Sri Gowri R Varadhan was introduced to us at AVM by Sri Balachander. Gowri used to speak at satsangs organised by Sri Balachander for the local chapter of Babaji's Kriya Yoga. When we invited Gowri to teach yoga to members of AVM and Thondu Seivom, he accepted readily and hence started a beautiful relationship between a master and his disciples. He has patiently conducted numerous classes for us.
Gowri was recently initiated as an Acharya. AVM and Siddha Heartbeat take pride in sharing the post and photos from SadhanaYogaShrushti covering the induction ceremony of Acharya Gurudasan (Gowri R Varadhan).
Namaste Acharyas, Board members and Kriya Yoga initiates,Om Kriya Babaji Nama Aum
https://www.facebook.com/krishnaveni.kulanthaivel/posts/10209454891314831
I am happy to share with you the the above Facebook link about 50 photos from a ceremony on Sunday March 6 in Bangalore, conducted by Acharya Satyananda honoring Gowri Varadharan, who was given a new name, "Gurudasan" (servant of the Guru) by Babaji, as a new member of Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, with the blessing of mother, father, brother and wife Kiran, and 59 participants of the Kriya Yoga retreat and 2nd initiation.I had Satyananda read out the following message:"A new spiritual name is given by Babaji to each new member of the Order during this ceremony so that whenever anyone addresses them in future by their new name, both of them will be reminded of the qualities associated with this name. In this case, there will be a remembrance of what it means to be the "servant of the Guru."In Babaji's Kriya Yoga, there is only one Guru, Babaji, the living source and fountainhead of the Kriya Yoga. The Guru is both a divine human personality, and the teachings, Kriya Yoga itself, the Guru tattva, or principle, by which one comes to realize Truth, Beauty, Love, Wisdom, and Shivam.The Guru tattva manifests not only through such divine human personalities such as Babaji, but through anything which manifests Truth, Love, Beauty, Wisdom, consistently. In anyone's life, the Guru tattva first manifests through ones parents. We are pleased that his parents are here today to celebrate with us his dedication to a mission of service to the Guru.The Guru is also the teachings, and the essential teachings of our Order is Kriya Yoga. All members of our Order are merely postmen, servants of the Guru, delivering the mail, the teachings, to those who aspire to receive and embrace them.I invite each of you, beginning with his parents (names), brother (name) and shakti, Kiran, to come forward now one by one and to give him your personal blessings and pledges of support in his mission....so that you also become servants of our beloved Guru Babaji"Satyananda also shared this bio-sketch of Gurudasan:"Born as Gowri Varadhan in Salem, Tamil Nadu (India), to parents Shri. Radhakrishnan and Shrimati. Kalavathi, Gowri obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology and works as an investigative data analyst. His study of spirituality began during his teen years when he was introduced to the writings of Swami Vivekananda and he grew especially drawn to the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and Seshadri Swamigal of Tiruvannamalai. Being from the Tamil culture, Gowri greatly appreciates the various Tamil Siddha traditions and their perspective potentials in the context of God Realization. He is also initiated into Sri Vidya Sadhana. Understanding Advaita through the eyes of Ramana, Gowri was able to also understand and appreciate other schools of philosophy such as Dvaita and Vishishta Advaita as different perspectives of the same truth.In the early 2000’s, Gowri found the Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda, which introduced him to Mahavatar Babaji and Kriya Yoga. This, along with Babaji and 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition, by Marshall Govindan convinced him that Kriya Yoga was a perfected, scientific and authentic lineage of teachings of the Yoga Siddhas available for mankind to attain Self-realization. He was initiated into Babaji’s Kriya Yoga by Marshall Govindan Satchidananda in the year 2008 and has been practicing ever since.In 2012, while living in Canada, he was initiated in all the 144 kriyas, which were taught in three initiations and also took the intensive Babaji’s Kriya Hatha Yoga Training at the Quebec Ashram. Gowri has been studying, practicing and training to be an acharya for many years. He has served as translator in a number of Kriya Yoga initiations in India for the benefit of Tamil speaking population not comfortable with English. He married in 2014, and he and his wife Kiran currently live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He offers free Kriya Hatha Yoga classes every week there and leads Kriya Yoga Satsangs where group sadhana is practiced followed by discussions on spiritual mattersGowri is deeply grateful for the support, guidance and encouragement received from MG Satchidananda ji, Durga ji, Satyananda ji, Nandi Devar, Vyasa and above all Sadhguru Babaji and Paramaguru Agasthiar. Gowri also feels the blessings of being born to parents who have supported him so whole-heartedly every moment of his life."Jai Babaji
Sadhana Yoga Shrushti
The above message was from MG Satchidananda who originally initiated Gurudasan (Gowri) into Babaji's Kriya Yoga.
Gurudasan explains further, "Starting from "Namaste Acharyas, Board members and Kriya Yoga initiates," until "Jai Babaji", those were the words of Marshal Govindan Satchidananda in his official communication regarding my induction. He got the inspiration from Babaji to give me the name as Gurudasan."
