Mukunda Lai Ghosh was born in Gorakhpur on January 5, 1893. Great saints predicted that his life would be extraordinary. Even as a little boy, Mukunda had a religious bent of mind. A t seventeen, he met his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, through whose guidance Mukunda attained divine enlightenment. Sri Yukteswar gave him the sannyas name, Yogananda, and the title , Paramahansa.

Although Yoganandaji wanted to live as a hermit, he submitted to the desire expres­sed by his Guru and his Param-paramguru, Mahavatar Babaji, that he should spread all over the world the ancient knowledge of Kriya Yoga: a spiritual science for realizing God and making Him a practical part of one's life. To accomplish his mission, Yoganandaji founded in 1917 the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. Later, in 1920, he established in America an international society called Self-Realization Fellowship.

Yoganandaji's sublime love of God inspired reciprocal love in the hearts of others; he came to be known as Premavatar: an incarnation of divine love. He taught that all men can know God personally, and that th is is the only lasting cure for human suffering. As one of India's tru ly great spiritual masters, he did pioneering work abroad to establish a liv ing link between East and West, and to demonstrate how vital it is for man to

\ jn ite every action to the love and wisdom of God.

India paid formal tribute to her great son on the 25th anniversary of his Mahasamadhi by issuing a commemorative postage stamp.

This Amar Charitra Katha is based on Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography o f a Yogi which is acclaimed all over the world as a classic in Yogic literature.

S crip t approved by th e In te rna tio n a l Publications Council o f S elf-R ea liza tion Fellow ship/Yogoda Satsanga S ociety o f India.

© India BooK House Publishing Co., Bombay-400 0 3 9 ,1 9 8 2 A ll rights reserved. Published by H.G. Mirchandani, for India Book House Publishing Co.,Rusi Mansion, 29, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Bombay 400 039 and printed by him at IBH Printers, Marol Naka, Mathuradas Vissanji Road, Andheri (East), Bombay 400 059.

Editor: Anant Pai Artworks: Souren Roy

THE^ ARE POOLS WHO THINK THEV CAN EARN M ERIT BV ATTENDING . _ RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS

YQ6ANANDA

IN A H/MALAWAN CAVE, NBAt? THE TEMPLE OF BADRINARAVAV, LIVED AN ANCIENT SAGE CALLED SABAJI.

IN THE ‘/EAR 1834 , HE VISITED ALLAHABAD DURING THE KUMBHA MELA. *

THE MAN WHO HAD ATTRACTED BABAJI’S NOTICE WAS SHR/ YUKTESWAff.

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THE SCIENTISTS OF THE 4 MATERIALISTIC W ESTER COUNTRIES, WHO WORK FOR THE PRACTICAL GOOD OF MANKIND ARE PERHAPS ( MORE PLEASING TO 60Pthan t h e s e b e g s a r s jIN OCHRE ROBES. .

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SIR.0URUDEV*IS CALLIN6

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THE NEXT DAV AT LAHIRI MAHASAVA fS HOUSE LITTLE MOTHER, HOUR SON WILL BE A 6SEAT M06I. HE v WILL LEAD MAW SOULS CK. TO eOD.

LAHIRI M AHA SAVA DID NOT L/VE TO SEE THE FULFILMENT, OF HfS PROPHECY. SOON AFTERWARDS, HE PASSED A WAV.

THE D/SC/PLE PROMISED 7V SHRf YUKTESWAR WAS BORN IN GORAKHPUR * ON 5 TH JANUARY 1835, 70 BHA0AVATI CHARAN 6H0SH AND SVANA

EVEN \NHEN HE M S VERV MUKUNPA MEDITATED EVERW DAV, MORN/NO AND EVENfNO.

SHORTLY AFTER HIS BIRTH—

THE SA/NTLV NATURE OF HIS PARENTS HELPED TO AWAKEN MUKUNDA’S SPIRITUALITY AT AN

TOMORROW WE WILL TAKE MUKUNDA TO THE HOME OP OUR GURU,L AHIRl

MUKUNDARECEIVE

* IN EASTERN U. P.

ONCE, WHILE HE WAS MEDITATING, LAHIRIM AHA SAHA 1S PHYSICAL FORM EME26ED FROM HIS PHOTOGRAPH..

