Monday, 15 September 2014

Swami Mukundananda IIT


Swami Mukundananda is a renowned spiritual teacher from India. Swamiji was born on the 19th of December, 1960 and spent his early years in different parts of India with his parents. He completed Engineering from world-renowned institutes in India, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a group of autonomous public engineering and management institutes of India. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act. 
Swami Mukundananda Said- “The IIT background gave us an intellectual and rigorous outlook towards knowledge and logic and that applies towards philosophy as well. I like the logical form of explaining things, which was also appreciated by my friends. I treat spirituality also as a logical form of knowledge and it helps in gaining conviction about the path etc.”
 However, illustrious education and a promising corporate career did not quench his thirst for knowing the Absolute Truth. The longing for God was so strong that he renounced his career and traveled throughout India as a sanyāsī. During these travels, he had the opportunity to meet and interact with many great Āchāryas and Saints, and learn about the various religious traditions and schools of philosophy in India.
He studied the Vedic scriptures and practiced intense sādhanā. . For the last three decades, Swamiji has been traveling far and wide, awakening hundreds of thousands of seekers. He has a God-gifted ability to keep all kinds of audiences enthralled and entertained through wisdom-filled anecdotes, humorous stories, and irrefutable logic. The hallmark of his lectures is the ease with which he dispels various myths and misconceptions associated with the various paths of God-realization, and his ability to penetrate even the toughest minds and convince them with depth of understanding and scriptural veracity.