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Swami Muktananda
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Muktananda (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda. He wrote books on the subjects of Kundalini Shakti, Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, including a spiritual autobiography entitled The Play of Consciousness. In honorific style, he is often referred to as Swami Muktananda, or Baba Muktananda, or in a familiar way just Baba.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1908 births, 1982 deaths and 20th-century Hindu religious leaders.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 84
Top works
- joie de la libération
- The Nectar of chanting
- Resonate with stillness
- The spiritual instructions of Swami Muktananda
- Paramārtha prakāśa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 70
- Total plays
- 3,965
Indian Spiritual Realizer, teacher, transmitter and chanter. Passed in 1982. Devotee of the great Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. The institution that has developed around his successors lineage is called "Syda" - an acronym for the "Siddha Yoga" general school of yogic practice and teachings. Swami Muktananda's ashram is known for its chanting and adaptation of ancient sacred texts and chants, numerous good recordings of which exist. He oversaw/authored a classic text upon sacred chant
Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Muktananda
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Swami
- Religious biography.religion
- Hinduism
- Religious biography.philosophy
- Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Krishna Rai
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India
- Religious biography.death_place
- Ganeshpuri, Maharashtra, India
- Religious biography.resting_place
- Muktananda's samādhi shrine, Gurudev Siddha Peeth
- Religious biography.period
- 1956-1982
- Religious biography.works
- Play of Consciousness
- Religious biography.initiation
- Shaktipat
- Religious biography.initiation_date
- 15 August 1947
- Religious biography.initiation_place
- Ganeshpuri, Mahrashtra, India
- Religious biography.initiator
- Bhagavan Nityananda
- Religious biography.post
- Founder and guru of Siddha Yoga
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Mangaluru
- Occupation
- yogi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- Siddha Yoga
- Official website
- www.siddhayoga.org
- Image
- Muktananda-00-D.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1908-05-16
- date of death
- 1982-10-02
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biography
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- Alleged sexual assaults
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Muktananda (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda. He wrote books on the subjects of Kundalini Shakti, Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, including a spiritual autobiography entitled The Play of Consciousness. In honorific style, he is often referred to as Swami Muktananda, or Baba Muktananda, or in a familiar way just Baba.
== Biography ==
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