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Encyclopedia > Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramhansa Yogananda

Born 5 January 1893
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died 7 March 1952
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ Pôromohôngsho Joganondo, Sanskrit: परमहंस योगानं‍द Paramahaṃsa Yogānaṃda; January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (Bengali: মুকুন্দ লাল ঘোষ Mukundo Lal Ghosh), was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi.[1] Image File history File links Aycover. ... Bangla redirects here. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses such as Yoga postures, see Yoga (disambiguation) Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: ) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ... For other uses, see Guru (disambiguation). ... Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. ... Autobiography of a Yogi is the autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda. ...

Contents

Youth

Yogananda at age six
Yogananda at age six

Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India into a devout Bengali family.[2] According to his younger brother, Sananda,[3] from his earliest years young Mukunda's awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. 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.[4] , Gorakhpur (Hindi: गोरखपुर, Urdu: Ú¯Û‹Ú™Ú©Ú¾ پور) ) is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, near the border with Nepal. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , IPA:  , translation: Northern Province), [often referred to as U.P.], located in central-south Asia and northern India, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... For other uses, see Bengal (disambiguation). ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...


Yogananda's seeking after various saints mostly ended when he met his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, in 1910, at the age of 17. He describes his first meeting with Yukteswar as a rekindling of a relationship that had lasted for many lifetimes: For other uses, see Guru (disambiguation). ... Swami playing the Harmonium Swami is a primarily Hindu honorific, loosely akin to master. It is derived from the Sanskrit language and means owner of oneself, denoting complete mastery over instinctive and lower urges. ... Priya Nath Karar, known by his monastic name Sri Yukteswar Giri (May 10, 1855-March 9, 1936), was the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

We entered a oneness of silence; words seemed the rankest superfluities. Eloquence flowed in soundless chant from heart of master to disciple. With an antenna of irrefragable insight I sensed that my guru knew God, and would lead me to Him. The obscuration of this life disappeared in a fragile dawn of prenatal memories. Dramatic time! Past, present, and future are its cycling scenes. This was not the first sun to find me at these holy feet![5]

After passing his Intermediate Examination in Arts from the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, he did his graduation in religious studies from the Serampore College, a constituent college of the University of Calcutta. This allowed him to spend time at Yukteswar's ashram in Serampore. In 1915, he took formal vows into the monastic Swami Order and became 'Swami Yogananda Giri'.[6] In 1917, Yogananda founded a school for boys in Dihika, West Bengal that combined modern educational techniques with yoga training and spiritual ideals. A year later, the school relocated to Ranchi.[7] This school would later become Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, the Indian branch of Yogananda's American organization. Scottish Church College at 175 The Scottish Church College, which is located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences academy in India. ... Serampore College is a Christian Seminary located in India. ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (Bengali: কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Monasticism (from Greek: monachos—a solitary person) is the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote ones life to spiritual work. ... Dihika, a small hamlet in West Bengal, India, was made famous by Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda who had landed here way back in 1917 for setting up a How-to-Live school with only 7 students and a couple of teachers. ... For other uses such as Yoga postures, see Yoga (disambiguation) Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: ) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ... For the ship, see SS Ranchi. ... Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit religious organisation founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. ...


Move to America

In 1920, he went to the United States aboard the ship City of Sparta, as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals convening in Boston. That same year he founded the Self-Realization Fellowship to disseminate worldwide his teachings on India's ancient practices and philosophy of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. For the next several years, he lectured and taught on the East coast and in 1924 embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Thousands came to his lectures.[8] The following year, he established in Los Angeles, California, an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship, which became the spiritual and administrative heart of his growing work. Yogananda was the first Hindu teacher of yoga to make his permanent home in America, living there from 1920-1952.[citation needed] Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Gateway to the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California) The Self-Realization Fellowship is a religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and based in Los Angeles, California. ... For other uses such as Yoga postures, see Yoga (disambiguation) Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: ) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ...


Visit to India, 1935-6

Swami Kriyananda offering sweetmeats to Yogananda.
Swami Kriyananda offering sweetmeats to Yogananda.

