SWAMIJI BECAME A STUDENT UNDER MA'S ENCOURAGEMENT OF SRI SWAMI SHANKARANANDA GIRI AND TRAVELED WITH SWAMIJI ON 17 COMPLETE PADYATTRAS AROUND THE SUBCONTINENT OF INDIA. THEY WERE ON CONSTANT PILGRIMAGES TO MEET ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS OF INDIA, VISIT THE MOST IMPORTANT TEMPLES AND HOLY PLACES, AND TO MEDITATE AND WORSHIP GOD IN EVERY FORM. SWAMI RAMANANDA MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO EVERY JYOTI LINGAM OF LORD SHIVA INCLUDING THE ICE LINGUM HIGH IN THE HIMALAYAN SNOW WALL IN THE AMARNATH CAVE, MT KAILASHA, TO RAMESHWAR AT THE TIP OF SOUTH INDIA.
THEY MET GREAT SAINTS AND GURUS(MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI,SATHYA SAI BABA, BABA MUKTANANDA,SOMBARI BABA, TAT WALA BABA,SRI NEEM KAROLI BABA,BABA SITARAM ONKARNATH, AC BHAKTIVEDANANTA SRILA PRABHUPADA,SWAMI RAM SUMAT KUMAR) OF THAT TIME AND ENGAGED IN SPIRITUAL DISCUSSIONS OFTEN TIMES REVEALING THEIR HIGHEST TEACHINGS. WHERE THEY COULD MEET WITH ANANDAMAYI MA WHO WAS ALSO CONSTANTLY TRAVELING THEY WOULD AND SWAMI RAMANANDA WOULD TAKE MAGNIFICENT PRIVATE DARSHANS OF HIS BELOVED DIVINE MOTHER.
SWAMI RAMANANDA GRADUATED FROM THE YOGA FOREST VEDANTA ACCADEMY OF SWAMI SIVANANDA. HE HAS TAUGHT YOGA, MEDITATION, INDIAN PHILOSOPHY, AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION NOW FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS. HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION AT U.C.BERKELEY GRADUATING AS PRESIDENTS SCHOLAR 4.0 AND HIS PH.D. FROM SHEFFERTON UNIVERSITY IN LONDON SUMMA CUM LAUDE.HE HAS LECTURED AT THE GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION, PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDY, THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN MADRAS, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND CURRENTLY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA,
HE CONTINUES TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD NOW, GUIDING, SHARING ABOUT SRI ANANDAMAYI MA AND HIS MANY TRAVELS THROUGHOUT INDIA'S HOLY PLACES.DR.SWAMI RAMANANDA IS FOUNDER OF THE JAI MA SATSANG INTERNATIONAL, NEW LIFE YOGA SOCIETY, AND THE CENTER FOR EAST WEST UNDERSTANDING. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF BLISS NOW AND FROM INDIA WITH LOVE. HE HAS CENTERS AND DISCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
"THIS IS THAT VERY SELF SAME SWAMI WHO INCARNATES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, SWAMI RAMANANDA".----SRI ANANDAMAYI MA
" I RECOGNIZED IN SRI ANANDAMAYI MA, THE GREAT AVATAR, THE MESSIAH HUMANITY HAS SOUGHT, WITH ALL THE QUALITIIES AND POWERS OF CHRIST....GOD MANIFESTED ON EARTH AS A BEAUTIFUL INDIAN WOMAN POSSESSING EVERY QUALITY OF PERFECT SELF REALIZATION."----DR. SWAMI RAMANANDA GIRI
"SHE LIVED 87 YEARS IN HER BODY AND I NEVER SAW ONE MOMENT OF VARIANCE FROM HER PATH OF ABSOLUTE PERFECT LOVE FOR EVERYONE, ABSOLUTE RENUNCIATION, TOTAL WALKING NIRVANA IN A STATE OF THE HIGHEST NIRVIKALPA SAMADHI, AND GOING DAYS AND DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER....YET FEEDING EVERYONE, LOVING EVERYONE, GIVING EVERYTHING SHE HAD TO THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, GIVING HERSELF DAY AFTER DAY OFTEN WITH NO SLEEP. ONLY A SAINT, A LIVING AVATAR, CAN DO THIS!" ---SWAMI RAMANANDA IN "THE HEART'S SECRET DOOR"
ALL WHO MEET HIM, ARE TOUCHED BY HIS BOUNDLESS BLISS, HIS BROTHERLY EMBRACE, HIS POWERFUL WISDOM, AND HIS LOVING INSIGHT.
"YOU CAN NEVER FAIL, KNOWING MA AND ASKING HER INTO YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING." SWAMIJI
Puja to Ma in Haridwar
Ma Anandamayi 1959 v2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjDGqtLN3s
JAI MA SRI MA OM MA!!!!! PLEASE WATCH!
Anandamayi Ma with Bolanath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj7oKmd8oLQ
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MA WITH BOLANATH
Sri Ma in the 1930s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU5p1AzLAU4
MA AFTER BATHING IN GANGA
Alice Coltrane in Bombay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgqimZjJZ3U
Beloved Swamini, Beloved Friend, Forever Remembered!
Sri Anandamayi Ma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSAbVhiuaI
MAHA MANTRA-JAYA RADHA MADHAVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpto0s7nzfs
Om Namah Shivaya (Shiva Sahasranama Mantra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRdzHQqrC4
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