Kundalini Tantra/2012 Re-print/ 2013 Golden Jubilee edition

Swami Satyananda Saraswati has done an excellent job writing this book. He started with his doubts as school boy, then how he learnt and how it fits in the big picture. all my questions about kundalini were answered. remember, even though i am indian/hindu upper caste born, none of it was known to me till i figured it out from the internet and then later on using this book. i had a pdf version of this book from somewhere - then decided to get myself a paper copy. it is very well written, no unwanted material, to the point. swamiji's command over english language is impeccable. he knows his stuff. as i heard in one of bhagawad gita's lecture, the concepts can be explained by someone who had a quest and understood it fully - as against a born brahma-jnani because a brahma jnani will not be relate to the billions of common man's thought process. even though the title says "tantra", there is nothing about sexual tantra that the media has associated tantra with. he does explain about the sexual aspects of tantra that can be used for kundalini awakening - and the dangers associated with it. over all, it is a fantastic book - if u need something more detailed about kundalini, you may have to know sanskrit well and access all the vedic texts to research and compile. swamiji has saved us the trouble and has compiled this beautiful book for us. i am planning to buy swamiji's 900+ page book on kriya yoga that outlines yoga and how it can be used for life and beyond instead of just muscle building and cholestrol control. on a side note, after reading this and listening to a lot of discourses, i inferred (cannot prove it) that prahlada had kundalini awakened all chakras to sahasrara while he was in his mother's womb with the help of sage narada. that is why he was crowned bhakta chakravarti by the lord himself - born a brahma jnani. when you hear bhakti providing ashta maha siddhis - remember, that happens ONLY when the kundalini crosses the diaphram chakra. also, when you hear that moksha/ samadhi status happens only with kundalini at sahasrara. i learnt to make the connection after analysis. enjoy reading this book.

I've owned this book for several years. I started out with "A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya", by the same author. This book is meant as a companion volume to A Systematic Course to go more in depth and explain technical details that couldn't find the space in the 1000 paged coursebook. It includes all the kriyas in their entirety with the same verbiage given in A Systematic Course. The only difference is that Kundalini Trantra presupposes the reader that's intending to do the practice has already had several years of rigorous hatha yoga and meditation practice. In fact, preceeding the exposition on the kriyas is a stern warning that those who haven't had such a lifestyle for about that much time should avert from kriya yoga until they have. A Systematic Course, by the same author, gives an excellent 3 years worth of systematically progressive yogic techniques and lays them out in a perfect way for daily practice. I followed it for 1.5 years before integrating the practice of kriya yoga with my daily sadhana, as laid out at the end of each section. I'm intensely grateful that I closely adhered to their guidelines. Had I not had a series of smaller "awakenings", I might wonder what the hell was happening to me sometimes. All for the persuit of God. Someone advised elsewhere here that practicing kundalini tantra (which includes kriya yoga) without a qualified teacher could be dangerous. I would have to firstly raise the question of what constitutes a "qualified" teacher? Secondly, what kind of risk would people be willing to take from these practices that might be so dangerous? I think the only qualified teacher available to us in the west is our own self-practice and our own experiences, guided by the budding intuition that develops therefrom. As for the risky business of meditation - Anytime I leave my house or drive my car, I'm putting my life in great potential peril. But I do so because I've minimized my risk from many years of practice and practical experience gleamed from it, and because the rewards far outweighs the risk. My ultimate recommendation: A great book for those who: are determined to gain self-enlightenment from kriya yoga and have had the hatha/concentration training; hatha yogis who want to move beyond the body; and those who simply are intensely curious about kriya yoga and its technical details.

This book is an absolute must for the Yoga aspirant. Here Satyananda Saraswati is our guide into the world of Kundalini, the working of our Yogic body and the experiences that come along with this practice. His words are so clear that if you have never read a book on Yoga, the information here will still be completely understandable. This along with their other books, namely, Practical Yoga Psychology Practical Yoga Psychology , should be a part of the library of all those who are trying to evolve, the yogic way. Satyananda, as the great teacher he was, goes to great lenghths to describe the ups and down of Kundalini, of how to prepare and the cleansing process that happens when the kundalini is awakened. He gives information on those throughout history who had experienced this gift. He also treads carefully as he writes, so as not to indulge fully on the philosophical point of view, noting where sctientific research has "proved" or have yet to (for the westrn skeptics). And he gives us, the practitioner, outlines so that we may asses who we really are and what path of cleansing is the best for our individual self. This is one of Bihar's School of Yoga great and educative book on man as a whole. I highly recommend this book.

First of all, this was enthralling to read. It can really be compared for the two subsets of people that will buy it: Firstly, those looking for eastern praxis in kundalini tantra with no or little background will find in this a lifelong textbook of incomparable quality. I know one of his students personally, and he has said before that this was interstellar, and a genuine adept. His knowledge is certainly encyclopedic. His best books however are the Encyclopedia of Yoga and Tantra, and the very difficult to find and out-of-print Sannyassa Tantra. In the second group, the authors depth of intricate detail makes this an excellent book for serious students of western traditions such as alchemy and hermeticism, and the content is easily comparable. Thus for serious western students it becomes an incredibly useful comparative tool for the various maps of the universe, such as comparing the map of the chakras to the tree of life. Personally, it has provided me with immense value and I cannot recommend it enough. In any case that this book is used, it is well worth the purchase.

I am so grateful for my Guru Satyananda for writing this book and leaving out no details about how to turn on your Kundalini which is what I did combining Kriya 6 with Kriya 7 - the heart of Kriya yoga. I still to this day practice these Kriyas everyday together along with Kriya 10 and 11 to open my Ajna Chakra. This book goes into great detail giving many exercises to open all of your chakras and 20 kriyas to turn on your Kundalini. It is not an easy read and I had to read it twice and write down on a notebook the words I didn't understand with the definition next to them to gain complete understanding of the techniques and exercises. If you could only own one book on yoga - this is it! The only thing missing from this book that I can see is the practice of Talabya Kriya to develop Kechari. I own well over 100 books on yoga (over 40 from the Bihar School), and this is the most important one. Om Namo Narayana

It came in good condition It has a lot of information Am enjoying reading it

Many years of studying yoga, philosophy, the occult and spiritualism. Everything seemed hazy until this booked arrived. Anything that remained unclear became a crystal with this book. It elucidates points so clearly and vividly where everything that once remained a mystery, occluded, dark, shadowy or unsure has now been explained in detail and brought into light.

I bought this book a few years ago, and recently going through some things and wanted some inspiration on detaching, as a spiritual practitioner of the Obeah/Vodun/Palo/Ifa/Demonology paths, I felt my magic evolving and felt the need to go deeper within and sit in with my higher self and just allow the spiritual evolution to take place without placing attachments, desired outcome and allowing that more peaceful part of myself to unfold. as a practitioner of largely black magic, I always enjoyed the darker realms but I felt myself growing into the wise elder sage which I kept tied up bound and gagged in the basement lol, I didn't want to lose my vengeful and wicked nature when crossed,. but as I felt this new unfolding I realize I didn't have to fight my more peaceful, tranquil side I could indeed incorporate it into my other side. the changes I feel taking place within led me to pick up this book and I'm glad I did, while I don't see myself aspiring to become a yogini I will save that for next lifetime, I will however incorporate some of these techniques and lessons in my daily life. and not be afraid I will turn into a Hare Krishna wrapped in a white sheet handing out flowers in the airport. Swami Sarawati has put forth an excellent workable textbook on kundalini tantra.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough, other than to declare it the greatest book I have ever read, and a work of perfection. Throughout, the great spiritual master Swami Satyananda reveals a wealth of highly esoteric information on yoga and the mysterious force that yoga masters, prophets, alchemists and geniuses throughout the ages have harnessed to speed up their evolution - the kundalini. The book contains illuminating descriptions of the chakras (energy centres), the major nadis (meridians, energy/ consciousness channels), and the processes by which the kundalini can be awakened and directed towards them, to illuminate the brain and elevate consciousness. The descriptions and explanations are intuitive and easy to understand, though as any yogi will tell you one has to do the practices to truly understand and to bring about inner transformation. The book provides rare insights into the physiological impacts (within the nervous system, especially the cerebrospinal areas and the sympathetic/ parasympathetic) of speeding up one's evolution and the development of higher consciousness, the latter being sorely lacking in Western psychology, even though Jung himself wrote on the subject (The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga by C.G. Jung), yet of increasing interest to quantum physicists. But of greater value still has to be the exposition of the various methods and exercises for awakening the chakras and the kundalini, and the step by step instructions for the kundalini kriyas. For these are the methods by which those of ordinary ability can become great, the methods which awaken the dormant 90% of the brain and evolve one's consciousness. The final part of the book gives details on some of the scientific research that has explored yoga and kundalini, accompanied with a fascinating transcription of a discourse on the subject between several masters. The book is concise, designed in a highly systematic way and most of all very inspiring. Read this book and take your own evolution into your own hands.

This book is excellent. Just do it. I have just about every book there is on Kundalini and this is one that ranks high on my list of must haves. The information in the books by this author/publisher is invaluable for someone in the spiritual/kundalini awakening process. Many of the other books by this author and publisher are well worth buying. The only real downside, is that if you're looking for in depth explanations about the yogic/tantric/ayurvedic theory on energetics in the kundalini context, such as regarding ojas, tejas and prana etc, and the alchemical process thereof, it is not discussed in this book unfortunately. But the author does talk about most of the other important topics regarding philosophy, theory and practice. It would be nice if there was more troubleshooting info in the book as Kundalini process can be very tricky to navigate. Nonetheless, excellent book. Still giving it 5 stars.

In depth knowledge, not sure without guru how to practice some advanced techniques

Ein weiteres tolles Buch der Bihar Yoga School. Die Techniken mit allen Vor- und Nachteilen werden hier offen beschrieben. Keine Geheimnistuerei, keine Abhängigkeiten. Für den selbstverantwortlichen Praktizierenden, der eine Anleitung für ein sicheres Erwachen der Kundalini sucht.

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