GREAT YOGIS
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 Swami
Gitanandaji
This great friend of mine who taught me Yantra Yoga in the 50's was also
to become a great Master. His forte was in the magic of his speech. He
had opened his fifth center to such a degree that speaking endlessly on
any given Yogic topic was a miracle to behold. He was one of the great
teachers of this century. |
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 Ramana
Maharshi
The greatest Gnani (Jnani) of the early part of this century. Just being
in his presence and receiving his "look" altered people's
lives forever. Ramana taught in silence, a feat that is substantiated by
millions of people so affected by his "look". |
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 Ramakrishna
He has been called the greatest spiritual teacher of the nineteenth
century. A true and great Bhakti Yogi. Read the book on his life notated
by his disciple and attendant M.
Master Mahsaya who wrote Ramakrishna life story since he
knew him, wrote under the name of M. For a great Yogic read, get that
book. |
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 Paramahansa
Yogananda
The essence of Cosmic Love. Yogananda could sweep an entire audience
with such a sweeping movement of love, that his goodness virtually
changed people's lives. He was the great initiator of Kriya Yoga in the
west. His capacity for work, for writing and for organizing one of the
great Yoga foundations in the world, The Self Realization Fellowship,
surely makes him a complete Yogi, encompassing in his activities all the
yogas into one great life. |
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 Krishnamurti
The man who changed everything and gave us "Choiceless
Awareness". A late 20th century Gnani. A man who taught us how to
"Listen". A man who lectured tirelessly all over the world. |
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 DR.
M.W. Lewis (1892 - 1960)
My Kriya Initiator, Master Yogi, Dr. Lewis, put me in to
a state of Samadhi with the slightest tap to the heart center. That
singular experience was enough to propel me forward on to a Yogic Life.
Dr. Lewis's stentorian voice had such a ringing quality
to it that I often thought what a great singer he would have made. He
was a no nonsense type of man that insisted with absolute clarity that
visions of lights and sugar plum fairies were a hindrance to one's Yogic
development.
Of all the Masters I have had the good fortune to meet
and study under, Dr. Lewis seemed to me to have the most beneficent of
Spiritual authorities. Dr. Lewis was an in line Yogi of that famous
Babaji-Lahiri Myasha-Sri Yukteswar-Paramahansa Yogananda line. He was
Paramahansa's first disciple in America. |
