First Encounters With the Masters

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Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 First Encounters with the Masters ..............................................................................................................10 Swami Sivananda and Paramahamsa Viswananda Saraswati .......................................................10 Swami Vishnudevananda and Swami Sivananda .................................................................................11 Swami Muktananda and Bhagawan Nithyananda ...............................................................................13 Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ..............................................................18 Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Totapuri .......................................................................................21 Sri Ramana Maharshi and Arunachala ....................................................................................................23 Sivaprakasam Pillai and Sri Ramana Maharshi .....................................................................................24 Ganapathi Sastri and Sri Ramana Maharshi............................................................................................24 Ragavachariar and Sri Ramana Maharshi ................................................................................................25 Suddhananda Bharati and Sri Ramana Maharshi ................................................................................25 Yogi Ramiah and Sri Ramana Maharshi ....................................................................................................26 Natesa Mudaliar and Sri Ramana Maharshi ............................................................................................26 Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Sri Ramana Maharshi .................................................................................27 Yogi Ramsuratkumar and Swami Ramdas ..............................................................................................28 Swami Ramdas and Sri Ramana Maharshi ..............................................................................................31 Swami Gnanananda Giri and Swami Sivaratna Giri ............................................................................33 Adi Sankara and Lord Shiva ............................................................................................................................34 Paramahamsa Yogananda and Sri Yukteswar .......................................................................................35 Lahiri Mahasaya and Babaji ............................................................................................................................37 Lama Surya Das and Lama Yeshe .................................................................................................................39 First Encounters with My Guru .....................................................................................................................40 Tavatiru Rengaraja Desigar ............................................................................................................................40 Supramania Swami .............................................................................................................................................42 Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal........................................................................................................................48 Epilogue ....................................................................................................................................................................60

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First Encounters with the Masters

Swami Sivananda and Paramahamsa Viswananda Saraswati

Photo 1 Stamp released on Swami Sivananda’s Birth Centenary 1986 Photo courtesy of www.indiapicks.com

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Swami Vishnudevananda and Swami Sivananda

Photo 2 Swami Vishnudevananda (Right) and Swami Sivananda Photo courtesy of http://www.maasyoga.nl

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Swami Muktananda and Bhagawan Nithyananda

Photo 3 Muktananda with his guru Bhagawan Nithyananda Photo courtesy of www.cosmicharmony.com

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Photo 4 Bhagawan Nithyananda. Photo Courtesy of ‘The Chidakasha Gita of Bhagawan Nithyananda of Ganeshpuri’

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