(NEW!) "Kriya Yoga: Insights Along the Path"

By M. Govindan and Jan "Durga" Ahlund, 161 pages, softcover 6 x 9 inches. Price: US$18.50, CA$19.69 (inc gst) plus US$4.50 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$3.20 within Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-49-2.

My wife, Jan "Durga" Ahlund and I have recognized for many years the need for a book that would explain to both those interested in learning Kriya Yoga and those already embarked on its path, why they should practice it, what are the difficulties, and how to overcome them. We believe that this book will help prepare everyone for the challenges and opportunities that Kriya Yoga provides. Every one of us faces the resistance of our human nature, ignorance as to our true identity, and karma, the consequences of years of conditioning by our thoughts, words and actions. By cultivating aspiration for the Divine, rejecting egoism and its manifestations, and surrendering to our higher Self, pure Witness consciousness, we can overcome this resistance, our karma and the many obstacles on the path. But, to do so, we need much support and insight along the way.

(NEW!) "The Wisdom of Jesus and the Yoga Siddhas" For more information including "Table of contents," reviews, sample Introduction chapter and visit The Wisdom of Jesus blog

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By M. Govindan, 224 pages, bibliographical references, softcover 6 x 9 inches. Price: US$17.50, CA$19.43 (inc gst) plus US$4.50 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$3.20 within Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-43-0.

Who was Jesus? One of the most influential human beings of all times? The founder of Christianity? A messiah or savior sent by God to redeem humanity of its sins? What were His teachings? Is our knowledge of Jesus limited to what is recorded in the Bible? What has modern historical research to say about what Jesus did and taught? "What were the original teachings of Jesus, before the Christian religion became organized?"

With the discovery of many new source documents in the Sinai Desert and near the Dead Sea, and with the advent of modern methods of textual analysis by scholars who are independent of institutional bias, today most Biblical scholars will agree that the books of the Bible's New Testament are written at several levels of authenticity:

· What were likely the actual words of Jesus, quoted in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, but recorded several decades afterwards.
· What were likely interpolations - words attributed to Jesus by unknown sources.
· What was said about Jesus or about His teachings by others, for example, Paul in his "letters," which make up most of the rest of the New Testament, and which served as the basis for early Church dogma.

Within Christianity and in the popular understanding of Jesus and his teaching, how much have these interpolations and early Church dogma distorted or obscured the actual words and teachings of Jesus? What do the actual words of Jesus say about who Jesus was and what His teachings were? What do the actual words of Jesus not say? Answers to these questions are a prerequisite to making comparisons between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of the Gnostics and other mystics, such as those of the Yoga Siddhas. Previous attempts by some, including Swami Prabhavananda's The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta, and Paramahansa Yogananda's The Second Coming of Christ, may have been flawed as they seek to make comparisons with Christianity's dogma reflected in the King James version of the Bible. They did not consider the work of biblical historians who have suggested numerous inaccuracies in this English version of the Bible, in comparison with the original Greek. They do not take into consideration the many findings that modern critical historical research has brought to light. Yogananda interpreted who Jesus was, by distinguishing "Jesus" the person from "Christ" the state of "consciousness," which He had attained. Most of his interpretation was based upon statements allegedly made by Jesus, for example, the "I am" statements, in the Gospel of John, which are now suspected to be interpolations and words not spoken by Jesus. This present work presents a comparison between the teachings of the Yoga Siddhas, with those of the teachings that are considered now to be the most authentic teachings of Jesus, based upon the results of modern, critical, historical research.

As we will see, modern historical scholars have been able to form a broad consensus about what Jesus taught, but history provides little evidence of what Jesus actually did. Nothing is recorded about the so called "missing years" of Jesus between the recorded incidents in the temple in Jerusalem, when, at the age of twelve, he spoke authoritatively to the scribes and Pharisees, and His appearance at the age of 30, when he begins his mission, by the Sea of Galilee. Therefore, we must look elsewhere to understand the influences that transformed Jesus, the carpenter's son from Nazareth, into the Messiah, or savior of the Jewish people, and the Christ, revered by millions ever since.

But there are other sources, which by comparison with what Jesus said and taught and how He lived, clearly indicate what those influences were. Examples include the writings of the Gnostics, discovered at Nag Hammadi, in the Sinai, in 1945, the Jewish Essenes, discovered at Qumram in 1948 and thousands of ancient documents which trace the development of early Christianity, and document its competing divisions.

