The following are the special features of Original Kriya. If these are not observed then one must know that Kriya and the practice are not according to Babaji and Lahiri Mahasay.
- Original Kriya Tradition is Guru-Param-Para, that is, the disciple receives Kriya initiation personally from his or her Gurudev, the Master. The initiate learns the Kriya discipline having a personal relationship with his or her Gurudev or the Master.
- Original Kriya Tradition is free from an organizational way of teaching. It is free from organizations.
- Kriya initiation is given in private and in strict confidence, personally and secretly, with closed door and not in public or in a group. The Kriya initiation ceremony is neither a public affair nor a matter of public display.
- The initiate has to have his or her Kriya practice checked every six months personally by the Master. If the disciple misses two consecutive checkups he or she would be treated as non-Kriyanwita. This rule was introduced by Lahiri Mahasay.
- Lahiri Mahasay initiated his disciples personally on a one to one basis. Only in a few cases he initiated husband and wife together. In such a situation, if either of the spouses required additional Kriya which the other did not, then he initiated that Kriya separately.
- Original Kriya is practiced in strict secrecy. Occasional practice among the close Kriyanwita, the followers of Kriya, is the exceptional. The group Kriya practice in public are prohibited.
- Although Babaji himself is a renunciate Swami, in fact, there is no necessary connection that one has to be a renunciate to practice Kriya discipline.
Original Kriya is suited for both renunciate and householders. Lahiri Mahasay, the polestar of Kriya, became the role model of the householders Kriyanwitas, while Babaji remains as the role model of the renunciates.