In 1935, he returned to India to visit Yukteswar and to help establish his Yogoda Satsanga work in India. During this visit, as told in his autobiography, he met with Mahatma Gandhi, the Bengali saint Anandamoyi Ma, Nobel winning physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, and several disciples of Yukteswar's Guru Lahiri Mahasaya.[9] While in India, Yukteswar gave Yogananda the monastic title of Paramhansa (the spelling was later changed to 'Paramahansa').[10] Paramahansa means "supreme swan" and is a title indicating the highest spiritual attainment.[11][12] In 1936, while Yogananda was visiting Kolkata, Yukteswar died in the town of Puri. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1428x2271, 265 KB) Summary [Kriyananda] offering sweatmeats to [Yogananda. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1428x2271, 265 KB) Summary [Kriyananda] offering sweatmeats to [Yogananda. ... Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ... “Gandhi” redirects here. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன்) (November 7, 1888 – November 21, 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ... Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 - September 26, 1895) was an Indian yogi and the guru of Sri Yukteswar Giri. ... The swan is a symbol of purity and transcendence in Vedantic teaching. ...


Death

After returning to America, he continued to lecture, write, and establish churches in Southern California. In the days leading up to his death, he began hinting that it was time for him to leave the world.[13] On March 7, 1952, he attended a dinner for the visiting Indian Ambassador to the U.S., Binay Ranjan Sen and his wife at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. At the conclusion of the banquet Yogananda spoke of India and America, their contributions to world peace and human progress, and their future cooperation,[14] expressing his hope for a "United World" that would combine the best qualities of "efficient America" and "spiritual India."[15] According to two eyewitnesses — long-time disciples Swami Kriyananda and Daya Mata — as Yogananda ended his speech, he read from his poem My India, concluding with the words "Where Ganges, woods, Himalayan caves, and men dream God—I am hallowed; my body touched that sod".[16][17] At the very last words, he slid to the floor,[18] dead from a heart attack.[19] Kriyananda wrote that Yogananda had once stated in a lecture, "A heart attack is the easiest way to die. That is how I choose to die."[20] Binay Ranjan Sen was an Indian diplomat (b. ... The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California opened in 1923. ... Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ... Sri Daya Mata (born Faye Wright) (born January 31, 1914) is the current president and sanghamata (Mother of the Society) of the Self-Realization Fellowship Los Angeles and the Yogoda Satsanga Society in India. ...


Teachings

Paramahansa Yogananda at a yoga class in Washington, D.C.

Yogananda taught his students the need for direct experience of truth, as opposed to blind belief. He said that “The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.”[21] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...


Echoing traditional Hindu teachings, he taught that the entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation. He taught that mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.[22] This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...


He taught Kriya Yoga and other meditation practices to help people achieve that understanding, which he called self-realization: Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. ... Categories: Substubs ...

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.[23]

Kriya Yoga

Main article: Kriya Yoga

Kriya Yoga is a set of yoga techniques that are the main discipline of Yogananda's meditation teachings. Kriya Yoga was passed down through Yogananda's guru lineage — Mahavatar Babaji taught Kriya Yoga to Lahiri Mahasaya, who taught it to his disciple Yukteswar, Yogananda's Guru. Because of ancient yogic injunctions, "the actual technique must be learned from a Kriyaban or Kriya Yogi", according to Yogananda.[24] He gave a general description of Kriya Yoga in his Autobiography: Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. ... Mahavatar Babaji - a drawing from Autobiography of a Yogi, commissioned by Yogananda and based on his own meeting with Babaji Mahavatar Babaji is the name given to an Indian yogi and holy man by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples[1] who met Mahavatar Babaji between 1861 and 1935. ... Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 - September 26, 1895) was an Indian yogi and the guru of Sri Yukteswar Giri. ...

The Kriya Yogi mentally directs his life energy to revolve, upward and downward, around the six spinal centers (medullary, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal plexuses) which correspond to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic Cosmic Man. One-half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord of man effects subtle progress in his evolution; that half-minute of Kriya equals one year of natural spiritual unfoldment.[25]

Autobiography of a Yogi

Main article: Autobiography of a Yogi
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In 1946, Yogananda published his life story, Autobiography of a Yogi. It has since been translated into twenty-five languages. In 1999, it was designated one of the "100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a panel of spiritual authors convened by HarperCollins publishers.[26] Autobiography of a Yogi is the autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda. ... Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Autobiography of a Yogi is the autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda. ...


