Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati

Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati took Mahasamadhi on December 5th, 2009 in Rikhia, India.  He was a great disciple of Swami Sivanananda of Rishikesh, a Guru to thousands and the founder of the Bihar School of Yoga among other prominent and beneficial institutions.

Update: Worldwide sadhana for Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati described in full at The Atma Center.

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Are you thinking about life, or are you living? Most people are consciously thinking about life and unconsciously living.

Tantra means the continuity of reality. There is freshness and originality to the situation of being alive and being aware in life.

In order to experience this freshness and originality, we have to step out of karma, out of time. Karma means habit patterns — good or bad. (more…)

Sambhavi

An eight-year old Indian girl named Sambhavi is reported to be the reincarnation of Lahiri Mahasay and a past-life student of the Dalai Lama.

From what I can glean, she has visited the Dalai Lama and been received by him. He may be planning to visit her in India in December.

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“Do you start to wail and cry if a person goes to another room in the house? This death is inevitably connected with this life. In the sphere of Immortality, where is the question of death and loss? Nobody is lost to me.” –Sri Anandamayi Ma

I can barely remember Dayavati before she got cancer. I think she may have started e-mailing me in response to postings here at Jaya Kula. She was born in Jamaica, but had lived in Toronto for many years. (more…)