The Bhagavad Gita: In The Light of Kriya

by Lahiri Mahasaya

This is a scriptural commentary of Lahiri Mahasaya on The Bhagavad Gita.




1. Bisad Yoga : Arjuna's (Seeker's) Melancholy

2. Sankhya Yoga : Knowledge of the Self

3. Karma Yoga : Action

4. Jnan Yoga : Knowledge and Wisdom

5. Karma-Sanyas Yoga : Action and Renunciation

6. Avyas Yoga : Practice

7. Jnan-Bijnan Yoga : Knowledge and Realization

8. Akshara-Brahma Yoga : The Eternal Self

9. Raja Vidya Raja Gujya Yoga : The Supreme Science and The Supreme Secret

10. Bibhuti Yoga : The Divine Glories

11. Biswarupa Darsan Yoga : The Universal Form of The Self

12. Bhakti Yoga : Devotion

13. Kshetra and Kshetrajna : The Prakriti-Purusha Yoga

14. Gunatraya Bibhag Yoga : Threefold Qualities

15. Purushottam Yoga : The Supreme Person

16. Daibasura Sampad Bibhag Yoga : The Divine and Demoniacal Properties

17. Shraddhatraya Bibhag Yoga : The Threefold Respect

18. Moksha Yoga : Liberation

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2014

About the author

Lahiri 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.