Some Sayings of Yogananda

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1) " Don't Concern Yourself with the faults of others, " the Master

said. " Use the scouring power of wisdom to keep the rooms of your

own mind bright and spotless. By your example, other persons will be

inspired to do their own housecleaning. "

2) " Charity enslaves people. To share your wisdom with others, so

they are enabled to help themselves, is greater than any material

gift. "

3) " When you have learned to be happy in the PRESENT, you have

found the right path to God, " the Master said to a group of

disciples.

" Very few persons, then, are living in the present, " a devotee

observed.

" True, " Paramahansaji replied. " " Most are living in thoughts of

the past or the future. "

4) " A bad habit can be quickly changed, " the Master said to a

disciple seeking his help.

" A habit is the result of concentration of the mind. You have

been thinking in a certain way. To form a new and good habit, just

concentrate in the opposite direction. "

The passages above are taken from the book called, " Sayings of

Paramahansa Yogandanda " by Paramahansa Yogandanda, published by the

Self-Realization Fellowship.

" Paramahansa Yogandanda was born in Northern India on January 5,

1893. Yogandanda devoted his life to helping people of all races

and

creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the true

beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit.

After graduating from Calcutta University in 1915, Sri Yogananda

took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami

Order.

In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an

International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. He remained

in the United States for the better part of the next thirty-two

years, where he introduced hundreds of thousands of truth seekers to

the ancient science and philosophy of Yoga and its universally

applicable methods of meditation. In 1925, he established an

international headquarters in Los Angeles for Self-Realization

Fellowship -- the nonsectarian religious society he founded.

Through his life and teachings, Paramahansa Yogananda

contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and

appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. "

** I first discovered and heard about Yogananda when I took some

yoga lessons in Houston, TX. The yoga studio also had a bookstore

with many marvelous books - all topics and all religions and all

philosophies available (located on Kirby Dr. or near there). I came

across the book called " Autobiography of a Yogi " by Paramahansa

Yogananda, and was at first fascinated with the kind face of this

long-haired Indian gentleman on the cover of the book. To me, I

felt

like Yogananda had Christ-like loving, eyes full of unconditional

love. I became intrigued and purchased this paperback book to

read. " Autobiography of a Yogi " is highly recommended for many

reasons -- if one, just to expand your mind and your thinking and

open up new possibilities to you. I read this book over several

times and was fascinated with it, then read many other books by

Yogananda as well. I won't spoil this book for you, but trust me,

check it out of the library, or at a used bookstore, and read it.

You will not be able to put it down as there are stories in there,

almost too hard to believe, ...but I did believe them. Also recorded

in the book are meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore,

Luther Burbank, and Therese Neumann. Not only does the book tell of

the " Master's " life, but it also explores meditation. Some of his

other books he wrote are chapters of different talks he gave to his

disciples. There is so much wisdom from the East that he brought to

the West, and such simplicity. Give them a try!

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