H.H. JAGAT GURU AMRTA SÚRYÁNANDA MAHÁ RÁJA
IS TODAY ONE OF THE FEW GREAT YOGA MASTERS – ALIVE – IN THE WHOLE WORLD
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FUTURE MASTER
Jorge Veiga e Castro, born in 1952 (August), started the study and practice of the Yoga Philosophy at the beginning of the 70's (20th century), and still during that decade he began to teach the Practical and Theoretical basis of Yoga to the neophytes who looked after him.
Jorge Veiga e Castro learned Yoga with the Main Yoga Masters from the 20th century. However, the living Master who influenced him the most was the Svámin Krshnánandaji, from Shivánanda Áshrama in rshikesh/Himalaya (as well as Svámin Chidánanda), from Svámin Vishnudevánanda's lineage, and from the Great Master Svámin Shivánanda Sarásvatí.
Beyond these Masters, he also highlights the influence, amongst other, of Shri Aurobindo, Svámin Vivekánanda, Svámin Satyánanda, Svámin Kuvaláyánanda and the Enlightened Rámakrshna.
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Svámin Trilingam was the Ancestor Master (not alive, inner Master) with whom he had more contact and from whom he received more intimate support and extraordinary and profound Initiations during the first times of his long Path. These allowed him an Elevated and faster evolution on Yoga.
Amongst others he obviously has also received great Internal and profound influence from the Great Master Patañjali – classic Codifier of Yoga; from the Enlightened Kapila (who listened from his Mother at the mouth of river Gangá / Brahmaputra); and naturally from Íshvara Krshna.
MAHÁ SAT GURU
Yet, his Great Master, whom he reveres, and who dictates his life is Mahá Sat Guru Lord Shiva.
FÁTIMA
The other big reference of the Master's inspiration and Elevation is the Kundaliní / Prakrti manifestation – Mahá Shakti – the Lady who unveiled herself in 1917 in Fátima and who preached the urgent stop of bloodshed amongst the Humankind, the active Fraternity and World Peace – his other Great Universal Objective.
THE TOTAL YOGA
The First Great Universal Objective of the G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro is therefore the study, research, deepening and practice of Primeval Yoga – when there was only one Yoga – and Yoga was called Sámkhya , always with complete reverence to the Great India / Bhárata – Fatherland of Yoga, in the East, from where the Light comes, as well as the Yoga Training and supervision over Instructors, Professors and Masters do.
The Yoga Sámkhya Master Jorge Veiga e Castro teaches – is the TOTAL YOGA – Applied Philosophy, Primeval – when only one Yoga existed – and when Yoga was called Sámkhya , of Dravidian root (Indu Valley), and Proto Arian, with over 6.000 years (according to Hindu Oral Tradition with more than 12.000 years pf existence); Technical and Naturalist (and of Matriarchal behavioral influence – Fraternal, non repressive, sensory ).
It is the most Powerful, complete, Wise and ancient Human Development Method of the Planet . It comprehends the body, the energy, emotions (positive), the tangible mind, the elevated mind – abstract and artistic, and the Supra Cognitive Mind (Over mind). It puts forward :
To Exceptionally develop the Human Being in all his positive facets always in Harmony , while keeping him on his natural condition, Healthy and Happy, with a solid basis of Self Demand, against deformed ego, and Fraternal, where the Path shall always be in accordance with the great Purpose , the
The Samádhi achievement (Illumination) - Supreme human and Cosmic Intellective Conscience.
The Yoga Sámkhya is very Strong with the full 13 Yoga Technical Disciplines , and the 7 Complementary Disciplines, in a total of 20 (one for each finger):
Dhyána (Samyama) / Samádhi – Meditation / Illumination , through the brain waves frequency control;
Pránáyáma – Respiratory Exercises of energetic and neuro-vegetative influence;
Ásana – psycho-bio-physical Positions;
Yoganidrá - Physical, emotional and mental Relaxation Techniques;
Kriyá – Organic Cleaning and Strengthening;
Mantra – Domain of sounds, vibration and Harmony / Kírtana – external Sounds;
Jápa Tala – Rhythmic Concentrative Sounds;
Jápa Shesha – Continuous and Elevating Sounds;
Bandha – Muscular and neuro-endocrinal enlivening;
Yantra – Concentrative Symbols for psychosomatic effect;
Pujá - Energetic Repayments;
Mudrá - Reflexive and energetic Gestures made with the hands;
Mánasika - Mind process, will strengthening and Conscience Projection.
