Yoga: The 2nd Chapter (Compilation of Satsangs given at Ganga Darshan Vishwa Yogapeeth, Munger During October and November 2015)

ABOUT THE BOOK At the World Yoga Convention held in 2013 at Munger, Swami Niranjanananda stated:"The first chapter of yoga is over, yoga teachers, yoga centres and yoga practitioners can be found everywhere today. Now the second chapter begins, which is focused on consolidation of yoga and better application of yoga, with sincerity, seriousness and commitment."

The words proved visionary.The declaration of 21st June as International Day of Yoga indicated that there is global recognition and acceptance of yoga today, and that the work started fifty years ago by a handful of yogic masters has come to its fulfilment.

It is therefore the right time to move into the next level of yoga, where the practices of yoga are expanded and become the vehicle to exper ience and express wellbeing at deeper levels, in turn transforming one's way of thinking, behaving and acting. To truly attain this requires a vision and its application.

In this booklet, Swami Niranjanananda provides this vision and indicates the journey ahead of its application. He opens the door to the path where, from a practice yoga can become a lifestyle, and usher in a culture of peace and positivity. He invites all to join him on this new journey.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Swami Niranjanananda was bom in Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) in 1960 Guided from birth by his gun Swami Satyananda Saraswati, he came to live at the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger at the age of four where he received training in yogic and spiritual sciences through yoga, nidra in 1971 be was initiated into Dashnami sannyasa, and for twelve years he lived overseas, acquiring an understanding of different cultures and helping further his guru's mission to spread yoga from door to door and shore to shore.

He returned to India in 1983 to guide the activities of Bihar School of Yoga Sivananda Math and Yoga Research Foundation at Ganga Darshan In 1990 he was initiated as a paramahamsa sannyasin and in 1995 anointed spiritual preceptor in succession to Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He established Bihar Yoga Bharate the first university of yoga in 1994, Yoga Publications Trust in 2000, and a children's yoga move ment, Bal Yoga Mitra Mandal, in 1995. He travelled extensively to guide seekers around the world until 2009, when he received the command to commence a new phase of sannyasa life.

In 2010, he established Sannyasa Peeth, to enable seekers to experi ence the spiritual and cultural traditions of India in their essence. The year marked his entry into a phase of higher sadhana and tirtha vatra.

In 2013, he conducted the World Yoga Convention in Munger to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Bihar School of Yoga, and launched a new era of yogic renaissance. In 2013 he also commenced the arduous panchani sadhana. In 2014, he embarked on a Bharat Yatra, an all-India four, transmitting the gift of yoga to all. Since then, Swami Nirartian has been working to develop the next stage of yogic training and teaching, and has initiated several programs to help people deepen their experience of yoga and imbibe the traditional wisdom Simultaneously, he has revived various ancient knowledge systems and practices of India.

Author of many classic books on yoga and other spiritual streams, Swami Niranjan is a magnetic source of wisdom on all aspects of yogic philosophy, practice and lifestyle. He ably combines tradition with mo demity as he continues to work for his guru's mission.

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