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|name= Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas<br />
|image=Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas.jpg<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|birth_date= 1878 (alleged)<br />
|birth_place= [[Bihar]], India<br />
|birth_name=Kashinath Mishra<br />
|death_date= 29 August 1994<ref name="Yoga Journal">"In Memoriam: Dhyanyogi Madhusudandasji". ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' (June 1995, Issue 122). p. 33</ref><br />
|death_place=[[Ahmedabad]], India<br />
|guru=Shri Yogiraj Parameshawardasji<br />
|philosophy= Kundalini Maha Yoga<br />
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'''Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas''', also known as '''Kashinath''' and '''Madhusudandas''', was an Indian yogi and author born in [[Bihar]], India. His disciples included Shri Anandi Ma and Omdasji Maharaj.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divine Bhramhnaad {{!}} Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation {{!}} Kundalini Shakti {{!}} Shakipaat {{!}} Better Life |url=https://www.omdasji.in/aboutus.php#om |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.omdasji.in}}</ref> He was a master of [[Kundalini yoga|Kundalini Maha Yoga]] who was responsible for popularising it in the United States.<ref>[https://dyc.org/dhyanyogi-madhusudandas/ "Shri Dhyanyogi"]. dyc.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.</ref><br />
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Madhusudandas was born in the northern state of Bihar.<ref name="Yoga Journal"/> He spent 37 years practicing yoga and at the age of 43 met his guru Parameshawardasji on [[Mount Abu]] where he received his [[Shaktipat]] initiation.<ref name="Yoga Journal"/> He devoted his life to awakening the [[kundalini]] in spiritual seekers. He opened a hospital in [[Bihar]] and a school in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Yoga Journal"/> Between 1976 and 1980 he lived in the United States and gave public kundalini awakening sessions. He was the founder of Dhyanyoga Centers, Inc.<ref name="Yoga Journal"/><br />
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Madhusudandas died on August 29, 1994, at the alleged age of 116.<ref name="Yoga Journal"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230327210057/https://spiritualsciencemuseum.org/Home/Master/132/Dhyanyogi-Madhusudandas "Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas"]. spiritualsciencemuseum.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.</ref><br />
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==Selected publications==<br />
<!-- * ''Message To Disciples'', (Shri Dhyanyogi Mandal, 1968)<br />
* ''Light on Meditation: a Definitive Work on Kundalini and Raja Yoga'', (Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated, 1978)<br />
* ''Brahmanada: Sound, Mantra and Power'', (Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated, 1979)<br />
* ''Death, Dying and Beyond Yoga'', (Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated, 1979)<br />
* ''Yoga Dipika: Lamp of Yoga'', (Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated, 1979)<br />
* ''Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga'', (Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated, 1979, 2000)--><br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Madhusudandas | first = Dhyanyogi<br />
| title = Message To Disciples<br />
| publisher = Shri Dhyanyogi Mandal<br />
| year = 1968<br />
| location = Bombay<br />
}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Dhyanyogi | first = Shri<br />
| title = Light on Meditation: a Definitive Work on Kundalini and Raja Yoga<br />
| publisher = Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated<br />
| year = 1978<br />
| isbn = 9781883879006}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Madhusudandas | first = Dhyanyogi<br />
| title = Brahmanada: Sound, Mantra and Power<br />
| publisher = Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated<br />
| year = 1979<br />
}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Madhusudandasji | first = Shri Dhyanyogi<br />
| title = Death, Dying and Beyond Yoga<br />
| publisher = Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated<br />
| year = 1979<br />
| isbn = 1-883879-03-5}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Madhusudandasji | first = Shri Dhyanyogi<br />
| title = Yoga Dipika: Lamp of Yoga<br />
| publisher = Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated<br />
| year = 1979<br />
| location = NY<br />
| isbn = 1-883879-04-3}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Madhusudandasji | first = Shri Dhyanyogi<br />
| title = Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga<br />
| publisher = Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated<br />
| year = 2000<br />
| location = Antioch<br />
| isbn = 1-883879-08-6}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* Shri Anandi Ma, "This House Is on Fire: The Life of Shri Dhyanyogi,” Dhyanyoga Centers (28 September 2005), {{ISBN|1-883879-52-3}}.<br />
* Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, “Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga”<br />
* Dhyanyogi is a [[portmanteau]] of the Sanskrit words Dhyana (meditation) and yogi.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://sillysutras.com/wp-content/uploads/Guruji-interview-12-18-79.mp3 1979 New Dimensions radio interview]<br />
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