The Guru is the one who gives the Practical Class and works as the 14 th Element.
He generally uses the Mahá Sádhaná - Great Practice, covering these 13 Technical Disciplines, Wisely organized in 13 Anga (parts) – which has got a Unique Potency .
The Powerful Mahá Sádhaná is only one of the 14 Great Sádhaná the Master uses (as well as 7 more Variants, in a total of 21 types of Practice) so that the Chela/Shishya - Practitioner/Disciple exponentially evolves during his Path, up to Samádhi – Intellective Illumination.
The G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro is in the West a spreader of all Traditional Yoga principles, even the lesser known ones, of which he highlights: the importance given to the whole Path – Sádhaná (or Márga) – the Way, should always be in shyntony – never the opposite – with the Great Yoga Purpose – the Samádhi that Enlightens ; and the Concept of hard work in the Áshrama , for not only the Self Development towards Illumination, but mainly putting the achieved Evolution and all resources, to serve Humankind, towards Global Fraternity. He also highlights Health Promotion as Yoga should be Prophylactic and the importance of a Lucid life with constant Happiness - Ánanda .
The Mathriarcal Pinciples which are the Yoga foundations are named: Yama / Niyama, from which he usually outstands - be self demanding , know yourself - Svádhyáya, and judge yourself, not others, unveil and live at your best – build Harmony, be tolerant with others, observing their qualities not their faults; promoting inner Peace – Ahimsá (basis of Yoga) – and also external and World Peace; foster struggle against greediness – Aparigraha - and against deformed and exaggerated ego; against cupidity – Íshvara Pranidhána - promoting Voluntary work, Service and active Fraternity.
The Master also outstands the importance to foster, develop and use with Wisdom (and without hypocrisy) the Power of the Super Energy Kundaliní – the sole that allows the achievement of the Supreme Samádhi (Nirbíja) – Consolidated Illumination , always with maximum Purity – Shaucha , and the cult for a Silent Luminosity, the sole favorable one to allow the listening to the Harmony of the Subtle Inner Music , inspiring, Elevating and Contagious, with the heart full of Love and the eyes filled with Light .
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WORLD EXCELLENCY IN YOGA TRAINNING AND TEACHING
The G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro engages himself for World Excellency in Yoga Training and Teaching , and he is responsible for the Yoga Superior Special Course – Superior Training of Yoga Professors.
The Yoga Sámkhya courses he lectures, are the most Complete and extensive Traditional Yoga Courses in the World , and they last:
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6 years – 4.500 effective hours of training , to graduate Yoga Instructors ;
4 years more, in a total of 10 years , to graduate Yoga Professors ;
and 4 years more, in a total of 14 years , to graduate Yoga Masters ; whilst hundreds of Yoga Teachers in Portugal have already been graduated under his guidance.
REMEMBERING THAT - PORTUGAL IS A WORLD YOGA POTENCY
The G. Mestre Jorge Veiga e Castro intensively fosters the deep and genuine Research and also the work with excellence (for instance, he reminds the importance of reinforcing the National's self esteem for the whole work done with Intensity, Profoundness and Distinction), through constantly highlighting our Country's responsibility in preserving the quality and totality of the Traditional Yoga, mainly in the present worrying International panorama of Yoga, so often degenerative, since Portugal arrived in India more than 500 years ago , long before the present Countries existed or had consolidated frontiers. Therefore and also because of that fact, the Portuguese are World Experts in Yoga and in Sámkhya, having the learning and the direct connection with India, with no need of intermediaries, nor distortion, nor modern potency losses.
He also reminds that this fascination for India exists since the Sagres Nautic School was founded by Infant D. Henrique, in the 14 th century (and well before King D. Dinis / Queen D.ª Isabel planted the Leiria Pine yard – 13 th century, looking forward to the construction of the future ships and caravels). This attraction is far from being based only on the search of the so long and achieved economical profits, for its rare spices and precious goods, but rather on the search of the Enlightening Philosophic Wisdom (formerly thought that it was centered on the Saints relics of the Mid East), initially targeting the mysterious Realm of "Prestes João" (Ethiopia), but soon definitely centered in Bhárata – The Great India.
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THE SOLE PORTUGUESE AUTHOR TO WRITE YOGA BOOKS
In 1984, he wrote the Book “Chakra Sútra – The 7 Main Chakra in Yoga” (a two language edition, in Portuguese and English), and 2 nd Edition of 1999, Rei dos Livros, sold out. He also is the sole Yoga Master in the World to write a Classic Piece exclusively dedicated to that subject; up to that moment that matter was rarely approached (with wisdom) by the true Yoga Masters. And, when such Subject was explored, it was only on quotations or on some chapter. He dedicated that Work “To the Woman of the Man always Son” founding himself on its Matriarchal Philosophic Principles; and also dedicating it to his Great Inspiring Master – Lord Shiva.
He also wrote “Sámkhya, Cosmo genesis and Yoga – Beyond Hydrogen” , 1 st Edition from 1985, also sold out.
And a small Poems Book of his personal experiences.
The Master is now compiling a didactic translation , Samskrta / Portuguese, of the “Yoga Sútra” (Book with over 2.500 years), from Great Master Patãnjali, work started with the collaboration of his Samskrta Guru – Dr. Paresh Vaguela (deceased).
The Master is also writing a Traditional Yoga Great Encyclopedia .
In 1998 – to commemorate the 500 years of the maritime arrival of the Portuguese to India – he edited a Kírtana/Mantra CD - in Samskrta and with staves, publically launched at the Mãe de Água, in Lisboa.
INSTITUTIONS HE FOUNDED AND PIONEERING
The G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro is the:
Founder and Honorary President, of the Associação Lusa do Yoga – ALYO / Yoga Sámkhya Instituto – YSI (Yoga Lusa Association – ALYO / Yoga Sámkhya Institute – YSI);
Founder and President of the Federação Lusa do Yoga – FLY (Yoga Lusa Federation – FLY);
Founder and President of the Confederação Portuguesa do Yoga – CONPORYO (Yoga Portuguese Confederation – CONPORYO);
Founder of the Confederação Ibérica do Yoga – CONFIBERYO (Yoga Iberian Confederation – CONFIBERYO);
Under the inspiration of his Mahá Sat Guru – Lord Shiva, and always aiming to make research, protect, teach (and graduate Professors), and spread the genuine and very ancient Original and Traditional Yoga from Bhárata / India, he founded, amongst others, the 4 Great Institutions above mentioned. Also, his Matriarchal inspiration from Mahá Shakti influences the Matriarchal Organization that all those Institutions he founded have – ruled by Fraternal Principles and where the Board and Departments are either directed by Women or the Women are the majority, or both situations happen.
The Associação Lusa do Yoga - ALYO (Yoga Lusa Association – ALYO), and the Federations he founded and manages have the following Departments which began as Work Teams always started by Master Jorge Veiga e Castro:
Mantra Choir-Orchestra – Omkára , founded in 1982 by Master Jorge Veiga e Castro, who with his rigour fostered the imports of Indian Music Instruments, as well as the learning how to handle with them by appropriate Professors, and the improvement of Samskrta (vulgus incorrect sanskrit) / Devanágari;
The Master also founded:
The Elite Group of Advanced Yoga Performance - PASHUPATI (1983);
The Meditation Group, Dhyána / Samádhi – Shankara (1985);
The Didactic Amateur Theatre Group – Máyá (1998), bringing to the public Great Hindu and World Pieces, contributing to the Human Being development;
He also inspired and promoted the following Departments:
Medical Departament, composed by Doctors and other Health Professionals who also are Yoga Professors;
Yoga for the Children's Department;
Youth Department;
Yoga for the Aged People's Departament;
Yoga for Sports People's Departament;
THE SOCIAL WORK
But the Social Solidarity Department from ALYO, which he manages , is the one which highly reflects the Humanist Side, and profoundly non theoretical of the G. Master (who himself when youngster donated everything he owned to the biggest Lisbon's district with people in need – the “Chinese Quarter / Changai on the Eastern area of Lisbon), constantly putting into practice one of his maxims which is also one of the great mottos of the Institutions he founded: Do not ask - Give.
