Kriya Yoga is an ancient science given
by god millions of years ago in Satya yuga-the golden era of spirituality. In the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu scripture), it is mentioned
that Lord Krishna gave this science to the Sun who, in his turn, passed it on to Manu (author of the ancient Indian text Manu
Samhita) but with the vagaries if time this great science was on the verge of extinction Before Babaji revived it .
Essentially, Kriya Yoga is the
science of controlling prana (life force energy). Through its practice, the mind gets engrossed at the Kutashta Brahman, that
critical point between the eyebrows, and is released from bondage.
Kriya Yoga was introduced to the world by Lahiri
Mayasaya in the 19th century, after he made contact with Babaji, the Divine Himalayan Yogi. Babaji achieved immortality
and enlightenment around the 2nd century AD through Siddha Yoga. Kriya is a synthesis of the four higher steps of Ashtanga
Yoga taught by Great Rishi Patanjali - Pratyhara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi. It consists of several techniques,
but the common one involves circulating pranic currents through the Sushumna channel of the spine combined with breathing
and visualization exercises. Tradition requires that disciples are initiated by a Guru and taught the techniques - for this
reason, the precise details of Kriya are not published on the internet or in any books. There are, however, many Kriya teachers
throughout the world who disseminate the practices.
The Kriya Yoga taught by Lahiri Mahasaya contains four initiations. He Said:
Kriya is the truth, Kriya is the oblation and is chanting of the Vedas, everything else is untrue;
practising Kriya will confer welfare, it's non-practice will impart non-welfare.
All objects of the material world is very appealing but the ultimate consequence is akin to poison.
Water of the river and shade of the tree are and always will be there for you, why are you so weak-willed
while becoming a yogi?
Money never imparted, imparts or will impart happiness.
None is a sinner or a saint, none is ignoble, only it's the mind which is ignoble.
Practice of Kriya is the actual study of Vedas.
I immensely love the one who practises this Kriya; Kriyaban only is God; all Gods are practising this
Kriya.
Kriya is the truth, everything else is untrue.
Benefits Of Kriya Yoga
Austere ardent Kriya yoga practice eliminates the turbulent dynamism of man making him still.
Man on practising Kriya yoga is steeped with the essence of the soul, this is soul-science. Previously
he had digressed from his roots---the soul or Prana, hence was bufetted with torment, sorrow, agony.
Kriya yoga showers love, peace, solidarity within the microcosm, only then can these three aspects
be showered in the macrocosm.
It is the infallible panacea for all sorrows. A sincere Kriya yoga practisant's sufferings will be
alleviated because Kriya yoga is rational and scientific.
Kriya yoga purifies both body and mind; promotes effective realization of self-values. It induces
a tension-free state, provides a mental equilibrium. This is a stupendous gain for if the mind is at rest, the total world
will also be at rest. Mind, the principal sensory faculty is the creator of all disharmony. Hence through regular Kriya yoga
practice, there is clairvoyance, farsightedness, increased memory power, better concentration, decisiveness, tolerance, greater
work output, equilibrium maintained both in family and work spheres and a reduction of health constraints.
Kriya yoga being all-embracing and the superme spiritual soul-science suffuses the practisant with
a feeling of certain holiness within. This makes man realize his own inner essence --- Omnipresent Prana, Universal Controller.
In consequence he becomes magnanimous, thus develops qualities of patience, tolerance, compassion, forgiveness.
It fulfils the birth of man. Diligent Kriya yoga practice enables man to attain salvation, his ultimate
goal.
