See, for instance, Yogananda 1951: 222, where Yogananda states that “to fulfill one’s
earthly responsibilities is indeed the higher path, provided the yogi, maintaining a
mental uninvolvement with egotistical desires, plays his part as a willing instrument
of God.”
Yogananda 1995: 239.
Satyeswarananda 1991: 183.
Yogananda 1951: 48.
Yogananda 1951: 50.
Yogananda 1951: 50.
Yogananda 1951: 54.
Yogananda 1951: 61.
Yogananda 1951: 471.
Yogananda 1951: 47.
Yogananda 1951: 140.
Yogananda 1951: 3.
Yogananda 1951: 18.
Yogananda 1951: 19.
Yogananda 1951: 20– 21.
Yogananda 1951: 3.
Yogananda 1951: 86.
Yogananda 1951: 93.
Yogananda 1951: 96.
Yogananda 1951: 140.
Yogananda 1951: 154– 55.
Yogananda 1951: 376– 77.
Yogananda 1951: 398.
Yogananda 1951: 398– 99.
Yogananda 1951: 401.
Yogananda 1951: 402.
Yogananda 1951: 410.
Yogananda 1951: 414.
Yogananda 1951: 49.
Yogananda 1951: 426.
Within Theosophical cosmologies, the astral body usually refers only to the lowest
aspect of subtle embodiment. The Theosophical usage of the term is rather con-
fusing, as Helena Blavatsky uses it interchangeably with liṅga śarīra, thereby also
limiting the range of the original Sanskrit term. Later Theosophists, namely Annie
Besant, argue that this is not in fact a proper translation and attempt to dispose
with the equivalence. Since the general population of metaphysical practitioners
and enthusiasts is rarely introduced to the specific subdivisions of the subtle body,
