Since 1968 Swami Paramatmananda has led a life of a renunciate, moving there at the age of nineteen, to imbibe the spiritual essence of that great and ancient culture. It has been his great fortune to have kept the company of great saints and sages over the year, culminating in his meeting with his guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, in 1979. When swami first met Amma, he asked her how he should continue his sadhana. Amma's reply, become like the dust under everyone's feet.