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In the News (Fri 10 Jul 09)

  
  Nityananda
Nityananda was born just before the beginning of the twentieth century (about 1896) and lived until 1961.
Nityananda remained passive even though he had been handled roughly, but when it was time for the train to depart, the train simply would not move.
Nityananda heard the conversation that was going on in his presence and said to them, "All that was over in the mother's womb".
www.cosmicharmony.com /Av/Nityanan/Nityanan.htm   (5565 words)

  
 Nityananda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nityananda was born in Ekacakra, a small village in present West Bengal, around the year 1474.
Nityananda met Chaitanya in 1506, when He was 32 years old and Chaitanya 20.
Nityananda Prabhu entered the body of Madhai and thus Madhai became fully equipped with the all the energies of the Lord.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nityananda   (4967 words)

  
 Nityananda: In Divine Presence
Nityananda used to say that the true reward for genuine devotion (bhakti) was a still greater dose of pure desireless devotion--not material prosperity or social success.
Nityananda said that through time, sages had often frequented the grounds of the old ashram and he considered the hot springs water there to be holy (koti teertha).
Nityananda refused to discuss the incident and reprimanded her soundly for traveling at that hour in such a dangerous region.
www.nonduality.com /m3.htm   (13449 words)

  
 Nityananda's Life
Occasional remarks made by Nityananda through the years, however, support another version: protected by a large serpent coiled around him, the baby was found on a riverbank and cared for by the kind-hearted but poor Unniamma, here married with several children of her own.
Nityananda cleared it out and settled into this simple temple, which was just a hollow place lined with stones and covered with a roof.
Nityananda brought tremendous peace and betterment to the simple people; the poor and the destitute were especially drawn to his simplicity and lack of judgment.
www.nityananda.us /life.htm   (1216 words)

  
 Nityananda: The Sky of The Heart
Nityananda was a very simple man who dedicated his life to the presence of the Divine and who lived each day as a beacon of that presence.
In the sutras, Nityananda speaks of the three primary nerves or nadis: the ida, the pingala, and the sushumna.
Nityananda always said, "When the disciple calls with love, I am there." For people who are willing to open their eyes and hearts, Nityananda is a symbol of the enduring, ever present power of the Divine in the world.
www.nonduality.com /m2.htm   (5168 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute and Tribhuvan University Announce Completion of First Joint Research Project
The Karmacharyas are a caste of royal tantric priests who held prominent religious and social positions in the era of the Malla kings of Nepal (from the 12th to the 16th century).
Nityananda Institute and CNAS undertook this study in an effort to document and preserve the unique sacred practices of the Karmacharyas, whose tradition is in danger of extinction.
Nityananda Institute, based in Portland, Oregon, has been actively engaged in efforts to locate and preserve tantric texts of various spiritual traditions for many years.
www.prweb.com /releases/2003/7/prweb71483.php   (392 words)

  
 The History of Siddha Yoga
Nityananda of Ganeshpuri was said to have been born enlightened and his guru was in a prior life.
Nityananda himself NEVER made a public announcement giving the lineage to Muktananda or anyone else for that matter.
However, as Nityananda did not seem to speak much in his later years and since Muktananda didn’t lay claim to the lineage until after Nityananda died, there was / is no way to verify the claims.
www.leavingsiddhayoga.net /history.htm   (1790 words)

  
 Sri Nityananda Rama's Appearance Day
Nityananda Prabhu in His role as the original spiritual master, was instrumental in spreading the yuga dharma of sankritana all over the Gaudia desh (Bengal, Orrisa).
Nityananda Prabhu was born in the village of Ekcakra, also called Ekacakra, in the country of Rahr (Radhadesa), some eight miles east of where today stands the Mallarpura station of the E.I. Railway (within the modern Birbhum District of West Bengal).
Nityananda Prabhu and a playmate who was dressed as the ailing Earth, along with the other children, took their game to the Ganges, where they addressed Lord Visnu.
www.salagram.net /parishad-nityananda13.htm   (6352 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute - The Power of Spirit through the Practice of Yoga
Nityananda Institute, directed by Swami Chetanananda, is a community of practitioners who are devoted to leading a life of authentic spirituality.
Nityananda Institute is not a mainstream western or a traditional eastern-based religious organization; Nityananda Institute is a dynamic, evolving event.
Nityananda Institute offers a wide variety of programs such as classes in meditation and hatha yoga, lectures in philosophy and alternative health, presentations of art and music, retreats, and a residential program.
www.niyoga.org   (1054 words)

  
 Nityananda Prabhu
Nityananda Prabhu took with him a child who was dressed as the earth, and together with the children who acted the roles of the different assembled gods, he went to the banks of the river Ganges.
Nityananda Prabhu would hold an assembly of the gods with one of the children acting the part of the Earth presenting the petition of the demigods to the supreme Lord Visnu.
Nityananda Prabhu imitated in his pastimes the transcendental activities of all the avatars of Godhead.
www.vrindavan.org /English/VSaints/NityanandaPrabhu.html   (2770 words)

  
 Nityananda
Nityananda came to her as if he had heard and said, "Come and be near me." She was suffering with scabies, which doctors had not been able to cure.
During the night Nityananda's foot kicked her, and the disease was immediately cured.
Sri Swami Nityananda Maharaj was and is a perfect yogi, a Paramahansa in the yogic stage of Satchitananda Avastha, or living in eternal bliss, and he could impart his love and bliss with a glance of his eyes or a movement of his divine hand.
www.hildacharlton.com /nityananda.htm   (3729 words)

  
 GaurangaDharma - Gaurangaism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"Nityananda" means the Supreme Lord Balarama or Nitai who is the constant (Nitya), eternal and complete personification and the most magnanimous and sole distributor of the supreme bliss, joy and happiness (Ananda) of pure devotion to the Holy Names and Lotus Feet of Lord Gauranga-Krishna.
But by chanting the the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas one will achieve Lord Krishna only in a few days and thus receive direct entrance into the one’s eternal and constitutional service to the Lord in the spiritual world very quickly, since in the chanting of the Mantrarajas there is no consideration of offenses.
Srila Prabhupada states in Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita that the neophyte student who is not sufficiently educated and enlightened in the science of Gauranga-Krishna Consciousness should not directly indulge in the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra or in the worship of Shri Shri Radha and Krishna.
www.gaurangadharma.org   (1802 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute | Nepal | Projects
Nityananda Institute Nepal joined forces with the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies of Tribhuvan University on a research project to study the Karmacharyas of Bhaktapur, a caste of tantric priests.
The research committee consisted of specialists in the field of Asian studies, including Professor Mishra, Swami Chetanananda, Director of Nityananda Institute Nepal and the CNAS Director of Socio-Religious Traditions of Nepal; Professor Alexis Sanderson of Oxford University, Professor T.B. Shrestha of CNAS, and Doctor Purushottam Lochan Shrestha, a historian specializing in Bhaktapur and Newari culture.
Nityananda Institute Nepal has commissioned a life-sized statue of Swami Rudrananda (Rudi) by Nityananda Institute student Karla Refojo and Ravindra Jyapoo, a well-known Newari sculptor/bronze caster in Kathmandu.
www.nityananda-institute.org /projects.html   (2294 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute Overview
Nityananda Institute is directed by Swami Chetanananda (Swamiji), an American meditation master who is dedicated to exploration of the potential of the human spirit.
Rudi was a student of Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, one of the great Indian saints of the 20th century, for whom the Institute is named.
In Portland, for example, Nityananda Institute members teach hatha yoga classes at a local women's shelter, participate in search and rescue teams, organize the annual picnic for the neighborhood association, and are frequent lecturers at local schools and universities.
www.nityanandainstitute.com   (1212 words)