The Institutions he founded are not subject to poverty vow, but almost, as they oblige themselves to not posess exceeding goods – which obviously are destined to support Yoga and the settling of new Yoga Centres / Áshrama (often supporting the most promising Áshrama Directors). But not only that, as the bigger surpus volume reverts either to renownable International or National Social Solidarity Institutions and World Peace promotors (or even awarding heroic child and youth acts, without purpose) such as:
MAIN GRANTED INSTITUTIONS
International Organizations:
UN – United Nations; UNICEF – United Nations Children's Fund; FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNHCR – the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; The UN project “Fight Against Tuberculosis”; The Association of Raoul Follereau's Friends – against Leprosy in the World; Polio Plus / Paul Harris Campaign for the eradication of poliomyelitis in the Planet; Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Frontiers; Shrí Sandhyani Vidha Niketan / Porbandar / Gujarat – Samskrta and youth education University in India ; Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute / Lonavla / Mumbay – India ; The Divine Life Society / Shivánanda Áshrama / Rshikesh – India ; Support to the victims of New Orleans Katrina Hurricane; Krshna Das – Sisters of Charity – Pury – India ; OIKOS – PORTUGAL , Institution for the Cooperation and Development of Countries in Need;
National Organizations:
IAC – Instituto de Apoio à Criança / Institute for Child Support; APAV – Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima / Portuguese Association for the Victim Support; Associação Florinhas da Rua – Support of Children in Need; Médicos do Mundo / Doctors of the World – Portugal ; Liga dos Bombeiros Portugueses / Portuguese Firemen's League; O Ninho – Instituição de Apoio à Mulher Vítima da Prostituição / Support Instituion to the Woman Victim of Prostitution; Associação dos Alcoólicos Recuperados da Cova da Beira Viseu / Association of Recovered Alcoholics from Cova da Beira Viseu; Lisbon's Town Hall; Hindu Rádhá/Krshna Temple of Portugal; Federação dos Bombeiros do Algarve / Firemen's Federation from the Algarve; Associação para o Planeamento da Família – APF / Association for Family Planning
Personalities:
Diogo Oliveira, hero child (today, 13 years old) who saved his sister Viviana from fire when he was 6 years old and she was 2 years old. She escaped with no injuries and he remained with his body burned to 70%;
Beatriz Portela, extraordinary child who with 3 years old (today 5 years old) suffered from meningo-encefalomialite ; recovering from a coma of 7 days and overcoming a tetraplagia , going against all prognostics with strong will and unrelenting struggle for normal functionality.
1 ST WORLD WIDE HOLIDAY - SOLSTICE, JUNE, 21 ST – YOGA WORLD'S DAY
Jorge Veiga e Castro with his Great Supravision of Illuminated Master proposed in 2001 , beginning of the Millennium – also by Fátima Inspiration – to all People and to Planet Earth the Creation of a Day of Life Celebration – the 1st World wide Holiday - Inter Ethnic, Inter Religions and Inter Cultural Day, on a Cosmic Auspice – the Solstice of June 21 st - an old date, of all People, in all Times – the sole fixed Solstice (and Equinox) - Day of Light , a Day without bloodshed in the whole Planet, highlighting, as one day it will be common, the importance of what everyone has in common - Life , and the wealth of diversity – as the inspiration coming from the Great Cosmic Source dictates us. He named it the DIA MUNDIAL DO YOGA – DAYMUNDY / YOGA WORLD'S DAY .
