LINEAGE
Mahāyoga
Also known as Kundalinī Mahāyoga, the work weaves together streams of bhakti, vedānta, tantra, sāmkhya, and yoga philosophies, all rooted in the lived wisdom of the great siddha masters of India.
The transmission
The Mahāyoga Lineage
Harshada is a modern representative of a very old spiritual lineage originating in ancient India. He refers to it as the Mahāyoga Lineage. That's not an official name, but rather a reference to the Kundalinī Mahāyoga taught by the masters in his lineage for millenia.
Harshada was initiated by Gurumāyī Chidwilāsānanda in 1992. After that, Harshada spent many years serving and training under Gurumāyī in her āshrams in India, the U.S. and Australia.
During those years he was mentored by several teachers in that lineage, most notably Swāmī Mādhawānanda, Swāmī Umeshānanda, Swāmī Shāntānanda, Swāmī Durgānanda (aka Sally Kempton), and Ram Butler.
After separating from Gurumāyī's āshram in 2004, Harshada went deeper into the roots of the lineage and connected more directly with the modern root guru of the lineage Bhagawān Nityānanda of Ganeshpurī.
Nityānanda was an awadhūta— a being who was beyond social convention. He didn't teach in any official way and claimed no authority and also conferred no official authority on his disciples to carry on his lineage.
His main teaching was his state of deep absorption in the Absolute and the energy he transmitted to anyone who came into contact with him. He had countless devotees and many disciples.
Nityānanda is thought to represent the lineage of Dattātreya and also connected to the mysterious Nātha Sampradāya which connects back to Dattātreya and also the Ādinātha, Lord Shiwa.
Mahāyoga
Not a technique. A process of awakening.
Mahāyoga, also known as Kundalinī Mahāyoga, is the blend of teachings and practices taught by Harshada and other teachers that come from his lineage.
It weaves together the philosophical streams of non-dual tantra, bhakti, vedānta, Patanjali, hatha yoga, jnāna yoga and meditation practices often referred to as rāja yoga.
The Nāthas, beginning with Matsyendranātha and Gorakshanātha are our forefathers in Mahāyoga. Their fellow Nātha, Gahininātha, was the Guru of Niwrittinātha, who was the Guru of Jnāneshwar Mahārāj. In the 20th Century, this mysterious lineage surfaced in great beings like our Guru Bhagawān Nityānanda, Shirdī Sāī Bābā, and others.
The foundation of Mahāyoga is the awakening of the Kundalinī Shakti, the indwelling spiritual intelligence that lies within everyone.
Truly speaking, Mahāyoga is not a yoga like a technique or system. It is the process of the Kundalinī awakening and expanding. It happens within a person's subtle being and also in their outside life revealing the divine within and without.
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