Swami Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian monk, Yogi and an enlightened Guru who initiated millions of people to self-realization techniques of Kriya yoga.
He was born as Mukunda in Gorakhpur, U.P, India. He was a disciple of Swami Shri Yukteswar Giri Ji who was expert in kriya yoga and Jyotisha Shastra. Swami Yukteswar was a disciple of great Guru Lahiri Mahasaya, who revived the forbidden yogic science of kriya yoga in the 19th century after choosen by his master for this purpose.
All these people are the rare ones who claimed their encounter with the great deathless saint and Mahayogi Mahavatar Babaji.
Swami Paramahansa Yogananda revealed various yogic practices and secret lives of yogi's of India in his book "Autobiography of a Yogi."
In his initial days, Paramahansa started a yogic school in India and later he went to the United States to spread the knowledge of kriya yoga in the west. His book becomes an inspiration for millions of people including the former Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Swami Paramhansa Yogananda inspired millions of people towards self-realisation and Spiritual Enlightenment.
Here are some of Swami Paramahansa Yogananda's famous quotes that will inspire you to continue your journey of self-realisation and help you to live your life of dreams.
“Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.”
Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you
Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself
The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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.
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise
As often as you fail, get up and try again.
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