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Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yoga and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. (2025). 9780816073368, New York : Checkmark Books, an imprint of Infobase Publishing. . ISBN 9780816073368 Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder "living fully in the world". A part of Lahiri Mahasaya's face is pictured on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
On 27 November 1861, Lahiri Mahasaya met Babaji in the mountains near Ranikhet. Babaji taught him a meditation technique called Kriya Yoga, which Lahiri Mahasaya then taught to many others, including his wife, Paramahansa Yogananda's parents, and Sri Yukteswar Giri, guru of Yogananda.
Hundreds of people sought Diksha from Lahiri Mahasaya, who would often gather his devotees for discussions on the Bhagavad Gita. Lahiri Mahasaya preferred to teach in secret and without forming an organization, but he eventually allowed his disciples to form the Arya Mission in Kolkata to spread his teachings. Some disciples copied down his talks and compiled them into books. He died in 1895.
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