Template:Infobox Hindu leader Template:Quote box 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.[1] He was a master of Kundalini Maha Yoga who was responsible for popularising it in the United States.[2]
Madhusudandas was born in the northern state of Bihar.[3] 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.[3] He devoted his life to awakening the kundalini in spiritual seekers. He opened a hospital in Bihar and a school in Gujarat.[3] Between 1976 and 1980 he lived in the United States and gave public kundalini awakening sessions. He was the founder of Dhyanyoga Centers, Inc.[3]
Madhusudandas died on August 29, 1994, at the alleged age of 116.[3][4]
Selected publications
- Message To Disciples{{#if:Madhusudandas|, Madhusudandas}. Shri Dhyanyogi Mandal(1968)
- Light on Meditation: a Definitive Work on Kundalini and Raja Yoga{{#if:Dhyanyogi|, Dhyanyogi}. Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated(1978). ISBN 9781883879006
- Brahmanada: Sound, Mantra and Power{{#if:Madhusudandas|, Madhusudandas}. Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated(1979)
- Death, Dying and Beyond Yoga{{#if:Madhusudandasji|, Madhusudandasji}. Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated(1979). ISBN 1-883879-03-5
- Yoga Dipika: Lamp of Yoga{{#if:Madhusudandasji|, Madhusudandasji}. Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated(1979). ISBN 1-883879-04-3
- Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga{{#if:Madhusudandasji|, Madhusudandasji}. Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated(2000). ISBN 1-883879-08-6
References
- ↑ Divine Bhramhnaad | Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation | Kundalini Shakti | Shakipaat | Better Life. www.omdasji.in. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Shri Dhyanyogi". dyc.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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- Shri Anandi Ma, "This House Is on Fire: The Life of Shri Dhyanyogi,” Dhyanyoga Centers (28 September 2005), Template:ISBN.
- Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, “Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga”
- Dhyanyogi is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Dhyana (meditation) and yogi.