Born in Barcelona in 1955, Swami Satyananda Saraswati travelled to India at the age of twenty. There he met his master, Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa, who initiated him into the path of meditation and self-knowledge in the tradition of advaita-vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism, and yoga. In 1980 he was initiated as a sannyasi (renunciant monk) of the order of Sri Shankara.

Following the mahasamadhi (death) of his master in 1982, Swami Satyananda Saraswati spent more than twenty-five years at the foot of the sacred mountain Arunachala, living for long periods with direct disciples of Sri Ramana Maharshi — Sadhu Om, Annamalai Swami, and Harilal Poonja — and with other great masters of the advaita tradition such as Swami Nityananda Giri. Throughout these years he deepened his practice of self-enquiry.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati settled in Spain in 2009, where he began to teach regularly. He has since founded the Advaitavidya association, Kailash Ashram (2017), and Ediciones Advaitavidya (2018).
Since 2022, Kailash Ashram has been based in Aliste (Zamora), where it welcomes hundreds of seekers from around the world seeking transformation under a living lineage of sanatana dharma.

Publications

His publications include:

• El hinduismo (Fragmenta, 2014), an expanded translation of the Catalan original published in 2012;
• Mauna. La enseñanza del Silencio (Ediciones Advaitavidya, 2018);
• Viveka, el discernimiento entre lo real y lo no real / Vairagya, el desapego (2018);
• Sadhana. El camino a la plenitud (2021); Mente, meditación y silencio (2021);
• Las bases del yoga (Kairós, 2021); 
• Llenaré los tres mundos de dicha divina (Advaitavidya, 2024).

He is also the author of numerous articles and introductions for books on Indic themes.

Teachings

He has been invited to teach on several occasions in Mexico and Argentina, where he was named honorary professor of the University of Gran Rosario. His lectures and seminars have taken him to universities including those of Girona, Zaragoza, and Seville, the National University of Rosario, the National University of Córdoba, and CUIH and the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City, as well as to institutions including the Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), the Blanquerna Institute, and Casa Asia.

Through his seminars, retreats, and satsangs, media appearances, books, and university teaching across several countries, Swami Satyananda Saraswati is one of the leading figures in Hinduism and traditional advaita in the Spanish-speaking world.