Autobiography of a Yogi describes Yogananda's spiritual search for enlightenment, in addition to encounters with notable spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann, Anandamoyi Ma, Mohandas Gandhi, Nobel laureate in literature Rabindranath Tagore, noted plant scientist Luther Burbank (the book is 'Dedicated to the Memory of Luther Burbank, An American Saint'), famous Indian scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman.[27] Therese Neumann (1898–1962) was a German Catholic mystic and stigmatic. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Luther Burbank - c1902 Luther Burbank - The Wizard of Horticulture Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926)[1] was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. ... Jagdish Chandra Bose (November 30, 1858–November 23, 1937) was a leading physicist of his age. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: ) (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ...


Bodily incorruptibility

As reported in Time Magazine on August 4, 1952, Harry T. Rowe, Los Angeles Mortuary Director of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California where Yogananda's body was embalmed,[28][29] stated in a notarized letter: (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname: Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ...

The absence of any visual signs of decay in the dead body of Paramahansa Yogananda offers the most extraordinary case in our experience.... No physical disintegration was visible in his body even twenty days after death.... No indication of mold was visible on his skin, and no visible drying up took place in the bodily tissues. This state of perfect preservation of a body is, so far as we know from mortuary annals, an unparalleled one.... No odor of decay emanated from his body at any time....

An article in the Skeptic's dictionary states that Rowe's statement, was accurate but incomplete. Rowe also mentioned that "he observed a brown spot on Yogananda's nose after 20 days, a sign that the body was not 'perfectly' preserved". The article states that the claim of a lack of physical disintegration being "an extraordinary phenomenon" is misleading as a "typical embalmed body will show no notable desiccation for one to five months after burial without the use of refrigeration or creams to mask odors."[30] The Skeptics Dictionary is a web site with a collection of cross-referenced skeptical essays by Robert Todd Carroll, PhD. It primarily exposes claims that its editors consider pseudoscientific (sometimes in a pseudoskeptical fashion though). ...


Organizational Legacy

Yogananda's work is continued by several of his disciples and organizations. Self-Realization Fellowship, which he founded, is headquartered in Los Angeles and has meditation centers and temples across the world. The current head is Daya Mata, a direct disciple of Yogananda. [31] Gateway to the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California) The Self-Realization Fellowship is a religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and based in Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Sri Daya Mata is the current president and sanghamata (Mother of the Society) of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA) and the YSS (Yogoda Satsanga Society in India). ...


Ananda, near Nevada City, California, was founded by Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Yogananda. Ananda expresses an aspect of Yogananda's vision for World Brotherhood Colonies, an idea for spiritual intentional communities that Yogananda often recommended to his students. Ananda Village is located near Nevada City, California, with six other Ananda World Brotherhood Colonies worldwide. Ananda also has centers and meditation groups throughout the world. Swami Kriyananda often speaks at Ananda Center in Palo Alto, California.[32] Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ... Paramahansa Yogananda World Brotherhood Colonies are an idea for cooperative spiritual living promoted by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Hindu yogi and author of Autobiography of a Yogi. ... Nevada City is the county seat of Nevada County, California. ... Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ...


Song of the Morning Retreat Center, near Vanderbilt, Michigan, was founded by Yogacharya Oliver Black, a direct disciple of Yogananda. The retreat center offers classes on yoga and meditation and hosts programs featuring visiting spiritual teachers.[33]


The Center for Spiritual Awareness, located in Lakemont, Georgia, was founded by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Yogananda. The CSA publishes books and audio cassettes, and offers meditation seminars at its retreat center headquarters on a voluntary donation basis.[34] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

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Noted disciples

The members of this list were drawn from Yogananda's Journey to Self-Realization, unless otherwise noted.[35]

