… Kriya Yoga is thus “union (yoga) with the Infinite through a certain action or rite.” A yogi who faithfully follows its technique is gradually freed from karma or the universal chain of causation.

… In contrast to the slow, uncertain “bullock cart” theological path to God, Kriya may justly be called the “airplane” route.

- Autobiography of a Yogi, 1946, Paramhansa Yogananda