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About Us

Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust (HYPT) is a charitable trust with the mission to preserve and make available the teachings of Swami Veda Bharati for the benefit of all humanity.

Created in March of 2014, the trust continues to publish books and audio lectures, guided meditations and other yoga practices by Swami Veda.

A dedicated team of employees and volunteers serves to coordinate the efforts of HYPT at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Veda's ashram and the international headquarters of HYPT.  In addition to this, volunteers from all over the world continue to support the mission by contributing skills in transcribing, translating, editing and design.

HYPT is an affiliate of AHYMSIN (Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International) and works in cooperation with AHYMSIN to fulfill the world-wide mission of Swami Veda Bharati.

                                              For more information about AHYMSIN,

                                              please visit www.ahymsin.org

The Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation

"There is one thing unique to our tradition. It links itself to an unbroken lineage of sages even beyond Shankara."

       – Swami Rama in Living with the Himalayan Masters

"The Himalayan Mountains have been the home of sages for millennia. These great sages have lived and passed on knowledge of the yogic teachings to disciples who then became masters passing on the teachings in an unbroken lineage since the Vedic period.

 

Twelve hundred years ago Shankaracharya organized his teaching into five centers of the Himalayan Tradition.  As one of those five, our tradition is the Bharati lineage connected with the Shankaracharyas at the Shringeri Seat.  Bha means 'the light of  knowledge,' rati means 'a lover who is absorbed in it,' thus, Bharati indicates one, who as a lover of knowledge, becomes totally absorbed in its light.  

 

The methods and philosophies of the Himalayan Tradition have withstood the test of time.  Generation upon generation have followed this path and a huge reserve of  knowledge has been built."

      – Swami Veda Bharati in The Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation

Swami Veda Bharati

Mahamandaleshwar Sri Swami Veda Bharati (1933- July 14, 2015), was a rare Sanskrit scholar of our time, unsurpassed in his profound depth of knowledge, philosophy and practice of Meditation. He was born in a Sanskrit-speaking family and raised in the centuries old Vedic tradition. He taught the Patañjali’s Yoga-sūtras for the first time at the early age of 9 and the Vedas from age 11. Having never attended any school, he received his M.A. from the University of London and a D.Litt. from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

From 1952-1967, he spread the Yogic and Vedic teachings in many parts of the world, including Africa and the West Indies. In 1969, he received the highest initiations into the mysteries of Meditation from his Guru Swami Rama of the Himalayas who linked him to the sacred lineage of the Himalayan Yogis. Thereafter he established and guided Meditation groups and centers in all parts of the world. He had access to 17 languages and taught Meditation in all of the major languages of the world and to followers of all religions.

In continuation with the oral tradition of the living lineage of the Himalayan Sages, Swami Veda taught: “योगः समाधिः  | yogaḥ samādhiḥ | Yoga = samadhi | Yoga [is] samadhi. He proposed that the entire yoga science must be studied and practiced on the basis of this definition of yoga. All other definitions are subservient to it. He revealed the authentic teachings of Classical Yoga through his 1500 page commentaries on the (first two chapters) Yoga-Sutras. This commentary has been hailed among scholars and practitioners both as the most authentic and authoritative. He has recorded more than 3,500 hours of courses on all aspects of meditation, its texts, and philosophical systems apart from teaching the ancient texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita in an experiential context for meditation. Following in the footsteps of his Guru, he maintained a keen interest in the scientific studies of yoga mediation and subjected himself to a number of researches in the field of Neurophysiology of the Meditative states.

Swami Veda Bharati emphasized the universality of yoga as a science, which transcends chronological time, geographical boundaries, religious discrimination, and manmade sectarianism. Although he always liked to keep a low profile, he was well known for his teaching in different communities and cultures all over the world and for his expertise in instructing students in accordance with their own religion-philosophical background. During his lifetime, he participated in numerous interfaith dialogues, activities, and conferences with an aim of improving understanding among various religions. He found the experience of meditation to be the common ground among all religions. Prepared on the occasion of the United Nations 2000 World Peace Summit of Leaders in Religion and Spirituality, his short work, "Unifying Streams in Religions," provides a fresh perspective for bringing the different faiths closer together.

In 2002, he founded Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, which houses the headquarters of the Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International (AHYMSIN) and serves as the centre for his global network among nearly 100 groups in 26 different countries; spreading the teachings of the Himalayan Tradition. We can best repay his extra-ordinary efforts by availing ourselves of the fruits of his experiential teachings to further our own yogic practice for our own enlightenment and the welfare of all.

Swami Rama

Swami Rama was born in the Himalayas and raised by his spiritual master in the legendary Himalayan cave monasteries where countless generations of yogis have been trained and initiated into the deepest mysteries of the sacred science of yoga.  A monk in the Shankaracharya order, he held the highest position of Shankaracharya, which he later renounced.

Swami Rama pioneered many early scientific studies in measuring the physiological correlates of the yogi’s internal experiences using modern scientific equipment.  A philosopher and author of over 40 books, Swami Rama was a master of many arts including poetry, music, architecture, sculpture, painting and martial arts.  Swami Rama was a multifaceted personality and truly beyond description; a spiritual master and master of the art of living.

A great philanthropist, Swami Rama founded many charitable organizations and teaching centres such as the Himalayan Institute as well as the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust.

Swami Rama left many disciples around the world who carry on various parts of his work.  He remains in their hearts as one who truly personifies and represents the perennial lineage of Himalayan masters.

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