February 2006 Satsang

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum

This month's satsang was conducted at Mrs. Sagari's residence on 19th. The satsang started by around 11 AM. It was attended by Mrs. Sagari, Mrs. Sudha, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi, Mrs. Suryakumari, Mr. Rajendar Tayal and myself. We started with chanting Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum 16 times each and then we continued to do that day's Kriya Kundalini Pranayama and Kriya Dhyana. Then I read a verse from Patanjali's Yoga sutras (Sadhana Pada Verse 31) written by our Guruji Shri. Govindan Satchidananda along with its explanations given by him in that book. There were references to two other yoga sutras (Sadhana Pada Verse 33 & 34) which was also read along with the explanations given in the book. After this, we all did yoga nidra for about 20-25 mts. Finally we all chanted Lord Shiva mantra and completed the satsang distributing the prasads amongst ourselves. We will again gather the 3rd sunday of March i.e. on 19th of March for the satsang.

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Paambatti

Paambatti is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Sattamuni. His contributions include siddha philosophy. He has attained samadhi at Harisankaran kovil. He was originally a snake charmer before he met his guru Sattamuni. Later after being initiated by his guru, due to his intense sadhana he has became a siddha.


You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Dhanvanthri

Dhanvanthri is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He is known for his contributions on medicine, alchemy, kaya kalpa, 22 known works. He has attained samadhi at Vaideeswaran Kovil.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Patanjali

Patanjali is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Nandi Devar. He is known for his works on yoga sutras classic. He has attained samadhi at Rameswaram. He is also known as father of yoga.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology
Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Siddhas

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Valmiki

Valmiki is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by the great sage Narada. He is very much known for recording the epic work 'The Ramayana'. He has attained samadhi at Ettikudi.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Kamalamuni

Kamalamuni is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He has attained samadhi at Aarur (Tiruvarum). His contributions include two known works on medicine and philosophy.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Idai Kadar

Idai Kadar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by both Boganathar and Karuvoorar. His contributions include two known works: Kaya kalpa. He attained samadhi at Thiruvannamalai. Some of his disciples are Kudambai and Alukkani.


You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Karuvoorar

Karuvoorar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was one of the eminient disciples of Boganathar after being initiated by him. He is popular for his contribution in constructing the Tanjore temple and other medicinal works. Idai Kadar is one of his eminent disciples. He has attained samadhi at Karuvai (karur).

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Kudambai

Kudambai is one of the 18 yoga siddhas, initiated by Alukkani Siddha (disciple of Idai Kadar). Kudamabi siddhar's contributions included siddha philosophy. Her place of samadhi has been Mayavaram.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Ramadevar

Ramadevar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Pulastiyar and Karuvoorar. He is also known as the mandira siddhar. Some of his works include 24 known works: mantra shastra, medicine etc. He has attained samadhi at Alagar Malai.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Sundaranandar

Sundaranandar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Sattamuni & Konkanavar. Some of his contributions include 24 known works: medicine, philosophy etc. He has attained samadhi at Kudal (Madurai).

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Sattamuni

Sattamuni is one of the 18 yoga siddhas initiated by Nandi Devar & Dakshinamoorthy. His contributions include 46 known works, medicine, alchemy & etc. His disciples include Sundaranandar, Paambatti. He has attained samadhi at Srirangam.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Goraknath

Goraknath is one of the 18 yoga siddhas in the 'nath' tradition. He was initiated by Dattatreya (Vishnu), Macchamuni, Allama Prabu. Some of his contributions include "Avadhuta Gita" and 13 other works, order of ascetics, medicine, alchemy, Hatha yoga pradipika classic etc. He has attained samadhi at Poyur (Girnar). You can find his cave in Sathuragiri hills.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Macchamuni

Macchamuni who is also known as Matysendranath is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He has been initiated by Agastyar, Punnakeesar and Pasundar. Some of his contributions include 10 known works on Hatha yoga, Tantric yoga practices etc. Goraknath is one of his eminent disciples. He has attained samadhi at Thiruparrunkundram.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Konkanavar

Konkanavar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas initiated by Boganathar. His contributions include 25 known works in medicine, yoga, philosophy, religion etc. He has over 557 disciples. He has attained samadhi at Tirupati.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas

The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Boganathar

Boganathar who is also known as the Palani Malai Siddhar is one among the 18 yoga siddhas. He was initiated by Kalanginathar and Agastyar. He is a great alchemist of all times. His contributions include yoga, kaya kalpa, medicine, alchemy, natural sciences, philosophy etc. He is the one who has created and installed the idol of Lord Muruga in Palani malai temple. Till now even after ages, the composition of the idol has been a mystery to all scientists around the world. His disciples include Babaji, Konkanavar, Karuvoorar and Idai Kadar.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Thirumoolar

Thirumoolar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas. He has been initiated by Nandi Devar and his contributions include Yoga, philosophy. His 'Thirumandiram' work is very popular among his works. He has attained samadhi in Chidambaram. You can find his cave in sathuragiri hills.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Agastyar

Agastyar is one of the 18 yoga siddhas who have initiated many siddhas including our kriya guru Babaji. He was initiated directly by Lord Shiva himself and his works include medicine, kaya kalpa, Tamil grammar and yoga. Some of his disciples are Boganathar, Babaji, Thiruvalluvar, Macchamuni. He has attained samadhi at Ananthasayana.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Nandi Devar

