Lahiri Mahasaya

Short description: Indian hindu yogi and guru

Shyama Charan Lahiri

Lahiri Mahasaya in the lotus position or Padmasana

Personal
Born|

Shyama Charan Lahiri

(1828-09-30)30 September 1828

Ghurni village, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj (Present day in Nadia district, West Bengal, India )

Died| 26 September 1895(1895-09-26) (aged 66)

Benares, United Provinces, British Raj

Religion| Hinduism
Nationality| India n
School| Kriya Yoga
Signature|
Philosophy| Yoga
Religious career
Guru| Mahavatar Babaji

Disciples

* Yukteswar Giri
Tinkouri Lahiri
Panchanan Bhattacharya
Keshavananda Brahmachari

Honors| Yogiraj, Kashi Baba

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] According to the book America's Alternative Religions by Timothy Miller, Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder "living fully in the world".[2] A part of Lahiri Mahasaya's face is pictured on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Teacher of Kriya Yoga
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early life

Lahiri Mahasaya was born to Gourmohan and Muktakeshi Lahiri on 30 September 1828, in village Ghurni, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, India, according to Yogananda.[4] In 1832, a flood killed his mother and destroyed their home, after which his family moved to Varanasi, where he received education in philosophy, Sanskrit, and English. His father arranged for him to be married to Kashimoni in 1846. In 1851, he began working as a clerk and tutor.[1]

## Teacher of Kriya Yoga

On 27 November 1861, Lahiri Mahasaya met Babaji in Ranikhet.[1] Babaji taught him a meditation technique called Kriya Yoga,[2] which Lahiri Mahasaya then taught to many others, including his wife,[1] Paramahansa Yogananda's parents, and Sri Yukteswar Giri, guru of Yogananda.[2]

## See also

* Diksha
* Guru–shishya tradition
* List of Hindu gurus and saints

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jones, Constance (2008). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Internet Archive. New York : Checkmark Books, an imprint of Infobase Publishing. pp. 255-256. ISBN 978-0-8160-7336-8. http://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofhi0000jone_r9k7.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Miller, Timothy (1995). America's alternative religions. Internet Archive. Albany : State University of New York Press. pp. 178. ISBN 978-0-7914-2397-4. http://archive.org/details/americasalternat00mill.
3. ↑ "Who Are All Those People in SGT Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Spacious Planet". http://www.spaciousplanet.com/world/guide/who-are-all-those-people-in-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band.
4. ↑ Yogananda, Paramahansa (1998). Autobiography of a Yogi (13th ed.). Self-Realization Fellowship. pp. 292.

## External links

* Autobiography of a Yogi on Wikisource

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