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| Born | 8 April 1966 Amritsar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Movement | Shakti, Dhyandoot, CEAP |
| Works | Zikr - Call of a Sufi, Rumi - Love at its Zenith, Urja - Active Meditation, Nishkriya - Passive Meditation. |
Anandmurti Gurumaa (devnagari: आनंद मूर्ति गुरु माँ), also known as Gurumaa, is a new age spiritual guide. She is respected by followers of many faiths including Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Sufism[1]. Her message transcends gender, religious, political, geographic and material boundaries.[2] Anandmurti means “an embodiment of Divine Bliss” and Gurumaa means “Master Mother”[3] in Hindi. Gurumaa teaches the disciplines of meditation, yoga, present moment awareness and self realisation,[4] using meditation techniques from yoga, zen, tantra, sufism,sikhism, buddhism and devised methods.[5] Gurumaa's core teachings include meditation, self realisation, evolving consciousness and non-duality.
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Teachings
- In Gurumaa's own words, If her teachings are to be summarized in one thing, it would be awareness.[6]
- Gurumaa also emphasizes the need for all seekers to free themselves from the outer garb of religion,[7] asserting that we don't experience fulfilment because of our expectations. Enlightenment can only happen if one surrenders completely to the existence.[8]
| “ | our relationship with God is rooted in expectations, which stops us from experiencing fulfilment. In the same manner, enlightenment will be denied to us as long as we long for it. It is only when we surrender the desire, that we will attain to it. | ” |
Gurumaa Ashram
Gurumaa ashram is situated in Gannaur, district Sonepat, Haryana, India (see in wikimapia), 60km from Delhi on National Highway 1. Gurumaa conducts meditation camps in this ashram every year.[9]
Shakti
Shakti is a mission started by Anandmurti Gurumaa to empower female children in India and stop female foeticide.[10] Shakti supports the education of the girls from poor and needy families until 12th standard. Shakti gives financial support for education without any color/caste/creed discrimination.[11][12] It was started informally in 2000. In the 2006-2007 academic year, around 175 girls were given full tuition fees for their studies.[13]
CEAP (Computer Education Awareness Program) is a new program started under the Shakti umbrella.[14] In this project, volunteers from Gurumaa Ashram went to 20+ government girls' schools in Sonepat district and gave them first hand experience of computers and motivated them to learn computers and to be self dependent.[citation needed]
Works
Gurumaa has translated the Sufi love poems of the Turkish Sufi dervish Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi into the Hindi language, for the first time in India.[15] These poems were published in the book Prem ka chalakta jaam.[16] Gurumaa has also sung few of Rumi's poems, translated to Hindi, on her album Rumi - Love at its zenith.[17]
Further reading
- Anandmurti Gurumaa, Quotes of the Unquotable (Gurumaa Vani) 2004 ISBN 108190406019
- Anandmurti Gurumaa, Shivoham (Rupa & company.) 2006 ISBN 81-291-0897-6
- Anandmurti Gurumaa, Rumi Aur Main (Rupa & company.) 2005 ISBN 81-291-0824-0
- Seema Varma, Rays of Light (GM Vani) 2002
- Anandmurti Gurumaa, Ath Kahe Narad (saraswati vihar) 2004 ISBN 81-216-1043-5 [1]
- Anandmurti Gurumaa. Going beyond the mind (Gurumaa Vani)
References
- ^ newswire.com editorial on Gurumaa
- ^ newswire.com editorial on Gurumaa
- ^ gurumaa on gurumaa.com (para 3)
- ^ gurumaa's teachings and question answers
- ^ meditation techniques by gurumaa publised in life positive magazine
- ^ Gurumaa's interview in Life Positive, Question 9
- ^ Life positive expo 2005 talk
- ^ Life Positive Expo talk 2006
- ^ meditation camps by Gurumaa
- ^ Ludhiana Newsline (Indian Express city edition), November 06, 2006
- ^ shakti initiative by anandmurti gurumaa
- ^ Ananmurti Gurumaa's Shakti mission launched in UK
- ^ the shakti slide show
- ^ CEAP
- ^ Sufiana Andaaz - Tehelka Newspaper, Aug 26, 2006
- ^ Prem ka chalakta jaam
- ^ Rumi - love at its zenith
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