Kriya yoga meditation

In this fast-paced world of 21^st century, the most sought-after things indeed are serenity and peace. Being at peace with ourselves, within ourselves. The more kinetic the world has become, the more has increased the search for peace.  Over the years, numerous ways have been discovered and tried by many. And probably, the best among them is Dhyana or Meditation.

Scientific elaboration of the vibration of Prana along 6 Chakras of spinal cord

The obvious questions, now:

• Does dhyana refer to mere sitting down and concentrating on a certain thing?
• Or, calmly sitting down and trying to think about nothing?

 And, most importantly:

•  Can dhyana be performed explicitly or does it happen on its own?  

 To realize the answers, it’ll be better to dig deeper-

Dhyana is mentioned In the Sadhana Pada of Yoga sutra by Maharshi Patanjali. Here Maharshi expatiates on the perpetual, most secret and scientific knowledge of Yoga. Yoga is to be attained through eight different stages.  Yoga – meaning union. Union of individual consciousness with universal consciousness. Where, personal desires cease to exist.

Yoganganushthanadashuddhikshaye jnanadiptiravivekakhyate   [28]
With the performance of the eight-fold yoga, impurities will be eliminated, the Radiance of Beatific jnana[Knowledge] beyond the gunas will expand.

yama niyamasana pranayama pratyahara dharanadhyanasamadhayoshtavangani  [29]
Yama, niyama,asana,pranayam, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi -- these are the eight limbs of yoga. 

Dhyana is the seventh stage of eightfold yoga. Meditation is undoubtedly the latest craze and it is claimed that it helps in instant self-awakening. However, the truth is, only after succeeding the severely exact six previous stages of yoga discipline, dhyana occurs. Dhyana occurs on its own. It can not be performed as an action point. When, all the sensory faculties and manas[mind] itself become static-as the desire to sit for dhyana even cease to exist. Dhyana is not concentration, rather its realizing the self through Yoga sadhana. Unconditional, endless and selfless LOVE for the eternal flow of Prana prevails. The Sadhana of Prana - Pranayama. This is when Nishkam karma occurs on its own. Karma that doesn’t generate any karmafal [karmic result]. This is the stage where yogi prepares himself for the final stage of Absolute Union (Samadhi).

The eternal Holy knowledge to reach this state is in fact Brahma vidya as described by Sri Bhagavan in Gita. The supreme science of the soul within. But with Yuga decedance, this Prana Sadhana or Atma vidya sank into oblivion. 

Advent of Bhagavan at the Kali Yuga - Satya Yuga juncture

But, as promised by Bhagavan in Gita, He again came in the form of Yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya on the juncture of Kali Yuga and Satya Yuga. He again revived this Holy knowledge of Brahma Vidya as He imparted the teachings of Kriyayoga. The term ‘Kriyayoga’ is mentioned in Yoga Sutra of Maharshi Patanjali. Although mentioned very often as 'Kriya Yoga', in reality it's a single word - Kriyayoga. This is only Rajayoga and Karmayoga described in Gita. The knowledge of knowing the self.

The Holy Book Purana Purusha

Ref:  Purana Purusha authored by Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master. The book is based on the sacred and confidential 26 personal diaries written by Lahiri Mahasaya Himself during His most exalted Yogabastha. It’s also an authentic biography on the life of Lahiri Mahasaya. This book is a remarkable blend of spirituality, literature and philosophy with its part commentary on Bhagavat Gita, Upanishads and other scriptures.The Gita of Satya Yuga.

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master

A Mahayogi himself, Yogacharya Dr. Chatterjee has penned down several other books on the science of Kriyayoga. He is also the founder-director of  Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM).

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79th Birthday of Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master

Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM) humbly welcomes everyone on the auspicious occasion of 79^th birthday celebration of Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master.

Venue:      Science City auditorium, Kolkata, India

Date:        24^th December, 2011.

Time:        4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Audio-visual presentation on the supreme science of Kriyayoga and the universal flow of Prana through – “Srishti – Sthiti – Laya” [Creation - Perseverance - Obliteration]

Documentary on the divine life of Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee.

A spiritual discourse on Kriyayoga by Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee.

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Contact:     09433464477

Kriyayoga - the primordial and perpetual science of true Sanatana Dharma as revived by Bhagavan Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya. The Dharma of Atman. The Dharma of Prana. According to Sashtra, static state of Prana itself is God. The manifestation of Prana is present in all of us. But, it has to be Realized through Sadhana. And the way to realize Prana is ‘Pranayama’. The Bhagavat Gita talks about this most sacred and secret Pranayama.

apane juhvati pranam prane‘panam tatha‘pare

pranapanagati ruddhava pranayamaparayanah [verse 29: chapter 4]

Science of Prana Vibration along Spinal Cord

This Pranayama or Kriyayoga can only be obtained from a Brahma-gyani and self-realized Guru. Only Sadguru can lead a sadhak to the correct path of enlightenment

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee is a Mahayogi himself and World Kriyayoga Master. His first guru was Sri Annada Charan Sastri, disciple of Sri Panchanan Bhattacharya, an elevated disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri. After Sastri ji's demise, Dr. Chatterjee obtained initiation from Sri Sundarlal Lala of Varanasi & later from Sri Satyacharan Lahiri, grandson of Yogiraj. Perhaps less known, but the lineage always maintained the strict norms set by Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya Himself, without committing any change in the practice itself. 

