Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 January 1893
CountryIndia
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Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.
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I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality.
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In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency. The organs of the body are essentially sustained by the energy of God, and the person who employs various methods to increase this energy will have at his command a greater power for healing than is afforded by any medicine or diet.
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Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.
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Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.
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To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness.
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How you all will change the work after I am gone. If I came back a hundred years from now, I just wonder if I would even recognize it.
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With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I am the ocean." You should realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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Mind is the creator of everything.
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Ever-new Joy is God. He is inexhaustible; as you continue your meditations during the years, He will beguile you with an infinite ingenuity. Devotees like yourself who have found the way to God never dream of exchanging Him for any other happiness; He is seductive beyond thought of competition.
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Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
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Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.