Paramahansa Yogananda

Spiritual Teacher, Author

Paramahansa Yogananda was a spiritual teacher and author known for introducing the teachings of Kriya Yoga to the West through his book 'Autobiography of a Yogi.'

Born
January 5, 1893
Died
March 7, 1952
Quotes
351
Rank
#267

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"Mind is the creator of everything."

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"In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency. The organs of the body are essentially sustained by the energy of God, and the person who employs various methods to increase this energy will have at his command a greater power for healing than is afforded by any medicine or diet."

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"A harmonized mind produces harmony in this world of seeming discord."

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"I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality."

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"Realize the tremendous spiritual power and beauty of the life of Christ, and try to live as he lived. Christ had no nationality. He loved all races as the children of God. Try to feel that brotherhood with all nationalities. Real brotherhood can never come unless we feel it in our hearts. Such feeling can be attained only through the actual contact of God in our hearts."

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"The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth; all else is avidya, relative knowledge."

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"It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living."

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"Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God."

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"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."

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

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"Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it."

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"He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God."

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"Subtle astral colors... are hidden in everything around you. Could you but see, you would be amazed at their beauty."

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"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."

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"In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others."

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"Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors."

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"You naturally love those who are dear to you, and you must learn to give that kind of love to the whole world."

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"The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light."

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