Gurudev Siddha Peeth

Gurudev Siddha Peeth

Gurudev Siddha Peeth is an Indian ashram belonging to the Siddha Yoga organization. It is situated between the villages of Ganeshpuri and Vajreshwari, seventy miles north-east of Mumbai. In Siddha Yoga it is known as the "mother ashram" because it is where Siddha Yoga really began. [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA49&vq=Gurudev+Siddha+Peeth&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=CVsStvgk3LvLvxrXwIaGC8pcDLA 49] ]

History

The ashram's origins date back to the guru known as Bhagawan Nityananda, who had been in Ganeshpuri since 1936. [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA8&vq=1936&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=mZkqsAGnyXLghJBczkat-FLnYUk 8] ] Before he died in 1961, [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA47&vq=1961&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=-QbfsJecV03n7HbTo6ZYh_sd97o 47] ] Nityananda is said to have told a devotee, Swami Muktananda, to build an ashram at Ganeshpuri on land that Nityananda gave him. [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA48&vq=1961&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=WIViWfny-emNsgJLccovIlOMS-Q 48] ]

Swami Muktananda established the ashram and called it Sri Gurudev Ashram, [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA49&vq=Gurudev+Siddha+Peeth&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=CVsStvgk3LvLvxrXwIaGC8pcDLA 49] ] in honour of Nityananda. In 1978, the name was changed to Gurudev Siddha Peeth. The ashram is the site of shrines to both Nityananda and Muktananda (who died in 1982). [harv|Brooks|1997|p= [http://books.google.com/books?id=e9nCbvOdKY4C&pg=PA44&vq=1982&dq=intitle:%22meditation+revolution%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=FVtT_x7wCoE1ObQuzFwndU9ww2o 42] ] It functions as a full-time spiritual retreat for people who want to pursue their Siddha Yoga practices.

ee also

*Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
*Shree Muktananda Ashram
*Oakland Ashram

Notes

References

*citation|title=Meditation Revolution|id=ISBN 812081648X|last=Brooks|first=Douglas Renfrew|coauthors=Sabharathnam|publisher=Agama Press|year=1997
*citation|title=Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri|first=Swami|last=Muktananda|publisher=SYDA Foundation|year=1996|id=ISBN 0911307451

External links

* [http://www.siddhayoga.org.in Official Indian Website]


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