Swami Sivananda, who claims to be 120 years old, performs yoga every morning religiously in Kolkata, India.
He doesn’t seem to be 120 years, but he is and there’s proof. According to a Hindu monk, he’s the oldest man to have ever lived and the credit goes to not having sex or spices, and practicing yoga on a daily basis.
Swami Sivananda shows his passport as proof, which says he was born on August 8, 1896. His life has spanned three centuries and despite his apparent age he remains strong enough to perform yoga for hours together.
He’s now applied to Guinness World Records to verify his claim, which currently lists Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who died in June 2013 aged 116 years and 54 days, as the oldest man to have ever lived.
“I lead a simple and disciplined life. I eat very simply — only boiled food without oil or spices, rice and boiled daal (lentil stew) with a couple of green chillies,” he said after a two-hour yoga session in Kolkata, the eastern Indian city where he had come for a short visit.
“I avoid taking milk or fruits because I think these are fancy foods. In my childhood I slept many days on an empty stomach,” he said.
Sivananda was born in colonial-era India without electricity, cars or telephones, says he is not enthused by new technology and prefers being on his own.
“Earlier people were happy with fewer things. Nowadays people are unhappy, unhealthy and have become dishonest, which pains me a lot,” he said.
“I just want people to be happy, healthy and peaceful.”
Simplicity is quiet the right way to live happy and healthy.
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