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ALL THESE SUPERNATURAL HAPPEN/NOS PROVIDED MUKUNDA >3 INHERENTLY DEVOTIONAL NATURE W/TH A DEFINITE SPIRITUAL

I MUST BECOME A V 06 I.

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AT TH/S JUNCTURE THE V/SION OF THE HIMALAYAN WOO/S DISAPPEARED AND A SILVERY BEAM OF LIGHT APPEARED.

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AFTER THESE EXPEDIENCES, MUKUNDA COULD FEEL SPIRITUAL POWERS GROW/NG W/TH/N HIM. ONE DA1/ , AS HE WAS STUDV/NG WITH H/S SISTER, UMA —

AFTER APPLV/NG SOME OINTMENT ON HIS SISTER fS LEO, MUKUNDA ALSO APPL/ED SOME ON H/S ARM.

BECAUSE TOMORROW

WILL HAVE A I

HOW CAN you BE SO SURE ? HOU ARE

L V IN 6!

HOU HAVE CALLED ME A LIAR\ TOMORROW

WUR BO/L WILL BE

THE NEXT DAW, THINGS HAPPENED JUST AS MUKUNDA HAD PREDICTED.

MOTHER, MUKUNDA CURSED ME AND m BOIL HAS GROWN ,

B I66ER. IT HURTS.

UOU CALLED ME A LIAR, AND THAT HURT TOO!

MUKUNDA, THE POlVER HOU POSSESS IS A 61PT OF eOD. NEVER U5E IT TO HARM

MUKUNDA NEVER FORGOT HER COUNSEL.

A PICTURE OF THE DIVINE MOTHER,KALI,SANCTIFIED THE BALCONY OF MUKUNDA’ S HOME. IN THAT SACRED PLACE, MUKUNDA FELT HIS EVERV PRATER WOULD BE 'ANSWERED. ONE DAV—

MUKUNPA BE6AN A SILENT PRATER.

MUKUNDA 6RABBED THE KITES AND HANDED THEM TV H/S SISTER.

THE KITES FLOATED TOWARDS THEM I

MUKUNDA >S MOTHER WAS HIS DEAREST \ FRIEND ON EARTH. AND HE LOVED TV HEAR THE STORIES SHE TOLD.

DESTINV WAS GRADUALLY TAKING DEFINITE SHAPE. ONE MORNING— , .

MISTRESS,A SADHU ASKS TO SEE THE MOTHER OF

MUKUNDA.

THE MOMENT MUKUNDA TOUCHED THE AMULBT— r

OH * WHAT A WONDERFUL FEEL INS THIS SIVES ME*

FEEL I AM RECEIV/N© GUIDANCE FROM THE SREAT MASTERS

HAVE KNOWN IN MH PAST LIVES!

THE UR6E TO BECOME A Y06I WAS CONTINUOUSLY 6ROW/NG IN MUKUNDA.

LET US ©0 TO THE HIMALAYAS AND BECOME V06IS. I HEAR THEW CAN CONTROL EVEN

WILD BEASTS?

MUKUNDA SECRETLY LEFT HOME W/TH THE TWO B09S AND BOARPEP A TRAIN.

BUT ANANTA, MUKUNDA ’S ELDER BROTHER, HAD NOTICED HIS ABSENCE. HE ALERTED THE POLICE AND THE BOVS WERE INTERCEPTED.

WOU ARE MUKUNDA , AREN’T YOU ? YOU CAN’ T 60 ANY FURTHER. YOUR BROTHER HAS SENT A TELE6RAM.

HE WILL SOON BE HERE

SOON MUKUNDA WAS 8ACK IN CALCUTTA WHERE HIS FAMILY NOW LIVED.

I DO NOT WANT TO PREVENT YOU FROM SEEKING SOD, MY SON. ON THE CONTRARY, TO

HELP VOU ACHIEVE YOUR AIM,I HAVE ARRAN6ED

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•THEN WW CAN’T / YOU CAN! T0NI6HT I SEE HIM? / WE WILL MEDITATE

V . UNTIL SRI KRISHNAi ~-------— X COMES. /

SUDDENLY A BLINDING U6HT FILLED THEROOM

W/TH /RON DETERMINATION, MUKUNDA CONTINUED TO SEEK GOD. ONE DA1-!-

THOUeH NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN HIS STUDIES, MUKUNDA COMPLETED HIS SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.

MUKUNDA ’S HEART M S TOUCHED, BUTTHE SPIRITUAL CRAV/N& WAS VERWSTR0N6. ._____ _____I cathpb .PLEASE DON’T KEEPME FROM SEEKING HIM

WHO SAVE W U TO MELET ME SEEK SODWITH YOUR

BLESSINGS.

MUKUNDA WENT TO /ARANAS/ AND ENTERED AN ASHRAM;

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MUKUNDA WAS 6REATLH PERTURBED BH TH/S CONSTANT RID/CULE. ON SUCH OCCAS/ONS, HE WOULD TOUCH THE SILVER AMULET WH/CH HE KEPT fN A SEALED BOX.

( THE VERLf TOUCH OP \ \ THIS AMULET 0IVES ME

SOLACE.

MUKUNDA’S EFFORTS AT MED/TAT/ON WERE

TUB AMULET HAP DISAPPEARED AS PREDICTED 3V THE SADHU. MUKUNPA WAS TORN WITH ANGUISH. HE CRIED TO THE DIVINE MOTHER.

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I AAA NOT SOI NS HOME. I WANT TO' ACCOMPANY HOU TO

SOUR ASHRAM.

&URUDEV!

AN INSTANT LATER, MUKUNPA RUSHED TOWARDS THE SAINT, WHO WAS NONE OTHER THAN VUKTESWAR, THE DISCIPLE O f BABAJ/.

SO youHAVE COME TO ME AT

LAST! >

MUKUNDA WAS LOOKING STEADILY AT SOMEONE.

I PROMISE TO TEACH ¥OU EVERYTHING I KNOW. NOW SOU MUST RETURN

HOME.

PLEASE GUIDE ME TOWARDS REALISA-J

• TION OF GOD.

GO BACK HOME. VISIT ME WHENEVER

X WOUCAN. <

I WILL COME EVERty DAV.

FOUR WEEKS LATER, AT SERAM PORE —

I HAVE COME, 6URUDEV.

MUKUNDA RETURNED TO CALCUTTA AND, THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE ENROLLED AT THE NEARBY SCOTTISH CHURCH C0LLE6E.

* NEAR CALCUTTA

B U T HE SPENT ALL HIS SPARE TIME AT SHRI HUKTESWAR’S ASHRAM AND RE&ULARLW ATTENDED H/S D/SCOURSES.

ONE MORNING, MUKUNDA WAS SUMMONEDBH H/S 6URU.

^OUR HEART'S DESIRE SHALL SOON BE FULFILLED!

AT SHR! VUKTESWAR’S TOUCH,MUKUNDA ENTERED THE STATE OF SAMADHI—THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE OMNIPRESENT, EVER-NEW BUSS OF SOD.

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MUKUNDA SPENT MAN1/ BLESSED YEARS IN / GURU’S COMPANY.

SOME T/ME LATER, SHRI YUKTESWAR ARRANGED TO TAKE OUT A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN PURI TO CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE.

MUKUNDA, PLEASE LEAD THE DISCIPLES ACROSS THE TOWN

AND ALONG THE BEACH.

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THE MOMENT THEH RETURNED, THE CLOUDS D/SAPPEARED AND THE RAIN STOPPED.

you SEE HOW SOD CARES TOR US. JUST AS HE SENT RAIN AT m

WHO APPROACH HIM

WHEN MUKUNDA COMPLETED HIS STUP/ES—

/NJULW /9 /S , MUKL/NDA WAS IN ITIATED INTO THE SW AM! ORDER, i------------- --------------------------------

HENCEFORTH HOU SHALL . BE XNOWKJ AS SWAM I

^OGANANDA & R I. -

WHAT NAME DO HOU CHOOSE FDR YOURSELF ?

