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A sincere and worthy teacher is the real guide, whereas a materialistic, greedy person is like a blind man unable to show others the right way.

Sanjal Mahasaya

The mind is old; the desires are old. A physical body may be only five years old, but our desires can be millions of years old.

Paramahamsa Prajnanananda

Forbearance is the best policy in life.

Sanjal Mahasaya

When you go to the gas station to get fuel it takes only a few minutes to fill the tank, and the fuel keeps the car running for quite some time. Meditation should be practiced in that manner.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

Analysis (vichara), detachment (vairagya), and good company (satsanga) are helpful to attain steady spiritual growth.

Sanjal Mahasaya

One becomes Basudev when the basanas, the desires, are transcended. He is the Lord.

Lahiri Mahasaya

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

With your own inner change, you can change your attitude for the entire world.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

All sins are destroyed at the After-effect-poise of Kriya.

Lahiri Mahasaya

Truth is not afraid of questions.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

When the breath is calm, as when you are only listening, your mind is calm. Transformation of your breath is the easiest way to calm your mind and life.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Voidness which is inside voidness is called great Voidness, Brahma.

Lahiri Mahasaya

The only thing I expect from you is that you will become so absorbed in Kriya that you will be atmarama [one who rejoices in the Self or in the Supreme Spirit].

Sanjal Mahasaya

Mind should not be made outward. What's the benefit if the mind and the eyes are tranquil and not the body? Today, the breath does not come out, and a lot of addictions are generated.

Lahiri Mahasaya

Meditation is to go beyond all thoughts.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

One cannot tell when he is going to be healed, so do not try to set an exact time limit. Faith, not time, will determine when the cure will be effected.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

I saw thousands of Krishna's.

Lahiri Mahasaya

Always feel the futility of everything, then you will utilize every moment in God.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

Carrying a thought with dynamic will power means holding it until that thought pattern develops dynamic force. When a thought is made dynamic by will force, it can manifest according to the mental blueprint you have created.

Paramahamsa Yogananda

When this love becomes developed in man it makes him able to understand the real position of his own Self as well as of others surrounding him.

Sri Yukteswar Giri

Take life as it comes and death as it comes. Death is really beautiful; if it were a bad thing, God would not let it happen to us. It is really freedom, an entry into another, higher life. We must utilize this life in order to realize the life beyond this one. Beyond this earth garden is the infinite land wherein we meet those whom we have thought lost. Although we must not seek death, when it comes we should know that it is the final examination for a great reward.

Paramahamsa Yogananda