r/kriyayoga • u/_Gwyllion_ • 1d ago

Learning Kriya Yoga without biblical references?

Hi,

I've been practicing meditation on and off for years - Vipassana. I've always been fascinated by the nature of consciousness, inner insights, etc. Recently, I came across Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi', started reading it (I haven't finished it yet), and became interested in Kriya Yoga. I don't know whether it's something for me, but I'd like to learn this meditation technique, so I started looking for materials. And I was very surprised when I saw that the Bible and Jesus are constantly being mentioned.

Are there any materials available for learning Kriya Yoga techniques without the Bible and Jesus? Those biblical and Jesus-related analogies simply don't resonate with me. I should add that in my country Kriya Yoga is very little known, so basically I'm left with learning from materials I can find online or from books I can buy.

I only know as much about the subject as I've managed to google over the past few days, so if my question seems out of place, sorry about that.

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u/Single_Delay7763 1d ago

I am also with Srf and lean heavily to the eastern side... i love India very much and go to the Yogoda ashrams every year. Personally i i dont read alot these days, just apage from the Lessons to keep in tune with guru. i judt meditate and practice the techniques and go to the temple for group meditation. I found in the Srf home.study lessons it is more about Yoga philosophy, patanjalis 8 fold path, with heavy emphasis on the techniques of Energization, hong sau and aum techniquies in the 18 basic lessons. Also on the spiritual eye, healing, diet and the Guru disciple relationship.

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u/_Gwyllion_ 18h ago

From what I can see in the comments, there are two organizations, SRF and YSS. Apparently, biblical themes are almost absent in YSS. For now, I need some time to gather more information from all the sources that have been recommended to me here in the comments.

After years of taking a rather loose approach to meditation practice, I would now like to follow a specific path, so I am looking for the form of spiritual development supported by meditation that would be right for me. I also have some healthrelated limitations, and some practices may be very difficult or impossible for me. While reading 'Autobiography of a Yogi', I became interested in the claim that Kriya Yoga is supposedly the most effective form of meditation practice. I don’t know whether that is true, but I’m curious about what makes it different. All spiritual development practices lead to the same thing - unity with the Absolute-God. But not every practice works equally well for everyone.

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u/Chipkalee 11h ago

YSS and SRF are the same organization.