  
 Swami Chetanananda--Nityananda Institute--Selected Articles
Swami Chetanananda is the founder and spiritual director of Nityananda Institute, based in Portland, Oregon.
Nityananda Institute offers a variety of programs, including instruction in meditation and hatha yoga.
He embraced the study of the teachings of Shaiva practitioners with enthusiasm, and Nityananda Institute has sponsored scholarly studies and translations of their works.
www.chetanananda.com   (647 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute | Nepal | People
He studied with Swami Rudranananda (Rudi), who was a student of Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, one of the greatest Indian saints of the 20th century.
He was the co-chairman of Nityananda Institute’s joint research project with the Center for Nepal and Asian studies of Tribhuvan University regarding the Karmacharyas of Bhaktapur.
His spectacular painting of Siddhi Lakshmi hangs in the meditation room in Nityananda Institute’s Portland ashram, and a number of his other works are displayed at the Nityananda Institute Nepal center.
www.nityananda-institute.org /people.html   (1729 words)

  
 Krsna Talk: Nityananda Avadhuta
Further evidence to suggest that Sri Nityananda Prabhu was a brahmacari and not a sannyasi is given in Srila Sarasvati Thakura's commentary to verse 9 of the fifth chapter in the Madhya-khanda of Caitanya-bhagavata as follows:
Jagad-guru Sri Nityananda Prabhu was a brahmcari disciple of Parivrajakacarya Sri Laksmipati Tirtha, who enacted the pastimes of subordination to the Sri Madhva sampradaya.
Nityananda was not a sannyasi, he was a brahmacari.
www.gosai.com /krishna-talk/nityananda-avadhuta.html   (1219 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute presents Nityananda.us: Dedicated to Bhagavan Nityananda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nityananda Institute and Swami Chetanananda dedicate Nityananda.us to Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, for whom Nityananda Institute is named.
Nityananda's enduring presence in our lives has continually inspired the teachers and students at Nityananda Institute in their spiritual practice.
Nityananda lived in India from around the beginning of the 20th century until 1961.
www.nityananda.us   (308 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute
Nityananda Institute is a center for spiritual practice in the tantric tradition.
The core of the spiritual practice at Nityananda Institute is Trika Yoga, a system derived from the nondualistic philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism.
The practice at Nityananda Institute focuses on the release of tension to promote the flow of creative energy in all dimensions of life.
www.nityanandainstitute.org   (322 words)

  
 Swami Chetanananda - Nityananda Institute
An American meditation master and abbot of Nityananda Institute and Rudrananda Ashram, Swami Chetanananda serves as spiritual teacher, mentor, and beloved guide to students throughout the world.
He is the author of several books on spiritual practice, published by Rudra Press, the publishing division of Nityananda Institute.
The first is about the purpose and benefits of meditation and the second is an inspirational talk on what may be the most important choice a person has: whether to choose to be happy.
www.chetanananda.org   (671 words)

  
 Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa
Nityananda's form was supremely radiant and attractive, and if a person had his darshan even once, the impression would be deeply and unforgettably imprinted on his mind.
As that ray emanating from Bhagavan Nityananda's pupils penetrated mine, I was thrilled with amazement, joy, and fear.
Nityananda was a being who loved to challenge others, and I was a person who was too proud.
www.cosmicharmony.com /Sp/Muktanan/Muktanan.htm   (5776 words)

  
 Festivals - Lord Nityananda's Appearance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to the standard of the Gita, a learned man is he who sees on equal terms the learned brahmana, the dog, the cow, the elephant and the dog-eater.
Sri Nityananda Prabhu, who is the incarnation of Godhead as divine master, delivered the typical naradhamas, the brothers Jagai and Madhai, and showed how the mercy of a real devotee is bestowed upon the lowest of mankind.
"Sri Nityananda, the wandering mendicant, is the foremost of all the associates of Lord Caitanya.
www.iskconboston.org /html/events/nityananda.html   (378 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute Resource Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nityananda Institute is a community of dedicated spiritual practitioners based in Portland, Oregon, and directed by Swami Chetanananda.
The spiritual practice at Nityananda Institute has its basis in the philosophy of Trika Yoga, a tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism.
Nityananda Institute sites and the most useful sites we have found relating to Kashmir Shaivism, tantrism, Tibetan Buddhism, osteopathy, sacred art, and Nepal.
www.nityanandainstitute.net   (319 words)

