Paramahamsa (परमहंस), also spelled paramahansa or paramhansa, is a Sanskrit religio-theological title of honor applied to Hindu spiritual teachers of lofty status who are regarded as having attained enlightenment.
Paramahamsaji's Gift
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
When Paramahamsaji left the ashram in 1988 and went into seclusion, many people who had known him had very strong head trips. What will happen to us? Who will guide us?
Paramhansa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Swami Niranjanananda was born at Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh in 1960. At the age of 4 he joined the Bihar School of Yoga and was initiated into Dashnami Sannayasa at the age of 10.
Paramahamsa: (from parama: supreme, and h a m s a: swan) the most elevated of all the self-realized, or someone who like a swan, a h a m s a, who knows to extract milk from a mixture of milk and water, ...
Paramhans
A state of divine enlightenment. Also a title given to a highly spiritually elevated Yogi or saint.
Param Poojya ...
Paramakasha
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one of the five mental spaces of vyoma panchaka; 'deep, dark space with a twinkling star-like light'; state of shoonya, nothingness ...
Parama-atman or paramatman ("supreme self"): the transcendental Self, which is singular, as opposed to the individuated self (jiva-atman) that exists in countless numbers in the form of living beings ...
Paramatman
The highest Self, the Absolute Self, Brahman, the soul at the cosmic level, in contrast to jivatman, the soul at the individual level.
Parvati ...
Paramahamsa ("supreme swan")
an honorific title given to great adepts, such as Ramakrishna and Yogananda /The highest class of Sannyasins .
Param-Dhama ...
Paramahansa: Parama meaning 'supreme', hansa - meaing soul. This was the name give to Yogananda by his guru. Who wrote the famous - "Autobiography of a Yogi" ...
Tatah Parama Vasyatendriyanam (II/55)
Tatah = then (after Pratyahara); Parama = highest; Vasyat = mastery; Endriyanam = over the senses.
From pratyahara, the greatest mastery over the senses ...
Parama - Supreme.
Paramatma - The Supreme Soul or Brahman
Pingala - The Nadi that runs on the right side of Sushumna Nadi.
Paramhansa Yogananda brought these two teachings together into a harmonious whole. He explained that we should use Òour own, but God-given powerÓ. God, in other words, doesn't do all the work for us, but neither can we do it all alone.
paramam sthanam adyam a status original, sempiternal and supreme. [cf. Gita 8.28]
paramam vacah supreme word. [Gita 10.1; 18.64]
parama parardha the highest kingdom of the most High. [cf. Katha 1.3.1] ...
Paramananda Tantra 11.35 Surya, Agni and soma are mentioned.
Gautamiya Tantra mentioned Antar yajna.
The Shaktisangamatantra mentioned Indra, Chandra, and Manu.
The Agamas continue or contain the symbolism of the Vedas.
Paramahamsa
sannyasins who are able to discriminate between unreality and reality
Param Akasha ...
Yogananda, Paramahansa (1946, 1977). Autobiography of a Yogi. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship.
Conclusion: Paramananda Bandha
Introduction
There are three classic bandhas; mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. When practiced together they are called tri-bandha.
A Sannyasin, a Paramahamsa of the Sri Sankaracharya Order, inwardly nothing short of a Jivanmukta, ...
SATYA - truth, love of truth
- PARAMSATYA - the highest truth
SAUCHA - purity, inward and outward purification ...
Beliefs define the parameters within which we limit or allow ourselves to experience life.
Experience is the extent to which we actually feel life.
Our goal is to experience our energy and a sense of ourselves in our body.
The Absorption In Paramatman
23. Through the absorption of their respective Upadhis or vehicles all these in turn are absorbed in the Pratyagatma"the three aspects of consciousness, Visva, Taijasa, and Prajna in man, the three, Virat, ...
As, according to Vedanta, the latter proposition is affirmed, Yoga is that process by which the identity of the two (Jivatman and Paramatman)"which identity ever exists, in fact"is realised by the Yogin or practitioner of Yoga.
When a perfect union takes place between Prana and Apana, Manas and Buddhi or Jivatman and Paramatman without opposition, it is called Ghata Avastha. He may now practise only for about one-fourth of the period prescribed for the practice before.
PARAM-DHAMA: Supreme abode.
PARAMAHAMSA: The highest class of Sannyasins.
PASU-SVABHAVA: Animal nature; bestial nature.
PATANJALI: The author of Yoga-Sutras. Click here for a discourse on Patanjali's Raja Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.
* Kriya Yoga - Paramahansa Yogananda
* Sahaj Marg - Shri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari
* Sahaja Yoga - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava
* Sant Mat / Surat Shabd Yoga - Shiv Dayal Singh
* Satyananda Yoga - Swami Satyananda Saraswati ...
With every big project, I must set some parameters. In this case, I am using B.K.S. Iyengar's [an error occurred while processing this directive] as the almost-final word. Yoga is ever-evolving, albeit slowly.
Another Yoga guru, who is perhaps the most popular, was Swami Paramashansa Yogananda, who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship. Yogananda wrote Autobiography of a Yogi and his teachings still enjoy immense popularity even today.
Founded in 1968 by Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, Babaji Nagaraj, the great Himalayan master, offers to sincere seekers the opportunity to learn his "Kriya Yoga", the scientific art of perfect God-Truth Union.
Autobigraphy of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
An highly readable account of the life of Yogananda, one of the first Indian master to teach in the West. It offers an insider's view of many of the great teachers, saints and traditions of yoga.
When this same dialogue occurred in the ashram (home) of the great Master, Paramahansa Yogananda, he added that the Master/devotee relationship involves fifty percent the blessings of God, twenty-five percent the blessings of the Master, ...
Never hurt anybody. Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah (Non-injury is the highest virtue). Control anger by love, Kshama (forgiveness) and Daya (compassion). Serve the sick and the poor with love and affection. This is service of God.
BE SELF RELIANT ...
In our particular guru parampara there are truly thousands of them who came, lived these teachings and transmitted them with utmost care to their disciples but we will acknowledge particularly three of them.
Om or Aum. Mantric word chanted in meditation. Paramahansa Yogananda called it "the vibration of the Cosmic Motor." This one word is interpreted as having three sounds representing creation, preservation, and destruction.
Control of food helps us control all diseases. It is believed that, "Langhanam paramam aushadham." Hence remember: 'Hita-bhuk' and 'Mita-bhuk'. Keep food intake as little as possible, covering only items which are useful to the Body ...
Sustaining a practice can be challenging. How do we keep it fresh yet stay within the parameters of our particular tradition?
Literally means "father". Baba is a term of affection for a saint or holy man. On this site, Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa is "Baba".
Bhagavad Gita: ...
Atman ("self"): the transcendental Self, or Spirit, which is eternal and superconscious; our true nature or identity; sometimes a distinction is made between the atman as the individual self and the parama-atman as the transcendental Self; ...
the indwelling 'Self'; the transcendental, eternal soul; the true nature or identity of man - the innermost essence, which is identical with Brahman (God); also referred to as 'param-atman.'
Avidya ...
Since 1948, Pattabhi Jois has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga from his yoga shala, the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute (Jois 2002 xvi), according to the sacred tradition of Guru Parampara [disciplic succession] (Jois 2003 12).
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda- a popular and inspirational account of the amazing life of a modern master of Yoga.
The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga by Swami Vishnu-Devananda.
Meditation and Mantras by Swami Vishnu-Devananda.
 See also: Ananda, Yoga, Swami, Spirit, Satya
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