Kriya Yoga: Patañjali's Path and the Lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya
The two kriya yogas explained: the threefold practice of Yoga Sutra 2.1, which you can begin tomorrow, and the initiatory lineage of Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Yogananda, told from the published sources
Untangle the three things called kriya yoga. Practise Patañjali's kriya yoga from tomorrow: Yoga Sutra 2.1-2.2 word by word in Devanāgarī and IAST with our own translation, then tapas, svādhyāya and īśvara-praṇidhāna as daily practices, and an eight-week journal. Understand the six haṭha purifications from the Pradīpikā and the Gheraṇḍa, with strong precautions, described and never taught. Follow the published history of Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya (1861), Sri Yukteswar and Yogananda, with checked dates, a neutral map of the organisations that initiate today, and ten questions to recognise a serious transmission. No initiatory technique is disclosed.
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Inside the book
- Kriyā: action, rite, purification
- Yoga Sutra 2.1-2.2, word by word
- Tapas in daily life
- Svādhyāya: a programme of study
- Īśvara-praṇidhāna: offering your action
- The ṣaṭkarmas, the 'kriyas' of haṭha yoga: what the texts say, and the precautions
- Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Yogananda: the published history
- The organisations that transmit Kriya Yoga today
- Why initiation, and how to recognise a serious transmission
- Eight weeks of Patañjali's kriya yoga: the journal
- Recap on one page
- Glossary
- Sources
Who it is for
- Practitioners who have read Autobiography of a Yogi and want to know what is documented, what is the lineage's account, and how initiation works
- Students of the Yoga Sutras who want to practise the kriya yoga of 2.1 as a daily discipline
- Anyone who has heard of the haṭha 'kriyas' and wants to know what the texts say before going near them
- Seekers who are considering an initiation and want questions to ask, without being sold any organisation
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