Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), a religious meditation and Kriya Yoga organization, to disseminate his teachings. A chief disciple of the yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread yogic teachings to the West. He immigrated to the US at the age of 27, intending to demonstrate a unity between Eastern and Western religions and advocate for a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. His longstanding influence on the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led yoga experts to consider him the "Father of Yoga in the West". He lived his final 32 years in the US.
WikipediaParamahansa Yogananda Quotes (9)
"Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean."
View quote details โ"Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role."
View quote details โ"When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything."
View quote details โ"By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise."
View quote details โ"If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form."
View quote details โ"Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have."
View quote details โ"Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become."
View quote details โ"If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you."
View quote details โ"Truth is exact correspondence with reality. "
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