Are Yogananda's teachings really watered down ?

[Sage_Elias]

Why do people say this ? I feel really drawn to an online Teacher named Ryan Kurczak and his Kriya Yoga techniques are from Yogananda's lineage.

So why is it said that Yogananda didn't teach Kriya Yoga properly ?

[Recursoinominado]

1 hour ago, Sage_Elias said:

Why do people say this ? I feel really drawn to an online Teacher named Ryan Kurczak and his Kriya Yoga techniques are from Yogananda's lineage.

So why is it said that Yogananda didn't teach Kriya Yoga properly ?

Maybe because according to with his documentary, he was one of the first to bring this east knowledge to the west and westerners see the world vastly different from the easterns. Maybe it is more appealing here in the west to say that yoga will bring you more calmness and thus productivity in work then it is to say that it will bring enlightenment or union with the divine. And then give the true teaching to the ones who takes spirituality seriously. 

Edited August 12, 2018 by Recursoinominado