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Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. [1]
Despite all tall claims by others, no one is perhaps as authorised as Shibendu Lahiri (born 1939), the great grand son of famous house holder Yogi Lahiri Mahashay (1828-1895), to spread the authentic teachings and techniques of Kriya Yoga in the world today.
Jun 29, 2023 · Lahiri Mahasaya was the esteemed teacher of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and mentor of Paramhansa Yogananda. Yogananda in fact gave him the title “ Yogavatar ”, translated as Incarnation Of Yoga.
This website is maintained to serve the community of Kriya Yoga practitioners and spiritual seekers around the teachings of Great Guru Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya. Here you follow the reflections and meditations on Kriya Yoga, as well as texts on the teachings of the great guru Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashaya.
Lahiri Mahasaya (Shyama Charan Lahiri) is a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. Mahavatar Babaji initiated him in the science of Kriya Yoga and instructed him to bestow the sacred technique on all sincere seekers.
The changed and purified lives of devotees were the simple guarantees of the deathless vitality of Kriya. In 1886, twenty-five years after his Ranikhet initiation, Lahiri Mahasaya was retired on a pension. 17 With his availability in the daytime, disciples sought him out in ever-increasing numbers.
Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian spiritual teacher, a disciple of Babaji and Guru of Sri Yukteswar. He revived the ancient teachings of Kriya Yoga.
Lahiri Mahasaya was the guru of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and thus the param-guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. Lahiri Mahasaya was chosen by his guru Mahavatar Babaji to disseminate the teachings of Kriya Yoga to the world.
The eternal bond of guru and disciple existed between Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya. With tender solicitude the deathless guru swam the Lethean waters that swirled between the last two lives of his chela, and guided the successive steps taken by the child and then by the man Lahiri Mahasaya.
Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 – September 26, 1895), a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji, and the guru of Sri Yukteswar, demonstrated the life of an ideal householder yogi. He is called the father of Kriya Yoga, having been instrumental in bringing the ancient teachings to the modern world and making them accessible to all people including ...
