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Swami Muktananda (Author), Swami Chidvilasananda (Translator), Paul Zweig (Introduction) & 0 more.

Swami Muktananda (Author), Swami Chidvilasananda (Translator), Paul Zweig (Introduction) & 0 more. He is the author of Play of Consciousness, his spiritual autobiography.

Translated by swami chidvilasananda.

For thousands of years, the teachings of the Siddha masters lave been handed down from Guru to disciple in unbroken lin¬ age. Swami Muktananda, who passed away in 1982, was the forenost contemporary exponent of vis ancient line. In Secret of the siddhas he wrote movingly of the ierce and loving wisdom and the extraordinary ways of the siddhas he has known. He also writes about Kashmir shaivism, an ancient and yet utterly modern doctrine whose vision of cosmic unity has in¬ spired men and women of knowldge for generations Translated by swami chidvilasananda.

The Siddha Yoga Teachings. Imagine looking at the world you live in, and recognizing divinity in everything you see and everyone you meet.

In May 1982, Muktananda appointed two successors as joint leaders of the Siddha Yoga path, Swami Chidvilasananda .

In May 1982, Muktananda appointed two successors as joint leaders of the Siddha Yoga path, Swami Chidvilasananda and her younger brother, Swami Nityananda who later resigned and formed his own group. Muktananda died in October 1982 and is buried at Ganeshpuri, where the Gurudev Siddha Peeth ashram houses his samādhi shrine. In Gurus of Modern Yoga, Andrea Jain, in her chapter on Muktananda, quotes an anonymous source, who describes his moment of shaktipat, when he was 19 years old, conferred by Muktananda with a wand of peacock feathers in 1975

Before Swami Muktananda took Mahasamadhi in 1982, he wrote many books and established more than six . Swami Chidvilasananda became the sole head of the Siddha Yoga lineage and sole Guru of Siddha Yoga students.

In May 1982, Swami Muktananda appointed two successors, Swami Chidvilasananda and her brother, Swami Nityananda. Three years later, in November 1985, Swami Nityananda resigned from the Guru's role. Swami Chidvilasananda became the sole head of the Siddha Yoga lineage and sole Guru of Siddha Yoga students

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Swami Chidvilasananda), born as Malti Shetty, is the current spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path.

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Swami Chidvilasananda), born as Malti Shetty, is the current spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path. She is formally known as Swami Chidvilasananda or more informally as Gurumayi (the Sanskrit word translates to "immersed in the Guru"). The Siddha Yoga lineage (parampara) was established by Bhagawan Nityananda, whose disciple and successor, Muktananda was Gurumayi's guru.

He sent this open letter after reading a draft of "The Secret Life of Swami Muktananda," in which he is quoted. Letter From a Former Swami.

Secret of the Siddhas book. Muktananda, Paul Zweig (Introduction)

Secret of the Siddhas book. Muktananda, Paul Zweig (Introduction).

In May 1982, Muktananda appointed two successors as joint leaders of the Siddha Yoga path, Swami Chidvilasananda and . In Gurus of Modern Yoga, Andrea Jain, in her chapter on Muktananda, quotes an anonymous source, a man who now has a PhD in Religious Studies.