काममया एवायं पुरुष इति. – You are what your deep, driving desire is!

I am privileged to have had Swami Nithyananda Giri as my Guru. He undertook sanyasa in 1963 and dedicated his life to intense spiritual sadhana. He was a disciple of Sadguru Gnanananda Giri Maharaj.

Sadguru Gnanananda Giri, a Himalayan sage chose the northern bank of the river South Pennar near Thirkoilur in Tamil Nadu in southern India as his abode. Sadguru Gananananda Giri was a Mahayogi in the lineage of Jyotir Mutt, the northern spiritual seat established by Sri Adi Sankara Bhagavatpada. Sadguru Gnanananda took Mahasamadhi in 1974.  I was guided by him to Swami Nithyananda Giri.

Swami Nithyananda Giri established and organised Gnanananda Niketan to serve the tradition of Brahma Vidya and Atma Vichara. He was instrumental in bringing out several publications in English, Tamil, and Sanskrit. My deeper understanding of Upanishad was nurtured by him, and his guidance was immense in my spiritual growth. The transformation is about how I see myself and the world. Swami Nithyananda Giri took Mahasamadhi in 2023.

My Guru is Swami Nithyananda Giri and Paramaguru is Sadguru Gnanananda Giri.

I am fully dedicated to studying, listening to, and teaching Vedanta. This is living, breathing and meditation for me.

न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः। तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥

The sun does not shine, nor the moon nor the stars. Neither the lightening that shines. The fire too does not shine. That alone shines, and everything else thereafter. They shine by that alone.