the ancient monastic order which was organized in its present form by Shankara.
After accepting sannyasa, Bhaktivedanta Swami began planning to travel to America to fulfill his spiritual master's desire to spread Chaitanya's teachings in the West. [62] [63] To leave India, Bhaktivedanta Swami had many hurdles to overcome. He needed a sponsor in America, official approvals in India, and a ticket for his travel.
M. Gauri Ma; Golap Ma; Anandamayi Ma; Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas; Maate Mahadevi; Bhaiyyu Maharaj; Gadge Maharaj; Gagangiri Maharaj; Gondavalekar Maharaj; Gulabrao Maharaj
Swami Chidbhavananda (11 March 1898 – 16 November 1985) was born in Senguttaipalayam near Pollachi in Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency, India. [1] His parents named him 'Chinnu'. He studied in Stanes School, Coimbatore.
The swami is said to have been one of those "rare siddhas (accomplished ones) who had the knowledge of Sri Vidya," [16] and who was "modeled" after the great philosopher Adi Shankara. [9] Within a decade of becoming Shankaracharya, he accumulated many thousands of disciples and reinforced the concept of the Jyotir Math monastery as an important ...