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SECTION - 1BIHAR SCHOOL OF YOGAModern India’s attempts to interpretyoga scientifically have resulted inthe establishment of a number ofschools, colleges, institutes and universitieson yoga and yoga research.Srimat Swami Satyananda Saraswati and hisdisciple Srimat Swami Niranjanananda aresaints and yoga teachers of internationalreputation.Established by Swami Satyananda Saraswatiand nurtured by Swami Niranjan, the BiharSchool of Yoga, now called Bihar yogaBharti (BYB), is an institute of Advancedstudies in yogic sciences.Apart from conducting original research inyoga, publishing advanced level text booksand research papers on yoga, the BYB alsotrains the public in yoga. With Hindi andEnglish as media of instruction, the BYBorganises four-month certificate courses inyogic studies, one year P.G. diploma coursesin Yoga Ecology, one year diploma coursesin yoga philosophy, one year diploma coursesin yoga psychology and one year diplomacourses in Applied yogic science.The glory of BYB does lie not only inteaching the ancient Yoga Vidya in modernformat, but in the greatness of the personalityof Swami Satyananda Saraswati and SwamiNiranjan, the true masters.They have taken the Yoga Vedanta lessonsacross the globe and have even penetratedthe supposed by hardshell of the SouthAmerican continent. They have establishedcentres in Europe and America, and asannyasi training centre in Australia.In the true tradition of India’s ancient yogisand rishis, these two acharyas try toresuscitate the Brahmavidya and express itin modern idiom to bring enlightenment,happiness and peace to the strife-torn world.They also use traditional tools such asmantra diksha, homa, yajna, bhajans,utsavas and festivals, sacred rituals etc. todrive home to the minds of the practitioners,the fact of the vedantic truth.Non-traditional areas like Australia, Spainand Egypt have been brought under theirinfluence by sheer hard work, tapasya,sincerity and love.Their spiritual and yoga activities are ablysupported by their humanitarian work for thepoor.Their other works include, earthquake reliefsin Gujarat, yoga therapy courses, children’syoga fellowship and yoga in education.(From BSY Publications)SAMARTHA BHARATA 44