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Date Posted: 04:28:07 04/17/04 Sat
Author: Anonymous - 25 Mar 2004
Subject: Re: essentials for rapid progress in kriya
In reply to: Sundarar - 25 Mar 2004 's message, "essentials for rapid progress in kriya" on 04:26:55 04/17/04 Sat


" Perhaps those from other kriya lineages than SRF can comment, is devotion at all stressed in your lineages? Seems many of Lahiri's writings hold the relentless practice of kriya as devotion enough. Sanyal seems the exception to this."

Im an SRF'er but I would like to post a reply to your post. I have known several Kriyabans of other lines and I can tell you that all those lines recommend devotion. From what Ive seen, there really isnt very much difference among the different Kriya lines except in occasional different approaches to the techniques of Kriya, but things like the devotional element are the same because that is the very essence of Sanatana Dharma and the Kriya path to the realization of it.

Also, Lahiri Mahashaya stressing relentless practice of Kriya as being "devotion enough" is fully understandable. You have to get to know God in order to love Him, as PY has said. Its hard to try and feel love for someone or something that you do not know. Theres also a deeper reason. Lahiri Mahashaya was an all-sided yogi. He was a bhakta but he was also the consummate jnani and karma yogi and by the practice of Kriya all of these qualities become polished by and by, just like a diamond that receives more facets as it is being cut. The Yogiraj's all-roundedness is a testament to his mastery and accomplishment as a great yogi. Hail to that Great One..

I was inspired by musing about this post of yours and just out of interest I inquired within myself as to which type of yogi my own nature is predominantly going towards. This was the answer I received, "My head is the jnani, my heart the bhakta, my hands and feet the karma yogi. My spine and brain is the kriyavan and my very self?...well, that is Atman, the indefinable."

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