More recently, the research of the Yoga Siddha Research Centre in Chennai, India, has brought out a series of books providing, for the first time, translation and commentary of the Yoga Siddhas, or "perfected" Yogis of India, who were contemporaries of Jesus. Their teachings and miraculous powers were remarkably similar to those of Jesus.

In this work we will explore and compare these and other areas, which will shed great light on the questions "Who was Jesus?" And "How can I best understand his teachings?"

(Our Newest Publication!) "THE GRACE OF BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA: A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE"

by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, 2005. 12-15 page monthly
(12 issues). Price: US$125.00, CA$144.00 (inc gst). Shipping by regular mail in Canada and by airmail in US included. Add US$28 for overseas airmail.

Through self-study and the suggested practices in this course you will learn how to incorporate the teachings of Babaji's Kriya Yoga into your daily life. For one year, you will receive by mail, each month, (12 issues) a course of 12-15 pages, developing a a specific theme. Here is a list of themes: Grace & Living a Yogic Life; The Mind, our Friend, our Enemy; Relationship: Walking the Path with Others & The Yoga of Marital Love; Practicing Thankfulness; Emotions: Expressions of our Soul or Ego? & Releasing Stored Emotions; Deepening Meditation & Meditating with Eyes Open; Calling on the Lord within through Mantra Japa; The Yamas; Yoga: Definite Methods, Tangible Results; The Subtleties of Prana on the Five Bodies; Our Words, our Life & The Power of Silence; Bhakti Yoga: Shedding Tears of Love; Awareness: It is really All we Have; Shakti and the Subtle Body; Hatha Yoga: Purifying our Temple; Transcending Conditioning through Discernment & Perceiving the Error of Confusing Reality with the Appearance of Daily Life; Tapas: Bringing Intensity to our Practice.

The teachings are drawn from the books dictated by Babaji in 1952 and 1953, the works of the Siddhas, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Ramalinga and Vedanta. For more information visit this page

"BABAJI AND THE 18 SIDDHA KRIYA YOGA TRADITION", 8th edition

by M. Govindan, 2001. 216 pages with 33 color photos, 4 maps, 100 bibliographic references and glossary. Price: US$19.95, CA$22.31 (inc gst) plus US$4.50 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$3.20 within Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-00-3. Softcover. 6 x 9 inches.

The first authoritative biography of Babaji, the immortal master made famous by Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi", an all-time best seller. Babaji lives today near Badrinath, in the upper Himalayan mountains. His body has not aged since the age of sixteen, when centuries ago he attained the supreme state of enlightenment and divine transformation. This followed his initiation into the scientific art of Kriya Yoga by two deathless masters, the Siddhas Agastyar and Boganathar, who belonged to the "18 Siddha Tradition", famous among the Tamil speaking people of southern India. This rare account, by a longtime disciple, reveals their little known life stories, ancient culture and present mission, as well as how their Kriya Yoga can be used to bring about the integration of the material and spiritual dimensions of life. Clear explanations of the psychophysiological effects of Kriya Yoga and guidelines for its practice are given. It includes verses from the Siddhas' writings with commentary. A book which will inspire you.

"An excellent contribution to the little known science of immortality."
- C. Srinivasan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Botany, Annamalai University, India.

"It is the most accurate and comprehensive exposition of the ancient Kriya Yoga tradition and method published in English to date." - E. Ayyappan, longtime disciple of Babaji.

"THE VOICE OF BABAJI:
A TRILOGY ON KRIYA YOGA", 2nd edition

by V.T.Neelakantan, S.A.A. Ramaiah and Babaji Nagaraj, 2003.
534 pages with 8 pages in color. Price: US$28.00, CA$31.50 (inc gst) plus US$5 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$9.69 within Canada. US$30.50 US for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-23-2. Softcover. 6X9 inches.

Sri V.T. Neelakantan recorded verbatim a series of talks given by Satguru Kriya Babaji in 1953. These are a fountain of delight and inspiration, illuminating the Kriya Yoga path towards God realization, unity in diversity and universal love. They also reveal the magnetic personality of Babaji and how he supports us all, with much humour and wisdom. They were originally printed in three volumes: "The Voice of Babaji and Mysticism Unlocked," "Babaji's Masterkey to All Ills, (Kriya)" and "Babaji's Death of Death (Kriya)." Includes the fascinating accounts of the meetings with Babaji in Madras and in the Himalayas by authors V.T. Neelakantan and Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah. Out of print for nearly 50 years, they are profound and important statements from one of the world's greatest living spiritual masters.

