INTRODUCTION
ParamahansaYogananda (1893 –1952) was a great yogi and guru, attracted his followers through his teachings on meditation and Yoga. He was the author of the book ‘The Autobiography of a Yogi’.
LIFE
Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. During his younger age itself, he met many great sages and saints and discussed with them about spirituality.
After finishing his schooling, he left home and joined a Hermitage in Varanasi.
In 1915, he became a saint and known as Swami Yogananda Giri. In 1917, Yogananda started a school for boys for imparting spiritual education for them.
In 1920, Yogananda went to USA for giving lectures in spirituality, which was attracted by thousands of people.
He also met Mahatma Gandhi.
He was given the title Parmahansa by his Guru, Sri Yukteswar on account of his highest spiritual knowledge.
He has described in his book, that once he has seen Lord Krishna directly and received his blessings.
He went to America for conducting spiritual meetings in 1952. While he was addressing the meeting, suddenly he died due to heart failure. His followers believe that he reached in a stage of Samadhi, and is still blessing us with his divine power.
HIS FAMOUS LECTURES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
- Temples are the place of worship. We should visit temples frequently , worship the god and keep him in our heart.
- We should realize our inner spiritual energy and must think that god is always living with us.
- Spirituality is a must in order to overcome physical and mental diseases.
- We have to think highly in order to reach the top level in our life.
- Do good things to others, and never speak badly about others.
- All the religion teaches the same principles such as worshiping god with good faith, work hard for earning for our livelihood, not to cheat others to live honestly and always show mercy on others
IMPORTANCE
He also taught Yoga concepts to the people for self-realization purpose. He asked to do meditation in order to purify our mind.
It is believed that he once met Maha Avatar Babaji at Himalayas in a cave, and received his blessings.
Let us worship him and be blessed.
“OM SREE PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDARE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
