Swami Vishnu Tirtha

Swami Vishnu Tirtha

Swami Vishnu Tirtha Maharaj (? - 1969), also known as Munilal Swami, was a sannyasin, writer and guru with a prominent place in the Shaktipat tradition of Siddhayoga. He was born on an unknown date in Jhajjar, Haryana, India. [cite web|url=http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~keutzer/kundalini/vishnutirth.html|title=Swami Vishnu Tirth|accessdate=2007-05-10] He had a sharp and brilliant mind. He stayed with an uncle while obtaining an undergraduate degree, then married and was employed as a teacher in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh while he obtained a postgraduate degree and a baccalaureate in law from Aligarh Muslim University. He then practised as a lawyer in the Ghaziabad District of Meerut.

Munilal and his wife raised a son and daughter. After the marriages of his children and the death of his spouse he decided to travel to Rishikesh in search of enlightenment. At the Swarga Ashram in Rishikesh he received Shaktipat initiation from the Siddha yoga guru Yogananda in 1933. After travels to many holy places around Badrinath and Kedarnath, in 1939 Munilal expressed a desire for initiation as a renunciate (sannyasin). Yogananda directed him to Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha in Benaras, who initiated him at the Mohan Ashram, Haridwar near the bank of the Ganges. His name then became Swami Vishnu Tirth. At the direction of Shri Yoganandaji, he proceeded toward Indore and finally settled in Dewas where he laid the foundation for the Narayan Kuti Sanyas Ashram.

Vishnu Tirth initiated many spiritual aspirants into the system of Shaktipat (descent of energy) and wrote a number of books. His most memorable work in English is "Devatma Shakti", a study of the "Divine Power" (Kundalini Shakti) and the science of Shaktipat, based on traditions recorded in ancient scriptures supplemented by direct experiences.

Vishnu Tirth had a profound love for the Ganges River and he spent around two months a year in Yog Shri Peeth Ashram in Rishikesh after his disciple Swami Shivom Tirtha and others carried out the construction of the centre in 1965. He left his body in 1969.

Bibliography

*Devatma Shakti (Kundalini) Divine Power - (in English) Dec. 1948, Yoga Shri Peeth Trust, Rishikesh, India.
*Adhyatma Vikas
*Atma Prabodh
*Geetatatwamrit
*Prana Tattva
*Prityabhigyahridyam (commentary)
*Sadhana Sanket
*Saundya Lahiri (commentary)
*Shaktipat
*Shiva Sutra Prabodhini
*Upanishadvani

ee also

*Siddhayoga
*Siddha Yoga

References

External links

* [http://www.shivomworld.com/lineage/ Gurus of the Tirth Lineage]


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