Read an excerpt from Babaji's Masterkey to All Ills.

"KRIYA YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI AND THE SIDDHAS"

by M. Govindan, 2000. 320 pages. Price: US$22.00, CA$24.68 (inc gst) plus US$5 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$9.69 within Canada. US$30.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-12-6. Softcover. 6X9 inches.

Patanjali refers to his yoga as "Kriya Yoga": the "yoga of action with awareness." His Yoga-Sutras are universally considered to be among the two or three most important texts in the field of yoga. Until now, commentators have treated it as a philosophical reference, and have largely ignored its implications for yogic practice. They have also ignored the fact that it is also an esoteric work, and that only initiates, with sufficient prior experience, can grasp its deeper meaning.

This new translation and commentary provides a practical guide to Self-realization or enlightenment. It clearly explains how to apply Patanjali's profound philosophical teachings in everyday life, in any situation. When one practices the techniques of Kriya Yoga, it is like driving a powerful automobile. But without a roadmap, most students are "stuck in traffic" or at "dead ends." Now for the first time, there is a clear roadmap to guide the student to remarkable destinations.

In Tamil Nadu and other southern states of India, there is a tradition of yogic adepts known as Siddhas, who are renowned for their longevity, miraculous powers, and remarkable contributions to an enduring culture. They have left a large body of literature, including Thirumandiram by the Siddha Thirumoolar, who was by many indications, a brother disciple of Patanjali.

"Study (svadhyaya) has always been an integral aspect of Yoga. Western students, in my opinion, need to take this yogic practice more seriously. Because of its succinctness and focus on essentials, the Yoga-Sutra is ideally suited for in-depth study. Its approach is rational, systematic, and philosophical. By contrast, the Thirumandiram is ecstatic and poetic and filled with precious nuggets of yogic experience and wisdom. Both texts complement each other beautifully, and their combined study will be found illuminating and elevating.

Govindan's book provides an excellent platform for such a study. He writes from his own long experience of Kriya Yoga and a deep love and respect for the heritage of Yoga. Marshall Govindan's Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Siddhars is a valuable addition to the study of Yoga in general and the Yoga-Sutra in particular. I can wholeheartedly recommend it. In particular, the growing number of students of Kriya Yoga throughout the world will find his treatment indispensable, but others will benefit from it."
- From the Foreword by Dr. Georg Feuerstein, Ph D. author of "The Sutras of Patanjali" and the "Encyclopedia of Yoga."

"A significant contribution to the sadhana of every serious yoga student, this copious (nearly 300 pages) new work, the result of a 10-year effort, includes detailed translation, tips for integrating the lessons into one's practice, references to other commentaries, and indexes to both Sanskrit and English keywords in the text."
- Yoga Journal - November 2001

"Marshall Govindan has produced an excellent and easily readable commentary on the often arcane Yoga Sutras, the main text of classical Yoga compiled by Patanjali from older perennial yogic teachings of India. Notably, Govindan has provided a unique perspective on this profound work from the Kriya Yoga and South Indian Shaivite traditions that gives his rendering a special value for disciples on these paths. He takes the Yoga Sutras out of academic confusion and into the realm of deeper yoga practice. He reveals the many sides of the true yogic science of consciousness that go far beyond asana or popular Yoga today."
- David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), author "Yoga and Ayurveda", Director of American Institute of Vedic Studies.

"Marshall, your book on the sutras is terrific. A few months ago I asked Swami Nityananda what was the one thing I could do for the 200 or so people I see each week as I teach yoga and he said, "teach them Patanjali's sutras". I really like the way you have organized and presented the translation. Plus, your commentary is so understandable to a western mind that I have been using readings from it to my classes at the beginning of class as we center. They seem to be 'catching on' over time if they come to class consistently. This is a great book for us western yoga practitioners, all levels, male or female."
-Martin Berson, Yoga Instructor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

"BABAJI'S KRIYA HATHA YOGA: 18 POSTURES OF RELAXATION", 8th edition

By M. Govindan, 2002. 30 pages. US$7.50, CA$8.40 (inc gst) plus US$2.50 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$2.30 within Canada. US$7.70 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-03-4. Softcover. 8.5 x 6.25 inches.

