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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Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.
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Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
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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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Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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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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Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma.
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Forget your dream-born mortal weakness. Wake up and know that you and God are one.
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Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.
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Careless indifference and bodily restlessness in meditation cause negative vibrations.
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The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.