नारायण अस्त्र यज्ञ: Narayana Astra Yajna (Customs and Traditions Series)

ABOUT THE BOOK As part of reviving the wisdom and spiritual culture of ancient times, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati introduces various aradhanas, anushthanas and yainas. The annual Sri Lakshmi Narayana Mahayajna, conducted at Sannyasa Peeth, Paduka Darshan from 2015 to 2017, included the Invocation of the Narayanastra. In 2018 in the month of May, the Narayana Astra Yajna was conducted at Satyam Udyan (Akhara) for the first time as a nine-day anushthana.

The book Narayana Astra Yojna presents the satsangs given by Swami Niranjanananda during this sacred event: The many pictures bring the Invocation of the Narayanastra to life.

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.

INTRODUCTION Every year Sannyasa Peeth conducts three yajnas, invoking the weapons or astra of Brahma, Narayana and Shiva. Each weapon is a medium launched to destroy barriers and obstacles that obstruct the experience of Satyam-Shivam Sundaram in our life. Given the mandate by Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati to revive the ancient traditions of vajna, Swami Niranjanananda Sarascati has established these three yajnas over the past years. These are yajnas which have not been conducted since the time of the Mahabharata war, over 5,000 years ago.

Swamiji introduced the Pashupata Astra Yajna in 2014, at the culmination of his second year of panchagni sadhana. It has since become an annual anushthana invoking the weapon of Shiva which destroys the blockages of Brahma granthi. Vishnu granthi and Rudra granthi, the three psychic knots of material and sensual attachment, personal and emotional attachment, and the knot which ties us to our personal identity and prevents us from experiencing the divine.. transcendental dimension of life.

Since 2016, the Brahma Astra Yajna has been held dur ing the period of Gupta Navaratri, prior to Guru Poornima. The weapon of Brahma stops all that distracts and disturbs the mind from attaining its goal. It is the power of the crea tor and allows new and positive creations to take place in life.

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