Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas Explained
Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas |
Religion: | Hinduism |
Birth Date: | 1878 (alleged) |
Birth Place: | Bihar, India |
Birth Name: | Kashinath Mishra |
Death Date: | 29 August 1994[1] |
Death Place: | Ahmedabad, India |
Guru: | Shri Yogiraj Parameshawardasji |
Philosophy: | Kundalini Maha Yoga |
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.[2] He was a master of Kundalini Maha Yoga who was responsible for popularising it in the United States.[3]
Madhusudandas was born in the northern state of Bihar.[1] 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.[1] He devoted his life to awakening the kundalini in spiritual seekers. He opened a hospital in Bihar and a school in Gujarat.[1] Between 1976 and 1980 he lived in the United States and gave public kundalini awakening sessions. He was the founder of Dhyanyoga Centers, Inc.[1]
Madhusudandas died on August 29, 1994, at the alleged age of 116.[1] [4]
Selected publications
- Book: Madhusudandas, Dhyanyogi
. Message To Disciples . Shri Dhyanyogi Mandal . 1968 . Bombay .
- Book: Dhyanyogi, Shri
. Light on Meditation: a Definitive Work on Kundalini and Raja Yoga . Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated . 1978 . 9781883879006.
- Book: Madhusudandas, Dhyanyogi
. Brahmanada: Sound, Mantra and Power . Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated . 1979 .
- Book: Madhusudandasji, Shri Dhyanyogi
. Death, Dying and Beyond Yoga . Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated . 1979 . 1-883879-03-5.
- Book: Madhusudandasji, Shri Dhyanyogi
. Yoga Dipika: Lamp of Yoga . Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated . 1979 . NY . 1-883879-04-3.
- Book: Madhusudandasji, Shri Dhyanyogi
. Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga . Dhyanyoga Centers, Incorporated . 2000 . Antioch . 1-883879-08-6.
References
- Shri Anandi Ma, "This House Is on Fire: The Life of Shri Dhyanyogi,” Dhyanyoga Centers (28 September 2005), .
- Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, “Shakti: An Introduction to Kundalini Maha Yoga”
- Dhyanyogi is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Dhyana (meditation) and yogi.
External links
Notes and References
- "In Memoriam: Dhyanyogi Madhusudandasji". Yoga Journal (June 1995, Issue 122). p. 33
- Web site: Divine Bhramhnaad Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation Kundalini Shakti Shakipaat Better Life . 2022-08-09 . www.omdasji.in.
- https://dyc.org/dhyanyogi-madhusudandas/ "Shri Dhyanyogi"
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230327210057/https://spiritualsciencemuseum.org/Home/Master/132/Dhyanyogi-Madhusudandas "Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas"