What is Siddha Yoga?

The spiritual path of Siddha Yoga is basically based on the philosophy that focuses on the inner self can bring God closer. He pulls out from Kashmir Shaivism and Vedant Hinde spiritual tradition. Siddha Yoga is presented by its experts as individual spirituality, which is often developed in the community of other believers. Depending on the individual perception of the organization, it is usually referred to as a new religious movement or cult. Learning includes teaching basic philosophies independently, services to others and adherence to biblical traditions of Hindu religion. Practice includes meditation, singing and listening to sacred music. These activities are usually carried out in meditation centers and in decline, although some daily activities can also be practiced at home. Ally be spiritually initiated by practice known as Shaktipat diksha . It is a process that a guru welcomes a willing student with a symbolic gesture such as a touch, mantra or a sacred word. In this way it is assumed that the guru has penetrated and inHe rose into the spirit of the student. Some followers of this method described this process as a guru aura surrounding a student.

Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa founded Siddha Yoga in India under the leadership of his spiritual teacher Bhagawan Nityanand. He eventually opened several meditation centers around the world. Among many other nations were in Japan, in the United States, the UK, Australia and France centers. The movement was to focus on the largest ashrams in New York and Ganeshpuri, India. After the death of Swami Muktanand in 1982, his student Gurumavi Chidvilasanada, who was originally known as Malti Shetty, took over the spiritual leadership of the Siddha Yoga movement.

There was a controversy over the event of some Siddha yoga gurus and movement in general. William Rodarmor in 1983 and Lis Harris in 1994 raised doubts about practice in several published articles. Since 1996 he has left Siddha Yoga also the greatand the critical voice of the movement and its leaders. The accusation against the movement included sexual abuse, mind control and disturbing and inappropriate infighting between guru and their collaborators. In several popular magazines were also primarily positive profiles of the movement.