The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar - Vol 2

The yoga of Siddha Boganathar Volume 2 by T.N. Ganapathy is the second in a series of publication produced by the yoga Siddha Research center sponsored by Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas and the yoga research and education Center.

Boganathar was the Siddha guru of Kriya Babaji Nagaraj the famed Himalayan Master.

This volume 2 takes us further into the title known world of the who for millennia have explored the furthest reaches of human potentiality and spiritual development. Boganathar was not only one of the greatest adepts of Yoga of all time but also a great scientist.

The author has rendered a great service to all lovers of spirituality and science in the present work. For the first time ever the writings of Boganathar the greatest Scientist of the Siddha tradition have been translated into English and a useful commentary on these profound and difficult texts has been rendered. The present volume contains poems that all lovers of Kundalini Yoga and Tantra will find inspiring.

By contemplating the poems of this present volume the cit-sakti or consciousness energy of Boganathar may be absorbed and the reader will enter a higher state of consciousness. This subtle process referred to as svadhyaya or self study by Patanjai in Sutra 2:1 of the Yoga Sutras is an important part of the sadhana of every student of Kriya Yoga and Tantra.

The heart of this volume is a translation with commentary of two Tamil works of Boganathar. In these works he teaches all about the importance of pranayama, the various Chakras Kundalini Yoga the thirty six principles of nature the esoteric three empty spaces and many other fascinating topics related to the little known Siddha tradition. The spiritual path advocated herein by the Siddhas is life affirming non-sectarian and scientific. It inspires us to realize our highest potential.

Born in the Village of Tandankurai in Thanjavur District Tamil Nadu int eh year 1932 and after acquiring his doctorate degree from the Nagpur University in the year 1972 Prof. T.N. Ganapathy retired as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, after thirty nine years of distinguished service as a teacher of philosophy. He has studied the works of the Siddhas since 1975. He was awarded the Senior Fellowship by the Indian Council of philosophical Research New Delhi for three years 1985-1988. His work fir this project on the Philosophy of the Tamil Siddhas was published in the year 1993. Acknowledged as a specialist in Tamil Siddha Philosophy he is at present the Director of the Yoga Siddha Research Center at Chennai India co-sponsored by the Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, Inc. Canada and the Yoga Research and education center in California. For this project he has translated the Yoga works of Bogar into English edited the publication of the Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology the Yoga of Siddha Avvai and is currently preparing a translation commentary and essays on the Tirmandiram.