Siddhayoga - Scriptural Sources

Scriptural Sources

Siddhayoga aims to uncover an eternal source of abundance for all to share - peace, creativity, spiritual energy and eternal soul. The guru makes this happen for the disciple. Its most important text is the Yoga Vani. A copy of Yoga Vani is housed in the National Library Center, Florence, Italy in its Siddhayoga/Kundalini collection.

The siddhayoga guru prepares the kundalini shakti which automatically gets infused in the disciple at the muladhara chakra, awakening and raising spiritual energy up the Sushumna Swami Muktananda, founder of the modern Siddha Yoga group, recommended the Mahayoga Vijnana, Yoga Vani and Shaktipat, as well as the Shivasutras, Pratyabhijnahridayam, Tantraloka and Shivadrishti, saying "Mahayoga has a very important place in Shaivite philosophy....one can read what the saints say, in the light of their own experiences, about Shaktipat, the grace of a Siddha, and the dynamic play of Mother Kundalini."

Various ancient texts discuss this effect of nearness to the guru. The Kularnava Tantra has; "An intelligent person should regard this teacher as their preceptor by whose contact inexpressible bliss is produced in the disciple." and the Yoga Vasistha confirms; "A real preceptor is one who can produce blissful sensation in the body of the disciple by their sight, touch, or instructions."

Siddhayoga is said to be an internal transformation, allowing a person to grow more into their nature regardless of their outer path, rites and rituals; what they do and how they do it in the outer world is unique to their own individual path (dharma). One who yearns to connect with their soul or God, who strives for mental peace and harmony with all people, animals, and nature, who tries to live in balance with nature's rhythms and who aims to live purposefully will find these higher desires fulfilled in experiencing of soul and developing of inner divine love.