Mahan Of The Day :- Swami Maheshwarananda

Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda

Date of birth	August 15, 1945
Place of birth	Rupawas, Pali district Rajasthan, India
Birth name	Mangilal Garg
Guru/teacher	Swami Madhavanandaji
Philosophy	Vedanta, Sanatana Dharma
Titles/honors	Vishwaguru, Jagadguru, Mahamandaleshwar, Paramhansa, Dharma Chakravarti

Swami Maheshwarananda, born Mangilal Garg, known as Swamiji (born August 15, 1945 in Rupawas, Pali district, Rajasthan, India), is a yogi, guru and the author and founder of the system Yoga In Daily Life.
According to his Guru he attained the state of self-realization at the age of 17.The World Religious Parliament awarded him with the sign of honour Proud of India in 1994, the spiritual title of Dharma Chkravarti in 1996, and the title Sarvabhaum Jagadguru in 1999. In 1998 he was consecrated as Mahamandaleshwar of Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara at the Maha Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, India. In 2001 the highest spiritual title Vishwaguru was bestowed to him in the presence of His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shankaracharya Sri Swami Narendranandaji Sarasvati, by the Vidvat Samaj (assembly of professors and scholars of the Sanskrit University of Benares) at the occasion of the Maha Kumbha Mela in Prayagraj (Allahabad).

Youth

His parents were pandit Krishna Ramji Garg and Phul Garg. His father was a recognized astrologist. Inspired by his parents, he started to learn to meditate when he was 3 years old. He was growing up with two brothers and three sisters and soon spending most of his time in prayer and meditation. His father died, when he was twelve and his mother sent him to his uncle Swami Madhavanandaji to Nipal for further education. He met his master Swami Madhavanandaji (Holy Guruji) at the age of 13. Mangilal showed little interest for school, but was constantly asking his uncle to make him a Sannyasi.
After some years Swami Madhavanandaji granted his wish. Mangilal was prescribed strict yogic exercises and after six months of fasting and meditation he attained the state of self-realization (1962). He was initiated in the order of swamis in 1967. In 1972 he went to Europe and founded Austrian-Indian Yoga-Vedanta fellowship in Vienna and first Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram.

Guru lineage

The guru lineage begins with Sri Alakh Puriji. He was the Guru of Sri Devpuriji. Sri Devpuriji was believed to be an incarnation of Shiva, by his disciples. He lived sometime in the 19th century in ashram in a village Kailash in Rajasthan, India.

His spiritual successor was named Sri Mahaprabhuji. Sri Mahaprabhuji was born in 1828 and died in 1963 and was therefore believed to be 135 years old at that time. As Sri Devpuriji, he also announced his departure and died in meditation posture after singing OM in the presence of his disciples. He was believed^[ to be an incarnation of Vishnu by his disciples and was thought to possess all 24 siddhis. He spent a lot of his life in an ashram built close to Bari Kathu in Rajasthan.


Sri Mahaprabhuji received the title of Paramhansa from Sri Shankaracharya of Shringhari Matha in Pushkar in the presence of Sri Shankaracharya of Puri.

Paramhans Swami Madhavananda spent on the side of Mahaprabhuji more than 20 years and with his permission wrote a book titled "Lila Amrit" about the lives of Sri Mahaprabhuji and Sri Devpuriji describing the many miracles they performed. Swami Madhavananda named Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda as his spiritual successor and died in 2003.