Yogacharya Dr. Chatterjee and His Guru Yogivar Sri Satya Charan Lahiri Mahasaya

Kriyayoga – in its most original and unmodified form as imparted by Lahiri Baba himself. Even at his age of 79, relentlessly spreading the teachings of Lord Shyamacharan. 

The Holy Book "Purana Purusha"

He is also the author of the Holy book “Purana Purusha”, which is directly based on the 26 personal diaries written by Bhagavan Lahiri Mahasaya Himself, on His most exalted Yogabastha. He has founded Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM) and the temple of Yogiraj at Kakdwip, West Bengal, India and in Pune, India; with the sole objective that mankind can derive the pure and unmodified Kriyayoga revived by Lahiri Mahasaya.

His call to mankind - "ONE WORLD, ONE RELIGION, ONE GOD, ONE MAN” in the parliament of world religions held at Val St.Hugon,france in 1997.

Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya and Kriya Yoga

                                                         Bhagavan Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri

Of everything, that Indian heritage and culture has offered, probably the supreme is Yoga.  Although, now a days, used in most misleading ways, ‘Yoga’ literally means union. Union of individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness. Individual senses and desires cease to exist. Where the kinetic state of Prana becomes ever-static.  Yoga Sutra of Maharshi Patanjali says:

‘Niscintya yoga ucyate’ – meaning: The thought-free state is yoga.

Advaita [Non-duality] is acquired in this dominion of Nishkam karma.

This science of Prana is indeed Kriyayoga as being mentioned in Yoga Sutra. The unconditional and never ending LOVE for the most primordial existence of the Universe - Prana. The 1^st sloka of Sadhana Pada itself says:

“tapahsvadhyayeshvara pranidhananikriyayogah”

It is described in Shastras, that static state of Prana is the God. This prana is embedded in all human beings in the form of the shvasa [breathing] which keeps fluctuating; the path to make it stable is Kriyayoga.The exercise of Prana - Pranayama.

                                                            The Science of Prana Vibration along spinal cord

This Pranayama is quite different than the everyday word ‘pranayama’ that we might be aware of. The pranayama that Kriyayoga talks about is indeed the best and to be done along the spinal cord. Gita describes this to be Raj Vidya and Raj Gujhyang [best of all the knowledges and utmost secret]. Gita talks about this pranayama in Sloka 29 of chapter 4. The oblation of Prana vayu into Apana vayu and vice versa.  This most confidential Kriyayoga gyan can only be obtained from a self-realized Sadguru.

Kriyayoga only is mentioned by ‘Raja yoga’ by Bhagavan Sri Krishna in Gita. This is only Karma yoga. As per the rule of prakriti, due to Yuga decadence, this most sacred Yoga almost lost into oblivion. But, as Bhagavan promised in Bhagavat Gita that He will appear junctures of two yugas, He again descended in the human form of Bhagavan Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya. Thus at the juncture of Treta and Dvapara yuga God himself made His advent in the form of Bhagavan Sri Ramchandra, similarly at the juncture of Dvapara and Kali yuga as Bhagavan Sri Krishna. His principal aim being to re-establish His own ideals and give declining Sanatana Dharma [the eternal religion] a push. Thus accordingly at the end of Kali yuga and beginning of Satya yuga i.e. 5000 years after Lord Krishna’s period God made his re-advent in the form of Lord Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya. This divine child caused His descent on the 30th of September 1828 A.D. at the village Ghurni of Nadia district, West Bengal. Later on, during his childhood only, he moved to Varanasi along with his family.

Advent of God at different Yuga-junctures. Bhagavan Lahiri Mahasaya at Kali-Satya yuga transition phase

He got initiated into the holy science of Kriyayoga by Mahavatar Babaji during his stay in Ranikhet for official reasons.  In fact, the most supreme and enigmatic character of Indian spirituality – Mahavatar Babaji was another manifestation of Bhagavan Lahiri Mahasaya Himself. This was to ensure the Guru-Sishya parampara [tradition] is maintained. The way, Bhagavan Sri Krishna found His Sadguru in Muni Sandeepan.

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Lahiri baba revived this perpetual science of Atman at the very juncture of Kali Yuga and Satya Yuga Satya yuga started from 1895 when Lahiri Baba left his physical form (Please refer to the book “Who is this Shama Churn” by Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee. Mathematical deduction with the count of pranayama, is provided) and bestowed it upon the mankind.

