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PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

ra ahansa Yogananda Quick Facts

Areas: Spirituality; Eastern Religion

eller: “Autobiography of a Yogi”

: Author; Lecturer; Philosopher; Yogi; 1893-1952

rofit Affiliation: Self-Realization Fellowship

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Paramahansa Yogananda Biography

ahansa Yogananda was a world teacher and one of the greatest emissaries to

est of India’s ancient wisdom. His mission in the West was to spread the

edge of Yoga practices, by which man can enter into union with God. In

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In 1920, Yogananda was invited to serve as India’s delegate at a meeting with the
International Congress of Religions in Boston. His address to the Congress on
“The Science of Religion” was well-received. As a lecturer, Yogananda
emphasized the underlying unity of the world’s great religions and taught methods
for attaining direct personal experience with God.

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with the founding of a school for boys,

er modern educational methods were combined with yoga training and

tion in spiritual ideals.

Yogananda founded Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920 to make available the
universal teachings of Kriya Yoga, a sacred spiritual science originating
millenniums ago in India. Today, the Self-Realization Fellowship has hundreds of
centers throughout the world. Yogananda is also a best-selling author. His life
story, Autobiography of a Yogi, is widely regarded as a modern spiritual cl

David Riklan’s favorite Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes and Thoughts

• We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of
  religion, which is to know God, you will realize that He is your Self, and
  that He exists equally and impartially in all beings. (Man’s Eternal Quest)


• Only those who partake of the harmony within their souls know the harmony
  that runs through nature. (Journey to Self-Realization)