Sri Guru Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Maharaj

"True practice is continuous life
in the experience of God, continuous life in the divine"
Event announcements
Dear students of the Guru and everyone interested in the Advaita tradition, we are pleased to present you with a program of events and activities for the near future.

Attending an event with the Guru is the greatest darshan, blessing, and grace of God.
We invite everyone!
MAHASHIVARATRI 2026
February 14 — 22, 2026
Ashram, Italia
Swami Vishnudevananda Giri Maharaj Mahamandaleshwar
dell'ordin Juna Akhara
Swami Vishnudevaananda Giri
Maharaj Mahamandaleshwar
of the order of Juna Akhara
Spiritual teacher, realized Master jnani in the lineage of Advaita Vedanta, Saivism, and Anuttara Tantra.

  • The philosopher, theologian, writer, pilgrim-traveler.

  • According to the BBC, he is one of the three most influential Hindu sannyasis among Europeans.

  • He is the founder of the Worldwide Sanatana Dharma Community (WOSD) and inspirer of the international movement “Yogis for Peace.”

  • Teaches jnana, raja, bhakti, karma, kundalini, and laya yoga, the teachings of anuttara tantra of the siddhas.

  • Founder of 10 yoga ashrams in several countries: Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal and Dharma centers worldwide.
Spiritual teacher, realized Master jnani in the lineage of Advaita Vedanta, Saivism, and Anuttara Tantra.

  • The philosopher, theologian, writer, pilgrim-traveler.
  • According to the BBC, he is one of the three most influential Hindu sannyasis among Europeans.
  • He is the founder of the Worldwide Sanatana Dharma Community (WOSD).
  • Teaches jnana, raja, bhakti, karma, kundalini, and laya yoga, the teachings of anuttara tantra of the siddhas.
  • Hi is the creator of a unique, 12-year training program for students seeking a systematic spiritual education and profound practice of Liberation.
  • He has more than 5,000 followers, as well as monastic and lay students, worldwide worldwide.
  • For more than 25 years, he has been preaching Sanatana Dharma, the path of practical Vedanta, and the teachings of Anutara Tantra.
  • Author of more than 50 books. The most significant and famous of which are: “The Radiance of the Precious Secrets of Laya Yoga,” “Songs of the Awakened One,” “The Universe of the Jnani,” “Spiritual Alchemy: The Path of Inner Asceticism,” “My Life in God.” Many of them translated to different languages.
  • Founder of 10 yoga ashrams in several countries: Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal and Dharma centers worldwide.
  • He initiated the International Congresses of Advaita Vedanta in Russia, festivals of Vedic culture, Vedic cinema, Vedic literature, and international interfaith meetings in Europe within the framework of the “Era of Unity” project.
  • Initiator and inspirer of the international movement “Yogis for Peace.”

Consultation and questions

How to become a disciple of the Guru
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✦ Advaita states that the real essence of jiva, individuality, is none other than Brahman itself, the Absolute. Literally, “not two” refers to the non-duality of reality and the indivisibility of unity..

✦ The primary practice of the Teaching is meditation on the truth “Aham Brahmasmi,” i.e., “I Am the Absolute, Brahman”—the apogee and pinnacle of all meditations.

✦ The essence of the Teaching does not rely on name, form, theory, rituals, etc., but only on the non-mental, non-thought, unsupported primordial natural state—Sahajya. To achieve this, Teaching offers many skillful methods.

The purity and accuracy of all teaching methods are based on sacred texts and have been confirmed by millions of followers for thousands of years.

✦ Teaching is transmitted from the Teacher to students in a continuous line of transmission of Moksha Dharma, the path of Liberation, to achieve their main goal—Liberation.
Практическая Адвайта сиддхов.
✦ Teaching is transmitted from the Teacher to students in a continuous line of transmission of Moksha Dharma, the path of Liberation, to achieve their main goal—Liberation.
The purity and accuracy of all teaching methods are based on sacred texts and have been confirmed by millions of followers for thousands of years.
✦ The essence of the Teaching does not rely on name, form, theory, rituals, etc., but only on the non-mental, non-thought, unsupported primordial natural state—Sahajya. To achieve this, Teaching offers many skillful methods.
✦ The primary practice of the Teaching is meditation on the truth “Aham Brahmasmi,” i.e., “I Am the Absolute, Brahman”—the apogee and pinnacle of all meditations.
✦ Advaita states that the real essence of jiva, individuality, is none other than Brahman itself, the Absolute. Literally, “not two” refers to the non-duality of reality and the indivisibility of unity..

Practical Advaita of the Siddhas.

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