Lahiri Mahasaya's 371 Guidelines to Kriya Practitioners: (Includes 108 Words of Wisdom of Lahiri Mahasaya + 10 Personal Letters)

by Lahiri Mahashaya, Panchanan Bhattacharya (Editor)

Overview

Those who do not practice kriya regularly are Shudras.

Patience, devotion, regularity and sincere efforts are pre-requisites of success in the Kriya-practice.

Cold, stale, dry & spicy food should be avoided.

Kriya-practice enables the sadhakas to recollect from memory information regarding previous incarnations.

The 'Kutastha' is present in all persons. Shri Babaji Maharaj Himself inspects the Kriya- practitioners in their 'Kutastha'.

Regular practice for eight years gives consciousness (Divyagyan).

The path of a house-holder is the best for the Kriya-practice.

Practicing 1000 kriya in a month removes all the sins of a practitioner.

Kutastha itself is the God.

No work is more important than the inner journey of mind.

Being in the company of a realized person provides peace and pleasure.

The saints do not express their anguish, (pain). They do not hurt others.

Perform kriya-practice regularly. You, too will be able to let your mind and intellect enter the Sushumna.

Kriya-practice with devotion is the panacea for all type of suffering.

You must discharge your responsibilities for parents, wife/husband & children. It will help in the Kriya-practice.

The Kriya practice can enable you to know your past lives.

On confessing the sins (theft, injustice, illicit relationships etc.) before Rev.Gurudeva, HE destroys them by the Kriya practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798855625042
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/18/2023
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. In 1861, his non-physical master Mahavatar Babaji appeared to him, ordering him to revive the yogic science of Kriya Yoga to the public after centuries of its guarding by masters. He was unusual among Indian holy people in that he was a householder, marrying, raising a family, and working as a government accountant, an "Ideal yogi-householder." He became known in the West through Paramhansa Yogananda, a disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri, and through Yogananda's 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi, considering him a Yogavatar, or "Incarnation of Yoga," since Lahiri himself was chosen by the yogic masters to disseminate the principles of yoga to the world.

Kriya Yoga :-
The central spiritual practice which he taught to his disciples was Kriya Yoga, a series of inner pranayama practices that quickly hasten the spiritual growth of the practitioner. He taught this technique to all sincere seekers, regardless of their religious background. In response to many types of problems that disciples would bring him, his advice would be the same — to practice more Kriya Yoga. Regarding Kriya Yoga, he said:

Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world–so make the acquaintanceship of God now. Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception. Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles. Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of Kriya, learn to escape into Spirit.

He taught that Kriya practice would give the yogi direct experience of truth, unlike mere theoretical discussion of the scriptures, and to Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Though man’s ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful.