| Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of
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| | an ancient illuminato, Vivasvat, who gave
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| Yoga that was revived in modern times by
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| | it to Manu, the great legislator. He, in
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| Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. Paramahansa
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| | turn, instructed Ikshwaku, the father of
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| Yogananda brought it into widespread
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| | India -- solar warrior dynasty."
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| public awareness through his book
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| | Yogananda says that Patanjali was
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| Autobiography of a Yogi. The system
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| | referring to Kriya Yoga when he wrote
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| consists of a number of yogic techniques
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| | "Kriya Yoga consists of body discipline,
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| that hasten the practitioner's spiritual
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| | mental control, and meditating on
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| development and help to bring about a
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| | Aum."[5] And again when he
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| profound state of tranquility and
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| | says,"Liberation can be accomplished by
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| God-communion.
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| | that pranayama which is attained by
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| Yogananda writes that, "The Kriya Yogi
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| | disjoining the course of inspiration and
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| mentally directs his life energy to
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| | expiration."
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| revolve, upward and downward, around the
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| | There are numerous organizations and
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| six spinal centers (medullary, cervical,
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| | teachers that present themselves as
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| dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
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| | teaching the Kriya Yoga that Lahiri
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| plexuses) which correspond to the twelve
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| | Mahasaya brought to the world. Following
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| astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic
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| | are some of them, arranged by the Guru
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| Cosmic Man. One-half minute of revolution
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| | lineage from which they descended.
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| of energy around the sensitive spinal
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| | That trace their source to Lahiri
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| cord of man effects subtle progress in
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| | Mahasaya, through various branches
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| his evolution; that half-minute of Kriya
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| | Kriya Yoga Institute, founded by
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| equals one year of natural spiritual
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| | Paramahamsa Hariharananda, a direct
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| unfoldment."
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| | disciple of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.
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| Recent history
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| | Kriya Yoga Foundation (various practice
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| According to Yogananda, Kriya Yoga was
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| | groups in most European countries, Russia
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| well-known in ancient India, but was
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| | and India), founded by Swami
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| eventually lost, due to "priestly secrecy
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| | Shankarananda Giri, a direct disciple of
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| and man -- indifference." The story of
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| | Swami Narayana Giri (Prabhujee) who in
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| Lahiri Mahasaya receiving initiation into
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| | turn was one of the closest disciples of
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| Kriya Yoga by the immortal yogi Mahavatar
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| | Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.
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| Babaji in 1861 is recounted in
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| | The filial lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya
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| Autobiography of a Yogi.[2] At that
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| | continues in the person of Shibendu
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| meeting, Yogananda wrote that Mahavatar
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| | Lahiri, the great-grandson of Lahiri
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| Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya, "The Kriya
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| | Mahasaya.
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| Yoga that I am giving to the world
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| | Yogacharya Dr.Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee is
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| through you in this nineteenth century,
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| | a disciple of Satya Charan Lahiri
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| is a revival of the same science that
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| | Mahasaya, grandson of Lahiri Mahasaya.
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| Krishna gave milleniums ago to Arjuna;
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| | Sri Shailendra Sharma is a disciple of
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| and was later known to Patanjali and
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| | Shree Satya Charan Lahiri Mahasaya, one
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| Christ."
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| | of the grandsons of Lahiri Mahasaya.
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| Through Lahiri Mahasaya, Kriya Yoga soon
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| | Swami Satyeswarananda Giri is a disciple
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| spread throughout India. Yogananda, a
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| | of Swami Satyananda Giri, a direct
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| disciple of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri who
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| | disciple of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri.
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| was himself a disciple of Lahiri
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| | That trace their source to Lahiri
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| Mahasaya, then brought Kriya Yoga to the
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| | Mahasaya through Paramahansa Yogananda
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| United States and Europe during the 20th
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| | Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by
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| century. Since that time it has spread
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| | Paramahansa Yogananda.
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| throughout the world through various Guru
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| | Ananda, founded by Swami Kriyananda, a
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| lineages, most of which claim descent
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| | direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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| from Lahiri Mahasaya.
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| Lahiri Mahasaya's most well-known
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| | Center for Spiritual Awareness, founded
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| disciples were Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri,
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| | by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of
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| Panchanon Bhattacharya, Swami
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| | Paramahansa Yogananda.
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| Pranabananda, Swami Kebalananda, Swami
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| | Self-Revelation Church of Absolute
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| Keshabananda, and Bhupendranath Sanyal
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| | Monism, founded by Swami Premananda, a
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| (Sanyal Mahasaya).
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| | direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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| Early scripture references
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| Yogananda says that Krishna refers to
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| | Cross and Lotus organization, founded by
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| Kriya Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita:
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| | Yogacharya Mildred Hamilton, a direct
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| "Offering inhaling breath into the
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| | disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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| outgoing breath, and offering the
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| | Song of the Morning Retreat Center,
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| outgoing breath into the inhaling breath,
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| | founded by Yogacharya Oliver Black, a
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| the yogi neutralizes both these breaths;
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| | direct disciple of Yogananda.
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| he thus releases the life force from the
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| | Temple of Kriya Yoga, begun by Goswami
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| heart and brings it under his control."
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| | Kriyananda, Disciple of Shri Shelliji,
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| Also, that Krishna was referring to Kriya
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| | direct Disciple of Yogananda.
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| Yoga when "Krishna relates that it was
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| | Center for Spiritual Enlightenment,
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| he, in a former incarnation, who
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| | founded by Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian, a
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| communicated the indestructible yoga to
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| | direct disciple of Roy Eugene Davis
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