He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It takes a long time-many incarnations of right action, good company, help of the guru, self-awakening, wisdom, and meditation-for man to regain… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency.… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies; but it cannot… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God...… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Cosmic energy enters the body through the medulla and then passes to the cerebrum, in which it is stored or concentrated. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“If one busies himself with an outer display of scriptural wealth, what time is left for silent inward diving after the priceless pearls?” Sri” — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
