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Welcome to the August edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. In honour of the 150th anniversary of the reemergence of Kriya Yoga, we offer this special edition eNewsletter.

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Paramahansa Yogananda on Kriya Yoga

150th Anniversary of Kriya Yoga

How to Learn Kriya Yoga

Upcoming Events

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Kriya Yoga-Highest Method of God Contact

Inspiration

Kriya Yoga not only points out a universal highway of ascending the soul to the Spirit, but gives mankind a daily usable technique through whose practise the devotee, with the help of a guru, may reenter the kingdom of God. One theoretical teaching leads only to another, but any true practitioner of Kriya Yoga finds it to be the shortest way and quickest conveyance to the kingdom of Spirit.

The centre of consciousness for the average individual is his body and the outer world. The yogi changes his centre of consciousness by nonattachment to the body and to worldly hopes and fears. By a technique − such as Kriya Yoga − of consciously controlling the life processes that tie the consciousness to the body (stilling the heart and breath), the yogi becomes established in the eternal wisdom-perception of Spirit.

The aftereffects of Kriya bring with them the utmost peace and bliss. The joy that comes with Kriya is greater than the joys of all pleasurable physical sensations put together. "Unattracted to the sensory world, the yogi experiences the ever new joy inherent in the Self. Engaged in divine union of the soul with Spirit, he attains bliss indestructible" (Bhagavad Gita V:21).

Learn about the Kriya Yoga path of meditation or read more from Paramahansa Yoganandaji on the Benefits of Kriya Yoga.

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Kriya Yoga: Royal Technique of God-Realization

Inspiration

The year 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of Yogavatar Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya's first meeting with the deathless Guru, Sri Sri Mahavatar Babaji near Ranikhet in the Himalayas, and his initiation into the sacred science of Kriya Yoga.

Our beloved Gurudeva Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda first brought this celestial blessing to the attention of the world through his Autobiography of a Yogi, in which he said, "This auspicious event did not happen to Lahiri Mahasaya alone; it was a fortunate moment for all the human race. The lost, or long-vanished, highest art of yoga was being brought to light."

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Yogoda Satsanga Lessons (a home-study series) give Paramahansa Yoganandaji's step-by-step instructions in the yoga techniques of meditation, concentration, and energization that he taught, including Kriya Yoga. The Lessons also feature Paramahansa Yogananda's invaluable "how-to-live" teachings for all aspects of attaining balanced physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

After a preliminary period of study and practise of the basic techniques, students are eligible to apply for initiation in Kriya Yoga. At the time of initiation they formally establish the sacred guru-disciple relationship with Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda and his lineage of gurus.

The Lessons are described in the free online booklet: Undreamed-of Possibilities.

New Release

TOUR PROGRAMME OF YSS SANNYASIS — AUGUST 2011
We are happy to announce that Yogoda Satsanga sannyasis will visit the places listed below during August 2011 to give classes on the meditation techniques and how-to-live principles taught by Gurudeva Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda:

Monastic Tour to RAIPUR, Chhattisgarh August 11, 2011

Monastic Tour to BILASPUR, Chhattisgarh August 13 – 15, 2011

Monastic Tour to TRIVANDRUM, Kerala August 13 – 15, 2011

We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. Check your inbox each month for more inspiration and wisdom from the teachings of Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda.

In divine friendship,
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

 

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The blessed role of Kriya Yoga in East and West has hardly more than just begun. May all men come to know that there exists a definite, scientific technique of Self-realization for the overcoming of all human misery!

Paramahansa Yogananda

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