THE POWERFUL SPIRITUAL FORCES BEHIND THE PHOTOS OF THE MASTERS a Devotee’s Stories SRF magazine, November, 1950 Accra, West Africa A member of the Accra SRF Center has written a letter to the Los Angeles headquarters, as follows: June 5, 1950Two months ago I bought a portrait of the Mahavatar Babaji. I hung the photo … Continue reading “THE POWERFUL SPIRITUAL FORCES BEHIND THE PHOTOS OF THE MASTERS”; Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya ~a Devotee’s Stories

July 25: MAHAVATAR BABAJI SMRITI DIVASyssofindia.org Babaji’s Cave area is the place where Babaji initiated Lahiri Mahasaya in 1861 and is the birth of Kriya Yoga in this Dwapara Yuga. All the Kriyabans in the world can trace their lineage to this event. The mountainous region around Dwarahat is hallowed with memories of Mahavatar Babaji, … Continue reading MAHAVATAR BABAJI, LAHIRI MAHASAYA and THE BIRTH OF KRIYA YOGA, 1861 ~ “All the Kriyabans in the world can trace their lineage to this event.”

The Writing of the Autobiography was Prophesied Long Ago The writing of this work had been prophesied long ago. One of the seminal figures in the renaissance of yoga in modern times, the revered nineteenth-century master LAHIRI MAHASAYA (1828–1895), had foretold: “About fifty years after my passing, an account of my life will be written because of … Continue reading LAHIRI MAHASAYA PROPHESIES AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI ~ SRF

“Let the fragrance of the Kriya flower be wafted in a natural way,” [Lahiri Mahasaya] said. “The seeds of Kriya will take sure root in the soil of spiritually fertile hearts.” Although the great master did not adopt the system of preaching through the modern medium of an organization, or through the printing press, he … Continue reading LAHIRI MAHASAYA: Kriya Takes Root in Soil of Fertile Hearts ~ Yogananda, AY

See also~~ LAHIRI MAHASAYA Resurrects Himself Before Sw. Keshabananda ~ Yogananda, AY LAHIRI MAHASAYA:  “‘I am going home.’ “Sobs of anguish broke out like an irresistible torrent. “‘Be comforted; I shall rise again.‘  After this utterance Lahiri Mahasaya thrice turned his body around in a circle, faced the north in his lotus posture, and gloriously … Continue reading LAHIRI MAHASAYA’S ASHES ENSHRINED ~ Yogananda, AY

LAHIRI MAHASAYA carefully graded Kriya into four progressive initiations.  He bestowed the three higher techniques only after a devotee had manifested definite spiritual progress.  One day a certain chela, convinced that his worth was not being duly evaluated, gave voice to his discontent. “Master,” he said, “surely I am ready now for the second initiation.”  … Continue reading Humble Postman Swims in the Sea of Spirit, LAHIRI MAHASAYA ~ Yogananda, AY

  The Christ Consciousness dwelt also in LAHIRI MAHASAYA.  One day when he was discoursing to his disciples on Christ Consciousness as explained in the Bhagavad Gita, Lahiri Mahasaya suddenly cried out, “I am drowning in the bodies of many souls off the coast of Japan!”  The next day his disciples learned from a newspaper account … Continue reading The Christ Consciousness, Jesus and Lahiri Mahasaya ~ Yogananda and Jesus

At last night’s commemorative service for our dear Yogiraj, Swami Ishtanandaji told the wonderful, and slightly comical, story about Lahiriji silencing the crowd.  There was an intellectualist in Banares that declared Brahman only approachable through Its Nirguna Aspect (Impersonal).  He said that if he could win in a debate that a famous murti would be … Continue reading A Miraculous and Slightly Comical LAHIRI MAHASAYA Story ~ a devotee note

SWAMI KEBALANANDA, Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya, Yoganandaji’s beloved Sanskrit tutor   “Rarely fortunate, I was able to remain near Lahiri Mahasaya for ten years. His Banaras home was my nightly goal of pilgrimage. The guru was always present in a small front parlor on the first floor. As he sat in lotus posture on a … Continue reading LAHIRI MAHASAYA, ‘…Living Temple of God’, Sw. Kebalananda ~ Yogananda, AY

  PARAMAHANSAJI:  “Revered Mother, I was baptized in infancy by your prophet-husband. He was the guru of my parents and of my own guru Sri Yukteswarji. Will you therefore give me the privilege of hearing a few incidents in your sacred life?” I was addressing SRIMATI KASHI MONI, the life companion of Lahiri Mahasaya. …. … Continue reading LAHIRI MAHASAYA’S Consort SRIMATI KASHI MONI Realizes His Divinity ~ Yogananda, AY