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and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition
Table of Contents
Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................1
Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................................5
Note on transliteration of Tamil words..............................................................................................................6
Foreword....................................................................................................................................6
Thirumoolar..................................................................................................................... .................7
Boganathar........................................................................................................................ ................8
Thiruvalluvar................................................................................................................... .................8
Classical literature....................................................................................................... .....................8
Medieval Period: the Saivite Nayannar Saints (7th - 9th century):...............................................8
The Alwars: Saints devoted to Vishnu.............................................................................. .............10
The Acharyas (Great Teachers) who reformed Medieval Hinduism...........................................10
Kumaara Devar............................................................................................................................. ..10
Ramalinga Swan-ii (1823 to 1874 A.D.).......................................................................... ...............10
The Christian Tradition...................................................................................................... ............11
An excellent contribution to the science of immortality...............................................................11
Preface......................................................................................................................................12
Introduction.............................................................................................................................13
Who is Babaji?............................................................................................................. ...................13
Who are the 18 Siddhas?............................................................................................... .................14
The 18 Yoga Siddhas....................................................................................................... ................15
How this book came to be written.............................................................................................. ....17
The objectives or this book.................................................................................................... .........18
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The Eighteen Siddha Tradition....................................................................................................19
History of the 18 Siddha Tradition........................................................................ ........................19
The Lost Continent of Kumari Kandam........................................................................ ...............20
Geological evidence of Gondwanaland............................................................................... ...........21
Archaeological Remains or the Indus Valley Civilization............................................................21
The Tamil Sangams of Literature................................................................................ ..................23
Evidence of extensive communication with distant lands............................................................24
Linguistics..................................................................................................................................... ...25
The Teachings of Siddhantham........................................................................................... ...........25
The Siddha's Yoga and Medicine................................................................................... ................27
Metaphysics and medicine.......................................................................................................... ....29
Ancient Chemistry...................................................................................................... ....................29
Current training and research on the Siddha system of medicine..............................................30
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The Birth and Childhood of
Babaji Nagaraj..............................................................................................................................30
Babaji's birth............................................................................................................................. ......30
A region of great sanctity ....................................................................................................... ........32
The jack fruit incident.................................................................................................... ................32
Kidnapping and years or wandering............................................................................ .................32
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Babaji's Quest for Self Realization..............................................................................................33
Pilgrimage to Katirgama, Sri Lanka.......................................................................... ...................33
The Katirgama temple............................................................................................................. .......33
Babaji and Boganathar at Katirgama........................................................................ ...................34
Quest for initiation from Agastyar at Courtrallam......................................................................34
Soruba Samadhi at Badrinath............................................................................. ..........................36
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Babaji's Mission...........................................................................................................................37
Adi Shankaracharya (788 A.D. - 820 A.D.)...................................................................................37
Kabir (1407 - 1518 A.D..).................................................................................................. ..............38
Lahiri Mahasaya (1828 - 1895)........................................................................... ...........................38
Sri Yukteswar Giri Maharaj (1855 - 1936)........................................................................... .........38
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952)..................................................................................... ....38
Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah and V.T. Neclakantan.................................................................................39
Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah (1923 - )................................................................................................. .......39
V.T. Neelakantan (1901 - )................................................................................... ...........................40
First Meeting between S.A.A. Ramaiah and V.T. Neclakantan...................................................40
Organisation of Kriya Babaji Sangah..................................................................... ......................41
Activities or Kriya Babaji Sangam............................................................................. ...................41
Publications by the Sangah.............................................................................................................................41
Spread of Babaji's Teachings Abroad..............................................................................................................41
Annual Conferences........................................................................................................................................42
Future Work........................................................................................................................ ............42
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Babaji's Ashram:
Gauri Shankar Peetam.................................................................................................................42
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Siddha Thirumoolar.....................................................................................................................44
Thirumoolar's mission.......................................................................................................... ..........44
The Quintessential Message of Thirumandiram......................................................................... ..46
Individual responsibility for one's destiny....................................................................................49
Thirumoolar's Ashtanga yoga compared to Patanjali's Yoga Sutras..........................................50
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Siddha Agastyar............................................................................................................................51
Agastyar's ashrams.............................................................................................................. ...........51
Agastyar and the Aryan Invasion of Southern India....................................................................53