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AS PER SRI LAHIRI MAHASAYA (GREATEST KRIYA
YOGA GURUS)
Atmakarma/pranakarma is the true karma,
others one can say are non-karmas, it is just to maintain one's livelihood some actions are required, therefore some actions
cannot be forsaken completely.Attachment to the world originates from desire, desire originates from kinetic mind & the
kinetic mind originates from dynamic prana.But there are not any billows in a still prana.Thus mind,desire,attachment are
all absent.Nevertheless carnality,wealth remain, the disposition or attachment towards are all absent they no longer pose
as an impediment.In a word,one has to go beyond desires or be passive. As long as volition persists,till then attachment &
impediment will obviously remain.therefore through atmankarma annihilate volition or aspiration first.When the desires are
annihilated a state of non-attachment will arrive,then carnality,wealth & the material world will not act as deterrents.so
by practicing kechari all the senses are controlled.Attachment Cannot completely be relinquished with the help of the present
kinetic mind because as long as prana remains dynamic, the mind remains kinetic.As long as mind is kinetic, attachment will
prevail till then. Passion, anger, greed, illusion,arrogance, envy, mind,intelligence,intellect,pride, hunger,thirst,sleep,
sloth, audition, olfaction, thoughts, anxieties, attachment, love, affection,vanity, bodyconsciousness etc all types of physical
& mental propensities & dispositions which are existent have been derived from the dynamic prana.I a word all that
can be observed in a living state have all originated from the vibratory prana.Immediately after birth,prana becomes active
& breathing commences.As long as prana will remain dynamic.till then the breathing will continue & a living being
will remain alive.therefore as long as prana remains vibratory or breathing continues,till then all the aforesaid types of
physical & mental propensities & dispositions will be prevalent.Again the more pranakarma is practiced the more prana
will progress towards stillness.the more progress is made towards stillness the more those propensities & dispositions
will decrease.In this manner when prana becomes completely still or there is an cessation of vibration, then none of them
will exist as in a still prana any type of propensity or body-consciousness does not prevail.this is the true purification
of elements.After vibration has been exterminated, this 5 elemental body becomes purified.Therefore the dead loses all kinds
of differentiation.Again this is the real Upvasa or fasting.UPA means Near.When prana becomes still settlement occurs near
the soul.Abstinence from food is not the actual fasting or upavasa again prana is the purohita(priest) puro means body abode
& hita means benedictions because he is the one to be dwell in this body abode & when he becomes still the actual
benefit for the welfare of the living being occurs therefore he is regarded as the living being;s benefactor.prana maintains
an equilibrium on either side,one is dynamic,the other still.If one side increases,the other side decreases. Love devotion
affection all these depend upon the existence of pana's dynamic state in the body.the love between mother & child,between
husband & wife,the devotee's love towards god, the root of all these is that prana.Body cannot love body,if so why don't
you love your wife's or husband's dead body, because prana is absent.Prana loves prana because the source of all love
is prana without prana there is no love or affection.therefore you must your own prana,nurse him by practicing prankarma only,one
can serve god.if this is performed the universal prana can be comprehended, then you will have equality of vision in all creatures
& all elements.just as the knowledge about the sea can be acquired by observing it from the seashore,it is not necessary
to see the entire sea,similarly if own inherent prana is realized knowledge of sublime prana can be attained.Six charkas are
prevalent in all human bodies.The dynamic prana flowing through these six chakras confines everyone.If you can become supportless
with the help of pranakarma or take recourse in the void,the six chakras will become non functional.Then you can realize that
the obstructions of the six chakras has been released.void means nothingness & settling is this nothingness clears all
the impediments.the company of inner breath is the true company because as long as this is existent a living being entity's
exist therefore breath is real.If an association is made with this breathing,settlement is the void occurs,then authority,thoughts,sins,soul-engrossment
is derived.Kundalini is the source of power,she is dormant,she exists by taking support fro them,she takes resource to Siva
or the void & become independent or supportless.this means that my supportless state is the state of controller of the
universe & only this state can save me.Initially a living being considers the gross essence to be the shelter.But actual
shelter for a living being is the void essence,where there is not support.a living being attains eternal safety if he can
achieve settlement in the AJNA CHAKRA.Above the ajna chakra it is inexpressible & beneath it is expressible.therefore
that which still the breathing motion is dharma & its reverse is adhrama therefore we do meditation to still the prana
only when the waves of thoughts are silenced in the sea the pearl below is seen or atman is seen.Action cannot be the cause
of bondage.Hoping for the consequences of action is the cause of bondage.There is no difference of action between good &
bad of action.If one attaches oneself with the material cravings & performs actions then result of the performing
actions will be Evil.this means by which settlement is attained in Kuthasta or Christ consciousness is auspicious & by
which this is not achieved is inauspicious.Ordinary man doe snot practice Atmakarma soul action therefore their sensory powers
remain unrefined.the human body has not been borne only to suffer or enjoy the consequences of evil or good actions respectively.The
human body has been borne for the practice of pure passive atmakarma which is beyond sins & virtues.Until atmakarma is
complete,till then the human shape has to be acquired by every soul.Atma kama cannot be practiced without the human body.This
body is referred to by the Sri Krishna has the field"Idam sariram kaunteya kshetramitybhidhiyate" meaning o kaunteya or arjuna
this body is know as field because it is the germination ground for knowledge as religion and action are accomplished by this
body.Whatever exists in the material world is prevalent in this body.Therefore this is the microcosm.If the body is cultivated
with the help of mind & prana as they are interconnected,good result is derived. the action which is performed to fulfill
is the true action or karma yoga or kriyayoga.If a yogi becomes attached in the atmakarma,his sensory enemies are gradually
eliminated with the influence of that action.the motion towards arriving at BRAHMA never ceases for the one who practices
atmakarma & by the practice of atmakarma if once the state of going beyond the body-consciousness is achieved then supratemporality
& the state beyond the cycle of birth & death occur.This body is the bow & the arrow is atmarama.that Rama is
indestructible.since he dwells within the body chariot characterized by the ten senses.He is known as Dasarathi. In Muladhara
chakra of every human being,the kundalini power is dormant until this power is awakened through pranayama or control of prana
the sadhna will be directed towards material objects or outside. This latent state of stillness is to be awakened by pranakarma
the moment when the internal air becomes still in Vishuddha chakra the dormant state disappears.In this manner when a yogis
air is stilled in the vishuddhi chakra he will become NILKANTHA.the Siva state & if this has been aroused completely then
souls illusory impediments is removed & an union between the Siva & sakti the female sublime union between Siva &
sakti or between the primordial male energy & primordial female energy or it is the eternal union between the stillness
& Dynamism this is Samadhi.
