Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Four Spiritual Masters of Kriya Yoga
(photographs)
A Simplified Family Tree
Chronology
Introduction

Part One: Lahiri Mahasaya


1.    Meeting the Master
        The Early Years
        Looking for a Needle
        Return to Banras
        The Bird (A Song)

2.    Knowledge Meets Wisdom
        Two Kinds of Charity
        Medicine or Prayer?
        The Perfect Guru
        The Old Man's Orders (A Song)

3.    Learning to Balance
       Religious Tensions
       Why all the Secrecy?
       Initiation
       Inspiraton (A Song)

4.   Yogic Purification
       Love-Service
       Detachment
       The Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya
       Between Worlds (A Song)

5.   Kriya Yoga
       What is Kriya Yoga?
       The Benefits of Kriya Yoga
       The Human Body as the Vehicle to Self-Realisation
       Respiration and Pranayama
       The Chakras and Kundalini
       The Stages of Kriya Yoga
       Samadhi
       Kutastha
       How to Recognise the Original Method of Kriya Yoga
       The Guru
       Why Kriya Yoga is a Scientific Technique
       Initiation Procedure
       The Promises
       An Outline of the Original Method
       Other Technicalities
       Secrets of Love (A Song)

Part Two: Tinkari Lahiri


6.   Spiritual Aid
       Love for Creatures Great and Small
       Helping the Needy
       Integrity and Relationships
       My Angel (A Song)

7.   Personal Effort is Required
       The Effects of Longer Practice
       The Eye of a Yogi
       The Mahasamadhi of Tinkari Lahiri
       India Dreaming (A Song)

Part Three: Satya Charan Lahiri


8.   The Roots of Desire
       A Portrait
       His Grandfather's Principles
       To Give and to Receive
       Born to Die (A Song)

9.   The Nature of Karma
       The Umbrella of Love
       How a Spiritual Master Heals
       When Death Knocks
       Little Fish (A Song)

10.   Recognition and Respect
       The Introduction of a Master
       A Question of Consent
       The Indian Concept of the Guru
       Insolence (A Song)

Part Four: Guruji (Prakash Shankar Vyas)


11.   Tantra, Mantra and the Gods
       Guruji Recalls how the Search Began
       Mysterious Encounters
       Kriya Yoga Found
       Angel in Disguise (A Song)

12.   Confidence and Strength
       Walking in the Narrow Path
       The Eternal Existence of a Sadguru
       Footsteps to Freedom
       Spirit of Dharma (A Song)

Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography