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
romance infinite
The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
serenity relax
Do your best and then relax.
time-management tomorrow moments
If God calls me tomorrow I will go without a moment's turning back.
brotherhood example understood
Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!
mistake soul mud
Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
mistake reflection men
The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his body; obviously he would not pay solicitous homage to a clod of clay. A human being falsely identifies himself with his physical form because the life currents from the soul are breath-conveyed into the flesh with such intense power that man mistakes the effect for a cause, and idolatrously imagines the body to have life of its own.
imperfection mind faults
Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn't mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
gestures flow energy
The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
know-how knows
When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
envy mind body
Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.
mistake ideas mind
It is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in the mind in hope of fulfilling a want by its actual presence in the future. If objects were pleasurable in themselves, then the same dress or food would always please everyone, which is not the case.
truth-is not-afraid
Truth is not afraid of questions.
neglect form can-do
Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
afforded amidst came clear covering distant earliest features future glimpse life previous yogi
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.