Mark Griffin

Mark Griffin (August 28, 1954 - October 24, 2018) was an American spiritual teacher in the lineage of Bhagawan Nityananda. Griffin was an author on the philosophy and practice of Yoga Tantra. He emphasizes spiritual practice (sadhana), especially meditation. He was the founder and director of Hard Light Center of Awakening, a Los Angeles-based spiritual school that, according to its literature, offers intensive training in meditation and other practical techniques of Enlightenment. He was also an artist. Biography Born Mark Edson Griffin, son of engineer Jack Griffin and Barbara Griffin. Griffin attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 1976 to 1979, and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and has made art continuously ever since. In 1976, at the age of 21 he met his Guru, Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa, the disciple of Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. He spent 7 years studying meditation with Muktananda, mostly in his Oakland Ashram, in California. He subsequently spent 6 years studying meditation with Kalu Rinpoche. In 1989 he founded the Hard Light School of Awakening of Los Angeles, California.