Spiritual head and chairman of the Himalayan Institute, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait is the successor of
Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Lecturing and teaching worldwide for over 40 years, he is the author
of 19 books, including the groundbreaking commentary on the third chapter of the Yoga Sutra of
Patanjali—Awakening Power in the Yoga Sutra: Vibhuti Pada, 2022 (following The Secret of the Yoga
Sutra: Samadhi Pada, 2014, and The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada, 2017), and Vishoka
Meditation: The Yoga of Inner Radiance, 2019. He is a regular contributor to the Himalayan Institute’s
online Wisdom Library, the driving force of the Institute’s global humanitarian projects, and the
visionary behind the Institute’s Sri Vidya Shrine in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
Pandit Tigunait holds two doctorates: one in Sanskrit from the University of Allahabad in India, and
another in Oriental studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Family tradition gave Pandit
Tigunait access to a vast range of spiritual wisdom preserved in both the written and oral traditions.
Before meeting his master, Pandit Tigunait studied Sanskrit, the language of the ancient scriptures of
India, as well as the languages of the Buddhist, Jaina, and Zoroastrian traditions. In 1976, Swami
Rama ordained Pandit Tigunait into the 5,000-year-old lineage of the Himalayan Masters.