Planned by Portugal for the first time in the World, the Yoga World's Day is a Day for the complete Human Development – for the global practice of Yoga, for Consciousness increase and exponentiation of the relationship amongst Body (and hand) / Energy / Positive Emotions / Tangible, Abstract and Artistic Mind / and Over Mind; promoting integral and prophylactic health, functional longevity, self responsibility and self demand, Religious Ecumenism, Concordance and Fair Global Network, Supreme Conscience which Transmutes and Enlightens.
It is the DAY of Ahimsá – Respect for Life, FOR the END of BLOODSHED and aggression close to us and in the whole Planet; it is the Day of Humankind / a Sole Race – Human; for a Lucid and Fraternal Humankind, a pioneering candidature , by the UN / UNESCO, for the so needed 1 st Worldwide Holiday.
The 30 Principles Statement of the Yoga World's Day is much more than a simple diagnostic of the main human evil actions against Planet Earth. It is mainly a Hymn to Intelligence, to Light and Live – an anticipation of the urgently needed Future.
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The G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro received the support and blessing to pursue this Humankind Great Cause, from Parama Guru Chidánanda, in 2008 , February, when he visited him at his place in Dehra Dun / Himalaya , as well as the blessing from his disciple, actual President of the Divine Life Society, Shrí Svámin Vimlayánanda, from r shikesh / India. The World Project is also supported by Shrí Svámin Maheshánanda Jí – the Light of Keivalyadhama Yoga Institute, from Lonavala / India, and by its Administrator (at the time) Shrí Om Prakash Tiwari, amongst other Yoga Federations and Personalitiesall over the World, and from the International and Portuguese Spirituality, from which we highlight the Leaders of the main Religions of the World, including His Eminence the Cardinal of Lisbon, the still alive Portuguese Republic Presidents (or spouses), including the present one; moreover, it is impressive the whole List of National and International Supporters for this Universal Cause.
INTERNATIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Gratitude, Unction acts and Homage the Master received for his Work, graduated disciples and Elevated Vibration, during his latest visits to India (and during the visit of other World Great Masters to his Áshrama - Headquarters), definitely acknowledged him as an International Great Yoga Master, in the most prestigious Áshrama / Temples, in Yoga's Fatherland.
Some of the most important visited places, with ceremony:
- Shrí Svámin Vimlayánanda - Shivánanda Áshrama, r shikesh,
- Shrí Svámin Chidánand Sarasvati - Parmath Niketan Áshrama, r shikesh;
- Shrí Svámin Maheshánanda Jí – Keivalyadhama Yoga Institute, Lonavala;
- Svámin Kirtichandrají - Shantiniketan Sadhanakendra, Val Sad;
- Brahma Kumaris Temple– Mount Abu.
O Mestre Jorge Veiga e Castro é também Membro Permanente do Conselho Mundial da Federação Internacional do Yoga - IYF.
ACTIVITY AND ENLIGHTENED PATH
The Master Jorge Veiga e Castro has also promoted the sole 5 Portuguese Yoga Congresses (from which the first was held in 1988, in Oeiras).
He also carried out more than 50 National Yoga Encounters during the three last decades.
The G. Master Jorge Veiga e Castro, as the Founder of the Confederação Ibérica do Yoga (Iberian Yoga Confederation), supervised and organized the 3 first Iberian Yoga Encounters , all of them in España , the first one in 2007 – Múrcia / La Manga del Mar Menor, the 2 nd in2008 – Santiago de Compostela and the 3 rd in May 2009 , in Granada/ Almuñecar, which always welcomed more than one hundred Yoga Teachers (this year of 2009, more than 130 Teachers and practitioners), gathering great Yoga Institutions from Portugal and España, exchanging and sharing great pattern of technical and philosophic experiences.
Jorge Veiga e Castro also promoted in 2008 the I World Yoga Encounter held in Machu Picchu / Peru, including visits and practices at Lake Titicaca, and by the Great Pacific Ocean (half Blue Planet), and also the aerial figures of the Nazca Plateau – where he Celebrated the Bow to the Intercontinental Timeless and Universal Knowledge. This World Encounter counted with the presence and participation of the President of the International Yoga Federation – IYF, Svámini Dayánanda Sarásvatí. In this Event, all Yogi and participants experienced intense practices and highly elevated moments.
