BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA ORDER OF ACHARYAS

Mission: To promote the dissemination of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga throughout the world through lectures, public classes, initiation seminars, and retreats through qualified and authorized teachers (“ acharyas ”). Babaji’s Kriya Yoga is a scientific art of perfect God Truth Realization. It is a practical side to all religions, and is therefore non-sectarian, suitable to everyone, regardless of their religious ideals. It represents the teachings of Satguru Kriya Babaji Nagaraj and the 18 Siddha Yoga tradition of India.

History and current activities: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, Inc. was established in the USA, Quebec, Canada and India in 1997 and granted tax exempt status as a 501 (c) (3) educational charity by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States as well as by Revenue Canada and by India. It is a network of “acharyas” or expert teachers who, following a common set of standards for teaching, personal yogic practice and ethical conduct, reporting and coordination, promote the dissemination of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga throughout the world via lectures, publications, initiations and retreats. The founder-president of the Order, Marshall Govindan Satchidananda was asked by Babaji and the late Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah (1923-2006) to establish the Order in 1986. Yogi Ramaiah, a Tamil Siddha Yogi, was initiated by Babaji near Badrinath, in the Himalayas in 1954. M Govindan Satchidananda was trained in all aspects of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga by Yogi Ramaiah from 1970 to 1988, practicing it for eight hours per day throughout this 18 year period.

The Order maintains ashrams in Quebec , Bangalore, two in Sri Lanka and is building one in Badrinath, India. The ashrams accomodate serious students of yoga who seek an environment for intensive yogic practice. Babaji’s Kriya Yoga ashram near Eastman, Quebec is one of the most beautiful Yoga ashrams in the world today. Founded in 1992, it offers year round retreats and seminars. It is located on top of a mountain, with panoramic views of neighboring mountains and pristine forest land. The 40 acre site includes a private lake, a mediation hall, access to hundreds of acres of forest trails, peace and isolation. Its comfortable facilities provide housing for up to 28 persons at one time.

The Order’s 38 acharyas conduct free public yoga classes and initiation seminars in more than a dozen countries. The Order in India publishes and distributes the manuscripts prepared by the Yoga Siddha Research Center scholars. It also organizes pilgrimages to sacred sites associated with the Siddha tradition both in south India and the Himlayas. For more information contact Vinod or by mail to: Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, Post Box 5608, Malleswaram West, 560 055 Bangalore, India.

Through a network of over 20,000 initiated practitioners in twenty countries, the Order also organizes numerous initiation seminars, retreats, trainings and group practice meetings in Babaji’s Kriya Yoga.

Yoga Siddha Research Center: The Order has sponsored and guided the work of the Yoga Siddha Research Center in Chennai, Tamil Nadu India since 2000. This research center collects, preserves, transcribes, translates the ancient palm leaf manuscripts of the 18 Yoga Siddha tradition of India, with commentaries. The Order publishes these works of the Center and distributes them throughout India and the world. It also sponsors the scholars working for the center at various academic conferences. Seven major books have been published to date. In 2010 the center has published a new English translation with commentary of the south India’s most important text related to Yoga: the Tirumandiram, by the Yoga Siddha Tirumular in ten volumes, 3 780 pages. A new edition of it was printed in 2013 in five volumes. Dr TN P Haran prepared a Guide book to 750 manuscripts of Siddhas poems. We published these on an accomparying CD in January 2016.

This is a good time to consider making a donation to “Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas ”, to enable us to continue to bring Babaji’s Kriya Yoga to persons who otherwise would not be able to receive it.

In the past twelve months, since September 2023 the Order of Acharyas did the following:

• Brought more than 100 initiation seminars to more than 1000 participants living in 18 countries including Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, Estonia, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, the USA and Canada.
• Sponsored and helped organize weekly online Satsangs via Zoom in India, North America, Brazil, Germany, Sri Lanka, Italy and France, and daily sadhana meetings via Zoom in India.
• Maintained an ashram and publishing office in Bangalore, India. It published and distributed most of our books and tapes throughout India.
• Maintained an ashram in Badrinath, India.
• Helped financially to complete the construction of a new ashram in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Published in the Turkish language The Voice of Babaji: Trilogy on Kriya Yoga, and Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition; in Hindi, the book Kailash; in Malayalam, the book Babaji and the 18 Siddhas.
• Sponsored free public classes weekly in Babaji’s Kriya Yoga, and kirtan events at the Quebec ashram.
• Organized two pilgrimages including 24 persons in English and 19 persons from Brazil to the Badrinath ashram in September 2024.
• Completed the training of a new Acharyas Neela Saraswati of Munich, Germany, Ramadevar of Mumbai, India and Ramdas of Rhode Island, USA

In the year 2024 - 2025 the Order plans to do the following:

• Bring initiation seminars to Estonia, Turkey and most of the above-named countries.
• Conduct free bi-weekly public asana and meditation classes at our ashrams in Quebec, Bangalore and Sri Lanka.
• Publish the book Thirumandiram: A Classic of Yoga and Tantra in German and French and possibly in Italian and Portuguese.  Publish in Hindi volume 3 of the Voice of Babaji in Hindi. Publish the Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram in French, and possibly in German.
  
• Complete the training of new Acharyas in Estonia and Canada.
• Organize 3 pilgrimages to Badrinath: one in French, in June, one in English in September, and one in Portuguese from end of September to mid October 2025.

The 38 volunteer Acharyas of the Order and many other volunteer organizers need your support to fulfill this program for the year 2024-2025. Your contribution is tax deductible in Canada and the USA. Send it by December 31, 2024 if possible, and receive a receipt for your 2024 Income tax return. Use your credit card!

Our work is financed entirely by your contributions. There are many persons all over the world waiting to receive initiation. We will send acharyas as we receive the funds needed to pay for travel expenses.

For each donation of US$70/Cn$75 or more, receive a free copy of the new book, “Enlightenment: Its Not What You Think,” in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. See our bookstore for a description of these. Please indicate the title of the book to send in the Additional Information to the cart in Check Out Now.

Donations may be made payable to "Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas", and sent by check, draft or money order to 196 Mountain Road, P.O. Box 90, Eastman, Quebec, Canada J0E 1P0, or paid by a VISA, Mastercard or American Express authorization by calling 1-888-252.9642 or outside North America +1-450-297.0258 or make your contribution online here

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"Lets Work Together - a letter from M. G. Satchidananda, February 14, 2024"

Let’s Work Together. Residents of India who wish to make a donation for the printing of any of the books or painting of the Badrinath Ashram, please send a Cheque or DD favoring “Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Ashram and Publications”, payable at Bangalore, Send your DD or Cheque to the following postal address:
Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Ashram and Publications Trust,
# 52, ‘Cement Villa, 1st Floor, 5th Main, Malleshwaram 18th Cross, Bangalore - 560 055.
Tel: +91 94 99 20007 / +91 9845 66 1221. 
E mail: info

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For any online transfer please use the following ashram account details.
Bank: PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK.
Branch: St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary.
Account Name: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Ashram and Publications.
Account Number: 4625 000 1 000 20 554
IFSC Code: PUNB 0 46 2500

Or if you want to make a general donation please make a transfer to:
Bank: Punjab National Bank,
Account Number: 126 10 10 1000 544 76.
Account Name: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust,
Branch: St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary,
IFSC Code: PUNB 0 46 2500.

If by funds transfer, also send an email to Vinod stating your name, postal address, and amount of the transfer, so that he can send to you an official receipt