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Notes

  1. ^ Bowden, p. 629
  2. ^ Ghosh, p. 3
  3. ^ Ghosh, p. 23
  4. ^ Yogananda, p. 59
  5. ^ Yogananda, p. 90
  6. ^ Yogananda, p. 217
  7. ^ Yogananda, p. 240
  8. ^ Yogananda, p. 341
  9. ^ Yogananda, all pages
  10. ^ "The next afternoon, with a few simple words of blessing, Yukteswar bestowed on me the further monastic title of Paramhansa." Yogananda, p. 383
  11. ^ "Paramahansa means "supreme swan" and is a title indicating the highest spiritual attainment." Miller, p. 188.
  12. ^ Kriyananda (2003), p. xiii
  13. ^ Kriyananda (1977), p. 399.
  14. ^ Kriyananda (1977), p. 400
  15. ^ Miller, p. 179.
  16. ^ Kriyananda (1977), p. 400
  17. ^ Mata, Daya (Spring 2002), "My Spirit Shall Live On: The Final Days of Paramahansa Yogananda", Self-Realization Magazine
  18. ^ Kriyananda (1977), p. 400
  19. ^ Guru's Exit - TIME. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
  20. ^ Kriyananda (1977), p. 400
  21. ^ Kriyananda (2003), p. 31
  22. ^ Yogananda, p. 269-270
  23. ^ Kriyananda (2003), p. 197
  24. ^ Yogananda, p. 231
  25. ^ Yogananda, p. 234
  26. ^ 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century
  27. ^ Note: The 1946 ed. of Autobiography of a Yogi is in the Public Domain: Project Gutenberg Titles by Paramahansa Yogananda (Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-1952). Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
  28. ^ "Guru's Exit" Time, 4 August 1952 "At Forest Lawn Cemetery, where Paramhansa's body was embalmed"
  29. ^ "INCORRUPTIBILITY: Miracle or Myth?" by Harry Edwards, Investigator 45, November 1995 "Professor Angel ... obtained a copy of Yogananda’s death certificate from the Los Angeles Department of Vital Statistics ... bore the ... 'Signature of embalmer.'"
  30. ^ skepdic.com. incorruptible bodies. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
  31. ^ About SRF: Leadership of the Society. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
  32. ^ Ananda: Source for the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda – Meditation, Kriya Yoga, and more, including talks from Swami Kriyananda. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
  33. ^ Golden Lotus. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
  34. ^ Center for Spiritual Awareness. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
  35. ^ [Book: Journey to Self Realization original list in footnotes]
  36. ^ Book: The Flawless Mirror
  37. ^ Coptic Fellowship
  38. ^ http://www.self-revelationchurch.org/ Yogananda ordained as a swami in 1941
  39. ^ Yogacharya Oliver Site
  40. ^ 70 years of discipleship
  41. ^ Interview
  42. ^ Book: Christ Consciousness
  43. ^ Book: The Path
  44. ^ Book: Paramahansa Yogananda as I knew him
  45. ^ [http://www.goldenlotus.org/GenInfo.html Date is when he became ordained

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References

  • Bowden, Henry Warner (1993). Dictionary of American Religious Biography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313278253. 
  • Ghosh, Sananda Lal (1980). Mejda: The Family and the Early Life of Paramahansa Yogananda. Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers. ISBN 978-0876122655. 
  • Kriyananda, Swami (2003). The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda. Crystal Clarity Publishers. ISBN 978-0916124298. 
  • Kriyananda, Swami (1977). The Path: Autobiography of a Western Yogi. Crystal Clarity Publishers. ISBN 978-0916124113. 
  • Miller, Timothy (1995). America's Alternative Religions. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791423972. 
  • Yogananda, Paramhansa (2005). Autobiography of a Yogi. Crystal Clarity Publishers. ISBN 978-1565892125.  Reprint of 1946 first edition published by Philosophical Library, New York.

Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and had many hours of personal contact with him during the last four years of Yoganandas life (1948 – 1952). ...

See also

Rajarsi Janakananda was the president of Self-Realization Fellowship from 1952 to 1955. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Scope The article presents a comparative overview of the leading Hindu organisations of India. ... Paramahansa Yogananda World Brotherhood Colonies are an idea for cooperative spiritual living promoted by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Hindu yogi and author of Autobiography of a Yogi. ...

