Lahiri Mahasaya Quotes & Sayings

Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world - so make the acquaintanceship of God now. — Lahiri Mahasaya

Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of Kriya, learn to escape into Spirit. — Lahiri Mahasaya

Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Through man's ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful. — Lahiri Mahasaya

My worship is of a very strange kind.
In this, Ganga water is not required.
No special utensils are necessary.
Even flowers are redundant.
In this puja all gods have disappeared.
And emptiness has emerged with euphoria. — Lahiri Mahasaya

Whenever anyone utters with reverence the name of Babaji, that devotee attracts an instant spiritual blessing. — Lahiri Mahasaya

I am ever with those who practice Kriya Yoga. I will guide you to the
Cosmic Home through your enlarging perceptions. — Lahiri Mahasaya

Kriya is an ancient science," Yogananda writes. Mahavatar Babaji rediscovered and clarified the technique after it had been lost in the Dark Ages. Babaji revealed to Lahiri Mahasaya: "The Kriya Yoga which I am giving to the world through you in this nineteenth century is a revival of the same science which Krishna gave, millenniums ago, to Arjuna, and which was later known to Patanjali, and to Christ, St. John, St. Paul, and other disciples. — Lahiri Mahasaya

Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe — Lahiri Mahasaya

All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God — Lahiri Mahasaya