Mahayogi Swami
Umananda Saraswati
A Life Dedicated to Spiritual Progress
Mahayogi Swami Umananda Saraswati, born Kashi Thosar, was a modern Yoga Guru who initiated thousands into Gurubhakti Yoga or Kundalini Yoga. She belonged to the ancient Datta Guru tradition revived once again by the great Avadhoot Bhagwan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri and nurtured further by his disciple, the Siddha Yoga Master, Gurudev Muktananda of Ganeshpuri.
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Lovingly Called Tai
In honorific style she was often called Swami Umananda. Gurudev Muktananda called her Kusumtai or Tai in a familiar way. She was lovingly called Tai, meaning elder sister.
Baba Muktananda told Swami Umananda to stay in Mumbai. Thereafter, she set up Shree Gurudev Dhyan Mandir at Andheri in Mumbai, the busiest cosmopolitan city of India.
‘दीक्षा देणे साधुजना’
The Path of Guru-Bhakti-Yoga
Guru-Bhakti
The path of surrender to the Guru and desire for spiritual progress through Devotion (Bhakti).
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A subtle spiritual process where the Guru transmits divine spiritual energy into the aspirant.
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Yoga practiced after receiving grace from a perfect Master or the perfect Guru.
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Guru-Bhakti
Sadhana at the feet of the Guru through surrender and devotion.
Meditation
Developing the ability to meditate better through the grace of the Guru.
Shaktipat Diksha
Awakening of Kundalini Shakti with the special blessings from the Guru.
Spiritual Progress
Furthering spiritual development through the workings of Guru's grace.
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Thus the Siddha Yoga lineage of Nityananda, Muktananda and Umananda appeared in Mumbai and blessed thousands on the path of Siddha Yoga.
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