Swami Nityananda

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda is from a lineage of spiritual teachers in India. While carrying the traditional teachings, he makes spirituality a practical part of modern daily reality, guided by the prayer "May all beings live in peace and contentment." Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. He was initiated into the Sarasvati order of monks in 1980, and in 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work. In 1995, at the age of 32, he was installed by the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition as a Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhara. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, travels the world, sharing the spiritual practices in which he has been trained. Siddha Marg Volume II is the second book in a series that features excerpts from satsangs in which Gurudev shared his ruminations on and expression of the universal philosophy, or sanātan dharma.

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda is from a lineage of spiritual teachers in India. While carrying the traditional teachings, he makes spirituality a practical part of modern daily reality, guided by the prayer "May all beings live in peace and contentment." Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. He was initiated into the Sarasvati order of monks in 1980, and in 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work. In 1995, at the age of 32, he was installed by the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition as a Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhara. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, travels the world, sharing the spiritual practices in which he has been trained. Siddha Marg Volume I is the first book in a series that features excerpts from satsangs in which Gurudev shared his ruminations on and expression of the universal philosophy, or sanātan dharma.

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda is from a lineage of spiritual teachers in India. While carrying the traditional teachings, he makes spirituality a practical part of modern daily reality, guided by the prayer "May all beings live in peace and contentment." Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. He was initiated into the Sarasvati order of monks in 1980, and in 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work. In 1995, at the age of 32, he was installed by the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition as a Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhara. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, travels the world, sharing the spiritual practices in which he has been trained. Conversations with Gurudev Volume II is the second book in a series that features question and answer dialogues that occurred over the years between Gurudev and his students and that shed light on the philosophy and practices of yoga.

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda is from a lineage of spiritual teachers in India. While carrying the traditional teachings, he makes spirituality a practical part of modern daily reality, guided by the prayer "May all beings live in peace and contentment." Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. He was initiated into the Sarasvati order of monks in 1980, and in 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work. In 1995, at the age of 32, he was installed by the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition as a Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhara. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, travels the world, sharing the spiritual practices in which he has been trained. Conversations with Gurudev features question and answer dialogues that occurred over the years between Gurudev and his students and that shed light on the philosophy and practices of yoga.

The hymn, Sri Lalitambika-Sahasra-nama-Stotra, forms a part of the instructions Bhagawan Hayagriva communicated to Maharshi Agastya. The hymn is given in the Brahmanda-puruna and is used in the ceremony honoring Sri Vidya and as an independent spiritual practice for attaining the four objectives of human life. If Sri Lalitambika-Sahasra-nama-Stotra recitation and the Sri Lalita-sahasranamavalih worship are performed, then the ceremony honoring Sri Vidya is effective and the rewards include curing all diseases and increasing all wealth, but the main purpose is the attainment of beatitude. Sri Lalita-sahasranamavalih is the list of 1000 names from the Lalita-sahasranama, describing her various forms, aspects and functions. It is in honor of the Goddess Lalita Ambika. Lalita means the playful one. Her play is creation and the functions of the universal energy. Ambika means the mother, the one who sustains. This text depicts the external and internal beauty of Lalita. As one starts internalizing the process, one begins to see the beauty within oneself and then the entire external world becomes beautiful as well. The Sahasranama also talks about the Goddess in the form of Sri Chakra or Sri Vidya and as Kundalini, the energy within.

Shanti Mandir presents a new translation of the classic Indian scripture Sri Guru Gita (Song of the Guru), with Devanagari, transliteration, translation, and a glossary included for each of the 182 verses. This edition features introductory comments by Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda.

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda is from a lineage of spiritual teachers in India. While carrying the traditional teachings, he makes spirituality a practical part of modern daily reality, guided by the prayer "May all beings live in peace and contentment." Swami Nityananda was trained from childhood by Baba Muktananda and initiated into the mysterious path of the Siddha Gurus. He learned the various yogic practices, including meditation and Sanskrit chanting, and studied the philosophies of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. He was initiated into the Sarasvati order of monks in 1980, and in 1981, Baba Muktananda declared Swami Nityananda would succeed him to carry on the lineage. In 1987, Swami Nityananda founded Shanti Mandir as a vehicle for continuing his Guru's work. In 1995, at the age of 32, he was installed by the acharyas and saints of the Dashnam tradition as a Mahamandaleshwar of the Mahanirvani Akhara. Currently Swami Nityananda, also known as Gurudev, travels the world, sharing the spiritual practices in which he has been trained. Conversations with Gurudev features question and answer dialogues that occurred over the years between Gurudev and his students and that shed light on the philosophy and practices of yoga.