VOGANANDA

THE CORRECT EDUCATION FOR THE DEVELOP­MENT OF BODW, MIND AND SOUL HAD ALWAWS BEEN AN IDEAL CLOSE TO SWAM/ HOGANANDA’S HEART, in 1917, h e fo un ded THE HOOOPA SATSANGA SOCIETY AND ESTABLI SHED THE 8RAHMACHARVA VIDVALAVA, A SCHOOL FOR BOVS AT RANCH/.

THESE H06ANANDA PEV/SED A PROGRAMME FOR TEACHING AGRICULTURAL, INDUS­TRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, AND INCLUDED HOG/C MEDITATION IN THE COURSE.

THROUGH THE HOGA TECHNIQUE, A\ PERSON MAH CONSCIOUSLY AND . INSTANTLY RECHARGE . HIS LIFE-FORCE. ^

* B LIS S CAN A N D ) THROUGH D /V /N E UNION ( VOGA) 21

A CHILD IS IN HIS NATURAL SETTIN© sj. WHEN AMIDST

FLOWERS AND BIRDS.

I AM VERV HAPPV TO NOTE THAT OUR VIEWS ARE SO

V SIMILAR.

7W<2 YEARS LATER, RABINDRANATH TA6QRE INV/TEP HIM TO SHANT/N/KETAN.

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= lf “ 1* W ' ~ 7 T 1*1I* - —1- r x ' M

ONE DAH, WHILE MEDITATING IN RANCHI IN THE SECLUSION OF A STORE-ROOM, ‘-fOOAUANDA HAD A VISION, i-----------------------

AMERICA? SURELY THESE PEOPLE ARE

AMERICANS!

SHORTLH AFTERWARDS, HOSANANDA RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO VISIT AMERICA. HE CONSULTED SHR/ VUKTESWAR.

PIRST I HAD A VISION AND NOW I RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO OPPRESS THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF RELIGIOUS LIBERALS AT BOSTON!

A CHILD IS IN HIS NATURAL SETTIN© sj. WHEN AMIDST

FLOWERS AND BIRDS.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO NOTE THAT OUR VIEWS ARE SO

V SIMILAR.

TWO WEARS LATER, RABINDRANATH TA60RE INV/TEP HIM TO SHANT/N/KETAN.

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W ' ~ 7 T 1*1I* - —1- r X ' M

ONE PAY, WHILE MEDITATING IN RANCHI IN THE SECLUSION OF A STORE-ROOM, ‘-fOOANANPA HAP A VISION, i-----------------------

AMERICA? SURELY THESE PEOPLE ARE

AMERICANS!

SHORTLY AFTERWARPS, ‘iO&ANANPA RECEIVEP AN INVITATION TO VISIT AMERICA. HE CONSULTSP SHR! YUKTESWAR.

PIRST I HAD A VISION AND NOW I RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO OPPRESS THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF RELIGIOUS LIBERALS AT BOSTON!

THOUGH VOOANANDA HAP S E T H /S HEART ON 6O/N6 TO AMERICA, HE HESITATED.

ATTAINED.

NO, I TELL PEOPLE HOW TO

MEND THEIR v FORTUNES* I

ARE YOU A FORTUNE . TELLER?

' GOD HAS HEARD VOUR^ PRAYER. 6 0 TO AMERICA. YOU ARE THE ONE I HAVE

CHOSEN TO SPREAD v. THE MESSA6E , ^ V ^ O F KRIVfl

■ KRIYA YOGA , THE SCIENTIFIC TEACH-

IN© OP GOD- REALISATION, -WILL ULTIMATELY SPREAD TO ALL

. LANDS.

/N LATE SEPTEMBER 1920 , THE SHIP DOCKED NEAR BOSTON. MOST AMERICANS HAD NEVER SEEN A SWAM! BEFORE.

BABAJI SAVE HOOANANDA SOME PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AND UTTERED A FEW SACRED PROPHECIES. '

BUT THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN RELI­

GION CAN BE UNIVERSALISED.

\H/S I//EH/S O N “ THE SCIENCE OF REL/6/ON ” WERE SO WELL RECEIVED THAT, FOR FOUR | WEARS, HE LECTURED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE (JN/TED STATES.

