Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

The life of Lord Krishna has been misunderstood by many Western commentators. Scriptural allegory is baffling to literal minds. A hilarious blunder by a translator will illustrate this point. The story concerns an inspired medieval saint, the cobbler Ravidas, who sang in the simple terms of his own trade of the spiritual glory hidden in all mankind:

Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept! (Chapter 48 - "At Encinitas In California")

"'World' is a large term, but man must enlarge his allegiance, considering himself in the light of a world citizen," I continued "A person who truly feels: 'The world is my homeland; it is my America, my India, my Philippines, my England, my Africa,' will never lack scope for a useful and happy life. His natural local pride will know limitless expansion; he will be in touch with creative universal currents." (Chapter 48 - "At Encinitas In California")

I exist without the cosmic shadow,Is this, my samadhi state.

Thou art I, I am Thou,Knowing, Knower, Known, as One!

Not an unconscious state Watch the little ego floating in Me.

Grosser light vanishes into eternal raysIn the sacred Joy we melt.

I, the ocean of mind, drink all creation’s waves.Have become the Sea of Mirth Itself.