Teachings

The main points of Maheshwarananda's teachings are physical, mental, social and spiritual health; respect for life; tolerance for all religions, cultures and nationalities; world peace; protection of human rights and values; protection of the environment and preservation of nature; selfless service, and care and love for all living things. According to his teachings, the realization of these fundamental principles of life will lead man to spiritual development, self-realization, and realization of God. Women should protect their honor and beauty and should not sell their nudity for movies and magazines. One should not change religion, but become better Christian. Yoga is not a part of any religion, but all religions are part of Yoga, because Yoga is universal. Yoga is a religion in terms of relation between individual and cosmic self, that is God. It is not a religion in terms of today's understanding of the word religion.Yoga is a Universal principle which balances entire Universe, the space and the consciousness. There is only one religion, humanity. One should not change religion, but become a better Christian, a better Muslim.... a better human according to their religion. Helping hands are worth more than praying hands. Good deeds should be directed towards both animals and humans and not only humans.We can help the world peace by limiting our needs, reduce the use of plastics, become vegetarians and avoid drugs, especially alcohol, which can be considered as a devil in the form of liquid. Peace begins within ones own heart and charity within ones own home.
"Yoga in Daily Life" as developed by Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is a holistic and comprehensive system concerning body, mind, consciousness and soul. The system cant be described only as a religion or only as exercise. Yogic exercises are so called psychosomatic movements which can be adapted to any individual.The exercises have very old origin coming from ancient yogic scriptures. The system was developed with doctors, therapists and psychologists and is designed as a complete system in the yoga tradition, including all the main yoga paths^.

• the path of the selfless way of acting (Karma Yoga)
• the path of discipline and meditation (Raja Yoga)
• the path of devotion (Bhakti Yoga)
• the path of realization and knowledge (Gyana Yoga)
• purification techniques (Hatha Yoga)

The system is organized in to 8 levels. The goal of "Yoga in Daily Life" is to create a program in which people can learn human responsibility towards the world and environment in which we are living; foster our compassion for all living beings; develop dormant hidden forces, and learn how to use them for the benefit of the world. The system can be lived and practiced independently of age, social status, nationality and denomination. The system is an acknowledged diplomatic course in overseas (European) universities, and is taught in schools and hospitals for physical rehabilitation.
Swamiji's books are published in 11 languages and thousands of non-profit centers of Yoga in Daily life are present in all five continents.

Organization of work

The International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship is a non-profit and non-denominational organization seated in Vienna/Austria, at Schikanedergasse 12/13 (A-1040 Vienna). It was founded in 1990 by Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda to unite, under one organization, the various associations of "Yoga in daily life" that are scattered across the world.The fellowship has member associations in Roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
In 1990 Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda also laid the foundation stone of a project referred to as "Om Ashram" with the full name Om Vishwa Deep Gurukul, Swami Maheshwarananda Education & Research Center. The center is located on 250 acres (1.0 km²) in the Jadan district of Rajasthan in the form of ancient symbol OM.Once completed, it would be the largest man-made symbol of OM in the world. Since 2003, the Om Ashram is also the Mahasamadhi Shrine (tomb) of his guru Dharmasamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda.
Another his initiative is the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council which has been established as a non-governmental, humanitarian and charitable society. The feature event of the Sri Madhavananda World Peace Council is the “World Peace Summit” (WPS) organized annually each time in a different country with aim to discuss a special topic (religious dialog, humanitarian projects,.. ) to support world peace. The events bring together a large gathering of politicians, scientists and general public and have been organized since 2002.

Humanitarian projects

• In 2002 the Shree Vishwa Deep Gurukul Prathmik Vidyalaya, Yoga in Daily Life's primary school in Rajasthan, India, was founded.
• To address the major water crisis in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, the International Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, has launched a Desert Rainwater Harvesting initiative. The project was supported by UN.
• Healthcare. The "Sri Swami Madhavananda Hospital", currently under construction at Jadan Ashram in the Pali district of Rajasthan, India, will serve as a naturopathic and allopathic hospital. This will provide residential health care to neighboring districts.
• Initiative for the blood donation project in collaboration with the Red Cross of Slovenia in 2008 and 2009.

Recognitions and Awards

• Representative at the Millennium World Peace Conference of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the UN-Headquarter, New York, 2000.
• Participating in the interreligious and international Conference “Forum 2000” organized by President Václav Havel on behalf of “Human Rights”, 2001.
• Participating as a speaker in the Earth Dialogues in Lyon, France in 2002, initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev (Green Cross International) and Maurice Strong (Earth Council and World Council of Former Foreign Ministers).
• Award with the Danica Order, the highest decoration for humanitarian merits, by the President of the Republic Croatia, Stjepan Mesic, Oct. 2002
• Speaker at the Expert Colloquy for Intercultural and Interreligious Communication and Conflict Prevention at the Council of Europe,Strasbourg, Oct. 7–9, 2002