Guru Dev Legacy Trust
From
time to time great teachers come forth to guide us on our journey to
spiritual enlightenment. One such teacher was Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
(1871-1953). Known to his followers simply as “Guru Dev”
or “Divine Teacher,” Swami Brahmananda was the
Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, the highest position of spiritual
leadership in north India, and the master of many great spiritual
teachers, including Swami Karpatri (1907-1982), Swami Shantanand
Saraswati (1913-1997) and Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi (1918-2008).
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All donations directly fund the above projects. The Guru Dev Legacy Trust is a Charitable Organization registered with the New York State Office of the Attorney General and is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Your contribution is tax deductible under U.S. federal and state tax law.
No person representing The Trust receives remuneration.
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“My
life
truly began 16 years ago at the feet of my master when I learned the
secret of swift and deep meditation, a secret I now impart to the
world.”
“God resides in the heart of every person at every moment.
He is always ready to take care of you.
Develop your spiritual powers.
This is true knowledge.
And to apply oneself to His service is true devotion.”
The Trust
Additional Projects
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Los Angeles, 29th April
1959
“God resides in the heart of every person at every moment.
He is always ready to take care of you.
Develop your spiritual powers.
This is true knowledge.
And to apply oneself to His service is true devotion.”
- Guru Dev,
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati
The Trust
The
Guru Dev Legacy Trust
is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
locate, preserve and publish the oral discourses of Guru Dev, along
with other materials pertaining to his life and teaching. The Trust has
already placed some of these materials on the Trust’s website
and is busy collecting and publishing more. The Trust is committed to
eventually creating a complete archive of all discourses of Guru Dev.
Projects
in Process1.
Collecting and scanning materials pertaining to Guru
Dev’s life and teaching and creating transliteration files.
2. Creating and maintaining the free website at http://www.gurudevenlightens.com/welcome.html hosting discourses, sound recordings, photographs, and links to film footage.
3. Liaising with key individuals in India to share existing materials and locate other printed materials.
4. Identifying any specific locations associated with Guru Dev, with a view to creating a guide book, which could be used by visitors to India.
5. Translation of ‘Shri Shankaracharya Vaaksudha’, the first book of Hindi discourses produced by Guru Dev’s ashram, in 1947.
6. Translation of a very early biography of Guru Dev, written in Hindi in 1952.
2. Creating and maintaining the free website at http://www.gurudevenlightens.com/welcome.html hosting discourses, sound recordings, photographs, and links to film footage.
3. Liaising with key individuals in India to share existing materials and locate other printed materials.
4. Identifying any specific locations associated with Guru Dev, with a view to creating a guide book, which could be used by visitors to India.
5. Translation of ‘Shri Shankaracharya Vaaksudha’, the first book of Hindi discourses produced by Guru Dev’s ashram, in 1947.
6. Translation of a very early biography of Guru Dev, written in Hindi in 1952.
Additional Projects
1.
Translation in various languages.
2. Publish material providing background.
3. Organize conferences, seminars and journals.
4. Establish a complete edition of all of Guru Dev´s teachings and make it available.
5. Sponsor research into the life and teaching of Guru Dev.
6. Coordinate with other organizations with complementary goals.
7. Construct a monument honoring Guru Dev at his birthplace in Gana, near Ayodhya, U.P.
Guru Dev serves as a teacher of human development to perfection. His Guidance is invaluable for development of personality and spirit, and His Knowledge provides for our personal progress to enlightenment. Guru Dev spoke supreme truth in simple words. His words have universal relevance to people of all cultures, religions, and times. Therefore he often was referred to as a real Jagad Guru (universal teacher).
With his Insight into our shared human condition and purpose, Guru Dev has offered us with an understanding of society‘s road towards fulfillment.
2. Publish material providing background.
3. Organize conferences, seminars and journals.
4. Establish a complete edition of all of Guru Dev´s teachings and make it available.
5. Sponsor research into the life and teaching of Guru Dev.
6. Coordinate with other organizations with complementary goals.
7. Construct a monument honoring Guru Dev at his birthplace in Gana, near Ayodhya, U.P.
Guru
Dev‘s Teachings
Guru Dev serves as a teacher of human development to perfection. His Guidance is invaluable for development of personality and spirit, and His Knowledge provides for our personal progress to enlightenment. Guru Dev spoke supreme truth in simple words. His words have universal relevance to people of all cultures, religions, and times. Therefore he often was referred to as a real Jagad Guru (universal teacher).
“Everyone is part of
that permanent consciousness (satchitananda), whose essence is purity,
intelligence, and freedom, the witnesser and experiencer of
all.”
“Only by coming into contact with one´s highest Self one can become happy. There is no other way.”
“Spiritual practice is a staircase by which the devotee climbs to God, and God climbs down to the devotee. Carry on your spiritual practices regularly, while conducting your daily life and activities in such a way that you always benefit others. Spiritual practices will not only give you liberation, but wealth and honor also. Become powerful and live out your life.”
“When the mind gets to Paramatma (highest Self ) then it becomes still. Afterwards it does not desire anything else.”
“Only by coming into contact with one´s highest Self one can become happy. There is no other way.”
“Spiritual practice is a staircase by which the devotee climbs to God, and God climbs down to the devotee. Carry on your spiritual practices regularly, while conducting your daily life and activities in such a way that you always benefit others. Spiritual practices will not only give you liberation, but wealth and honor also. Become powerful and live out your life.”
“When the mind gets to Paramatma (highest Self ) then it becomes still. Afterwards it does not desire anything else.”
- Guru Dev,
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati
With his Insight into our shared human condition and purpose, Guru Dev has offered us with an understanding of society‘s road towards fulfillment.
“His
Spiritual teachings are simple and clear
and go straight home to
heart.”
-
Bal Brahmachari Shri Mahesh Ji
15th
October 1952
For more information please contact:
The
Guru Dev Legacy Trust
attn: Daniel Friedman,
740 West End Avenue, Suite 34.
New York,
NY 10025. USA
mfriedman79@gsb.columbia.edu
attn: Daniel Friedman,
740 West End Avenue, Suite 34.
New York,
NY 10025. USA
mfriedman79@gsb.columbia.edu
All donations directly fund the above projects. The Guru Dev Legacy Trust is a Charitable Organization registered with the New York State Office of the Attorney General and is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Your contribution is tax deductible under U.S. federal and state tax law.
No person representing The Trust receives remuneration.
download pdf of Guru Dev Legacy Trust brochure
Daniel
Friedman (US, Chairman)
Lothar Heggmair (Germany)
Umesh Kumar Shrivastava (India)
Robert Sanders (US)
Profiles on Trustees
Lothar Heggmair (Germany)
Umesh Kumar Shrivastava (India)
Robert Sanders (US)
Profiles on Trustees
The Trust functions only as an
archivist, not as a teaching organization. Persons wishing to learn
Transcendental Meditation are encouraged to take personal instruction
at any one of the hundreds of Transcendental Meditation Centers
throughout the world. The Guru Dev Legacy Trust applauds the work of
the organizations founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to teach
Transcendental Meditation but is not affiliated with any of these
organizations and does not speak for them.
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