These 18 postures were selected by Babaji from among the thousands which exist to form an efficient system for rejuvenating the physical body and preparing it for the more subtle phases of his Kriya Yoga. The immortal Himalayan master is living proof of their effectiveness. Each posture has several stages, making them suitable for the beginner and experienced student. The postures are also arranged in pairs, or counterposes, facilitating the relaxation stage following each posture. This guide is designed as a handbook, wherein each stage in each posture is individually illustrated, and explained with easy to follow instructions. The numerous benefits of each posture in the healing and prevention of various functional disorders are also indicated. An introductory chapter explains the principles to follow in their practice.

Available in Japanese. Please contact Neo Delphi Inc., in Japan : by phone at (0)3-3354.4701, by fax at (0)3-3341.4578, e-mail K. Hoshina or on the web at www.h5.dion.ne.jp/babaji/

(NEW!) "GREEN YOGA"

By Georg Feuerstein & Brenda Feuerstein. 164 pages. US$16, CA$16.80 (inc gst) plus US$4.50 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$3.20 within Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-0-9782138-2-4. Softcover.

GREEN YOGA is a crucially important book. It addresses the vital interrelationship between self-transformation and the preservation of our natural environment. The worldwide environmental crisis ("Sixth Mass Extinction") demands that we now do out utmost to help restore Earth's balance, so that future generations may have a habitable planet to enjoy and to support both their mundane and spiritual aspirations.

GREEN YOGA is a passionate clarion call to contemporary Yoga practitioners to translate the yogic wisdom teachings into viable "green" lifestyle, which treats both the inner and outer environments with reverence.

GREEN YOGA reviews the numerous problems we are facing: global warming and global dimming; pollution of land, water, and air; alarming extinction rate, deforestation, loss of top soil, decline of drinking water, and so forth. The authors also spell out in straightforward terms what is needful now. It is must-reading for anyone seeking to practice Yoga or indeed and other spiritual tradition in a meaningful and responsible manner in the twenty-first century.

Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., is internationally renowned for his seminal contributions to the East-West dialogue. He has authored over 30 books, including the award-winning Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, The Yoga Tradition, Yoga Morality, and Aha! Relflections on the Meaning of Everything.

Brenda Feuerstein, Georg's wife, is a former music teacher, health and fitness consultant, and Yoga instructor, as well as the present director of Traditional Yoga Studies and co-director of Green Yoga Initiative.

The authors live a simple life dedicated to helping people understand the unusual and perilous moment in which we live.

TRADITIONAL YOGA STUDIES www.traditionalyogastudies.com

"THE POETS OF THE POWERS", 2nd edition

by Kamil V. Zvelebil, 1993. Price: US$8.45, CA$9.45 (inc gst) plus US$4.50 for shipping and handling to the USA or CA$3.20 within Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN 0-941255-32-8.Softcover. 5.5 x 8 inches.

This reprint of the classic work first published in 1973 is largely based upon interviews with Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, a direct disciple of Babaji. It was the first academic study of the culture of the 18 Siddhas of South India and presents many fascinating details which will be of great interest to the student of Babaji's Kriya Yoga. The Siddhas or "Accomplished Ones" were masters of yoga, spiritual heroes, miracle workers and minstrels in ancient times. Their poetry reflects their deep spiritual yearning, insight and experience. It also reveals that they were outspoken critics of conventional religion and morality. Kamil Zvelebil, Ph.D., is a world-renowned authority on Tamil language and culture, and pioneer of Tamil studies and university professor in the Netherlands.

"BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA JOURNAL"

US$13.00, CA$13.65 or CA$14.67 in Quebec (includes applicable taxes). Shipping by regular mail in Canada and by airmail in US and overseas included. (Note: the journal is sent out via pdf e-mail by default. If you would prefer to have a hardcopy mailed out please indicate this in shipping preference.)

"Satsang" is the sharing of truth between fellow travellers along a spiritual path. While satsang most often implies a close physical proximity between those who are sharing, its essence knows no limits, and so, even a journal such as this may bring us together, though we may be thousands of miles apart. We invite you, dear reader, to share with your fellow readers of this journal articles which you may author, letters to the editor, poems, jokes, recipes, questions, book reviews, news and notes. In this issue you will find regular columns pertaining to each of these. This journal will also serve to keep you informed of upcoming activities involving Kriya Yoga around the world, as well as recent important events which may be of importance to you."

