Yoga: Philosophy to Realization

"At the core of yoga is a philosophy, which converts to psychology to provide an understanding and management of the individual's responses to the interaction of the senses, the states of mind, situations and conditions. Once this cleaning of the mind has taken place, one enters the third level of yoga, which is applied yoga. Once yoga is applied in one's life, and becomes part of one's culture, then one begins to live according to the laws of nature. That is the principle of yoga ecology. This is the journey of yoga."

The Yogadrishti (Yogavision) series of satsangs consists of discourses given by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati in Munger as part of the new phase of sannyasa life that he has embarked upon since 2009. The theme of the satsangs Swamiji gave in May 20 13 at Ganga Darshan Vishwa Yogapeeth was the journey of yoga in an individual's life. from being a philosophy to becoming an experience. Swamiji described the essential principles of yoga and how its practices transform the mind through the process of yoga psychology, enabling application at various levels to improve the quality of life and eventually becoming a lifestyle in harmony with nature and divinity. The vision of yoga in these classical teachings forms the basis of the four departments of Bihar Yoga Bharati: Yoga Philosophy.Yoga Psychology. Applied Yoga. and Yoga Ecology.

Swami Niranjanananda was born in Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) in D. Guided from birth by his guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, he e at the age of four to live with him at the Bihar School of Yoga lunger where he received training in yogic and spiritual sciences ugh yoga nidra. In 1971 he was initiated into Dashnami sannyasa, thereafter for eleven years he lived overseas, mastering skills in ed areas, acquiring an understanding of different cultures and .ing establish Satyananda Yoga ashrams and centres in Europe, tralia, orth and South America.

t the behest of his guru, he returned to India in 1983 to guide activities of Bihar School of Yoga, Sivananda Math and the Yoga sarch Foundation at Ganga Darshan. In 1990 he was initiated as ramahamsa sannyasin and in 1995 anointed spiritual preceptor in succession to Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He established Bihar Yoga bharati, the first university of yoga, in 1994 and the Yoga Publications trust in 2000 in Munger. He also initiated a children's yoga movement, Bal Yoga Mitra Mandai, in 1995. In addition to steering the activities at Munger, Yogalunger, he travelled extensively to guide seekers around the world till 2009, when he received the command to embark on a new phase of Sannyasa life.

Author of many classic books on yoga, tantra and the Upanishads, Swami Niranjan is a magnetic source of wisdom on all aspects of yogic Philosophy, practice and lifestyle. He ably combines tradition with modernity as he continues to nurture and spread his guru's mission from his base at Munger.