Sri Swami Sivananda Jayanthi: September 8, 2021

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September 8th marks the 134th birth anniversary of Sri Swami Sivanandaji, the Guru of Sri Swami Satchidananda. Swami Sivanandaji is considered one of the greatest Yoga Masters and Vedantins of the 20th century. He founded the Divine Life Society and Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh. He authored three hundred books on Yoga and Vedanta and Divine Life Society centers have spread around the globe. In this video, Spiritual Instructions & the “Eighteen Ities,” Swami Sivanandaji himself offers some inspiring teachings recorded in the 1950s. It includes his famous song that he wrote in which he summarized the essence of his instructions to devotees in 18 “ities.”

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