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This is the “yoga of extreme purification”. Most commonly, Kriya Yoga is taught as a system of practices for bodily cleansing and purification. However, purification in Kriya Yoga happens on many levels of the being, including the energetic (pranic) as well as the mental and higher psychic dimensions. The common “bodily purification” techniques known as kriyas, which includes practices for purifying the nadis (subtle channels) and energetic systems, actually fall within the discipline of Hatha Yoga.
Kriya Yoga, in its essence, refers to a process of purification at the higher level of the mind. This relates, within the Ashtanga Yoga system of Patanjali, to the first two of the eight limbs; namely yama and niyama (morals and ethics). Thus, Kriya Yoga, as it pertains to the re-organization of one’s attitudes and beliefs, and the purification of the mental plane, is considered the preliminary step toward yoga (ultimate union of the individuality with the Universality).
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