http://paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm 'The Teachings of Guru Dev - The Roots of TM' Quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Compiled by Paul Mason # Reference 8 'Maharshi asked us about our Ishta - Devata and advised us to go to him the next morning for Pada Pooja of Guru Deva, Maha Yogi Raj Ananta Sri Vibhushith Sree Sankaracharya Brahmananda Saraswathi Maharaj of Jyothir Math who was going to be our Guru.' 8 Quote from speech of Mrs Thankamma N Menon, October 1955, from 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas', page 50, published 1956.