Mission: Awakening with Paramahamsa Chidananda
Awakening with Paramahamsa Chidananda is a global mission led by Swamiji for earnest aspirants worldwide, with the aim of Self-Realization and Inner Awakening. Embracing all three major streams – Vedanta, Yoga, and Tantra – the mission aims to preach the traditional teachings of Eastern philosophy and spirituality with a modern approach.
Self-Inquiry Meditation:
The technique of Self-Inquiry is called Atma-Anusandhan in Sanskrit and is the most preferred meditation practice in the Vedantic tradition. It is the shortest and easiest way to Self-Realization or liberation through vigorous inquiry into one’s own Self. The technique follows the unique practice of discrimination and detachment toward the non-Self. By discarding what one is not and embracing what one is, the practitioner can easily and swiftly distinguish the Self from the non-Self, which eventually leads to Self-Realization. Complemented with significant learning and study of Vedanta philosophy, Self-Inquiry meditation is the shortest and easiest approach to Self-Realization.
Samadhi Meditation:
Yoga emphasizes Samadhi – a deep meditative state attained through the purification of mind and body via the eight limbs of Yoga, known as Astanga Yoga. These stepwise disciplines and meditative techniques, supplemented with Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, and Dhyana Yoga, lead a yogi to the state of seedless Samadhi. This results in the ultimate superconscious state that a being can attain – emancipation or the Absolute.
Tantric Meditation:
Tantra is the union of Shiva and Shakti. The Shakti, which resides as a dormant serpent power in the perennial chakra called Muladhara, is awakened to unite with Shiva, who dwells in the crown chakra called Sahasrara. This mystical art of awakening the Kundalini involves piercing all the chakras and bindus through various Tantric meditations, rituals, and techniques. Furthermore, when Tantra is inherited through an authentic tradition, it inevitably leads from the state of slavery (Dashabhava) to the heroic state (Virabhava) and the cosmic state (Divyabhava) of consciousness.