Grand Opening of the Yoga and Health Retreat by Life Mission USA
May 15th and 16th 2010
Mebane, NC., USA
At the Grand Opening of the Retreat, Swami Satyanand addressed the gathering and explained why a sannyasi would be found among worldly people rather than practicing his Yoga in seclusion as well as some of the background behind the creation and purpose of the Retreat.
He commented that he had taken sannyas solely for the purpose of liberation, but had been instructed by his Guru, Swami Rajarshi Muni, to go to the West to propagate the principles and practices of sanatan dharm and Yoga according to the command of Lord Lakulish, the 28th incarnation of Lord Shiva, and Head of the lineage. In this way, this ashram has been chosen and developed exclusively for the inspiration and education of the all.
He went on to explain that in February 1993, when his Guru, Swami Rajarshi Muni, had attained to a very high stage of Yoga, Lord Lakulish appeared before him and gave him darshan. The Lord also gave him a Divine Command to work for the resurgence of sanatan dharm (eternal culture) as well as the propagation of bhakti, karma, and jnan Yoga. At this time Swamiji also received shambhavi diksha and thereby gained entry into Divine Yoga, which leads to the highest goal of Yoga: the transformation of the gross body into a Divine Body.
Swamaji relayed Lord Lakulish’s message that a person can progress only if his or her physical and mental development takes place with his spiritual development and that Dharm represents the sum total of morality, truthfulness, restraint, and right conduct, while Yoga is the universal science of liberation (Go To Continued).
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