Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda

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Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda (Swamiji), born on August 15, 1945 in Rupawas, Rajasthan, India, and has been living in Vienna, Austria since 1972. He got his Swami initiation in 1967. The Om Vishwa Deep Gurukul - Education and Research Center in Jadan, Pali district, Rajasthan, is his main ashram.

1 Spiritual lineage
2 Teaching and work
3 Bibliography
4 External link

[edit] Spiritual lineage

His spiritual lineage derives from the Master of the Himalayas, Siddha Guru Sri Alakh Puriji, Paramyogeshwar Sri Devpuriji, Bhagwan Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji (1828 - 1963) and Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda (1923 - 2003), the successor of Sri Mahaprabhuji and spiritual master of Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda.

[edit] Teaching and work

Swami Maheshwarananda is the author of the master-system Yoga in Daily Life and founder of the International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship and Yoga in Daily Life Ashrams and centres worldwide. On the area of the ashram in Jadan exist also a school, a hospital and a water harvesting project. He also inspired the foundations of the Yoga in Daily Life Youth Union and the Ayurveda Academy of Yoga in Daily Life. He has dedicated his whole life to helping humanity through Yoga and to evoking the ancient spiritual heritage of Sat Sanatana Dharma. Furthermore he is engaged in numerous social and humanitarian activities. He has established many charitable projects, and initiated global fundraising programs for the victims of natural disasters as well as worldwide prayers and meditations for world peace.

[edit] Bibliography

Yoga in Daily Life - The System, Publ. by Iberia/European University Press, Austria, 2000, ISBN 3-85052-000-5
The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini, Publ. by Iberia/European University Press, Austria, 2002, ISBN 3-85052-130-1
Meetings with a Yogi, Publ. by B. R. Publishing Corporation, India, Delhi, 1994, ISBN 81-7081-795-8
Healthy Heart Through Yoga in Daily Life, Publ. by Iberia/European University Press, Austria, 2004, ISBN 3-85052-155-9
High Blood-Pressure - Help Through Yoga in Daily Life, Publ. by Iberia/European University Press, Austria, 2000, ISBN 3-85082-156-7
Yoga Against Backache, Publ. by Maudrich, Germany, 1998, ISBN 3-442-10476-9
Yoga for Joints, Publ. by Ehrenwirth, Germany, 1993, ISBN 3-431-03288-5
Yoga with Children, Publ. by Hugendubel, Germany, 1990, ISBN 3-88034-492-2