Kriya Yoga (Yoga of Action)

Introduction

Context

• The second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras — the portion on practice — begins with a description of Kriya Yoga in Sutras 2.1 and 2.2.
• As expert I.K. Taimni explains, the mention of the three niyamas in Sutra 2.1 is of “a more preliminary nature than that in 2.32.”
• That is, Kriya Yoga is a way for those caught up in the world (“completely under the influence of kleshas“) to begin.