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'''Swami Vishnu Tirtha''' (1888–1969), also known as Munilal Swami, was a [[sanyas]], writer, and [[guru]] with a prominent place in the [[Shaktipat]] tradition of [[Siddhayoga]]. He was born on 15 October 1888 in [[Jhajjar]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]. He stayed with an uncle while obtaining an undergraduate degree, then married and was employed as a teacher in [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]], [[Chhattisgarh]] while he obtained a postgraduate degree and a baccalaureate in law from [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. He then practised as a [[lawyer]] in the [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad District]] of [[Meerut]] where his assistant was Late [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] the former Prime Minister of India.

Munilal and his wife raised a son and daughter. Though Munilal experienced various advanced kriyas since childhood, he was guided to subtle sadhanas by a Bengali saint who lived at Delhi's famous Kalkaji temple. The great yogi seer Baba SitaRam Das Onkarnath asked him in Ayodhya to take studies in Sanskrit to fulfill his life's mission. He was introduced to Swami Yoganand by a High Court Judge and was able to reach to him in Rishikesh after several correspondences. It was at the Swarg Ashram in Rishikesh he received [[Shaktipat]] initiation from [http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~keutzer/kundalini/yogananda.html Yogananda Maharaj] in 1933. After travels to many holy places around Badrinath and Kedarnath, in 1939 Munilal expressed a desire for initiation as a renunciate ([[sannyasin]]). Yogananda directed him to [[Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha]] in Banaras, who initiated him at the Mohan Ashram, [[Haridwar]] near the bank of the [[Ganges]]. His name then became Swami Vishnu Tirtha. At the direction of Yogananda, he proceeded toward [[Indore]] and finally settled in [[Dewas]] where he laid the foundation for the Narayan Kuti Sanyas Ashram.

Swami Vishnu Tirtha was a towering personality and great adept in Siddh Yoga traditions of India. He initiated many spiritual aspirants into the system of [[Shaktipat]] (descent of energy) and wrote a number of books. His commentry on "Saundarya Lahiri" of Adi Shankaracharya is unique and was lauded by great proponents such as MahaMahopadhyaay Gopinath Kaviraj. His most memorable work in English is ''Devatma Shakti'', a study of the ''Divine Power'' ([[Kundalini energy|Kundalini]] [[Shakti]]) and the science of Shaktipat, based on traditions recorded in ancient scriptures supplemented by direct experiences. In the book, ''Devatma Shakti (Kundalini)'', Vishnu Tirtha observed: "We have pointed out repeatedly that no real progress in spirituality is possible unless an aspirant gets his kundalini power awakened, and it has also been pointed out that the easiest way of awakening that power is through initiation by shaktipat by a spiritual master."<ref>Swami Vishnu Tirtha, Devatma Shakti (Kundalini) Divine Power, Chapter "Secret of Upasana (Worship)" (Delhi, India, Swami Shivom Tirtha, 1993), p. 129.</ref>

Vishnu Tirtha had a profound love for the Ganges River and always used to spent few months each year at Yog Shri Peeth Ashram in Rishikesh. The land for the Ashram was gifted by his guru Swami Yoganand. His disciple [[Swami Shivom Tirtha]] and others carried out the construction of the centre in 1965. He left his body in 1969.

Vishnu Tirtha’s mountain like personality can be understood from ''' Churning of the Heart '''(Parts I, II, III) and "Sadhan Shikhar" written by his disciple Swami ShivOm Tirtha. Here a Guru is sculpting a disciple from a human being. One of his Guru Bandhus (disciple of same Guru) Devendraji Vigyani Maharaj described him as a person without any hint of sin.

==Bibliography==
*Devatma Shakti (Kundalini) Divine Power - (in English) Dec. 1948, Yoga Shri Peeth Trust, India.
*Adhyatma Vikas
*Atma Prabodh
*Geetatatwamrit
*Prana Tattva
*Prityabhigyahridyam (commentary)
*Sadhana Sanket
*Saundya Lahiri (commentary)
*Shaktipat
*Shiva Sutra Prabodhini
*Upanishadvani

==See also==
*[[Siddhayoga]]
*[[Siddha Yoga]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.shrinarayankutisanyasashram.org/ Official website - Shri Narayan Kuti Sanyas Ashram - Dewas]
* [http://www.swamishiomtirth.org Swami Vishnu Tirthji Maharaj - Collection of Rare Photos]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119220840/http://www.shivomworld.com/lineage/ Gurus of the Tirth Lineage]

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