SAMDARSHI

IS A SPIRITUAL

MASTER

, A

LIGHT

ON THE PATH TO

AWARNESS

AND A

GUIDE

FOR INNER RESEARCHERS.

HE

WAS BORN IN 1961 in

KANPUR

,

NORTHERN

INDIA

, THE OLDEST SON OF A CLOTH MERCHANT.

AT

THAT TIME

HE

BEGAN TO READ BOOKS OF THE SPIRITUAL

MASTER

OSHO.

IN

1983

HE

WAS INITIATED INTO SANNYAS AT THE

OSHO

COMMUNE IN

PUNE.

THIS

INITIATION WAS FOLLOWED BY YEARS OF INTENSE MEDITATION DURING WHICH

HE

TRIED OUT A VAST VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEDITATION METHODS.

HE

ULTIMATELY PREFERRED

VIPASSANA

AND

SILENCE RETREATS.

AFTER

7 YEARS OF SEARCHING

HE

BECAME FULLY AWAKENED ON THE 2^ND OF

APRIL

1990.

FOR

6 MONTHS

HE

REMAINED IN SILENCE AND THEN RETURNED TO WORK FOR 2 YEARS IN THE FAMILY'S CLOTH BUSINESS.

DURING

THIS TIME - TOUCHED BY HIS SILENCE AND PRESENCE - PEOPLE STARTED TO GATHER AROUND

HIM

AS A SUPPORT FOR THEIR OWN INNER JOURNEY.

OVER

THE YEARS, UNTIL THIS PRESENT DAY, HUNDREDS OF SEEKERS AND DISCIPLES GATHER AROUND

HIM

IN

HIS

ASHRAMS IN

INDIA.

EVERY

YEAR

HE

TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY IN

RUSSIA,

KAZAKSTAN,

KIRGISTAN,

EUROPE

, AND

INDIA

TO MAKE

HIMSELF

AND

HIS

MESSAGE AVAILABLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HE

DEVELOPED A STREAM OF CONSECUTIVE MEDITATION GROUPS CALLED "

SEVEN

STEPS TO

SAMADHI";

EACH OF THE SEVEN GROUPS ADDRESSING A DIFFERENT ENERGY BODY.

MOREOVER,

HE

RECENTLY INITIATED THE

FOUNDATION

"

SATYA

SADHANA

SANSTHAN"

FOR CREATING A NEW ASHRAM AND MAINTAINING THE EXISTING ONES.