ETERNAL LINK TO THE BLESSINGS OF YOGA
GURUS & PRECEPTOR
With unshakeable faith and unflinching determination, His Holiness Swami Jyotirmayananda achieved the blessed goal for every soul, transcended all impurities, distractions and illusions, and ended suffering caused by birth and death, to become the fully enlightened and truly realized Sage of our age, profoundly transforming the lives of seekers and spiritual aspirants throughout the world. He is the living Guru who has brought Yoga's profound mysticism to the forefront of its teachings. Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda reminds us of the core truth that, “You are the architect of your destiny,” echoing the message that every person can be a steadfast hero in the intense battle of life, and as such, an indominable inspiration to all!
SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
Gurudev
FINAL LIVING DIRECT DISCIPLE OF H. H. SWAMI SIVANANDA SARASWATI
Swami Jyotirmayananda was incarnated as an avatara of Vishnu on February 3, 1931, in the state of Bihar, India, a northern province sanctified by Budhha. In 1953, Swamiji or “Gurudev'' as he is lovingly referred to, embraced the eternal order of sanyasa at age 22, as a direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda Saraswati Maharaj, the world’s preeminent spiritual master and founder of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India. In tireless service to his spiritual preceptor, Gurudev taught at the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy giving lectures on the Upanishads, Yoga Vasistha, Raja Yoga and other scriptures of Yoga. Gurudev also handled all of Swami Sivananda’s correspondence, translated many of his books into Hindi, and served as the Chief Editor of the Yoga Vedanta Journal.
Gurudev’s transcendental command of spiritual knowledge and dynamic expositions attracted enormous interest from aspirants worldwide. After many requests, Swami Jyotirmayananda came to the West in 1962 to spread the knowledge of Yoga Vedanta, first landing in Puerto Rico. In 1969, he established the Ashram in Miami, Florida, which has become the center for international activities, publications and teachings of the Yoga Research Foundation. Later in 1985, Gurudev established the International Yoga Society to serve a worldwide audience and Divya Jyotir School for children in New Delhi, India. In 2000, the Jyotirmayananda Ashram and Vocational Training Center for abused and neglected women was established in Bihar. Then in 2006, the Lalita Jyoti Anananthalaya orphanage and school for young girls opened its doors in Sonipat. These institutions in India and the United States are serving the community by offering regular satsanga, Yoga classes and camps, published and translated writings, and operating free medical clinics for the marginalized and underserved populations.
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Today, Swami Jyotirmayananda, age 93, living saint and sage, occupies the highest place among men of wisdom. He is recognized as the foremost proponent of Integral Yoga, the synthesis of the Yoga tradition into a comprehensive plan of personality integration. Through discipleship, blessings and darshan, lectures, courses, his books on all aspects of of Yoga and Vedanta, and the monthly International Yoga Guide magazine, Sri Gurudev continues to share the richness of his boundless knowledge of the great scriptures of India and the world – inspiring spiritual seekers everywhere to attain the true goal of life – Enlightenment.
INVOCATION OF ALL SAGES, SAINTS & MASTERS OF YOGA
GURU PARAMPARA
REVERENCE TO THE TEACHERS
OM TAT SAT
AUSPICIOUSLY ORDERED BY THE ENLIGHTENED MASTERS:
H. H. SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
H. H. SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
H. H. SWAMI RAJARSHI MUNI
BLESSINGS OF ALL DIVINE GURUS,
SPIRITUAL SAGES AND SAINTS!
DIRECTED BY:
SRI SUDARSHAN JYOTIRMAYANANDA
Founding Preceptor
Protege Disciple, H. H. SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
GURUDEV
H. H. SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
PARAM GURU
H. H. SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
ADVAITA GURU
SRI ADI SANKARACHARYA
By the power of repeated self-effort through divine grace, faith and discernment, Sri Sudarshan employs virtues for removing blindness (ignorance) and bestowing true vision (knowledge). Having sought and found what is truly peaceful, healthy and enlightened within our own nature, Sri Sudarshan is an active leader, exemplifies Yoga in daily life and uplifts humanity with his joyous, loving wisdom!
