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Started this discussion. Last reply by swati Dec 14, 2009.
Started Jul 21, 2009
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 1:03pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
After 30 years I went to Rishikesh, India. I wish sooner but just to sit there on the banks of the Ganges, it all made sense. A place to visit for sure.
Swami Vishnu said Master celebrated the various Religion’s Feast days, spoke English, and gave…
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Just a few hours a night. Master would come out of his Kutir promptly at 0400. Swami Vishnu had to be there to walk with Him. After an Assassination attempt, ( a man with an axe) Swamiji and another slept down by His door to ensure nothing happened. Swami Sahajananda said, “ I think Gurudev would snore”, He said,” A lot of saints did.”…
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He left the Ashram 2 X. Once for a weekend and He came back or they talked Him into coming back then another time He left for a year on His terms. He thought the Ashram was full of losers etc. He was Master’s personal assistant. When He did come back He wanted His personal assistant job back and Master pointed over to the new man currently in that position and said He was…
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Sunday night completed 9 days of The Divine Mother’s worship. We had the perfect Swami Vishnudevananda style celebration. Gajananum from the Devananda Yoga Center in Berkeley, CA did an outstanding job. The food was perfect. Narayan and Hari Das took care of the details.…
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I think He had a very hard life. Quite a task to bring Yoga to the West. Look at ALL the Yoga there is today. It’s everywhere. In the 1980’s the only place you could openly teach was in a Unitarian church. In public institutions they had to give you space. Swamiji wanted practitioners not preachers. Everything He said has come true except Nuclear war. I was quite fortunate to…
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Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vishnu-devananda
Dear Gopal,
thank you for joining. Great to have you here.
Please join http://my.yoga-vidya.org/group/vishnudevananda - a great way to spread Swamiji's teachings. You can also upload mp3 files of Swamiji, or even put them into a player - or upload Videos to Youtube, and then embed them here. Many ways to spread Swamiji's teaching.
Thank you for the most valuable service you are doing to Swamiji.
Om Shanti
Love
Sukadev
serve them = service to the GOD .
work done during that service = work is WORSHIP .
whole the world worshipping that GOD in above manner
so i know who is my GOD
that GOD paying me money against my services
a lot of thanx to that GOD
NARENDRA SHARMA
peace to all
om shanti
Love and peace
Claudia
thanks for you comment on my wall. I am at present not teaching because I am in a meditation phase. Are you having workshops on a continuis bases?
I also have to mention that I live in Stockholm Sweden.
Keep me posted on your activity for next june - who knows I might be able to come over. At least I will think about it.
It was nice to meet you here Gregg if I have not mentioned it yet.
Take care now ... of to bed as I am ;)
its getting late here.
Brigitte
Hope you have good times ahead,
Chris
Peace and joy!
Shree Laxmi

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