Swami Amar Jyoti was born on May 6,1928 in a town in northwestern India,not far from the banks of the Indus River. His youth interests were many: science,mathematics,music,writing,biking,drama and sports,and He brilliantly mastered all of these. His college education was briefly disrupted by the partition of India in 1947,however He soon moved to a college in Mumbai (Bombay). Much beloved by household and teachers,He stunned everyone with thedecision to leave house a couple of months before graduation,saying,”I ‘d like to read an open book of the world for my education.”
At the age of nineteen,without loan or any specific location,He took the very first train to Calcutta. It was 1948. Refugees were pouring over the border of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) into West Bengal by the thousands every day. Surviving on a train platform near the border of India and Bangladesh,He soon headed the entire volunteer corps there,working tirelessly 20 hours or more every day. After about 10 months,the flood of refugees went away and He returned to Calcutta.
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Swami Amar Jyoti lived on the borders of the city in a peaceful ashram and pursued symphonic music,sitar,spiritual studies and prayer. He began to practice meditation and do yoga and attended puja (traditional worship) at a close-by temple of a well-known saint. In a short while He “knew” His life work. Very soon He retired to Himalaya where He resided in silence and meditation for about 10 years,one-pointed onthe Goal of Liberation. Many places of pilgrimage were gone to during those years,walking on foot many miles every day. However a small cave at Gangotri,the temple village near the source of the Ganga River,was the location of His greatest spiritual disciplines,awakenings and,lastly,Illumination.
In 1958,taking initiation of Vidyut Sannyas (lit: “lightning”– a kind of monasticism that is Self-initiated) at the holy site of Badrinath of Himalaya,and taking the name Swami Amar Jyoti (Swami– Knower of the Self; Amar Jyoti– Immortal Light),He came down into the plains of India for His God-given mission to the world. The very first Ashram Gurudeva established was Jyoti Ashram,under Ananda Niketan Trust,situated in Pune,Maharashtra,India. Throughout the years after leaving house,His mother had never ceased looking for Him and awaiting His return. In answer to her prayers,He settled in Pune where she could be near Him.
In 1961,He accepted an offer by an enthusiast to check out the United States. Again,He traveled unknown,though He soon brought in many who had never ever seen such a holy man. Eventually He was encouraged to develop an Ashram,and Sacred Mountain Ashram was founded in 1974 followed in 1975 by Desert Ashram under Fact Consciousness,a not-for-profit organization that serves as a lorry for Gurudeva’s work in the United States.
The spiritual awakening on earth that Gurudeva reveals is the remarkable fate of mankind,once freed from our restricted identity of self. Lovingly and continually,He continues to boost and cleanse each people for this awakening,for His way is the ancient relationship of the Master to the disciple,the candle lit directly from the burning flame of Fact. Prabhushri continuously advises us that we are at an advancement into a new age,where faiths will be changed into direct awakening and communion with our Highest Source. Like a mom whose love understands no bounds for her kid,the Master guides and nurtures the disciple on his or her own path to perfection,exposing in Himself the obtainable Reality of God Consciousness.
After 4 decades spent in continually taking a trip,giving Satsang and Retreats,developing Ashrams and directing many souls to greater awareness,Gurudeva took Mahasamadhi– mindful release of the mortal body– on June 13,2001 in Louisville,Colorado. According to His desires,His Asti Kalash (urn containing Spiritual Remains) was reminded Jyoti Ashram by disciples from India. Within a year,a Samadhi Sthal in the form of a pure white marble pyramid was developed for long-term consecration. It has thus become a beacon Light,a place of pilgrimage and meditation for all who are blessed to enter there.
The dedication of the Samadhi Sthal was conducted during five days of intricate Vedic pujas and fire events attended by numerous fans,from June 9-13,2002. At the end of the dedication,the Brahmin priest who led the pujas enunciated the following: “As long as the sun and the moon and the stars and water (symbolic of life) exist,might this Samadhi Sthal be the Illuminator of millions of souls,and might You continue to guide and bless us.” Immortal Light– The Blissful Life and Knowledge of Swami Amar Jyoti
: A Biography in His Own Words is offered from TruthConsciousness.org.