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What is Real Kriya Yoga? - Let's go to the Master

Summary

, 14 min

What real Kriya Yoga is, traced through Panchanon Bhattacharya's oral tradition and Lahiri Mahasaya's Garland of Letters: Kriya without OM Japa in the chakras is tamasic. Covers Yogananda's many teachers and one true guru, how OM Japa's long breath induces heart rate variability, and why Kriya silences the chakras where Kundalini Yoga awakens them.

In this video

Teaches
Discusses
Panchanon BhattacharyaHouseholder lifeTantraAutobiography of a YogiParamahansa YoganandaGuruLahiri MahasayaGarland of LettersHRV ResonanceChakrasKundalini
Mentions
Three gunasSri YukteswarBabajiFinding the chakras

Key moments

00:00What is real Kriya Yoga? Going straight to the source00:33Panchanon Bhattacharya and the householder path01:44Panchanon entrusted with Lahiri's writings and students03:09Tantric techniques gave Panchanon tamasic results03:41Yogananda's four initiations: many teachers, one true guru06:26Perfect teacher meets perfect student: Panchanon surpasses Lahiri07:41Why Lahiri's family published the Garland of Letters08:30Lahiri's letters: Kriya Yoga without OM Japa is tamasic10:00OM Japa means a long breath that induces heart rate variability11:03Chakras as limbic projections: Kriya silences, Kundalini awakens13:13Try it: find the chakras mentally and chant OM in them