Fire of Freedom

About the Book

"A wonderful story of a modern woman’s journey from worldly pursuits – fame, fortune, love – to initiation into an ancient, sacred traditional lineage of Hindu monks. How Jeanette O’Shea becomes Swamini Nityananda on the banks of Ganges in a city where sooner or later all freedom seekers come."
Mary Lou (Meya) Miller

From a life of privilege, of luxury yachts, Gucci t-shirts and Louis Vuitton handbags, newspaper journalist Jeanette O’Shea left it all for a Himalayan hermitage, and ultimately initiation into the sacred order of Vedic monks. This is a story of the world’s most ancient and profound teachings, its teachers and the rare few who come to listen. This is an insight into life as a sadhu, one who leaves everything to plumb the spiritual depths in a bid to know the secrets of the soul.

About the Author

About the Author: Swamini Nityananda Saraswati (Jeanette O’Shea) was born in New Zealand She was educated at Sacred Heart Convent and Wellington Girls College. She worked as a reporter for the Auckland Star daily newspaper covering such international events as the America’s Cup in Australia and the United States. In 1989 she joined the Hongkong Standard in Hong Kong reporting legal matters and covered some of the more spectacular fraud and corruption trials of the day. In 2005 she was initiated into a teaching order of Vedic Sannyasi monks. She has three sons and divides her time between New Zealand, and studying Vedanta, writing and teaching in India.