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    Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple of Bhagavan...
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    Siddha Yoga is a spiritual path founded by Swami Muktananda (1908–1982). According to its literature, the Siddha Yoga tradition is "based mainly on eastern...
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  • initiation (shaktipat) from her guru, Swami Muktananda, when she was 14, at which time he designated her and her brother Swami Nityananda as his successors. She...
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  • Siddha Yoga movement led by Swami Muktananda. Stan Trout, a fellow convert, alleged that Looney was one of Muktananda's "enforcers" who intimidated people...
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    1990s, the focus of his work had shifted to spirituality. Inspired by Swami Muktananda and New Thought,[citation needed] he promoted themes such as the "power...
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    student Swami Muktananda said that Nityananda’s Guru was an unknown Siddha from Kerala. Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, by Swami Muktananda. Siddha...
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  • Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy - Swami Rama 1970s: Siddha Yoga - Swami Muktananda 1970s: Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement founded...
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    Ganeshpuri with the intention of obtaining the title of 'swami' from Muktananda. Muktananda did not want to give Rudi the title, and so Rudi spoke with...
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    between the eyebrows (another spot being the tip of the nose—naasikagra) Swami Muktananda writes that "auspicious Kumkuma or sandalwood paste is applied (between...
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    Shaktipat experience at Muktananda's public program at Lake Point Tower in Chicago on 16 September 1974 as follows: Baba [Swami Muktananda] had just begun delivering...
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