Agastyar and the Tamil language and grammar..........................................................................53
Agastyar's contributions to science.............................................................................................. ..55
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Siddha Boganathar.......................................................................................................................58
An Oceanic Life Story.................................................................................................................... .58
A Mission to China and Transmigration.................................................................... ...................59
Transformation or His Physical Body..........................................................................................60
Becomes known as Lao-Tzu, founder of Taoism...................................................................... .....61
Return to India......................................................................................................................... .......61
Establishes shrine at Katirgama and attains soruba samadhi.....................................................62
Second Mission to China........................................................................................ ........................62
Current Activities.................................................................................................................... ........62
Selections from the writings of Siddha Boganathar.....................................................................62
Initiation into samadhi by Boganathar......................................................................................... .63
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Ramalinga Swamigal....................................................................................................................63
A Sketch of Ramalinga’s life story.................................................................................. ...............64
The Divine Song of Grace........................................................................................................ .......65
The Temple of Wisdom................................................................................................. ..................66
The Way of Transformation......................................................................................... ..................68
The Suddha deham or "Perfect body"............................................................................. .............68
The Pranava Deham or "Body of Grace"..................................................................... ................69
The Gnana Deham or "Body of Bliss".................................................................... ......................70
The Heritage of Ramalinga Swamigal................................................................................ ...........70
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The Supramental Evolution.........................................................................................................70
Sri Aurobindo and the 18 Siddhas............................................................................... ..................70
Meeting with Yogi Lele........................................................................................... ........................71
In Quest or "the Secret"....................................................................................................... ..........72
The "Golden" Supramental............................................................................................ ...............74
Pondicherry....................................................................................................................... ..............74
The Crisis of Transformation.............................................................................................. ...........75
The Third Phase.................................................................................................................... ..........77
The Dilemma of the evolutionary leaders and the “ atmospheric gulf"'.....................................77
The Passing............................................................................................................................... .......79
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The Psychophysiology of Kriya Kundalini Yoga.........................................................................79
Breathing and physiology................................................................................................. ..............79
"The Law of Inverse Proportions" and longevity........................................................................80
The Storing up of pranic energy.................................................................................. ..................81
Kriya Yoga......................................................................................................................... ..............82
Kriya Hatha Yoga........................................................................................................................... .82
Kriya Kundalini Pranayama.................................................................................................... ......83
The Nadis and the Chakras................................................................................................. ...........84
Kundalini............................................................................................................................. ............86
The Stages or Practice and Awakening or Kundalini...................................................................87
The Manifestations of the Kundalini Awakening........................................................................ ..88
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The Path of Kriya Yoga................................................................................................................88
A Masterkey for transforming human society..............................................................................88
An Integral Yoga....................................................................................................... ......................89
Kriya Hatha Yoga........................................................................................................................... .89
Kriya Kundalini Pranayama.................................................................................................... ......90
Kriya Dhyana Yoga............................................................................................................. ............90
Kriya Mantra Yoga....................................................................................................... ..................91
Kriya Bhakti Yoga...................................................................................................................... .....92
Kriya Karma Yoga........................................................................................................... ...............92
Family Life and Tantra........................................................................................................... ........93
Integrating yoga into daily life: the "Anthar Kriya Yoga" experience.......................................94
Guidelines for the student of Kriya Yoga......................................................................................94
Love............................................................................................................................................. .....95
Regular Kriya Yoga Sadhana............................................................................................ .............95
Satsang................................................................................................................................... ..........95
Yogic vegetarian diet.............................................................................................................. .........96
Transform sleep into yogic rest.................................................................................... ..................96
Mental purity, patience, silence and other observations..............................................................97
Seeking inspiration from Babaji and the 18 Siddhas...................................................................97
For more information on training in Babaji's Kriya Yoga...........................................................97
GLOSSARY......................................................................................................... ...........................98
Acknowledgements
I wish to express my gratitude to Kriya Babaji Nagaraj, who inspired me to write this book and
who guided me at each stage in its preparation. I am also grateful to Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, M.A.
(Sc.), M.D. (Hon.), for the many years of training in Tamil Kriya Yoga Siddhantham and for his
tremendous contributions to the collection and preservation of the writings of the 18 Siddhas.
I would also like to thank the following:
- Deshbandhu Sikka, Ph.D for his editorial assistance with the manuscript and for his many
useful suggestions.
Professor C.E. Nehru, Ph.D, of the City University of Now York for his comments regarding the
geological history of southern India and the ancient continent of Gondwanaland.
- Professor C. Srinivasan, Ph.D, of Tamil University, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India, and E.
Ayyappa, CPO, Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist, of Bellflower, California, U.S.A., for reviewing
the manuscript, as well as for their suggestions and for writing a foreword and preface respectively.
- T.R. Thulasiram of the Aurobindo Ashram for his assistance in my research on the connection
between Ramalinga, Thirumoolar and Aurobindo.
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