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““Practice Kriya night and day. It is the greatest key to salvation. Other people go by books and lesser practices, but it will take them incarnations to reach God.” – Paramhansa Yogananda
Kriya Yoga
Spiritual masters usually empower some of their close disciples to carry on their tradition, even during their own lifetime. For example, it is mentioned in the Bible, “Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.” John 4:2. This Kriya technique has been transmitted through the same sacred initiation ceremony that was performed by Babaji for Lahiri Mahasaya, passed down through the disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya and onward through their disciples to succeeding generations. Paramhansa Yogananda had also authorised a number of his close disciples to give Kriya initiation on his behalf, one being Swami Kriyananda. Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings have put the technique of Kriya Yoga into the wider context of a yogic lifestyle. Educational centres and communities based on this lifestyle have been developed in the United States, Europe, and India by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda.
Swami Kriyananda has also trained devotees in the teachings of Self-realisation, helping them to prepare for and receive Kriya, each student according to his own capacities and pace. In recent years Swami Kriyananda authorised some members of the Ananda Sangha to give Kriya initiation in Yogananda’s name.
Join us for this blessed initiation in receiving or renewing the Kriya Yoga technique with Nayaswami Jaya (Authorized by Swami Kriyananda to give Kriya Yoga Initiations).
Nayaswami Jaya:
Nayaswami Jaya Helin is among the founding members of Ananda. For many years he served as the general manager of Ananda Village, overseeing the development of housing and business clusters, roads, water and phone systems, and other infrastructure that supports the Village residents and guests. Later, he and his wife helped start an Ananda Center on the East Coast of the U.S., and from there, it was only a short “jump” to Ananda India! Jaya is an Ananda Lightbearer and Kriyacharia (authorized to initiate devotees into Kriya Yoga). For the past several years he and his wife have been helping to pioneer Ananda India.
For more details on bookings, accommodation and any information contact shamini@anandaindia.org / 09011069792.
“Kriya Yoga directs energy lengthwise around the spine, gradually neutralizing the eddies of chitta. At the same time it strengthens the nerves in the spine and brain to receive cosmic currents of energy and consciousness. Yogananda stated that Kriya is the supreme yoga science.”
—Swami Kriyananda, The Path
