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
years gone wonder
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.
ocean inspiration realization
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.
never-forget forget forget-it
Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
lying temptation overcoming
Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
dream others-happiness years
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.
neglect form can-do
Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
knowledge people realization
Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.
smile men cells
A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
play roles spirituality
Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.
exercise wish able
When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.
attitude past fire
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
spiritual children real
Realize the tremendous spiritual power and beauty of the life of Christ, and try to live as he lived. Christ had no nationality. He loved all races as the children of God. Try to feel that brotherhood with all nationalities. Real brotherhood can never come unless we feel it in our hearts. Such feeling can be attained only through the actual contact of God in our hearts.
quiet feels behinds
Remain quiet. Don't feel you have to talk all the time. Go within and you will see the Loveliness behind all beauty.
lying hands rainbow
We do not always see the things that are nearest to us. We pass by riches that lie close at hand and chase after rainbows.