Taming the Kundalini by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, @Yoga
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HUNDAIINI
Swami
Satyananda
Saraswati
Translated
by V. V.
Bard
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
All rights reserved
by
Bihar School of
Yoga
Munger,Bihar,India
Firstedition1957
Second
edition 1973
Third edition 1978
Fourth edition 1982
Sr,vamiSatyananda
Sarasuatiwas bm on the
26th
July 1923 in a smalltourn near
Almora, in the foot-
hills of
the Himalaps. Even as a child
he showed
odraordinaryqualities
and his first spirituale:perience
Gcurred
at the ageof six He wasblessed
by the many
sagesand
sadhuswho
passed
by his home
on theii
way
to thehigherHimalayan
Publishedby
Sri G. K Kejriwal
Honorary
Secretary
Bihar School
of Yoga
regions.
Al the
ageof nineteenafter completion
of his for-
maleducation,he left hishome
to searchfor his
quru.
At Rishikesh
he met $,vami Siraananda,whom-
he
recognizedas his spiritualmaster.
During the twelve
years
tha! he
spent,at hls
guru's
astinm, $pami
Satyananda
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plunged
himself
into karma
lpga
to
such
an e*ent
that SpamiSivananda
said he diil the work
of four
people.
An ideal
disciple,Suami Satgnanda
v,rorked
from the early hours of
dawn untif hte at
night invohing
hims€lf in a.rerykind
of
work
from
carrlnngwaterto as-hrammanagement
Serviceto guru
washispassion
andhis
joy.
Although he had
a very keen intellect and was
described
as a
'versatile
genius'
by Svami
Sivananda,
his
-leaming
did not come
frorn any inshrction
or
in
his gunr's
ashram.He follcnved
with fai$ his
guru's
one command:
"Wo* hard and you
will be
purified.
You dont haveto bring the light; the light
will unlold from within you." And this is what hap-
str.rdy
pened.
He
gained
an enlightened
understanding
of the
secrets
of spiritualllfe
and has
since become
-a
qreat
authorityon
tanha, hatha yoga,
kundalini yoga
-and
laiya yoga.
Aftq
slending twelve
years at his guru,s
ashram,
b.wanli
Satyananda
took to pariwajaka
life and
wan-
{e1ed
extensively
for
eight yearsthroughout
the Indian
Subcontinent.
During this period
he met manv
qreat
saints
and
yogis,
and
he spenttime
alonein fomiulitinq
and perfecting
tl'9
yogic
techniques
which
couldalleviatZ
the
sutferingsof humanity.
In 1965
his mission
became
apparent and he
founded
the
Bihar School
of Yoga.Beciuse
his miision
had
been realued
while he wls
stavinq in Munqer.
he
settledthere
by the
Ganga in order Io
help m"oid
people
towards
the spiritualpath.
Beforc long,
students
were coming
from
all over India and abroad,-and
soon
Sr.i
Bihar School
of Yoga
Bihar Schoolof Yoqa.
Munqeris the homeof $,tlami
SatyanandaSaras'rryJti.'lt
in 1964in order
to impart
yogrc
training
to householdersand sann'
yasins-
alike.T=hisunique
institutionhassince
become
ihe focal
point
fol a mass
return to the ancient
pre'
cepts of ihe
yogic
sciences.
was-founded
Sat5ananda's
teachings
were rapidly spreading
mroughout
the world.
In 1968
he went on an
e*ensive world
tour to
prop.agate
the ancient yogc'
pmctices
among people
of all castes,
creeds,religions-
and. nationalitiEs.'
Since
then Swami Satyananda-has
become
well known
on
every
continent and he
is recognized
as a leading
eponent of
VoSa
and tantra, guiding
multitudes
oT
spiritual
seekersand inspiring
many ashrams
and r,loqa
centersthroughout
the world.
Foi the last ten
;rats
he
has been dividing
his time between
foreign fours,
Indiantours,
and residenceat
Munger.
In 1968-t!re
[rst
yoga
teicher
trainingcoursewas conducted
for European
aspirants.Sincethen,
the schoolhas
grorun
into-
an
iniernationaltrainingienter of
great
reno\r/n,
*ith g
large follouring
and numerousbranchesand af{iliated
centers.
TodayBiharSchool
of Yogaconsistsof Sivananda
Ashram, wfrich is the originElcenter,
and Ganga
Darshan,
the newashramcomplex
whichis built on a
large
hill
overlooking
the Ganga.Here,
in a settingof
naturalbeauty,suriounded
by lush
gardens,
verdant
paddy
tieldsand
witha majestic180degpee
panoramic
viarybf Ganga,a na^,visionof
yogrc
life
isinspired.
The techniques
of integral
yoga,faught
hereare
a
synthesis
of all approaches
to
personal
dwelopment.
Sh6rt and long term
yogacoursesare conductedon
an individual
basisfor residentialand
day
students.
Kriya
yoga
coursesare also
conducte!.Yogatherapy
istaughtbys,vamis
qualified
in medicalscience.
Yoga teachertrainingcoursesare
an important
part
of the curriculum.One
month coursesare tre-
=
quentb.
conducted
for householders,
qualifuing
them
to teach
the simplerpractices
of
yoga'to
tfreir"
turnitv
and community
members.
More advanced
courses
of
Ionger
duration
arealso
arailable.
The
Bihar School
of Yoga is renovuned
for
its
excellent
sannyasa
training
anl was one of the
ffrst
institutions
of its kind
to initiate
andtrainforeign
and
femalesannyasins
on
a largescale.Gurukul
tiaininq
provides
special
guidance
Preface
for.children
of allaqes.
The institute
alsohouses
a Research
Co6rdinatinq
Centerwitha large
collection
of booksanddata,
wherE
most
of the
publications_on
yoga
therapyandresearch
are compiled.
Ashram
Graphi&,the mbdernprinting
press,prints
all of the BSY
publications
on'a widE
range
of equipment.
It is ful$ staffedand
manased
by the.sannyasins
The
gurr-shishya
communion is the most
enduring
type of relationship
mankind
has ever known.
tt
hanscendse>qperiences
and inmates
of the ashram,
who do
werythingfrom
typesetiing
to
despatch.
Conventions,
seminars
and lecturetours
heln to
spread
yoga
from door to
door and from
shorl to
shore.
Every
year
Bihar School of
Yoqa sDonsors
l*gq scale-
nqtional
and international
ionventions,
conducted
by $,ramiSatyananda.
and emotions,
and continuesto.
work
in its own non-rational
way even after death.
The
normal man
ruled by fear, love, hatred, passion
and
compulsions,cannot
see it working, even as it propels
his very
soul from the depths to the heights
of evolu-
tion;
indeed even the guru
through whom the great
energyis moving
cannot intellectually
understandit. It
is
the etemalmystery
of
grace.
The following
lettersare the
actualwritten account
of such a relationship,
serving as material
organs
of
the spiritual
transference.Though
originally
written
personally
by Swami
Satyananda Sarasv,rati
ln addition,trained
sannyasins
are arrailable
for conductingorganized
con-
ventions,
seminars
and lecture tours
in all areasof
India
and the
globe.
This
provides
a
solutionfor the
yogic
mindedpi_ople
who
-find
it impossible
to make
the
journey
to Munger
or to any of ihe
other branch
ashrams.
to one of
his
closestdisciples,they
are intended for
all
persons
who walk the
spiritual
path;
their
lessonsare etemal.
This offseteditionwas
made
possible
by
Mr.
D. M.
Khanna of Raja
Enterpriseswho
donated the seruices
of
his
press
for
printing
of this
book.
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