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People
Raja Ram Mohan Roy · Ramakrishna Paramahamsa · Henry Derozio · Alexander Duff · Ram Chandra Vidyabagish · Debendranath Tagore · Keshub Chandra Sen · Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar · Bethune · Michael Madhusudan Dutt · Rajnarayan Basu · Dwarkanath Ganguly · Akshay Kumar Datta · Harish Chandra Mukherjee · Sambhunath Pandit · Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan · Kadambini Ganguly · Brahmabandhab Upadhyay · Ramgopal Ghosh · Gour Govinda Ray · Aghore Nath Gupta · Girish Chandra Sen · Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay · Brajendra Nath Seal · Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay · Sri Aurobindo · Swami Vivekananda · Rabindranath Tagore · Kazi Nazrul Islam · Satyendranath Tagore · Romesh Chunder Dutt · Monomohun Ghose · Subodh Chandra Mullick · Haraprasad Shastri Indian reformer Ram Mohan Roy died in Bristol, England, where this statue of him stands. ... Sri Thakur Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Bangla: শ্রীরামকৄষ্ঞ পরমহংস) (February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886) was a Bengali saint. ... Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (April, 1809 – December, 1831) was an appointed teacher of the Hindu College of Calcutta and a scholar, poet and academic of Eurasian and Portuguese descent. ... Dr. Alexander Duff, D. D. LLD. (1806-1878), was the founder of what is now known as Scottish Church College or the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. ... Ramchandra Vidyabagish (1786-1845) taught at the Vedanta College established by Raja Rammohun Roy and later at Sanskrit College. ... Debendranath Tagore (Bangla: দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর Debendronath Å¢hakur)(May 15, 1817 - January 19, 1905) was an Indian Bengali philosopher from current-day West Bengal, in India. ... Keshub Chunder Sen Keshub Chandra Sen (Bengali: কেশব চন্দ্র সেন Keshob Chôndro Shen) (also spelt Keshab Chunder Sen) (1838-1884) was a Bengali intellectual and a noted religious reformer. ... Indian postal stamp on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর) (1820-1891) (born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay) was a Bengali polymath. ... John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801-1851), was a pioneer in spreading women’s education in India. ... Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (Bengali: Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto) (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. ... Rajnarayan Basu (Bengali: রাজনারায়ণ বসু) (1826-1899) was a writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. ... Dwarkanath Ganguly (also spelt as Dwarka Nath Gangopadhyay) (20 April 1844 - 27 June 1898) was a Brahmo reformer in Bengal of British India. ... Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt Akshay Kumar Dutta) (15 July 1820 - 18 May 1886) was born in Chupi in Bardhaman. ... Harish Chandra Mukherjee (1824 – 1861) (popular as Harish Mukherjee or Harish Mukherji, also written as Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay) was a pioneer nationalistic journalist, who fought tooth and nail for the indigo cultivators and forced the government to bring about changes. ... Sambhunath Pandit (1820-1867) (also spelt Shambhu Nath Pundit) was the first Indian to become judge of Calcutta High Court in 1863. ... Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan was a scholar, editor and publisher of the trend-setting weekly Bengali newspaper Somprakash. ... Kadambini Basu Ganguly (1861-1923) was the one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire and the first female physician of South Asia to be trained in the European system of medicine. ... Brahmobandab Upadhyaya was a Bengali Brahmin and nephew of the Indian freedom-fighter Kalicharan Banerjee who converted to Anglicanism. ... Ramgopal Ghosh was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group, a successful businessman, a brilliant orator and a social reformer. ... Gour Govinda Ray (1841 - 1912) was a notable scholar on Hinduism and a Brahmo missionary. ... Aghore Nath Gupta (1841-1881) was a great scholar of Buddhism and a preacher of the Brahmo Samaj. ... Girish Chandra Sen (Bengali: ) (1836-1910), a Brahmo missionary, was the first person to translate the holy Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886. ... Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (15 September 1876 - 16 January 1938) was a popular Bengali novelist of early 20th century India. ... Sir Dr. Brajendra Nath Seal was born in Calcutta in 1864. ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (26 June 1838 - 8 April 1894) (Bengali: Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (Chattopadhyay in the original Bengali; Chatterjee as spelt by the British) was a Bengali Indian poet, novelist, essayist and journalist, most famous as the author of Vande Mataram or Bande Mataram... Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo, Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian/Hindu nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru [1]. After a short political career in which he became one of the leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India... Swami Vivekananda (Sanskrit: , Svāmi Vivekānanda) (January 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (Bengali: , Nôrendrônath Dôt-tô), was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga. ... (Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Nazrul playing a flute, Chittagong, 1926 Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangla: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম) (b. ... Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. ... Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909) Romesh Chunder Dutt, CIE (Calcutta August 13, 1848 — Baroda November 30, 1909), or R. C. Dutt, was a Bengali writer, civil servant, economic historian, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata. ... Monomohun Ghose (also spelt as Monomohun Ghosh, Manmohan Ghosh) (March 13, 1844 – October 16, 1896) was the first practising Indian barrister. ... Subodh Chandra Mullick, Raja, (also known as S.C.Mullick or Raja S.C.Mallick or Raja Subodh Mallick or Subodh Chandra Basu Mullick) (1879–1920) was a nationalist in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) during the British rule of India. ...

