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The first feminine leader of an unbroken wisdom lineage from India
Acharya Shunya is the living custodian of her eminent Vedic lineage from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India that has been imparting Vedic wisdom for generations. She is the first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of Vedic spiritual teachers and the first to teach in the West.
Shunya was given the title ‘Acharya’ by her Guru and grandfather, Baba Ayodhya Nath, a well-known householder saint, Vedic scholar, yoga and meditation master, Ayurveda expert of the former century in India who lived from 1900-1990.
He was the son and disciple of his Guru, Paramatman Shanti Prakash, (1870-1950) considered a living ‘seer’ of the 19th century, a prolific scholar and renowned compiler of the classic Vedic text Adi Bhagavad Gita, the revealer of infinite spiritual treasures leading to inner awakening and Self-Realization.
Acharya Shunya's father daya Prakash Sinha is a legendary playwright, spiritual historian, scholar of dharma and opinion maker In India, honored by the highest civilian award "The Padmashree" by the Government of India.
Acharya Shunya is taking forward her lineage wisdom legacy with attntion to the purity of the knowledge handled down to her across generations, and at same time, taking steps to make it accessible and applicable to the issues facing all humans in the 21st century.
Acharya Shanti Prakash
1870-1958
The Great Teacher of Acharya Shunya
A great Vedic Seer & Hindu Householder Sage
Acharya Ayodhya Nath
1900-1990
The Immediate Teacher of Acharya Shunya
A Yogi, Ayurvedic Healer, Renowned Sage
Acharya Shunya
1967-Present
The first Female Head of her Ancient Lineage
Renowned Vedic Master, Teacher and Author
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Acharya Shanti Prakash
A 19th century householder sage, Sadhu Shanti Prakash is considered the fountainhead of the present era of Acharya Shunya's lineage. He is referred affectionately as 'Bade Baba' by Acharya Shunya and her students, as he is Shunya's great grandfather by paternal line.
In 1931, to spread the light of the Vedas beyond personal disciples, Shanti Prakash established the historic ‘Sadharan Dharma Sabha and Sangha” in holy city of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, that undertook mass scale spiritual, devotional, educational, charitable and community health-oriented activities. The Sabha provided medical relief, social support, education, medicinal herbs, meditation tools, spiritual activism to seek inner and outer freedom, and more. ‘Sadharan Dharma’ means “Universal dharma”. At the inauguration of this initiative, Acharya Shanti Prakash gave the following motto or mission to live by: Sarva Arogyam Sarva Mukti, which literally means - Health and Spiritual Liberation for All. This mission fired by the members of the Sangha and organizations founded by Acharya Shunya in the 21st century, that continue to serve humanity with transformative Vedic education that activates health and liberates from suffering imposed by spiritual ignorance.
An esteemed Vedic scholar, he was the first known compiler of the 84-verse Adi Gita (and ancient scroll found through archeological investigation), considered by most Vedic scholars as the original Gita, that predates the 700-verse Bhagavad Gita today. There is a circle of spiritual scholars in India who till date believe that it is The Adi Gita, with its key shlokas, was uttered by Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra – and these 84 verses were later expanded into 700 verses by pundits over time.
In this sacred text, Bade baba beckons all sincere seekers: “Be a true seeker after Truth, the light will then flash upon you, not only from books and sages of this world, but also from your own inner intuition (knowingness), Not only this, the sages of the next world (loka) with astral bodies, will also come forward to help you, if you are really eager to uplift yourself – to find and reclaim your inner Self.” (Adi Gita, page 86)
Babe baba was a 'grihasta yogi' - one who is a householder, husband, father, citizen of his community and nation and at same time, one who is internally aligned as the living incarnation of Supreme 'Self'.
Bade baba Acharya Shanti Prakash sits in the centre, on a raised platform, on the historic day of inauguration of "Sadharma Dharma Sabha and Sangha", 1931, City of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Babe baba was a 'grihasta yogi' - one who is a householder, husband, father, citizen of his community and nation and at same time, one who is internally aligned as the living incarnation of Supreme 'Self'.
Baba Ayodhya Nath
Baba Ayodhya Nath, Acharya Shunya's paternal grandfather and Guru, 1900-1990.
This rare photo was taken on the day Baba Ayodhya Nath returned back to his hometown after an arduous journey in the Himalayas that last 4 years.
Acharya Shunya carries forth Baba Ayodhya Nath's Vedic legacy.
Baba Ayodhya Nath, Acharya Shunya's paternal grandfather and Guru, 1900-1990.