Lahiri Mahasaya
Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 Satumba 1828 - 26 Satumba 1895), wanda aka fi sani da Lahiri Mahasaya, dan Indiya ne kuma guru wanda ya kafa Makarantar Kriya Yoga . Ya kasance almajirin Mahavatar Babaji . A cewar littafin America's Alternative Religions na Timothy Miller, an bayyana rayuwar Lahiri Mahasaya a cikin Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a yogi a matsayin nuni na nasarar ruhaniya wanda mai gida "yana rayuwa sosai a duniya" zai iya cimma. Wani bangare na fuskar Lahiri Mahasaya an nuna shi a kan murfin kundin Beatles na 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band .[1]
Rayuwa ta farko
gyara sashehaifi Lahiri Mahasaya ga Gourmohan da Muktakeshi Lahiri a ranar 30 ga Satumba 1828, a ƙauyen Ghurni, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, Indiya, a cewar Yogananda. A cikin 1832, ambaliyar ruwa ta kashe mahaifiyarsa kuma ta lalata gidansu, bayan haka iyalinsa suka koma Varanasi, inda ya sami ilimi a falsafar, Sanskrit, da Ingilishi. Mahaifinsa ya shirya ya auri Kashimoni a 1846. A shekara ta 1851, ya fara aiki a matsayin magatakarda da kuma malami.[2]
Malamin Kriya Yoga
gyara sasheA ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 1861, Lahiri Mahasaya ta sadu da Babaji a Ranikhet . Babaji ya koya masa wata hanyar tunani da ake kira Kriya Yoga, wanda Lahiri Mahasaya ya koya wa wasu da yawa, gami da matarsa, iyayen Paramahansa Yogananda, da Sri Yukteswar Giri, guru na Yogananda.