•Kriya Yoga

Since ancient times, there are several types of yogas. Amongst them Kriya Yogais the easiest, surest and quickest method of mind control, breath control, deep-meditation and for attaining Samadhi. It is not a dogma, nor a cult, nor/is anysectarianism. It is accessible to all religions.

In the stressful life style situation of modern times, Yoga and meditation is •Indispensible.

All persons above 13 years of age should practice original Kriya Yoga for fewminutes twice a day to achieve material end spiritual benefits-such as long life,good health, calmness and constant GOD realisation.

Kriya Yoga is the scientific process of Soul culture and the essence. all religions.Kriya Yoga is a very effective and shortcut technique of God realization. The KriyaYoga technique enables you to realise God through your every action. The moreyou practice it, the more you will feel constant alertness and liberation. Then youget constant God realization. Kriya Yoga enables all persons to be calmly activeand actively calm. If you think of God in your every day's action, then you willremain in a state of Self realization, eternal joy and constant liberation. By thepractice of Kriya technique yoo can always perceive body and soul are workingtogether alld you can also realise the power of God is activating before, after andwhile performing actions.

-Paramahamsa Hariharananda. PARAMAHAMSA HARIHARANANDA

IN MEMORIAM

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

SHORT AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Auspicious Arrival : 27th May, 1907

Heavenly Departure: 4th December, 2002

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First Edition-15th December, 2002

SHORT AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Paramahamsa Hariharananda, one of the greatest selfrealized Master in Kriyii Yoga, is a legend among the spiritualseekers, has attained Nirvikalpa Samiidhi, the state of no pulseand no breath, the state of cessation of all activities of the body,mind, thought, intellect and ego, merged and absorbed in God.Nirvikalpa Samiidhi is the long cherished goal of all aspirantsin the spiritual path. In the Kriya Yoga tradition, he is placedin the linea~e of the Realized Masters: Babaji Maharaj, LahiriMahasaya, Sri Yukteswarji.

He was born on 27th ofMay 1907, in the hamlet of Habibpur,on the bank of the sacred river Gangii, in the district of Nadia,West Bengal, India. Few kilometers away from the birthplaceof Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, a God intoxicated divineincarnation of the 15th century, this village of Habibpur wassanctified by the birth of this holy child, whose childhood namewas Rabindranath. His father Haripada Bhattacharjee was adisciplined, dedicated, devout and determined brahmin, welI-versed in all Hindu scriptures, so also the mother NabinkaliDebi, a pious, generous and loving lady par excellence.

Endowed with an uncommon and marvellous brain power,this divine child memorized all the intricate ma~tras, hymnsand prayers in sanskrit bringing surprise to all. At the age ofeleven, he took the vow of Brahmacarya, i.e. Upanayanaceremony of the brahmins. The desire for spiritual upliftmentwas grQwing. So he went to Sri Bijoy Krishna Chattopadhyay,a householder realized master, living at Howrah, on the Westof Calcutta and took initiation into the path of Jiiiina Yoga atthe age of twelve. He excelled in sacred and secular educationand was well placed in the society as a technocrat.

His thirst for spiritual enlightenment could not be quenchedby material achievement. Meanwhile, he was inspired by hisfamily preceptor Bijoy Krishna to meet Sri Yukteswarji, themost befitting disciple of the great Master of Kriyii Yoga Ubiri

Mahasaya. As advised, he called on Sri Yukteswarji at hisSerampore Asram in 1932 and at last got initiation into KriyaYoga, the sacred and scientific meditation technique.

Under his holy guidance, he learnt much more of astrology,astron9my, palmistry along with strict spiritual discipline andmeditation. Later, when Paramaharhsa Yog~anda returnedto India from USA, in 1935, on the advice of Sri Yukteswarji,he was blessed to witness the state ofSamadhi and was mitiatedinto the second Kriya.

Sri Yukteswarji had the wish that this young celibateRabindranath should renounce the material life and take chargeof his Asram in Puri. However by God's will it took severalyears for the fulfillment of his noble wish..In 1938, he moved tothe Land ofLord Jagannath, the sea-side city ofPuri in EasternIndia. Later on he lived permanently in Karar Asram acceptingasceticism, with the new name of Brahmacliri Rabinarayan.