Yogiraj Lahiree Mahasaya used to write down His most exalted yogic realizations in His confidential personal diaries. These are realizations by none other than the fountain-head of Kriyayoga - Bhagavan Lahiree Mahasaya.26 such diaries; they are treasures to the entire world - depicting the true Advaita Sanatana Dharma.

The Holy book 'Purana Purusha'

To feel and know the true essence of Kriyayoga, please read the book:  “Purana Purusha Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiree”, which is based directly on these 26 diaries of Lahiri baba Himself!! This book is a remarkable blend of spirituality, literature and philosophy. A spiritual biography of Yogiraj and at the same time, providing yogic significance and commentary on several holy scriptures like Bhagavat Gita and Upanishads.

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master

                                                                                                               

Author of this book Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee is himself a self-realized Mahayogi of the highest order with Kriya experience spanning over more than 5 decades.  He is disciple of Yogivar Sri Satyacharan Lahiri Mahasaya[grandson of Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya]. Also the founder-director of Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM). The mission with the sole objective of spreading the words of Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya.

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Purana Purusha Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiree

Kriyayoga - the primordial and perpetual science of true Sanatana Dharma as revived by Bhagavan Sri Shamachurn Lahiree Mahasaya.

Purana Purusha - the book

Yogiraj Lahiree Mahasaya used to write down His most exalted yogic realizations in His confidential personal diaries. These are realizations by none other than the fountain-head of Kriyayoga - Bhagavan Lahiree Mahasaya.26 such diaries; they are treasures to the entire world - depicting the true Advaita Sanatana Dharma. Dharma that's latent in all of us and is to be realized only through Yoga Sadhana. Dharma that's beyond any caste, community, colour, creed. It's indeed the science of the soul inside. The science beyond all the other sciences. The mergence of individual consciousness into universal cosmic consciousness. The science of ubiquitous Prana. The science of being One with the Supreme Non-dual entity.

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee and his guru Yogivar Sri Satya Charan Lahiree Mahasaya

These 26 diaries were in the custody of Yogivar Sri Satya Charan Lahiree Mahasaya(grandson Yogiraj Lahiree Mahasaya).He, on a later date, asked his most favourite and advanced disciple Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee to write a spiritual and authentic biography of Yogiraj Lahiree Mahasaya by

entrusting him with those 26 invaluable diaries."Purana Purusha Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiree" authored by Yogacharya Dr. Chatterjee is that rare book which is directly based on the personal diaries of Lahiree Mahasaya.

This book is a remarkable blend of spirituality, literature and philosophy. The author himself being a Mahayogi of the highest echelon, illustriously describes the sublime spiritual life of Lahiree Mahasaya in the book. The book is actually part biography and part commentary on Lahiree Mahasaya's life, on the Indian scriptures, including The Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. There is enough previously unpublished material about Lahiree Mahasaya's life that it is well worth reading for that alone. It is wonderful to learn of even the mundane occurrences in the great yogi's life, such as how he would take tiffin with a little amount of ghee and sugar for breakfast and smoke a hookah everyday after dinner, and how he travelled often by boat to the court of the King to tutor his son. These warming and inspiring stories bring Lahiree Mahasaya even closer to heart.

Advent of Bhagavan at different Yugas

Going further deep,the book focuses on the scientific essence of ancient Indian Yoga sadhana and it’s ideals as revived by Bhagavan Shama Churn Lahiree Mahashaya. It traces back the origin of the term 'Kriyayoga' which is also mentioned in Yoga Sutra by Maharshi Patanjali and was later changed to 'Rajayoga' by Sri Krishna. It puts light on the ancient scriptures and tries to find out their true meaning, hiding behind, from the yogic perspective. The book describes Yogiraj's search for his guru Mahavatar Babaji, his exalted yogic state.

Also the book reavels the true identity of, perhaps the most supreme and enigmatic spiritual entity of India, Mahavatar Babaji.

The book "Puarana Purusha" is undoubtedly the Gita of Satya Yuga (Satya Yuga started from 1895 as soon as Bhagavan Shama Churn left His mortal frame); a must read for all initiated into Kriyayoga and also for all seekers of this blessed path and for everyone else. 

Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master

The author of this book Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee is himself a Mahayogi of the highest order with Kriya experience spanning over more than 5 decades. He is the World Kriyayoga Master. He  teaches KriyaYoga-original and unadulterated, as imparted by none other than Yogiraj Shyamacharan Lahiree Mahashaya, without any modification in the practice. He was invited as sole representative from India to participate and mediate in the Parliament of World Religions held at Val St. Hugon, France in 1997 convened by Dalai Lama and sponsored by United Nations Organization, UNESCO, UNCHR.


Yogacharya ji is also the founder-director of Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM). Sole objective of this mission is to spread awareness about Bhagavan Sri Lahiree Mahasaya and also cater the knowledge of unmodified Kriyayoga sadhana to the soul seekers.

Please visit the site : http://www.kriyayogashyamacharan.org/

Profile and blogs (excerpts from 'Purana Purusha') in speakingtree :

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