Swami Hariharananda Giri in Karar Ashram 

For twenty years, I heard Baba Hariharananda say “Nirvikalpa Samadhi" is the Certificate once needs, to be able to say one is a "Master of Kriya Yoga".

This means one can enter and exit at will, the "pulselessness-breathlessness...

Original painting of Mahavatar Babaji by Sananda Lal Ghosh

"I saw Babaji in Central Park." a New York Kriyaban told me excitedly, after entering the Sunday morning meditation class at Chuck's gallery.

"Just before coming to class I saw him in the park"

I asked him,...

"Love, Love, Love."

"You only want to hear me say one word: 'Love'."

Baba Hariharananda answered my phone call from his room in his residence, in sunny Homestead, Florida, USA.

"Don Baba, You only want to hear me say one word, 'Love', is it not true?"

Yes, it was...

Baba Hariharananda blessings 

The first time I was blessed to get a glimpse of what type of Master, Baba Hariharananda Giri was, was shortly after I had received Kriya Yoga initiation from him in New York City in 1981.

At the end of one of the Kriya Yoga meditation class, in...

Baba Hariharananda NYC photo

One day, I took the overnight Amtrak train to Washington, DC to return with Baba Hariharananda the next day by train to New York City.

It was a half day journey and for him to travel alone in his advanced age, would have been challenging, so he...

Baba Hariharananda in Karar Ashram Garden, Puri, India

One day at Karar Ashram, the resident Brahmachari's came to Baba and told him:

 "tomorrow we want sweets the whole day or we are leaving!"

Robinarayan (Baba) was the "Bramachari-in-charge" of the ashram at...

Peace, Bliss, Joy.

Just before sunrise, on the morning of December 3, 2002, Baba came to me in a dream. 

He was sitting up on the bed, talking to me in Bengali or Hindi, as I sat on the floor at the side of the bed. 

I could not understand what he was saying.

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Swami Hariharananda -Shambhavi Mudra

Baba Hariharananda often told the story about Arjuna's archery lesson.

The Five Pandava brothers were with their archery teacher Dronacharya.

The teacher ask the first brother what do you see?

'I see a tree in the field, with...

Anjali Ma with Baba Hariharananda

My first experience meditating with Anjali Ma from Hariharananda Kriya Yog Kolkata Dhyan Kendra, was during my first meditation class in Kolkata in 2010. 

It was a small group of about 30 Kriyabans in a small room in Kolkata.

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Samadhi Master Baba Hariharananda

"Many are licking the outside of the coconut, telling how sweet the fruit tastes, having never actually tasted the fruit inside", a favorite saying of Baba Hariharananda's.

It is a very rare state of spiritual depth and only a few have mastered...

Baba Hariharananda

Starting at the age of 67, Baba Hariharananda started traveling all over the world, teaching the Kriya Yoga techniques and giving Kriya Yoga initiation to sincere seekers from all walks of life. 

When Baba established his final residence in...