Monastic path and religious ordinations

By Gurudevi, Avadhutika Bhaktivedanta Yogacharya Srimati Ananda Mataji Maharani

Within the framework of the Sanatana Dharma religion (Hinduism), Prabhuji was ordained as a Brahmana in 1991 by H.H. Swami Kirtanananda, receiving the position of Hindu “religious minister”. He later received the monastic ordination of sanyas in 1993 directly from H.H. Kirtanananda Swami, H.H. Swami Jyotirmayananda, H.S. Paramadvaiti Maharaja and H.D.G. Bhaktikavi Atulananda Acharya Swami Maharaja. In 2011 he received the Avadhuta initiation or Avadhuta Diksha directly from S.D.G. Avadhuta Sri Brahmananda Babaji Maharaja. With the blessings of his Gurudeva, he adopted the path of the secluded bhajanānandī and withdrew from society to a contemplative hermit’s life. Since then Prabhuji has adopted the life of an independent Christian-Marian Hindu religious hermit.
The title of Bhaktivedānta was conferred on him by H.H. B.A. Paramadvaiti Mahārāja, founder of “Vrinda”; the title of Yogācārya was conferred on him by H.H. Swami Viṣṇu Devānanda, founder of the Sivananda Ashram, as well as the “Paramanand Institute of Yoga Sciences and Research of Indore, India”, the “International Yoga Federation”, the “Indian Association of Yoga” and the “Shri Shankarananda Yogashram of Mysore, India”.