Rajarshi Raghabananda Nayak
Raghabananda Nayak | |
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| Born | 28 August 1938 Fatehpur Village, Bhadrak district, Odisha, India |
| Died | 31 October 2016 (aged 78) |
| Occupations | Writer, lecturer |
Rajarshi Raghabananda Nayak (28 August 1938 – 31 October 2016) was an Indian writer and lecturer who studied Kriya Yoga in the lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Paramahansa Hariharananda.
Early life and education
Nayak was born in Fatehpur village in the Bhadrak district of Odisha. He completed a master's degree in Odia at Visva-Bharati University and later earned a PhD in literature from Utkal University. His academic career began in 1960 as a lecturer at Visva-Bharati. He later served as head of the Department of Odia at Gangadhar Meher College (Autonomous) in Sambalpur, where he worked until his retirement in 1996.
Initiation into Kriya Yoga
In early 1964, Nayak met Paramahansa Hariharananda, from whom he learned Kriya Yoga.[1]
Menninger Foundation
Nayak participated in a study by the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, United States, where researchers measured his physiological responses during meditation, including brain alpha-wave activity. Results from this work were published in Biofeedback: Yoga for the West[2] and Beyond Biofeedback[3] by Elmer and Alice Green.[4]
References
- ^ "Rajarshi Raghabananda". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ Biofeedback: Yoga for the West: http://hartleyfoundation.org/en/hartley-classics
- ^ Beyond-Biofeedback ISBN 0940267144 ISBN 978-0940267145 : https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Biofeedback-Elmer-Green/dp/0940267144
- ^ Elmer Green PhD biography: http://www.healthy.net/scr/bio.aspx?Id=56