Shri Agyatananda, has devoted a significant part of his life in studying the human philosophy, religion, spirituality & nature. He has studied the works of several western and eastern philosophers, artists and psychologists. Shri Agyatananda has also been associated with study of religious texts of different faiths and their practices such as yoga, meditation & prayer for over 50 years. He has asserted that humanity’s problem arises from within. No amount of technological or scientific upgradation can solve them unless humans link themselves with their karma. He is always vocal about self-awareness, mindfulness & inner reflection. He does not believe in any miracles or coincidences. For him all beings are equal irrespective of their faiths, beliefs & physique.
His name literally means “the one, who derives joy from the unknown”. He has disassociated himself from enjoying sensory pleasures, vices & opulence, so he does not appears in public in any form. Shri Agyatananda has always stated that he is not a godman. He never engages in distribution of hope to followers, whether unsuspecting, skeptic or hopeful. He is also not a mystic or proponent of any special practice for development & healing from problems. As per his philosophy, the hope humans put in some special practice for solution of problems is just another way of expecting a miracle.
He has kept a very limited set of proteges to impart his knowledge, as he firmly believes that the seekers of true knowledge can find it anywhere in the universe. The blogs and videos are either guided by his discourses or are his discourses. Recitations are either by his disciples or machines. Discussions are handled by those proteges, who have excelled in his philosophy.
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