Thank you Ex for a very interesting summation of the books
I also feel that Swami Nityanada is the real deal and also very accessible via email.
Thank you
C
I appreciate your review very much EK.
I believe it is of great value, thank you.
Thank you as well it is nice to know when hours of work have found a use for someone beyond fulfillment of my own egos desire to express and be of service to others.
Thanks E K for the review!
I am awaiting the arrival of Swami Nityananda Giri’s book… Kriya Yoga, The Science of Life Force. Should be arriving from Amazon this week. Can’t wait to dive into this and compare my experiences from Kriya practice with what the swami writes about. His book may shine new light for me on various things.
I also would like to thank the members of these forums who posted information about this book.( Snake, EK, MB)If you guys hadn’t posted I would not have known this exists.
Dear all, do you have any update / Comments on the book Kriya-yoga: The Science of Life-force; by: Swami Nityananda Giri after reading it ?
Thanks,
Ariel
(EDIT:Book being referred to is Kriya Yoga:The Science of Life Force by Swami Nityananda Giri.)
I have enjoyed what I have read of the book so far. I started with the section of the book that discusses the techniques and then went back and started the book from the beginning. I can say that it has positively enhanced my practice. It seems to be more aligned with Hariharananda’s kriya and gives good explanations of much of those techniques that are described differently in other places (Ennio Nimis or JC Stevens). Like most of these books, the grammar etc isn’t the best. So, if you can overlook that kind of stuff, there is a great deal of value in the information this book contains.
Thank you very much for your posting!
Ariel
After having fully read the book and studying it exhaustively to include communicating with the author I can say this book contains recipes for Spiritual Practice and explanations for them. The Author calls this Kriya.
This recipe for spiritual practice likely is a combination of practices that were first taught by Sri Yukteswar and then later changed by Hariharananda as they are not the same that are being taught today by the organization Hariharananda left behind but the connection is unmistakeable.
The Practices being explained and described in this book are being named Kriya as do the KYI practices which represents the final teaching of Hariharananda.
Both of these recipes are not the same as the one named Kriya by Lahiri Mahasaya that is handed down through the lineages that are not Monastic.
The book is well written and worth buying. If I had to do it all over again I would buy this book.
Here is a funny thing and something that surprised the heck out of me. After reading this book and working some of the practices into my Sadhana of Hariharinanda it had a very odd effect.
More on this over here… http://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12849&whichpage=8
In closing anyone interested in Working with Prana will find effective techniques in this book and get a good education as well. Out of all the books I have purchased that describe the theory of Sadhana and the practices contained in these pages regardless of the name they are being called this book is one of the very best.
Update I have ran out of time so there will be a delay in posting in the thread mentioned above.
I wondered where that promised post was EK! 
I look forward to it whenever you get time.
I am glad you posted these three books on Kriya Yoga. I’ll start by saying I have all of Satyananda Saraswatis books and believe he is an incredible yogic master. However, his form of Kriya Yoga is a modification that is mainly based on more traditional Tantric practices, which any form of Kriya has Tantric roots. However, the term Kriya Yoga was coined by Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya and guru Babaji, therefore if your looking for the original Kriya Yoga, one should look for their version. Being a Kriyaban for some time, I can attest for the for the fact that Ennio Nimis and J.C. Stevens have comprised the most accurate literature on the original Kriya Yoga as taught by Lahiri Mahasaya that is available to the public (being highly secretive). Swami Nityanada Giri’s book is also very accurate, only some slight variations taught by his particular lineage (as can be seen by comparing). I hope this helps people on their journeys to liberation!
i like jc 's book. i prefer his methods over ennio’s as well. just look at the csf flow in the spine. it’s obvious. in order to stay inside the sushuma you go from 5th to bindu v and pentrate throgh the brain. not to medulla where it exits the body and lands on top of the head (atleast the majority of energy does). you miss the ajna knot just as by going to bhrum you also miss that knot.
This is a curious bit of posting and not very clear maybes a typo?
from below: in order to stay inside the sushuma you go from 5th to bindu v and pentrate throgh the brain.
Would you mind clearing this up? Also what page is this found on in which edition of the book, different editions were rapidly put out for sale.
Not sure if it’s in the book but if you look at a picture(xray) of the csf route you ll see. Why bring energy to the back of the brain when lahiri says energy must pass in the middle for you to go into samadhi?
This point you are bringing up is a technical one I have long considered. Please do not take this as being argumentative, just an attempt for clarification. I would really love to understand more about what it is you are writing.
I will try to be more clear with my question and explain a few things you may or may not yet have been exposed to.
I do not draw a direct correlation between physical structures and ones that do not exist on the physical plane. In my opinion it is a mistake of reasoning to do so other than to use physical structures as superficial trigger points for example:
Brhum is the Kshetram or trigger point for Ajna in the front where as Medulla is the rear trigger in-between lies Ajna in the center. The connection between the two is made in Kechari when the desire of shakti is present to make the tongue go up in-between this circuit is Ajna.
Without knowing what you are calling Bindu v it is far from obvious, please do illustrate further. What channel is there through the brain?
Good observation as medulla is in direct line with the top of the head it is at Medulla tha Sushumna bifurcates foreword to Bruhm and upwards to Fontanel.
You may have your anatomy mistaken. It appears you may be confusing the Cerebellum with Medulla please see this picture here for clarification.
I am looking through my literature but in the meantime perhaps you could site where it is written that Lahiri said this? Through the center can have different meanings.
For Example Samadhi is had in what feels like the Fontanel not Ajna the entry is via the pineal not the pituitary as a physical correlation.
http://www.crystalinks.com/thirdeyepineal.html
There is no such thing as an Ajna knot in the traditions calling themselves Kriya household or otherwise .
The Granthis or Knots which are crossed are as follows:
- Tongue at the throat: Kechari is the outward manifestation here. Vishudda
- Crossing the Dorsal Center Anahata
- Crossing the Navel Center Manipura
- Crossing the Coccygeal Center Muladhara
You should draw a correlation between what is gross and what is subtle. The sushuma is an partially physical in the spine as there is an actual hole in the spine that cerebral spinal fluid flows through. The sushuma ends at ajna which is in the center of the head and there is a knot there, even if jc Stevens doesn’t mention it in the book . Pull a line of current through the center f your brain, you can’t- there s a knot. Bindu v being the cowlick area Ontop of head. Go from 5 through middle of brain to that area. Using this route hits ajna knot the hardest. If you feel closely when you go medulla first some energy exits the head . On the other hand u can kinda gravitate to medulla without going to it to manipulate energy to surge through the center. For me medulla is that turtle disc in the bottom back of my head. With this tech I went breathless and experienced large skips n time which im told is the first stages of samadhi . It happens few times not everytime bit with time. There is defiantly a knot in ajna, like I can’t believe you question that- do you even practise kriya ? Can you perform khechari?
I have no memory of what happens in samadhi. But prior to the “black out” my body first turns to "stone ", then I lose perception of body. I still consider this point dhyana . I’m not sure how samadhi can be experienced in a part of the body when it stonelike dhyana I can’t sense any body
Gotcha, thanks never heard it called Bindu v before.
I see what you are describing now, Yes, yes quite so but often my telemetry gets a little screwed up due to extensive practice of the Sadhana of Hariharananda and goes into the fontanel / Shasrara rather than Bindu.
Thanks.
I bow to you !