  
 The Magnanimous Nature of Nityananda Prabhu (By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaj)
Sri Nityananda Prabhu is supposed to be the incarnation of Baladeva in Vrajamandala.
Nityananda Prabhu took His birth in the district of Virbhum on the Western side of Katwa, north west of Ekachakra, where the Pandavas in disguise lived for sometime.
Nityananda Prabhu is our only hope, He is so benevolent, so generous, so gracious, that very easily we can draw his attention and we can get his recommendation.
www.vaisnava.com /sbr_magn.html   (3568 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute - Spiritual Lineage - Swami Rudrananda (Rudi)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Rudranandra Ashram of Nityananda Institute is named for Swami Rudrananda.
In India at age 30, he was at a crossroads in his life when an associate took him to meet Nityananda at his ashram in Ganeshpuri.
Rudi continued to study with Nityananda and after Nityananda's mahasamadhi in 1961, traveled regularly to Ganeshpuri to visit his shrine and to study with Swami Muktananda.
www.nityanandainstitute.org /rudi.htm   (444 words)

  
 Friends of Nityananda Institute
Nityananda Institute, founded by Swami Chetanananda in 1971, is a community dedicated to the fullest expression of the human spirit and the realization of each individual's potential.
The painting of a thangka of Siddhi Lakshmi, one of the esoteric goddesses of Trika Shaivism, for the Portland meditation hall, by Sudarshan Suwal, one of the finest painters in the Newari classical tradition; and
The mission of Nityananda Institute Friends is to develop resources for the Institute through donations, in-kind contributions, volunteer efforts and cost-savings initiatives.
www.nifriends.org   (526 words)

  
 Bhagawan Nityananda - Siddha Yoga Meditation
Also known as Bade Baba (elder Baba), he was the Guru of Swami Muktananda, who often said Bhagawan was a janma Siddha, a born Siddha or perfected yogi.
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, the current head of this lineage of Siddha Yoga masters, continues to honor Bhagawan Nityananda as the contemporary source of the Siddha Yoga lineage.
The temples to Bhagawan Nityananda -- in Shree Muktananda Ashram in upstate New York, and in Gurudev Siddha Peeth in Ganeshpuri, India -- scintillate with great spiritual energy.
www.siddhayoga.org /guru/nityananda/nityananda.html   (221 words)

  
 Nityananda Gauranga Associates in Krishna's Pastimes
It has been described by Shrila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya in his Shataka that the only worship higher than the worship of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga is the worship of Their most merciful Associates and Devotees.
As stated by Shrila Kavi Karnapura himself it is the most difficult task in the whole creation to understand the spiritual identities of Gauranga’s associates 100% accurately in all cases since it is very difficult to understand fully the nature and characteristics of pure devotees.
We fervently hope that this chart will assist the saragrahi devotees of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga to regularly meditate on and sincerely pray for the mercy of these great Associates of Their Lordships Shri Shri Nityananda Gauranga while chanting the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
ngnc.gaurangapada.com /ngassociates.htm   (1049 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute - Programs
This eight-week course is intended to provide a foundation for spiritual practice for new students at Nityananda Institute and to review the principal tools of the practice for existing students.
Group and private hatha yoga classes are available Monday through Saturday at Nityananda Institute's yoga studio, The Movement Center.
Boston area students of Nityananda Institute meet in Cambridge on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
www.niyoga.org /programs.htm   (334 words)

  
 Nityananda Institute presents The Movement Center—Yoga for Everyone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Movement Center is the hatha yoga studio of Nityananda Institute, a non-profit center for spiritual practice and meditation located in Northeast Portland, Oregon.
Nityananda Institute, founded by Swami Chetanananda, is a community of people dedicated to the practice of Trika Yoga, a form of kundalini yoga.
In all our classes, we build a strong foundation for asana practice by focusing awareness on the breath and the flow of our creative energy to lead us to a state of total well-being.
www.mcyoga.com   (165 words)

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