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The Upanishads: In The Light of Kriya Yoga
This is a scriptural commentary of Lahiri Mahasaya on The Upanishads.
If we scan the word Upanisad , we see that Upa means sitting and nisad means near . Thus, the very word Upanisad specifies personal the Guru-param-para, Master to Disciple learning from the living lips of a Guru.
In ancient times, the disciples sat near the Guru to learn the spiritual discipline from the living lips of their Guru to realize the supreme Self. They practiced strictly in accordance with the instructor they received personally from the living lips of their Guru. This is a Kriya Yoga book intended to be read and practiced by everyone, with/without initiation.
Please note that the Guru here means the Kutastha, i.e., the place between the eyebrows, also known as The Third Eye .
Every word uttered by a Yogi has a special meaning that is totally unintelligible to even the highly intellectual people. This book is written in such a way that everyone can follow it up while trading the path of Kriya. People think that they are very intelligent, but if they try to understand very seriously, they realize perfectly that nothing is happening according to their intellect.
Only those whose breath is not blowing in the left or right nostril are intelligent in this world.
When breathing is faster, then in one day and one night respiration can flow up to 113,680 times. Normally during the same time, the figure is 21,600 times.
During a day and night, if respiration is faster than usual, the breath can flow in and out 113,680 times. Normally, in the course of a day and night, there are 21,600 breaths.
This figure is reduced by Kriya practice to 2,000 times. So, breathing 1,000 times in the day and 1,000 times in the night, in a normal course, provides greater Tranquility to a Yogi.
One of his breaths takes about 44 seconds.
Such a Yogi is matured in Kriya practice. Thoughts are inseparably related to breathing. So, when the number of breaths is reduced, thoughts are reduced proportionately. Eventually, with the tranquilization of breath, thoughts are dissolved. Thereby, the seeker can attain the After-effect-poise of Kriya, or eternal Tranquility, which is Amrita, nectar proper .
Chandra Shekhar Kumar is a direct disciple of Lord Maharishi Hiranyagarbha. He is Founder of Ancient Kriya Yoga Mission and Co-Founder of Ancient Science Publishers . He holds a degree of Integrated M.Sc.(5 yrs) in Physics from IIT Kanpur.
Lahiri Mahasaya is a direct disciple of Mahavatar Babaji who is a direct disciple of Lord Maharishi Hiranyagarbha.
If we scan the word Upanisad , we see that Upa means sitting and nisad means near . Thus, the very word Upanisad specifies personal the Guru-param-para, Master to Disciple learning from the living lips of a Guru.
In ancient times, the disciples sat near the Guru to learn the spiritual discipline from the living lips of their Guru to realize the supreme Self. They practiced strictly in accordance with the instructor they received personally from the living lips of their Guru. This is a Kriya Yoga book intended to be read and practiced by everyone, with/without initiation.
Please note that the Guru here means the Kutastha, i.e., the place between the eyebrows, also known as The Third Eye .
Every word uttered by a Yogi has a special meaning that is totally unintelligible to even the highly intellectual people. This book is written in such a way that everyone can follow it up while trading the path of Kriya. People think that they are very intelligent, but if they try to understand very seriously, they realize perfectly that nothing is happening according to their intellect.
Only those whose breath is not blowing in the left or right nostril are intelligent in this world.
When breathing is faster, then in one day and one night respiration can flow up to 113,680 times. Normally during the same time, the figure is 21,600 times.
During a day and night, if respiration is faster than usual, the breath can flow in and out 113,680 times. Normally, in the course of a day and night, there are 21,600 breaths.
This figure is reduced by Kriya practice to 2,000 times. So, breathing 1,000 times in the day and 1,000 times in the night, in a normal course, provides greater Tranquility to a Yogi.
One of his breaths takes about 44 seconds.
Such a Yogi is matured in Kriya practice. Thoughts are inseparably related to breathing. So, when the number of breaths is reduced, thoughts are reduced proportionately. Eventually, with the tranquilization of breath, thoughts are dissolved. Thereby, the seeker can attain the After-effect-poise of Kriya, or eternal Tranquility, which is Amrita, nectar proper .
Chandra Shekhar Kumar is a direct disciple of Lord Maharishi Hiranyagarbha. He is Founder of Ancient Kriya Yoga Mission and Co-Founder of Ancient Science Publishers . He holds a degree of Integrated M.Sc.(5 yrs) in Physics from IIT Kanpur.
Lahiri Mahasaya is a direct disciple of Mahavatar Babaji who is a direct disciple of Lord Maharishi Hiranyagarbha.
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 6, 2013
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Lahiri Mahasaya
42 books41 followersLahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school.
He became known in the West through Paramahansa Yogananda, a disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri, and through Yogananda's 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi .
To note his high spiritual state, his followers called him Mahasaya, which is a Sanskrit spiritual title translated as 'large-minded'. He was also popularly known as Yogiraj and Kashi Baba by his followers.
He organized many study groups and gave regular discourses on the Bhagavad Gita at his "Gita Assemblies." He freely gave Kriya initiation to those of every faith and status, from gardeners and postmen to kings; from Hindus to Muslims and Christians.
The Arya Mission Institution published commentaries by Lahiri on the Bhagavad Gita, along with other spiritual books, including a Bengali translation of the Gita. Lahiri himself had printed thousands of small books with excerpted passages from the Gita, in Bengali and Hindi, and distributed them for free.
He gave permission to one disciple, Panchanan Bhattacharya, to start an institution in Kolkata to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga.
Some of his notable disciples included:
- Panchanan Bhattacharya,
- Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
- Swami Pranabananda,
- Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari,
- Bhupendranath Sanyal
- The parents of Paramahansa Yogananda.
He became known in the West through Paramahansa Yogananda, a disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri, and through Yogananda's 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi .
To note his high spiritual state, his followers called him Mahasaya, which is a Sanskrit spiritual title translated as 'large-minded'. He was also popularly known as Yogiraj and Kashi Baba by his followers.
He organized many study groups and gave regular discourses on the Bhagavad Gita at his "Gita Assemblies." He freely gave Kriya initiation to those of every faith and status, from gardeners and postmen to kings; from Hindus to Muslims and Christians.
The Arya Mission Institution published commentaries by Lahiri on the Bhagavad Gita, along with other spiritual books, including a Bengali translation of the Gita. Lahiri himself had printed thousands of small books with excerpted passages from the Gita, in Bengali and Hindi, and distributed them for free.
He gave permission to one disciple, Panchanan Bhattacharya, to start an institution in Kolkata to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga.
Some of his notable disciples included:
- Panchanan Bhattacharya,
- Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
- Swami Pranabananda,
- Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari,
- Bhupendranath Sanyal
- The parents of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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