Yoga Sagar

SR No.: 014011
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 24 MB

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WELCOMING ADDRESS
Paramahamsa Niranjanananda
On behalf of the Paramahamsa Satyananda. Tyag Golden Jubilee Convention, our heartiest welcome to all the delegates representing the various cultural traditions of the west, delegates from various parts of this country and guests who we are honored to have on the stage today, in this sanctified land of Munger.
This is the day of honor for Munger in that this momentous yoga assembly is being held in this land in which delegates from 32 countries of the world and 20 states of India have gathered together under the canopy of yoga. Today we are celebrating the Golden Jubilee of tyaga and sannyasa of a great soul who had taken up the responsibility of directing the wave of yoga, the Ganga of yoga, to the common masses and who had resolved to uplift humanity through yoga. That visionary, that genius, the disciple of our respected Paramguru, Swami Sivananda, is no other than Paramahamsa Satyananda, in whose life the ideals of renunciation, sannyasa, are illumining the hearts of spiritual seekers like the rays of the sun.
It is a great honor to have amongst us the Governor of Bihar, His Highness Dr. A.R. Kidwai; Union Minister, respected Mrs. Krishna Sahi; the successor of Paramguru Swami Sivanandaji and President of the Divine Life Society, most respected Swami Sri Chidanandaji Maharaj; and Sri Swami Rasajanandaji of the Ramakrishna Mission, Calcutta. This inaugural function will be conducted by these inspiring people. On our behalf, on behalf of the Bihar School of Yoga, and on behalf of the citizens of Munger, we once again extend our heartiest welcome to them all."
We now request our respected guest, Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj, to light the eternal flame of yoga on this stage and formally inaugurate this convention. He is the representative of the guru under whose shelter our guru, Paramahamsa Satyananda, dedicated himself. Our most respected Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj receives the honor of
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