GOD IS ONE. THE PATHS

RELIGION IS UNIVERSAL AND IT IS ONE. WE

CANNOT UNIVERSALISE PARTICULAR CUSTOMS .A N D CONVENTIONS-. I

ON OCTOBER 6 , 1920, WOSANANPA MADE A SPEECH AT THE REL/6/OUS CONGRESS \MH/CH CAPTIVATE? THE VAST AUDIENCE. j ------

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HE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE VISION THAT HE SHOULD 6 0 TO CALIFORNIA.

HIS LOVE ms EXPERIENCED BH MULTITUDES AND SO HOGANANDA WAS CALLED PREMAVATAR— THE INCARNATION OF LOVE.

THOUGH THOUSANDS THRONGED 70 HEAR HIM SPEAK, THE SWAMIJI FELT HE WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHING H/S MISSION.

BELOVED 60D , WH4 HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME TO

AMERICA?

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//V /9 2 5 , YOGANANPA ARR/VEP /A 'LOS ANGELES AND BEGAN LECTUR/NG THERE. ONE PAY. WH/LE LOOK/NG FOR A PLACE TO ESTABL/SH H /S HEADQUARTERS, HE FELT AN /NNER PIRECT/ON. THE PARTY PROVE UP TO THE TOP OF MOUNT WASH/NGTON.

THROUGH GOD’S GRACE, YOGANANPA FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS FOR SALE SBUT HE HAP NO MONEY TO PAW FOR IT. THEN UNEXPECTEDLY—

SWAMIJI, ARE WOU NOT GOING TO ESTAB­

LISH A MATH* IN LOS ANGELES?,

WE HAVE POUND THE PERFECT BUILDING, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE

FUNDS TO BUV IT.

BUT EVEN ON THE PAY BEFORE THE PAYMENT WAS PUE, HE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

LORD, IS THIS FAIR? IT WAS WOU WHO SENT /VIE TO THE WEST! ̂

*JGi

w j g u m

AM MOST GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR HEALING MH HUS8AND. WILL HOU ACCEPT THIS DONATION TO HELP TOWARDS THE PURCHASE?

THE SWAM IJ! WENT TOtVARPS H/S ROOM. SUDDENLY, A W/NPOW BURST OPEN ANP A GUST OF W/NP H /T H/S FACE. HE TURNED AND HIS EYES FELL UPON THE TELEPHONE, j -

AH! I ’VE SUDDENLY REMEMBERED A STUDENT WHO MIGHT

HELP ME1

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WILL, INDEED !PLEASE 8E AT THE SEAL ESTATE AGE NT’S OFFICE AT NOON TOMORROW OR WE MAY LOSE

OPPORTUNITY TO SET THAT PROPERTY.

THE NEXT PAY, ANOTHER MAN WAS THERE, TOO, WAITING TO BUY THE PROPERTY.

I HAVE THE MONEY

BUT I AM OFFERING HOU MORE

MONE4.

SfVAM/ YOGANANDA ESTABLISHED HIS AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON MOUNT WASHINGTON AND HE CALLED HIS ORGANISATION “ SELF-REALISATION FELLOWSHIP’/ AGAIN HE BEGAN H/S LECTURES. LET US CALL MEN OF ALL RACES — THE BROWN,

YELLOW, RED, BLACK AND WHITE — BYNAME: BROTHERS, UNDER THE FATHER-

YOGANANDA'S GURU'S PROPHECY HAP COME TRUE. INTEREST IN H/S TEACHING m s GROWING.

I WOULDN’T HAVE BELIEVED THAT AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN AMERICA THE AUDIENCE COULD SINS THE NAME OF ,THE LORD FOR THREE

HOURS)

MANY WERE BLESSED AND MIRACULOUSLY HEALED OF CHRONIC DISEASES BY THE SWAMIJI. ONCE /NSALT LAKE CITY— WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

WHY ARE HOU SO

I AM FAYE WRIGHT. FOR THE LAST| THREE YEARS

HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM A BLOOD DISEASE.

FROM THIS MOMENT, >RE HEALED.

DO HOU BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN v HEAL HOU? >

U£5WITHOUT A

DOUBT.

