Lahiri aida kugara naMahavatar Babaji, uyo akamuudza pachinzvimbo chekuti anofanira kudzokera munyika kunodzidzisa Kriya Yoga uye kuti "Kriya Yoga sadhana yaizopararira kuburikidza nevanhu venyika kuburikidza nekuvapo kwake (kwaLahiri) munyika".Lahirī akataura kuti Mahavatar Babaji haana kupa zita rake kana kumashure, saka Lahiri akamupa zita rekuti "Mahavatar Babaji". Vazhinji sadhus muIndia vanonzi Babaji, uye dzimwe nguva kunyangwe "Babaji Maharaj", izvo zvakakonzera nyonganiso pakati paMahavatar Babaji nemamwe masadhus ane mazita.Lahirī aive nemisangano naMahavatar Babaji, akadzokorora basa rake mumabhuku akati wandei, kusanganisira Baba Yogananda's Autobiography, Paramahansa Yogananda, Maharaj Yogira (Lahiri) akazivisa rudzi rwakafanana rweLahiri: Maharaj Yogira, Sri Yogira Churnama, Sri Yogira Churnama, uye nezvimwe.
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