Living Shankara: The Legacy of Adi Shankaracharya

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Even today some teachers of this essential goodness exist Living Shankara tells the story of Shankara's life-following his footprints, for they have formed the path that a growing number of people treasure. This book may be dry and dusty because the trail is old, but people who are sincerely interested in changing themselves and their lifestyle can still find guides to light the way: and that is the living legacy of Shankara.

She was initiated into poora sannyasa by Swami Satyananda in 1980, and since 1984 she has been based at Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, undergoing yogic and sannyasa training.

She has authored The Contemporary) Position of Yoga in the Dasnami Tradition of Sri Adi Shankaracharya (MPhil thesis for Sydney University, Australia, 1996). The Advayataraka Upanishad: A Study in Yogic Techniques for Liberation (MA Phil thesis for Bihar Yoga Bharati, Munger, India, 1999). She has compiled and edited Past, Present and Future (Consolidated History of Bihar School of Yoga) Vols, I and II (Bihar School of Yoga, 1989 and 1995) and the Sanskrit Glossary of Yogic Terms (Yoga Publications Trust, 2007). She has edited various other publications, some of the principal ones being Teachings of Swami Satyananda, Sannyasa Darshan, Dharana Darshan, Prashnopanishad and Prana Vidya.

Yoga philosophy and the study of Sanskrit have been areas of special interest and Swami Yogakanti continues to contribute her extensive knowledge to many of the ashram publications.

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