"You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find." – from the book The Divine Romance
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India—the only one he created to disseminate his teachings. A chief disciple of the yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread the teachings of yoga to the West. He immigrated to the US at the age of 27[2] to demonstrate the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to advocate for a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality.[3] His longstanding influence in the American yoga movement and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led yoga experts to consider him as the "Father of Yoga in the West". He lived his last 32 year
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (परमहंस योगानन्द; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952), intelligent Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was an Asiatic yogi give orders to guru who was supporting in delivery Kriya Yoga to description West.
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Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Not to be confused with Swami Yogananda.
Quotation
"You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find." – from the book The Divine Romance
Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ, hindi परमहंस योगानन्द) (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (Bengali: মুকুন্দলাল ঘোষ), 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.[1]
Biography
Youth
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Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, to a devout family.[2] According to his younger brother, Sananda, from his earliest years young Mukunda's awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary.[2] In his youth he sought out many of India's Hindu sages and saints, hoping to find an illuminated teacher to guide him in his spiritual quest.[3]
Yogananda's seeking after various saints mostly ended when he met his guru, SwamiYukteswar Giri, in 1910, at the age of 17. He describes his first