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Swami Jyotirmayananda - Born in Dumari Buzurg, Saran district, Bihar, India, Feb 3, 1931. A prominent, current day teacher of spiritual Hindu philosophy, and author of over 40 books on Vedanta, Yoga, and several other topics. He was a disciple of the late Swami Sivananda, serving as a religious professor at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh for nine years. Swami Jyotir Maya Nanda is now president of Yoga Research Foundation in Miami, Florida.
Early life
Swami Jyotirmayananda lived his early childhood in the northern province sanctified by Lord Buddha. While pursuing his education at the Science College of Patna University at 18 years old, he read Swami Sivananda's book "Mind, Its Mysteries and Control." and when Swami Sivananda visited Patna in September, 1950, he had his first Darshana there.
Teachings
After being granted Sannyasa by Sri Gurudev in 1954, he became the editor of the Hindi journal of the Society ’Yoga-Vedanta’ and also conducted daily classes on Yoga-Vasishtha, He frequently lectured at India Vedanta Conferences in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Delhi and other parts of India.
In tireless service of his Guru, Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj, Swamiji taught at the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy as a professor of religion. In addition to giving lectures on the Upanishads, Raja Yoga and all the important scriptures of India, he was the editor of the Yoga Vedanta Journal.
In 1962, Swami Jyotir Maya Nanda headed the Temple of the Eternal Religion of India in Puerto Rico. Swamiji presented classroom lectures, as well as weekly radio lectures. These were held in both English and Spanish. He also made numerous TV appearances. In 1969 he opened an ashram in the United States, Miami, Florida which has become the center for the international activities of the International School of Yoga, now known as the Yoga Research Foundation (www.yrf.org).
| Swami Jyotirmayananda wrote over 40 books emphasizing yoga philosophy in everyday life, helping people understand how to works towards a goal of attaining Self-Realization. |
Notes, References and Other Links
3. [http://www.answers.com/topic/inc-yoga-research-foundation YRF Bio
4. [http://www.yrf.org/bookform.html Works of Swami Jyotirmayananda
5. Current Podcasts by Swami Jyotirmayananda
6. Temple of Kriya Yoga Chicago reference