Intro to Kriya Yoga of Lahiri Mahasaya

Summary

August 23, 2019, 28 min

An introduction to Lahiri Mahasaya's Kriya Yoga through a reading of the Kriya chapter of Autobiography of a Yogi. It covers Sahaja, pranayama and karma, and why slow resonant breathing, rather than decarbonating the blood, restarts the body's carbon-oxygen exchange. It closes with a reading list (Dasgupta, Kriya Stories, Ashoke Chatterjee) and Lahiri's Kriya numbers.

In this video

Teaches

Kriya YogaCarbon-oxygen exchange

Discusses

Lahiri MahasayaAutobiography of a YogiSahajaPranayamaKarmaHRV ResonanceSailendra Bejoy DasguptaBig Baba SyndromePurana PurushaKriya numbers

Mentions

Paramahansa YoganandaBanmali LahiriChakrasSpiritual eyePranaSelf-fulfilling prophecyMind-body connectionMeditative mellowsBabajiBhagavad GitaSri YukteswarPanchanon BhattacharyaSatyacharan LahiriAshoke ChatterjeeSelf-realization

Key moments

00:00Which Kriya: Lahiri Mahasaya's, in the Panchanon Bhattacharya lineage 01:12Starting with Autobiography of a Yogi and its many editions 03:13Reading the Kriya chapter: Kri, karma and Lahiri's Sahaja 05:14Kriya as pranayama: prana up, apana down, pranakarma 06:36Freedom from karma as silencing the chakra projections 08:02Why "the blood is decarbonated" is incorrect 09:00Carbon and oxygen as a marketplace between body and blood 09:49Jungle cat vs. the boss: why hyperventilation fails long term 12:34The yogi's solution: lower the breath rate, lengthen the breath 15:28Babaji, the Gita stanza and quieting the heart 16:42An indestructible yoga, part of the brain and body 17:58Dasgupta's Kriya Yoga and his student's Kriya Stories 19:50Seekers who ran past Dasgupta looking for a big Baba 21:48Satyacharan in the Abode of Truth 22:27Purana Purusha and Who Is Shyamacharan, from Lahiri's diaries 23:44How many Kriya breaths lead to pratyahara 25:2712, 144, 1,728, 20,736: the Kriya numbers and their meaning