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Swami Shyam styled himself as a god-man.〔("Guru's devotees compensated for losses" ) ''The Globe and Mail'' 7 March 2001〕 Born in 1924 in Chandani, Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India, he was raised in the Vedic tradition of Knowledge of the Self (Atma-gyan). Shyam has meditated, studied and been dedicated to this tradition since his early childhood, when his father invited Swami Ramanand, a guru from Uttar Pradesh, to live in their home. Swami Ramanand initiated the young Shyam in meditation, and the family home became a meeting place for satsang (the company of true knowledge) for those who lived in the region. Ramanand taught the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita, the Srimad Bhagavatam and other scriptures, as well as meditation. In 1973 Shyam moved to Kullu, Valley of Gods, Himachal Pradesh,India. Meditation and knowledge of the self are the essence of Shyam's teachings. He has meditated, studied and taught meditation throughout his life, and established organisations for the continuation of this work, such as the International Meditation Institute (IMI), which he founded in 1976 in Kullu; Shanti-Sneh Abhiyan, which he formed in 1986 in Kullu; and the Man-Friend Association, which he founded in the early 1960s in Chandigarh, India. In 1986, at the ''First International Yog Conference'' in New Delhi, Shyam was awarded the ''Yog Shiromani Award'' by the President of India, Giani Zail Singh, for his work in the field of meditation and self-realization and the 1974 ''Integrity Award'' presented by Geoff Stirling on behalf of Apache Communications in Gander, Newfoundland. Shyam has spoken by invitation to thousands of people throughout India and in Europe, North America and South America, at international conferences, organisations, universities and schools, as well as on television and radio. The published works of Shyam include original works in English and Hindi, as well as translations with commentaries of ancient Sanskrit texts, published by the International Meditation Institute. (See below for a list of titles.) Some of these books have been translated into French, German, Hebrew, Punjabi, Norwegian and other languages. He has written hundreds of short tracts based on his own practice and research. In addition to prose, Shyam has seven published volumes of poetry; he has written over 10,000 poems. His poetry speaks of the knowledge of the universal Self, meditation and the sense of love and devotion. It is written in classical meters, which are traditionally sung. Lauded twentieth- and twenty-first-century Hindi poets Mahadevi Varma and Gopaldas Neeraj, as well as scholars of Hindi literature, Laxmi Narayan and Ganpati Chandra Gupta, have written introductions to his published volumes of poetry. Academic theses have been written on his philosophy and his creative works (see selection listed below). The basis of Shyam's teachings is meditation. The core of his teachings is the vision of oneness, the knowledge of I, you, or self, which he says is "pure, free, forever, birthless and deathless." This knowledge, he says, is unfolded through the practice of meditation, study and the application of that knowledge in a person's waking state. His mantra, "Amaram Hum Madhuram Hum", means, "I am eternal, I am indivisible." It encapsulates the essence of Shyam's philosophy and teachings. == Books about Shyam == Below is a selection of published books and PhD dissertations on the poetry, philosophy and life of Shyam: (A) In Hindi: • Shyam Sandesh: Swami Shyam ke Sakshatkar (Swami Shyam: Direct Experience) by Vishwaprakash Dixit "Batuk" • Hindi Bhakti Yog Kavya Parampara aur Shyam Kavya (The Tradition of Hindi Bhakti Yog Poets and the Poet, Swami Shyam) by Rameshwar Prasad Dvivedi • Swami Shyam: Vishwa-Sant tatha Guru Shreshth (Swami Shyam: Universal Saint and Guru Consciousness) by Anita Naiyyar (Shanti Prakashan, Rohtak, India, 2008.) • Sant Surabhi by Sita Sharma, (Jalandhar, India) • Sadhana ke Swar (The Voice of Sadhana) by Suman Mishra. (Shyam Dhyan Kendra, Farrukhabad, India, 2010.) (B) In English: • Shyam Vedanant: A Comparison of Shankaracharya, Vivekanand and Swami Shyam by Rhonda Himes, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. • Genesis Dawn: I Meet Myself by Robert W. Eaton • Meditation, Oneness and Physics: A Journey through the Laboratories of Physics and Meditation by Glen Peter Kezwer (a study based on research in Physics and Swami Shyam's teachings). (Sterling Publishing, New Delhi, India.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swami Shyam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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