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A few brief testimonials by people that had the opportunity

to cross paths with Shyam Sundar Goswami

 

 

 “Shyam Sundar Goswami is the greatest interpreter of yoga in modern times.”

Shri Karunamoya Saraswati

 

“From the bottom of my heart, I express my gratitude to this glorious soul…. He was an example of one who concentrated on what was essential -- life itself…. In his presence, it was out of the question to lie or to deviate from the absolute truth…. His sense of morality towered above that of anyone else I have known; he was a brilliant example of right conduct…. 

I would have been unable to overcome my difficulties without the strength that I received from his serenity and the love of truth that he taught me.”

Professor Gunnar Adler-Karlsson

 

“The "Professor" (Goswami) was animated by a true passion for scientific investigation, and the systematization of his subject of research…. I have always been able to count on him, even in the midst of a crisis or illness; always attentive, he listened to me relating my problems and offered me his enlightened advice and often the hospitality of his table. Each time that I visited him, I was transported into a great hope for the future, into an intense feeling of joy and happiness.”

Dr. Ulf Jansson

 

“He was a prodigious monument to strength, and we sat at his feet eager to learn…. In retrospect, I realized that it was without doubt those times, seated on a blanket spread out on his rug, that I experienced the most precious moments of my life.”

Claude Kayat, author

 

“… I’ve the memory of a very special and almost solemn atmosphere that reigned in the little circle of pupils as well as Goswami’s intense personal charisma. To me, his lessons were mostly a kind of exercise in listening to a message that he tried to convey over great distances, both on the surface and within.”

Dr.Birgitta Olivecrona

 

“His whole personality inspired equally the ideal of yogic excellence (deva deha) and the ideas of Ancient Greece: strength, wisdom, courage, and beauty – what we call life…. During the whole of my long life, he was a master, counselor, and friend – a guru, a spiritual father.”

 Vishuddhananda Giri (Basile Catoméris)