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Myth of Celibacy in Kriya Yoga

Summary

, 12 min

Why celibacy is not required in Kriya Yoga, drawing on Lahiri Mahasaya's insistence on the householder life, guidance recorded in Purana Purusha, and Banmali Lahiri's image of the pressed spring. It also argues that a rush of Kundalini energy is unnecessary next to the Freeze Response, Tranquil Breath and OM Japa in the chakras.

In this video

Teaches
Celibacy
Discusses
Kriya YogaLahiri MahasayaHouseholder lifePanchanon BhattacharyaPurana PurushaBanmali LahiriKundalini

Key moments

00:00The myth that celibacy is needed to raise Kundalini00:56Lahiri Mahasaya wanted students married, with jobs01:30Panchanon told to renounce his renunciation and get a job02:47Purana Purusha: intimacy every two and a half weeks03:45Why preaching celibacy leads to scandal04:03Family life and meditative life feeding each other05:05Banmali Lahiri: celibacy is like pressing down a spring06:31A rush of Kundalini energy is not necessary07:25Roll up into the brain: tranquil breath, freeze response09:10Khechari during the lovers' embrace09:59The benefit of celibacy peaks at about three weeks10:28Take Lahiri Mahasaya's word for it