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An influential spiritual teacher who introduced Kriya Yoga to the Western world. Known for his book, "Autobiography of a Yogi," he emphasized the unity of all religions and the potential for personal spiritual realization. His teachings blend Eastern philosophies with practical spiritual techniques aimed at achieving inner peace and self-realization. He founded the Self-Realization Fellowship to disseminate his teachings and promote a universal approach to spirituality. His legacy includes a significant impact on the Western understanding of meditation and spiritual practices.

God made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit

Paramahamsa Yogananda

How you all will change the work after I am gone. If I came back a hundred years from now, I just wonder if I would even recognize it.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.

Paramahamsa Yogananda