This book is meant above all for someone whose primary goal is to be completely liberated from illusion, united with one's true self, and totally open in one's heart to the true self of each other individual. It is also meant for someone whose primary goal is to be successful in life – more honest, healthy, creative, wealthy, and loving....

Swāmī Kripālvānanda has devoted his whole life to the determined quest for truth and liberation. Maintaining a rigourous discipline for the past twenty-eight years, he has spent ten hours a day in meditation while keeping silence for the last eighteen years....

The main objective of meditation is to bring steadiness to the mind, which being very sensitive, usually remains disturbed. A disturbed mind is not capable of finding a solution to any problem. On the contrary, it may even confuse the problem further....

What is known as śaktipāta in Tantra is called anugraha (grace) of God or guru in the Bhakti and Yoga paths. An able guru can give śaktipāta to many aspirants at a time if he or she so desires. Traditionally, śaktipāta is given to only the deserving ones....

To better understand what happens immediately after receiving śaktipāta initiation, the personal narratives of recipients of śaktipāta will be presented.1 The various kinds of gross and subtle manifestations which take place in the body and mind of the seekers can be classified into four broad categories as follows....

Patanjali, in Yogadarsana, discusses two main aspects of yoga: the means or techniques of yoga and the manifestations or attainments of yoga. The former is discussed in Sadhanapada1 and the latter in Vibhutipada2. Sadhanapada includes yama and niyama, asanas, pranayama, and pratyahara—these five embodiments of yoga are considered external....

Samadhi is the eighth step of yoga. The great Sage Gheranda says, “There is no yoga without samadhi. None is so fortunate as the person who attains samadhi. Samadhi can be attained by devotedly serving the guru and securing his grace.”1 in this statement an important doctrine, full of truth, is laid down....

Of the three paths, jnana (knowledge), karma (action), or bhakti (devotion), one should choose one which suits one’s nature. No one of these paths is superior or inferior to the others. It is sheer ignorance to consider one’s own path to be superior and those of others to be inferior....

Victory to God is a deeply spiritual discourse delivered by Yogacharya Kripalvananda, blending philosophy, devotion, and ethical action into a cohesive path for spiritual growth....

Consciousness of Truth, A Manual for Enlightenment Masters was based on the talks given by Charles Berner at the first Enlightenment Master’s Training Course in 1977. A slightly revised version, published in 1981, was used for the training of en lightenment masters since then....

This interpretation is based upon the Bardo Thodol, translated by Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup, as edited by W. Y. Evans-Wentz. The purpose of this book is to provide a manual for guiding newly deceased persons through the after death experience, in terms familiar to the Western world....

This little volume is a collection of guidances given by Dharmacharya Swami Kripalvanandaji Maharaj to his students over a period of time in 1971. It was first published in his native tongue, Gujarati, under the title Guru Vachanamrit; later an English edition was published in India by the Kayavarohan Tirth Seva Samaj....

In Krpalupanisad, Svami Krpalvananda has given us the basic knowledge necessary for the practice of yoga. Krpalu means grace. Upanisad means sitting near. Through this scripture we are able to receive the grace of Svami Krpalvananda's profound wisdom, born of over twenty-five years of intense meditation and thorough study of yogic scripture....

Swami Kripalu was arguably the most accomplished kundalini yoga master in modern times. He revived an ancient form of yoga taught to him by his guru, whom he later discovered was Lakulisha, the 28th incarnation of Shiva. He called this yoga sahaja, or natural yoga, which is also known by many other names, including surrender yoga and kundalini yoga. Kripalu practiced natural yoga for over 30 years, 10 hours a day without fail. In the end, he achieved nirbija samadhi, the highest goal of yoga....