/4 A?/*' WEEKS LATER, CURED OF HER DREADFUL DISEASE, FAWE WRIGHT ENTERED THE GURU ’5 ASHRAM AT LOS ANGELES. SHE WAS LATER KNOWN AS SHR! PAWA MATA, SANGHA MATA OF WOGODA SATSANGA SOCIETY AND SELF-REALISATION FELLOWSHIP.

ONE DAW IN /9S 5, WHILE IN MEDITATION, SHR/ WOGANANDA

HEARP THE VOICE OF SHR/ VUKTESWAR.

WOGANANPA HASTENED TO/ND/A TO MEET H/S GURU.

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HOGAN AN PA’S At/A WAS TO TEACH SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR ATTAINING EXPERIENCE OF GOP. FROM 1920 TO 1330, THOU SAN PS OF AMERICANS LEARNT HOGA FROM HIM.

SHORTLH AFTERWARDS, SHRI VUKTESWAR ENTEREP MAHASAMADHL THREE MONTHS LATER, WOOANANPA WAS BLESSEP TO BEHOLD H/S GURU IN A RESURRECTED BOPV.

MASTER, IS IT REALLY VOU?

VES ,W 0 6 ANANDA.I WILL NOW REVEAL

TO WOU THE FINAL SECRETS OF LIFE AND DEATH.

/N OCTOBER1936,PARAMAHANSA VOGANANDA RETURNED TO AMERICA. /N H/S NEW ASHRAM AT ENCINITAS, A GfFT FROM RAJARSI JANA- KAN AN PA * , HE WROTE AN /NTERPRETAT/ON

FROM A MASS OF LIGHT, CHRIST APPEARED BEFORE HIM.

IN /94Q , PARAMAHANSA ENTEREP N/RV/KALPA SAMAPH/, THE HIGHEST SPIRITUAL STATE. FOR MORE THAN TWELVE HOURS, HE CONVERSED WITH THE D/V/NE MOTHER. THE DISCIPLES WERE BLESSED TO HEAR HER REPLYING IN DIFFERENT TONE THROUGH HIS VOICE.

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PARAMAHANSA KNEW THAT L/TTLE T/ME WAS LEFT TO H/M TO COMPLETE H/S WR/T/NGS. HE DICTATED AN /NTERPRETAT/ON OF THE BHAGAVAD-QITA. r

ON 7 TH MARCH 1952, PA RAM AH A A/6 A WOOANANPA WAS IN I//TEP TO SPEAK AT A BANQUET 70 HONOUR SHR/3 . R. SEN, THE F/JRST /NP/AN AMBASSAPOR TO AMER/CA. EARLIER THAT PAW—

GURUJI, HOWDAM MATA, IN A PEW SHALL WEHOURS I WILL BE GONE / '.ARM ON WITH-FROM THE EARTH

AT THE BANQUET, AS HE HAP OFTEN PREDICTED, WOGANANPA’S LAST IVORPS WERE OFGOPANP /ND/A.

...WHERE GAN GA• WOODS* .-HI/VIALAVAN CAVES - • • AND MEN

PREAM GOD • • •I AM HALLOWED; MV

BOW TOUCHED THAT SOD.

AFTER CONCLUDING H/S SPEECH, A BEATIFIC SM/LE LIT HIS FACE ANP HE ENTERED MAHASAMAPH! — A GREAT VOG/’S F/NAL CONSCIOUS EX/T FROM THE BOPW AT DEATH.

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SAYINGS OF SR I SRI PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

God is love; His plan for creation can be rooted only in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasonings, offer solace to the human heart? Every saint who has penetrated to the core of Reality has testified that a divine universal plan exists and that it is beautiful and full of joy.

There is so much to know! So much to see w ith in ! The answer to every problem comes to you straight from the Infinite. The Truths that I perceive w ith in by meditation reveal the truth that science is discover­ing by other methods.

The happiness that God gives is greater than anything the world can offer. Divine joy is enduring, eternal. When everything else melts away, that joy remains.

When you know God. there is no more sorrow. All those you loved and lost in death are w ith you again in the Eternal Life. You don’t know whom to consider your "o w n " any more, because everyone is yours.

Knowledge prepares the way to love. You cannot love that which you do not know. Knowledge of God must therefore precede love for Him... When you know God, you w ill love Him; and when you love Him, you w ill surrender yourself to Him.