Some of these voluntary amanuenses were more discerning than others
in correctly conveying the profound insight of the guru; yet, on
the whole, their efforts were successful. Through their zeal, the
world possesses unparalleled commentaries by Lahiri Mahasaya on
twenty-six ancient scriptures.
Sri Ananda Mohan Lahiri, a grandson of the master, has written an
interesting booklet on KRIYA. "The text of the BHAGAVAD GITA is a
part of the great epic, the MAHABHARATA, which possesses several
knot-points (VYAS-KUTAS)," Sri Ananda wrote. "Keep those knot-points
unquestioned, and we find nothing but mythical stories of a peculiar
and easily-misunderstood type. Keep those knot-points unexplained,
and we have lost a science which the East has preserved with
superhuman patience after a quest of thousands of years of experiment.
{FN35-20} It was the commentaries of Lahiri Mahasaya which brought
to light, clear of allegories, the very science of religion that
had been so cleverly put out of sight in the riddle of scriptural
letters and imagery. No longer a mere unintelligible jugglery of
words, the otherwise unmeaning formulas of Vedic worship have been
proved by the master to be full of scientific significance. . . .
"We know that man is usually helpless against the insurgent sway
of evil passions, but these are rendered powerless and man finds no
motive in their indulgence when there dawns on him a consciousness
of superior and lasting bliss through KRIYA.
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