Kriya Yoga Pictures

[guest587]

Yes I believe that deletion is an automated process, it's happened to me too. Better to copy the image URL hosted from another site than to upload an image.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Yes I believe that deletion is an automated process, it's happened to me too. Better to copy the image URL hosted from another site than to upload an image.

Yes you may be correct Eric, because no one takes care of such matters here ,that I know of excerpt me, and I sincerely do not have money to put into this site at this time.

[guest587]

This site is pretty awesome considering it's free. I am grateful Steve, and don't want you to feel burdened. I am not troubled by what works or doesn't. For the most part, we have all been getting along just fine.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

This quote is something that I continuously have contended with in my life….

~ Spend time with none but God, then time will not be wasted ~
                             Baba Hariharananda

And through all my experiences I’ve recognized, but wonder; can there be any meaningful activity we can have with out having every second in the thought that God is part of it? I mean what requires our attention that is important beyond the thought of God? We obviously have to focus on other challenges in our life. But to what extent do they require our attention? This has become more and more a serious concern of my life.

[guest587]

"There is only one virtue and one sin for a soul on the path.
Virtue when he is conscious of God, sin when he is not."
-HIK
In all things, God is present.

[guest587]

"There is only one virtue and one sin for a soul on the path.
Virtue when he is conscious of God, sin when he is not."
-HIK
In all things, God is present.

                       Hazrat Inayat Khan at a younger age

I really like the added photo here, thank you! I definitely *feel something* and when I call HIK my friend, it is a very endearing sensation.

[guest587]

Swami Jnanananda in his old age, "Listen to the trees":

Have you shared this video before under another alias? I remember watching this, and thinking how amazing it was to see him so innocent and joyful in contrast to the honking and hustle and bustle of traffic right outside his house. I saw it a while ago and can't remember if it was introduced here or I just happened to stumble upon it. I love watching him go over and ring the bell and shouting, "Welcome!"

 

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Swami Jnanananda in his old age, "Listen to the trees":

Have you shared this video before under another alias? I remember watching this, and thinking how amazing it was to see him so innocent and joyful in contrast to the honking and hustle and bustle of traffic right outside his house. I saw it a while ago and can't remember if it was introduced here or I just happened to stumble upon it. I love watching him go over and ring the bell and shouting, "Welcome!"

 

Thank - You Uwe and Eric ….I see that he appears to be happy and helpful in understanding the ways of nature. Perhaps like you ‘stumbled’ on this video we can also be happy on how God helps us stumble upon the mysteries and joys that surround us daily. Especially when we are intentional about remembering the ways of spirit in all our experiences.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Mahavatar Babaji
(painting; oil on canvas in the style of the old masters)

Thanks Brother, I wonder about this painting Uwe, it looks different than other drawings/paintings I’ve seen of him. So I wonder if the artist actually saw him or if it is just his rendition of such a great spirit. I’m sure that Babaji could also change his appearance to suit the artist’s preconceived notions and projections of divinity. But that painting sure inspires devotion! i saved it to my photos so we do not lose it!

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Baba Hariharananda & Peter baba (my initiators into Kriya yoga):


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Really feel as though some photos really show the inner nature of the person. And this one really shows what character Peter has. I don’t know him yet but he looks like a man with tremendous strength of character especially in his appearance of appreciation for his Master, here in this photo.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

                            Swami Jnanananda Giri
                       ~* 27.11.1929 to 06.11.2015 *~

The Swiss man who walked to India by his feet in 1952 at the age of 23, after having read the 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahansa Yoganandaji. He never returned home, became a monk initiated into Kriya yoga and stayed in India for the rest of his life.

His Kriya yoga guru was a disciple of Swami Kebalananda (Yoganada's Sanskrit teacher), Swami Atmananda Giri of YSS (Yogoda Satsanga Society) in India who had taken sannyas-initiation (monk-hood initiation) from Paramahansa Yogananda and whom he met at Dakshineswar (Kolkata). He stayed with him in Kolkata for as long as he lived (12 years) before he moved on to the Himalayas.

Here's a close-up interview with him by Malcolm Tillis (1980)!

Some quotes from this interview:

~ "For anyone who has renounced the world, there is no past." ~

~ "I was drawn to complete renunciation: it is the best way to have sufficient time and to leave off thoughts of the world." ~

~ “All spiritual teachings are the same: the essence is to dwell in God, to dwell in the Reality at all times. By spiritual practice one aims to lose one’s little self to become one with the Ideal.“ ~

~ "(My Guru's teaching) was not a question of study from books to add to one’s knowledge. It was to surrender to the Divine to feel what is meant by Reality or Absolute Truth. To feel this is to know It. Such feeling comes by intense self-giving. It is the grace of the unspeakable power of the Divine that opens the way to bestow the new life." ~

~ "Now you have asked me about the hectic conditions under which most people live in the West. I believe the time will come when only those who meditate will be able to sleep at night. The total dependency on money and the security we imagine it brings is total ignorance if we are afraid to be alone without material possessions. At the time of death even millionaires are alone — nothing outside can help us. We are alone with our fears if we are rooted to the body, and we carry those impressions with us into the Beyond. Those who have meditated will also be alone when they leave, but will be filled with peace and they will carry that peace with them. To forget the world makes man a pilgrim; to forget the next world makes him a saint; to forget the ego gives him self-realization; forgetfulness of the forgetful is perfection." ~

~ "There is only the Guru. Guru is a state of consciousness — it is not a person. The person is only the instrument through which the power of guru flows." ~

~ "Now you have asked me about the hectic conditions under which most people live in the West. I believe the time will come when only those who meditate will be able to sleep at night. The total dependency on money and the security we imagine it brings is total ignorance if we are afraid to be alone without material possessions. At the time of death even millionaires are alone — nothing outside can help us. We are alone with our fears if we are rooted to the body, and we carry those impressions with us into the Beyond. Those who have meditated will also be alone when they leave, but will be filled with peace and they will carry that peace with them. To forget the world makes man a pilgrim; to forget the next world makes him a saint; to forget the ego gives him self-realization; forgetfulness of the forgetful is perfection." ~