He started strict spiritual practice of sincere meditation,observing silence for several years. Within a short time,. h~attained perfection in three yogic mudras, vi~ KhechaTl,Bhramari and Sambhavi. After this attainment, asupernatural divine light, i.e. aura was emanating from hisbody which was observed by many.

In the early 40's, the then head of Karar Asram of SriYukteswarji, Srimat Swami Satyananda Giri initiated hi~ intothe third Kriya. Subsequently he learnt ap the ot~er hlgherKriyas from Srimat Bhupendranat~ Sannyal De~a ~arman, ahouse-holder and realized yogi, the youngest disclple of theGreat Guru Yogiraj Lahiri Mahasaya.

In the mid-40's, the most secret technique of Samadhi wasrevealed to him by a young, anonymous and mysterious yogi,who came and appeared in Karar ASram himself. During thisperiod he attained six stages of Samadhi. Finally in 1948, hewas blessed to achieve the highest spiritual attainment, thestate of Nirvikalpa Sam8dhi (breathless state with no pulse)and Paramaharhsa stage.

During this period of spiritual practice and attainment ofperfection, he not only engaged himself fully into meditationand God communion, but also looked after the construction and

beautification of the Holy Karar Asram, even the SamadhiTemple of Sri Yukteswarji.

In the late 40's, the Divine Master, the Great-incarnateMahavatar Babaji, miraculously appeared in his closed livingroom and again in his personal meditation room in the premisesof Karar Asram twice; blessed him and expressed hissatisfaction on the spiritual practice and attainment. He alsopredicted to make BaM as his divine instrument to propagateKriya Yoga in East and West. In the 60's he visited Ranikhet inthe Himalayas and meditated in the Holy Cave, where Babajiinitiated Lahiri Mahasayaand heard the divine voice ofBabaji :"This time you cannot see me. Go and spread my workeverywhere."

As a symbol of Divine Love and Service, in spite of all hisbusy schedule, he kept many helpless orphan children in theAsram, who with his loving care and guidance, in course oftime, not only became well educated, but also were well placedin the society.

In 1951, Paramahamsa Yogiinandaji requested andauthorised him to initiate sincere seekers into Kriya Yoga. Fromthat time he started initiating and teach Divine technique ofKriya Yoga to thousands of people and leading them along thespiritual path. (Such authorization is printed herein.)

He made his life as the symbol of synthesis ofKarma (Action),Jnana (Knowledge), Bhakti (Devotion) and above all an idealsymbol of practice of Kriya Yoga. Most of the time he was usingto meditate throughout the night, before his presiding deityMother KaH, a form of formless Divine mother. On September27, 1958 the Divine Mother appeared before him with HerDivine Effulgence and graced him with blessings and directedhim to spread the divine mission for the spiritual upliftment ofthe world.

In the Indian tradition, a Brahmacari ultimately becomesSwami, a monk. With some rites and rituals, the thenSankaracarya ofPuri, Gobardhan pith, Jagadguru, Srimat Swami Bharati Krishna Teerthajee Maharaj initiated him into thelife of Sannyas, i.e. complete renunciation; whitecladBrahmacari Rabinarayan became saffron clothed Swami

Hariharananda Giri. Hariharlinanda means the Divine Blisscoming from the Absolute formless God. It happenedincidentally on his birthday May 27, 1959.

During his constant stay in Purl, he was loved by almost allmonks living in Puri. Many were coming to him for somediscussion or explanation of the scripture or clarification of theirdoubts.

He was blessed by many God-intoxicated Divine Masters likeAnandamoyee Ma, Nanga Biba Digiimbara Paramahamsa anaked and realized Master living at one end of Purl nearLokenath Temple.

Then he dedicated most of his time teaching and preachingKriya Yoga . People of all castes, creeds and social stratagathered around him to hear his sweet divine interpretation ofthe scriptures in a new metaphorical way. He started touringto different parts ofIndia and widening the Kriya Yoga networkthroughout the country.

