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
people world may
This world is not the same to all people. Each one lives in his little domain....Peace and harmony may reign in one person's world; where strife and restlessness in anothers. But whatever the circumstances of one's environment, it consists of both an inner and an outer world. The outside world is the one in which your life engages in action and interaction. The world inside of you determines your happiness or unhappiness.
book power people
Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.
knowledge people realization
Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.
wise respect people
Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also for their Innate Right to their own Free Will.
prayer people events
Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.
death pain people
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
self people religion
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
ignorance people skillful
People are so skillful in their ignorance!
love light people
The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love.
running people world
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
cutting people trying
Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.
becomes cosmic distorted divine inevitable involved life personally
This life is not man's own show; if he becomes personally and emotionally involved in the very complicated cosmic drama, he reaps inevitable suffering for having distorted the divine 'plot.'
consciousness cosmic dream god looks man men perceived shadows types
The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion.
cold dry follow himself mind procedure yogi
A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated.