Swami Shankarananda Baltimore’s Awake Yoga Meditation Community was founded by Swami Shankarananda of the Giri Swami Order. In 1974, his teacher, Swami Premananda, blessed the inauguration of what was then called Divine Life Church of Absolute Monism where I met Swami Shankarananda, known as Acharya Peter, at the time, in 1971. While the Divine Life […]

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Self-Revelation Church of Absolute Monism In 1941, Brahmachari Jotin was consecrated as a Swami by his Guru, Swami Yogananda Paramhansa, the Guru-Preceptor of the Church. Brahmachari Jotin took the name of Swami Premananda, and was consecrated as a Swami by his Guru, Swami Yogananda Paramhansa, the Guru-Preceptor of the Church. On November 23, 1952, the […]

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