Happines

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PARAMAHANSA
YOGANANDA

Heavenly Father, Mother, Friend, Beloved

ay Thy love shine forever on the sanctuary of m

And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all

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Mukunda Lal Ghosh

5 January 1893
at Gorakhpur, (present
day Uttar
Pradesh, India)
Born

: 7 March
1952(aged59)
at Los Angeles,
California.
Maha Samadhi

Founder of

Self Realization

Fellowship /
Yogoda Satsanga
Society of India
Literary works:

Yogi

Autobiography of a

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Passed :Intermediate Examination in

Arts
from Scottish Church College,
Calcutta
in June 1915
Graduated : With a degree similar to a
current day
Bachelor of Arts or B.A. from
Serampore College
1915 Took formal vows into the
monasticSwami
order and became Swami Yogananda
Giri.
1917 Founded a school for boys

Paramahansa Yoganand Guru lineage

Mahavatar BabajiThe "science" of Kriya
Yoga is the foundation of
Yoganandas teachings.

Kriya Yogafrees a faithful

yogi from Karma or the
lawful chain of cause-effect
equilibrium
Mentioned twice in
Bhagavad Geeta as well
as by Rishi Patanjali
Paramahansa Yoganan

ahiri Mahasaya

Yukteshwar Giri
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ep in the ocean of consciousness

to
find
pearls
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Move to America 1920 - 1952

1920Went to the United States as India's

delegate to an International Congress of
Religious Liberals convening in Boston.
Founded the Self Realization Fellowship (SRF)
to disseminate worldwide his teachings on
India's ancient practices and philosophy of
Yoga and its tradition of meditation.
1924For the next several years, he lectured
and taught on the East coastand embarked on
a cross-continental speaking tour. Thousands
came to his lectures. During this time he

Early life and spiritual search

A Pioneer of Yoga in the West

Therese Neumann, C. Richard Wright Bavaria,

With
1935
some delegates in Boston USA in 1920

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Visit to India (19351936)

Returned to India to visit Sri Sri Yukteswar and to
help establish his
Yogoda Satsanga work in India.
Met: Mahatma Gandhi,
Anandamoyi Ma
Renowned physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata
Raman,
Several disciples of Yukteswar's guru Lahiri
Mahasaya
1935

With Mahatma Gandhi in his Ashram in Wardha in

The year 1935
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My
body shall
Return
to America
1936

pass
but my work shall
go on. And my spirit
shall live on. Even
when I am taken
away I shall work
with you all for the
deliverance of the
world with the
message of God.
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Quotes
Live quietly in the moment and see the
beauty of all before you. The future will
take care of itself......
Paramahansa Yogananda,
Autobiography
Yogi
Be as simple of
as ayou
can be; you will be
astonished to see how uncomplicated and
happy your life can become.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Read a little. Meditate more. Think of
God all the time.
Paramahansa Yogananda

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forget the past, for it is gone from

your domain! forget the future, for it is
beyond your reach! control the present!
Live supremely well now! This is the
way of the wise...
Paramahansa Yogananda
Kindness is the light that dissolves all
walls between souls, families, and
nations.
Paramahansa Yogananda

Thank You!
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