"Through this sharing may we all become a little closer and a little wiser, and may we find, perhaps, the support and encouragement that we often need to continue the path of discipleship. Through this journal we believe that you will come to know Babaji more and more intimately, first in yourself, then in your brother and sister disciples and ultimately in everyone and everything in the Universal Vision of Love."

"THE YOGA OF SIDDHA AVVAI"

by S.N. Kandaswamy, Ph D, 2005. 370 pages. Price: In USA: US$20.50 In Canada: CA$23.05 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to US by surface US$4.50 or CA$8.55 in Canada. US$15.45 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-28-7

from the foreword by M. Govindan

Avvai is considered to be one of the most influential sages among the Tamil speaking people of south India. Her poems and literary works, dating from the first millenium of the modern era are recited by millions of Tamil speaking school children in south Asia to this day. A huge statue of her stands along Marina Beach Drive, in Chennai, along the shore of the Indian ocean. The values and wisdom which her poems convey however, has a source. It is this source which the present volume, "The Siddha Yoga Tradition of Avvai and Her Literary Work: Vinayakar Akaval," sheds much new light upon. The author takes us on a literary, historical and spiritual tour of ancient Indian culture, and in so doing, helps us to understand her origins and greatness.

Like her illustrious forebearer, the Siddha Thiruvallavar, whose influence on Tamil culture and values, through his magnus opus Thiru Kural, is universally acknowledged, Avvai was also a Siddha Yogi. While Thiruvallavar was a disciple of Agastyar, and brother disciple of Babaji Nagaraj, the originator of Kriya Yoga, Avvai claims that her Guru was the sound of Aum, the Pranava itself, personified in the form of Ganesha, who taught her Kundalini Yoga. Her poetry invokes the presence of the Guru, and then ignites within the reader the flame of spiritual consciousness. It also points to the esoteric practice of Kundalini Yoga as the path which leads to enlightenment and God realization. Her's is a wonderful example of arrupadai, the Siddha's ideal of showing the path to others. If the purpose of human knowledge is to alleviate human suffering, then that knowledge or wisdom which eliminates suffering completely is the most valuable. Like all of the Siddhas, she shared her wisdom with this purpose. Their teachings are universal, non-sectarian, and very much needed in today's suffering world.

Students of Kriya Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Jnana, and Tantra as well as devotees of Ganesha (Vinyakar) and students of Tamil literature and culture will all find much insight and greater understanding of their path as a result of studying this volume. Readers familiar with Avvai's moral sayings may be surprised to learn of the origins of her wisdom, and be inspired themselves to apply themselves to Yogic sadhana.

On a personal note, in 1981, I had a vision of Avvai at a shrine which was dedicated to her in the Babaji's Kriya Yoga ashram where I resided for a number of years beginning in 1972. Located at 13 AR Street, in Kanandukathan, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, the large granite shrine contained a large number of rare and ancient palm leaf manuscripts written by the Siddhas. A murthi, or granite statue of Avvai sat adopt the granite sarcophagus like repository of these manuscripts. Sitting in this shrine one day, in front of her murthi, I had a vision of her, and she told me "If you remain faithful to us, we will work through you." So, I trace my efforts to preserve, translate and publish the writings of the Siddhas to that moment. - M. Govindan Satchidananda.

"THE YOGA OF THE EIGHTEEN SIDDHAS: AN ANTHOLOGY"

Edited by T.N.Ganapathay, Ph D, 2005. Foreword by W Neelakantan. 670 pages. Price: In USA: US$27.00 In Canada: CA$30.45 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to US by surface US$5.50 or CA$9.69 in Canada. US$47.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-24-9

"The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology should be studied by every serious student of Yoga and Tantra as well as scholars and philosophers. It contains the revolutionary statements of those great men and women who have reached the furthest heights of human potential, and who left behind a roadmap for the rest of us. The "Eighteen Yoga Siddhas" is a tradition referred to in the ancient Tamil language literature. Its illustrious members travelled all over the world, had extremely long lives and performed what most of us would consider to be miracles. They did not like to be autobiographical, preferring to identify themselves with that deathless jivatma, being-consciousness-bliss. Consequently, they consciously changed bodies as easily as we change clothes, when necessary, laughing at the limitations of ordinary humans. They were not only mystics in the truest sense, but revolutionaries against human nature, and they envisioned and embodied Divinity, as a result of tremendous efforts of self-mastery and self-surrender to their God-head.