THEREFORE PRANA IS DHARMA BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS HELD BY PRANA,PRANA IS ACTION FOR WITHOUT
PRANA NO ACTION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.PRANA IS THE LIVING BEING BECAUSE SINCE PRANA IS VIBRATORY,A LIVING BEING REMAINS ALIVE.PRANA
IS SHIVA FOR HE IS THE DESTROYER,PRANA IS THE VISHNU BECAUSE HE IS THE PROTECTOR, PRANA IS THE BRAHMA BECAUSE ONLY THOUGH
PRAN THE LIVING BEING COMES TO BIRTH,PRANA IS DURGA FOR BY DWELLING IN THIS BODY FORT SHE ANNIHILATES ALL ADVERSARIES,PRANA
IS THE PRIMORDIAL ENERGY SINCE HE IS THE ONE TO DWELL IN THE BODY ABODE DWELLING IN THIS BODY .IT IS PRANA WHICH WILL BE THEIR
WITHOUT THIS BODY OR WITHOUT BUT LIVING BEING WILL NOT SURVIVE. If breath is constantly shuffled,there is a cessation
of breathing or stillness occurs.This stillness is called yoga.A living being is habitually restless,thus there is no alternative
other than the still state--stillness is achieve by pranayam.A fan moves when pulled,if the mind desires it is pulled but
if mind does not desire then there is no inclination to pull it,When the mind become still,unnecessary actions is known as
the cessation of desires.When the dynamism of prana is removed or when there is the state beyond actions then the present
kinetic mind merges in still prana & everything becomes Brahma. "Vayurdhata Sariranam" meaning that the senses,mind,intelligence
all function through the power of air .among the airs prana is the chief or the principle one therefore the prana is the controller
of the body.The word "SHASTRA" means the prana air is the shastra SA+ASTRA SA=breath & ASTRA meaning weapon the breathing
weapon.One who by wielding this breathing weapon has attained dexterity or have become proficient in pranayama is considered
to be well versed in shastras, the Vedas,purans,Upanishads etc are all know as shastras & talk about pranayam or prana
in esoteric way through imagery,pictures,mythology etc.It is through prana or pranayam that you will move forward in the evolution
,So this is how person becomes shastra conversant & who mastered these prana oblation shastra were called RISHI or SAINTS
which they acknowledged as VEDAS,puranas,upnaishads therefore these are authentic.By taking shelter in this breathing shastra
the entire dynamism comes under its control.then becoming aware of the Male & Female primordial energy,diversity is eliminated
& the cycle of birth & death is ceased.If this prana-oblation sastra practice can be executed,soul attainment occurs
& the long sought prayer through continuum of births of reverting to the ultimate destination is granted.Therefore life
& death comes under the control of the yogi who perseveres in the practice of pranayam.In this way he saves his body from
the premature decay that overtakes most human beings & can remain as long as he wishes in the present physical form,thus
having to work out his karma in one body & to fulfill all the desires of the heart,finally purifies he is no longer required
to come again into this world under the influence of Maya,darkness or to suffer the "Second Death" SEE BIBLE 15:31 & REVELATION
BIBLE :10,11
"I PROTEST BY OUR REJOICING WHICH I HAVE IN CHRIST
(CONSCIOUSNESS), I DIE DAILY."-- ST PAUL. "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH & I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE...... HE THAT
OVERCOMETH SHALL NOT BE HURT OF THE SECOND DEATH"
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