SKYLIGHT YOGA LEADERSHIP
ACCESS THE PROFOUND DIMENSIONS OF LIFE
Sri Sudarshan oversees SKYLIGHT YOGA's purpose-driven mission and universal curricula
SRI SUDARSHAN JYOTIRMAYANANDA SARASWATI
Founder & Preceptor
"We practice Yoga to achieve Yoga. Welcome to You. Yoga is physical strength, mental stability and spiritual grace! Realize I am sky, I am light, I am transcending all!!"
Sri Sudarshan integrates the wisdom of spirituality into the daily human experience. His teachings focus on the interconnection of universal nature and individual existence. Through discipleship with masters and teachings of illumined sages, Yoga revealed its mystic power in states of divine revelation leading to absolute enlightenment.
Sri Sudarshan served as an educator and Yoga teacher at M.B. Patel HSS Schools in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, following the footsteps of his great-grandfather, Purushottamdas 'Daskaka' Patel, Indian Parliament Member, pioneer of education, and national reformer in the campaigns of Mahatma Gandhi. After his studies in global sustainability, energy and human behavior, religion, philosophy and economics; and writing his thesis on the ethnography of Yoga and civil leadership; Sri Sudarshan completed his B.A. degree with a prestigious scholarship from Indiana University. Later he was licensed to teach by the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Yoga continued evolving Sri Sudarshan toward the untaintable purity of Self-Realization. Developing the auspicious aspiration and sublime knowledge within Yoga’s perpetual lineages of saints and sages, Sri Sudarshan has given his life to teaching the art and science of Yoga Meditation through direct guidance from true masters who have preserved this undeniable gift by their shining examples. He accepted the designation of Yoga Siromani, recognized the impressions from previous lives, and committed this life to upholding the eternal truths and universal virtues of Yoga Vedanta and Sanatan Dharma.
Sri Sudarshan is the remover of blindness and bestower of true vision by the power of self-effort and divine grace. He is an initiated direct disciple of two illustrious spiritual masters: Sri Swami Rajarshi Muni at the Lakulish Yoga University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; and His Holiness Pujyatman Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda at the Yoga Research Foundation in Miami, Florida, USA. Sri Sudarshan absorbs the full meaning and feeling of discipleship and enlightenment from his living Guru, Swami Jyotirmayananda, the enlightened genius of Yoga, venerable saint, and final living direct disciple of the world's preeminent spiritual master of the 19th Century, H. H. Swami Sivananda Saraswati. These are living embodiments of Yoga.
Sri Sudarshan is the founder and spiritual preceptor at SKYLIGHT YOGA, continuing the legacies and missions of the lineage, and serving the body, mind, heart and soul of humanity through his work. Sri Sudarshan answers life’s most essential questions, and with profound insight and clarity, transforms mystic wisdom of the ancient way into simple focused actions for the modern day. His teachings help aspirants to unite self-practice with proper understanding leading to Self-realization. Sri Sudarshan helps everyone to discover the joyous movement toward enlightenment through balancing the human personality by integrating action, will, emotion and reason.
Sri Sudarshan teaches sincere students, trainees and clients to excel from beginning endurance to peak performance, and instructs them how to develop real knowledge, acquire greater skill, and how to control and unlock the power of the human mind and spirit. Sri Sudarshan brings his inspiring teachings, steadfast commitment, and practical empowerment to individuals and institutions for maximizing overall health and realizing true success - the goals for all souls. Sri Sudarshan is the author of the 333-page manual and treatise on teaching Yoga, ‘Attention To Yoga.’ He is invited to consult, speak and teach at a multitude of industries and businesses; governmental and NGOs; national insurance agencies; wellness conferences; hospitals and medical clinics; private and public schools; interfaith symposiums; retreats; and more. He is actively involved with non-profit organizations for housing, clothing and feeding the hungry and poor; supporting orphanages for victims of abuse; assisting women's shelters; facilitating cultural dialogue; education scholarships; and more, including the Divine Life Society, Integral Yoga Foundation, and his own, Soul Commonwealth. Sri Sudarshan is based at the SKYLIGHT YOGA Ashram in Miami Beach, Florida where he oversees all of the school’s humanitarian operations, shares mystic insights into living deeply and profoundly, and provides full-time virtual and in-person guidance. He directs and leads SKYLIGHT YOGA's mission to ensure the physical health, mental stability and spiritual grace of people everywhere.