Nandi Devar is one of the foremost of the 18 yoga siddhas. He has been directly initiated by Lord Shiva himself and some of his contributions include medicine, kaya kalpa & Alchemy. Some of his eminent disciples are Thirumoolar, Patanjali, Dakshinamoorthy, Romarishi & Sattamuni.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

What is Kriya Yoga

Kriya yoga is a scientific method of Self Realization. Kriya means 'action with awareness' and Yoga means 'union with God'. Kriya yoga was given to the mankind in this kali yuga by the great siddha Mahavatar Kriya Babaji Nagaraj. He initiated Lahiri Mahasaya and through him he spread the gospel of kriya yoga to the entire world for the benefit of all human beings irrespective of cast, creed, religion and nationality. Kriya yoga is nothing but the karma yoga which was told by Lord Krishna in his Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 4) to Arjuna. Lord Shiva initiated Parvati in kriya/karma yoga at Mt. Kailash. Vivasvat, gave it to Manu, the great legislator of this world who in turn initiated to Ikshwaku, the father of India's solar warrior dynasty. This great technique was lost over a period of time in the dark ages, until it is rediscovered and taught by the great yogi & siddha of all times Mahavatar Kriya Babaji Nagaraj.

Kriya Yoga is a five fold path comprising of

1. Kriya Hatha Yoga
2. Kriya Kundalini Pranayama
3. Kriya Dhyana Yoga
4. Kriya Mantra Yoga
5. Kriya Bhakti Yoga

Kriya yoga has about 144 techniques which when practised regularly and sincerely will lead to the self realization of the sadhak. Kriya yoga is not a technique to be learnt merely from a book or through online references. Of course reading about kriya yoga through books and other websites will certainly give an insight about this great technique and also as an inspiration to a person. One must be properly initiated into this divine yoga from a guru.

I have only managed to give a very brief introduction or idea about this great yoga technique. For more detailed and clear information, I would suggest visiting the below links and get enlightened about this great yoga.

http://www.babaji.ca/english/kriyayoga.html

http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap26.html

I would also suggest reading the following books to get more information about kriya yoga and its benefits.

An Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda
Babaji and 18 Siddhas by Marshall Govindan

Chakras

This picture below will help to identify each chakras in our body, its location, its importance and also the mantra associated with each chakra. But I would suggest chanting the chakra mantra as initiated by one's own guru.

Tsunami girl

This is my first poem in my life. Actually there was a contest in our office wherein we were asked to write a poem about tsunami girl. At first I was not interested in it. To be frank, I never knew I can ever think of writing a poem. But anyhow I got inspiration from some of my colleagues who have written some great ones. This is my maiden attempt. I really liked the poem I wrote. Not bad for a first timer. After all I should atleast like it more than others, isnt it. But surprisingly my wife too liked it. The poem is written in tamil. Here is it.

My Kriya Lineage

I have been initiated into Kriya Yoga by Shri Govindan Satchidananda who is the disciple of Shri Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah. Yogi Ramaiah is one of the pet disciples of the great siddha Kriya Babaji.


Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah

















Govindan Satchidananda

Kriya Gurus

Mahavatar Kriya Babaji is the source and moola guru of Kriya Yoga. He is the disciple of great siddhas Agasthiyar and Boganathar. He is the guiding light for all the sadhaks in their life who sincerly aspire for upliftment in their spiritual paths. You can find more information about this great siddha in the following links

http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap33.html

http://www.babaji.ca/english/babaji.html







Lahiri Mahasaya is known as the Yogavatar of India. He is one of the chief disciple of Kriya Babaji. He has been initiated directly by Kriya Babaji himself. He is a married person and he has proved to the whole world that one can lead a yogic life with self realization even without renouncing the family and other worldly duties.

You can find more information about his yogic life in

http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap35.html













Sri Yukteswar Giri is the Gnanavatar of India. He is the disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya and the guru of Paramahamsa Yogananda. He has not only performed his yogic duties in this world but also to Hiranyaloka too. You can find so much of information about this yogi who transformed Paramahamsa Yogananda. India is blessed with the birth of such yogis.

You can visit the following link to know more about this great sage of India

http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/contents.html










Paramahamsa Yogananda is the famous disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri. Yogananda is responsible for taking kriya yoga to the west. He has created so many yoga schools in India and as well as in western countries and has enlightened thousands of souls. Any person who has read his book "Autobiography of a Yogi" will get transformed.


You can read this book online from the following link.

http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/contents.html

About Me

I'm Kumaran, from Chennai, India. I'm working as Practice Manager for eNoah iSolution India Private Ltd. I have been initiated into Reiki, pranic healing and Kriya Yoga. My hobbies include practising reiki, pranic healing and kriya yoga, reading spiritual books and watching sports.

My Spiritual Journey

Jan 4 - 6 2001 - I got initiated into Kriya Yoga Level I by Shri Rudra Sivananda at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai

Oct 6- 8 2002 - I got initiated into Kriya Yoga Level II by Shri Marshall Govindan at Thiruvanamalai

Nov 4-5 2005 - I got initiated into Level I & II Reiki and Karuna Reiki by Smt. Ranjini Sampath at her residence in Chennai

Dec 30 2005 - Jan 7 2006 - I got initiated into Kriya Yoga Level III by Shri Govindan Satchidananda at Samvit Sagar Trust Ashram in Uthandi (Near Chennai)