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Modern Dharmic writers (1875 to date)
Buddhist B. R. Ambedkar · Lokesh Chandra · Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche · Edward Conze · Alexandra David-Néel · Kelsang Gyatso · Dalai Lama · Thrangu Rinpoche · Walpola Rahula · C.A.F. Rhys Davids · T.W. Rhys Davids · Seongcheol · Sogyal Rinpoche · Robert Thurman · Richard Gombrich · Chah Subhatto · Thanissaro Bhikkhu · Bhikkhu Bodhi · Nyanaponika Thera · Jack Kornfield · Gil Fronsdal · Seung Sahn · Kitaro Nishida · D.T. Suzuki · Paul Reps · Alan Watts · Thich Nhat Hanh · Yin Shun · Hsing Yun · Shunryu Suzuki · Taizan Maezumi
Hindu Aurobindo · Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami · A. Coomaraswamy · Bankim · Alain Daniélou · Dayananda · Sita Ram Goel · Ramana Maharshi · The Mother · Prabhupada · Sivananda · Ram Swarup · Tilak · Vivekananda · Yogananda
Jain Satish Kumar · Claudia Pastorino · Yashodev Suri · Jayantsain Suri
Sikh Bhai Vir Singh · Harjot Oberoi · G.S. Talib · Khushwant Singh
Syncretic
and others		 Annie Besant · Ram Dass · Eknath Easwaran · Sathya Sai Baba · Georg Feuerstein · H.S. Olcott · Meher Baba · Osho · Swami Sivananda Radha · Ken Wilber
For other uses, see Dharma (disambiguation). ... Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi: डा. भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर) (April 14, 1891 — December 6, 1956) was an Indian jurist, scholar, Bahujan political leader and a Buddhist revivalist, who is the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. ... Lokesh Chandra is an eminent contemporary scholar of Buddhism and the Indian arts. ... Chögyam Trungpa (1940 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. ... Eberhart (Edward) Julius Dietrich Conze (1904 - 1979) was born in London of mixed German, French, and NetherlandsDutch ancestry. ... Alexandra David-Néel (October 24, 1868 - September 8, 1969) was a French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer. ... For the article about the seventh Dalai Lama, see Kelsang Gyatso, 7th Dalai Lama. ... Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. ... Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Thrangu Rinpoche (/trɔŋgu rinpotʃe/) was born in 1933 in Kham, Tibet. ... The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera (1907-1997) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. ... Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids (1857–1942) was a Pāli language scholar and translator, and from 1922-1942 president of the Pali Text Society which was founded by her husband T.W. Rhys Davids whom she married in 1894. ... Thomas William Rhys Davids (May 12, 1843 - December 27, 1922) was an British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society. ... Seongcheol (or Seong Cheol) is the dharma name of a Korean Seon Master. ... Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: Bsod-rgyal) is a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Richard Francis Gombrich (born 17 July 1937) is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist Studies. ... Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhatto (Chao Khun Bodhinyanathera) (Thai:ชา สุภัทโท , alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra) (17 June 1918, Thailand – 16 January 1992), was one of the greatest meditation masters of the twentieth century. ... Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) (1949 - ) is an American Buddhist monk of the Thai forest kammatthana tradition. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nyanaponika Thera (July 21, 1901, Hanau – 19 October 1994, Forest Hermitage, Kandy, Ceylon) was a German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society[1], contemporary author of numerous seminal Theravada books, and teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi. ... Jack Kornfield (b. ... Gil Fronsdal is a Buddhist who has practiced Zen and Vipassana since the 1970s, and is currently a Buddhist teacher who lives in the San Fransisco Bay area. ... Seung Sahn Soen-sa (1927-2004) was a Korean Zen Buddhist monk, and the 78th patriarch in his lineage of Korean Zen (or Korean Sŏn) Buddhism. ... Nishida Kitaro Nishida Kitaro (西田 幾多郎 Nishida Kitarō; 1870, Ishikawa Prefecture – 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. ... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870, Kanazawa, Japan – July 22, 1966; standard transliteration: Suzuki Daisetsu, 鈴木大拙) was a famous author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. ... Paul Reps is an American poet and author. ... From The Essential Alan Watts Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. ... Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; IPA:   is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. ... Venerable Master Yin Shun (印順導師, Yìnshùn DÇŽoshÄ«) (12 March 1906–4 June 2005) was a well known Buddhist monk and scholar in the tradition of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. ... Statue of the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. ... Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki ShunryÅ«, dharma name Shogaku Shunryu) (May 18, 1904 - December 4, 1971) was a Japanese Zen master of the Soto school, who played a major role in establishing Buddhism in America. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo, Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian/Hindu nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru [1]. After a short political career in which he became one of the leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India... Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is a disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the west as the Hare Krishna movement. ... Dr. A.K. Coomaraswamy // Life of Dr. A.K. Coomaraswamy Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (22 August 1877 Colombo - 9 September 1947 Needham, Massachusetts) was the son of the famous Sri Lankan legislator and philosopher Sir Mutu Coomaraswamy and his English wife Elizabeth Beeby. ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (26 June 1838 - 8 April 1894) (Bengali: Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae) (Chattopadhyay in the original Bengali; Chatterjee as spelt by the British) was a Bengali Indian poet, novelist, essayist and journalist, most famous as the author of Vande Mataram or Bande Mataram... Alain Daniélou, born at Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris) October 4, 1907, and died January 27, 1994 in Switzerland, was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and noted Western convert to Shaivite Hinduism. ... Swami Dayananda Saraswati (स्‍वामी दयानन्‍द सरस्‍वती) (1824 - 1883) is an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. ... Sita Ram Goel (DevanāgarÄ«: सीता राम गोयल, SÄ«tā Rām Goyal) (1921–2003), author and publisher, is an important figure amongst late 20th century Hindu thinkers. ... Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) was a Hindu[1][2] Sage who lived on the sacred mountain Arunachala in India. ... This article is about the spiritual partner of Sri Aurobindo. ... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the Hare Krishnas). Born as Abhay Charan De, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... Swami Sivananda Saraswati (Sep 8, 1887—Jul 14, 1963), was a Hindu spiritual leader and a well known proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. ... Ram Swarup (राम स्‍वरूप) (1920 - December 26, 1998) was an influential ideologue for the Hindutvamovement. ... Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856 - 1920), was an Indian nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. ... Swami Vivekananda (Sanskrit: , Svāmi Vivekānanda) (January 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902), whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta (Bengali: , Nôrendrônath Dôt-tô), was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga. ... Satish Kumar is an indian, currently living in England who has been a jain monk, a nuclear disarmament advocate, current editor of Resurgence, founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College international centre for ecological studies and of The Small School. ... Born in Genoa, Claudia Pastorino is a popular Italian singer who has released three CDs. ... Acharya Yashodev Suri ji was a prominent Jain scholar. ... Acharya Jayantsain suri is the importent Jain Acharya. ... Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) was a poet, scholar and theologian and a major figure in the movement for the revival and renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. ... Harjot Singh Oberoi is a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. ... Sardar Gurbachan Singh Talib (1911-1986) was a Sikh scholar and author. ... Khushwant Singh , born on 2 February 1915 in Punjab (Hadali, now a part of Pakistan) is one of the most prominent novelists and journalists of India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Annie Besant Plaque on house in Colby Road, London SE19 where Annie Besant lived in 1874. ... Richard Alpert redirects here. ... Born in a village in Kerala, India in December of 1910, Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-American professor, author, translator, and religious teacher. ... Sathya Sai Baba (born Sathyanarayana Raju on 23 November 1926,[1][2] — with the family name of Ratnakara) is a guru from southern India, religious leader, orator and philosopher often described as a godman[3][4] and a miracle worker. ... Dr. Georg Feuerstein (born 1947) is a well-known German-Canadian Indologist, and a Western authority on Yoga. ... Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. ... Meher Baba (Persian: مهر بابا DevanāgarÄ«: महर बाबा ), (February 25, 1894, Merwan Sheriar Irani – January 31, 1969), was an Indian spiritual teacher who said he was the Avatar. ... This article is about the spiritual teacher formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. ... Ken Wilber Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. ...

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