They left behind their teachings in the form of poems, written on palm leaves, or edus. These works, have been badly neglected by scholars to date, because of the difficulty in deciphering them. The Siddhas wrote in what has been referred to as a "twilight language," to obscure the meaning from all but the most sincere students, and prompting the reader to seek the deepest meaning within themselves.

The Siddhas represent the best of what we can all aspire to become. Their illuminating writings, so filled with the light of God realization, leave a profound impact upon the hearts and mind of the reader. They also provide a unique source of understanding of both the means and results of Kundalini Yoga, a great esoteric art and science.

"THE YOGA OF SIDDHA BOGANATHAR" VOLUME 1

by T.N. Ganapathy, 2003. 375 pages total. Price: US$21.50, CA$24.10 (inc gst) plus US$5 for shipping and handling to the US or CA$8.55 within Canada. US$30.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN 978-1-895383-19-5. Softcover. 6X9 inches.

Boganathar was the Siddha guru of Kriya Babaji Nagaraj, the famed Himalayan master, of whom much has been written. Boganathar lived an extremely long life through the use of alchemical rejuvenation formulae and special breathing techniques. He traveled all over the world, chronicled the lives of Siddhas much older than himself, and provided his disciples an illumined path to Self-realization and integral transformation of human nature into divinity. His astounding life provides a shining example of our human potential. The present work provides a biography of Boganathar, as we can glean it from his writings alone, as well as introductory chapters on the Siddha tradition and Kundalini Yoga.

The present work also provides a translation and commentary of about seventy-five selected poems, which serious students of all traditions of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra will find illuminating. By meditating upon the verses, the reader will be able to draw much inspiration.

The present work provides a word-by-word translation, with alternative meanings, as well as a literal translation, and finally an interpretative translation, to balance the need for precision and understanding and to facilitate a deeper meditative approach to the various layers of meaning of each verse.

"The Yoga traditions of India have been frequently neglected. This book, the first in a new series, seeks to remedy this situation. Dr Ganapathy and his team have labored hard to launch this series, and they do so with one of the most illustrious masters of Siddha Yoga - Bogar. This volume is a great starting point for exploring the Tantric Yoga of the Siddhas." - Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D., author of "The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga".

"The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar" by T.N. Ganapathy, Ph. D., is the first in a series of publications produced by the Yoga Siddha Research Project sponsored by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas and Yoga Research and Education Center.

"THE YOGA OF SIDDHA BOGANATHAR" VOLUME 2

by T.N.Ganapathy, Ph D, 2005. Foreword by M.Govindan. 450 pages. Price: In USA: US$25.00, In Canada: CA$27.83 (inc gst). Shipping and handling to US by surface add US$5.50 or CA$9.69 in Canada. US$47.50 for overseas airmail. ISBN: 978-1-895383-26-3

From the foreword by M. Govindan Satchidananda

"The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar volume 2" by Dr. T.N. Ganapathy takes us further into the little known world of the Siddhas, adepts of Yoga, who for millennia, have explored the furthest reaches of human potentiality and spiritual development. Boganathar was not only one of the greatest adepts of Yoga of all time, but also a great scientist. In our present scientific age, the study of his works is especially rewarding. For the past 500 years, our western civilization has suffered from a schism between the rational, scientific view of life, and the spiritual or religious view. This divide, created in the politically charged period of the Reformation still haunts us. So, it is instructive to see in both the life of Boganathar, recorded in volume 1, and the writings on Yoga, in volume 2, how one great man married the two views.

Dr. T.N. Ganapathy has rendered a great service to all lovers of spirituality and science in the present work. For the first time ever, the writings of Boganathar, the greatest scientist of the Siddha tradition, have been translated into English, and a useful commentary on these profound and difficult texts has been rendered. The present volume contains poems which all lovers of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra will find inspiring.

By contemplating the poems of this present volume, the cit-sakti or consciousness-energy of Boganathar may be absorbed, and the reader will