It was early 70's. There was the conference of Religions ofthe world under the auspices of the Divine Life Society, a leadingspiritual organisation at Cuttack Barabati Stadium. The venuewas packed with people from different parts of the world, severalthousands spiritual audiance. There Bibi delivered two talksin English; The Essence of All Re.ligioEJs, The Message ofSpiritual Life. All monks, renowned intellectuals were amazedwith his brilliant, well~convincing and influencial talk. Manyspiritual organisations invited him after that to their asramsand conferences to bless and grace the devotees with his divineutterances.

The smell of the flower cannot be hidden. Hundreds of peoplefrom different parts of the world were gathering in Puri As ramof Sri yukteswarji and were accepting him as their divine guide,the Master. His message was spread in the Western worldthrough those who came in his touch. They were requestingSw8miji sincerely to step into the west and to make the extrovertand restless minds of the western people introvert and tranquiland make them spiritually advanced by perceiving innercalmness through breath control.

It was 1974, ultimately he had no way but to accept theirrequest and invitation to come to the west and to carry out the

divine will of Bibiji, Lihiri Mahasaya and Sri Yukteswarji, togive people the taste of original Kriya practice. He first cameto Switzerland and later on to Germany, France, Holland,Belgium, England and many other European countries. In 1975,Baba came to USA, Canada, South America and many othercountries. Thousands of people in the west are transformed byhis holy touch. By his divine touch, the student can perceivetriple divine perceptions, visualisation of divine light, hearingthe divine sound and a divine sensation in the whole body.Sincethat time, till now, he has been touring to different parts of theworld and carrying out the divine work.

He is well versed in the Vedas, the Upani~ads, the BhagavadGita, the Brahmasutra, Smrutisastras, Karmakanda, otherHoly Indian Scriptures, along with thorough knowledge of the'Ibrah, the Holy Bible, the Kuoran, the Buddhist Scripturesand ethical and metaphysical teachings of all the religions ofthe World, Master of different systems of Yoga, ParamahamsaHariharanandaji js a uniqe spiritual preceptor, who throughhis simple life-style, with love, teaches the scientific techniqueof Kriya Yoga in theory and practice.

Saffron clad, blessed with a body of unique diVine aura, witha red vermilion mark on the forehead like a rising sun, beardand long hair, his divine physical appearance' attracts the mindto the divine state. He is 90 years young, In spite of the pressureof age, he is marching forward, with God in himself to spendevery moment and breath for the betterment and spiritualupliftment of the mankind.

Paramahamsaji having mastery in 60 many languages, withhis sweet divine voice like a singing bird, touches the heart ofthe disciples. His simple smile is enough to perceive divine bliss.He is a child to the children, young to the youth and old to theaged. He is so loving, caring and affectionate, everyone comingin his divine company remembers the sweet memory. He is notdry or dumb like some other monks, not like a stone statue,rather he is an incarnation of love, compassion and service.His life is an ideal life of sacrifice and God-consciousness. Heteaches at every moment of time in different way for progressin the spiritual path.

Author of many books, with yogic and metaphorical

interpretation in a scientific way, his works have beentranslated into many Indian and Western languages. He alsospends more time in writing and sending his message todifferent parts of the world. Due to his proficiency in manylanguages his teachings 'are widely acceptable and easyaecessible to even an illiterate person. That is why sincereseekers around the world gather and flockaround him to realizetheir own selves.

ParamahaIhsa Hariharanandaji, lovingly addressed as Baba,the Divine Father, the unique world teacher, free from religiousdogma and sectarian belief, is a Godlike personality. He maybe described as having the love of Jesus, head of Sankara,devotion of Sri Caitannya and heart of Buddha. Come to himand realize his spiritual stature and love. Sit face to face withthis God-intoxicated and God-realized master, listen to hislilting and sweet voice declaring in a nutshell, the key of theauthentic Kriya Yoga:

"Breath-Control is Self-Control.Breath-mastery is Self-mastery.

Bteathlessness stage is deathlessness stage."

Paramahamsa Hariharananda took his last breath at 6.48p.m.EST, 3rd December 2002 at Miami, Florida, USA.

Munden body of Paramahamsa Hariharananda will beimmersed under the earth on 15-12-2002 at "HariharanandaGurukulam" at Balighai, Puri.

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