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Tracing their lineage back to Lahiri Mahasaya, countless Kriya Yogis have continued to disseminate the ancient practice of Kriya Yoga to new disciples, in India, and, in the West. Through a combination of miscommunications and intentional alternations, however, much of what is taught as Kriya Yoga today is far from what was originally taught, often to the detriment of sincere practitioners. Changes to the original Kriya teachings have become so widespread and so embedded in popular culture that many seekers, having become acquainted with these mistaken notions about Kriya Yoga, can scare believe the teachings of the original Kriya Yoga when they first have an opportunity to encounter them. Fortunately, there is a remedy; and that is, the regular practice of the pranayam in this original Kriya Yoga will lead inevitably to the realization of these truths. I warn you, however, not to expect progress in the beginning, because both to practice pranayam correctly and to focus correctly on the ajna chakra (between the eyebrows) at the same time takes considerable practice and patience. Without succeeding in both of these endeavors nothing will be achieved. These are essential factors in one’s kriya success. What is made available here has not been altered through the distorting effects of formal organizations (which Lahiri Mahasaya and Swami Pranabananda both eschewed), but through guru-to-disciple transmission. Fearing the loss of the original Kriya Yoga as taught by Lahiri Mahasaya, I have written these short volumes on Kriya Yoga in order to record and to share this most valuable of all human knowledge.