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Mukunda

Lal

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.

At

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.

Paiamahansa.

Although Yoganandaji wanted

to

live

as

a

hermit,

he

submitted

to

the

desire

expres-sed

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 sublimelove

of

God inspiredteciprocal love

inthe

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

this

is the only lasting

cure

for

humAn

suffering.

As

one

of

India's truly great

spiritual

masters, he

did pioneering work

abroad

to

establish

a

living

link

between

East

and West, and

to

demonstrate

how

vital

it

is

for

man

to

tnite

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

Autobiographv of

a

Yogr,

which is

acclaimed

all

over

the world

as

a

classic in Yogic

literature.

Scri'pt

approVed by

the lnternational

Publications Council

of

Self-Realization

Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga

Society

of

India.

@ India

BooK

House Publishing Co., Bombay-400

039,1982

All

rights

reserved.

Published

by

H.G. Mirchandani,

for

lndia 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.

(3)

PARAtvIAHAN9A

YOEANANDA

BABAJ.

HAD RETA/NED

H/5

EVER-qOUTHFUL PHYS/CAL

FO&A

TO WORK

A5

7HE /N9TRUMENT OF OOD FOP

|HE UPL/FT

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,r;-r9l

I

,

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/N

THE qEAR

1894, HE

V/9/TED ALLAHAEAD

DUR/No

r,ce l<uaEHl /uELA,rk

r-THAT

MAN

OVEP fHERE 19 AN

ENL'OHIENEO

BUT

TROUBLED

1OUL,60AND

BRIN6

HIM TO fu\E,

(4)

THE

sCIENTI575

OF

THE

MATERIALIST'C

WESTERN

couNTRlEs, wHo

lvoRK

rcR

7HE

PRACTICAL OOOD OF A4ANKIND ARE PERHAPS MORE PLEASINE

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AM NOT INTERESTED

IN

A4EET'NO

ANY€URU.

TOWARPS THIS

ONE.I

WILL

ry

I

HAVE SUMMONED

I

KNOW HOW TROUBLED 'IOU

-7-4

BLEND'NE

Otr

THE SPIRITqALI7

OF THE EA57 AND

THE

ZEAL

FOR ACT'ON OF THE WEST CAN HELP

MANKIND.

I

_{PERCEIVE POTENTIAL}

5AIN75

IN

AMERICA AND EUROPE

WAITINE

TO BE AIVAKENED.

SOME

CEARS

_{HENCE, I}

_SHALL

SEND

VOU

A

DISCIPLE

WHOM VOU CAN

TRAIN

7O TEACH YO6A

IN

TT4E

/

(5)

THE

D/5C/PLE

PROA4/6ED 7P

6HR/

TqKTE9WAR

WAS

EORN

/N

OORAKHPUPX ON sTH

JANAARI

/895,7P

EHAOAVAT/ CHARAN OHOSH

AND

OVANA

I,VE SHALL CALL

ouR

50N

MUKUNDA.

SHORTL?

AFTER H/5

B/RTH-TOMORROW WE WILL

TAKE MUKUNDA 1O THE HOME OF OUR OURU,

YES. MUKUNDA MUST RECEIVE

7HE

5AIN7

_'5

BLEgsINO,

LITTLE

MOTIIER,gOUR

rcN

W'LL BE

A OREAT

qod,

HE

WILL LEAD MANT/ 5OUL9

7HE NEXT

DAY

AT

LAH/R/ ,1,1AHASAYA,5 HOU,9E

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(r

LAH/R/ /\4AHASAcA

D/D

NOT

L/VE

TO

SEE

THE

FuLtr/L/UENT OF

H/S

PROPHEC?.

9OON

AFTERWARDg, HE

PA59ED

AWAY.

THE

5A/NTL7

NATARE

6H/5

PARENTS HELPED

70 AWAKEN

A4AKUNDA,S

SP/RITUAL/T?

A7

AN

EVEN

WHEN HE WAS

lERq

fi,UKUNDA I/,EDITATED EVERL/ DAV,

tAotN/No

AND

EVEN/NO.

(6)

ONCE, WH/LE

HE

WA5 /IIED/7AT/NO, LAH/R/ hlAHASAqA'5

PHq€/CNL

,/

FOR/U ElilE,reED FRO/y1 H/9

WHEN

HE

WAS

ElOHT qEARS

OLD' /t'luKuNDA FELL

SER/OUOL?

/LL.

TI{ERE

15 NO IIOPE

LEFT

NOW. MEDICINES

CAN'7

DO

ANYIHINo

AAORE FOR

HIM.

DON'T WORRV, CHILD, WHAtr

AAEDICINE-in-lr

;r

bo, orjn

on,t ru tpc_esENT.

€uRu

cAru.

AOW,rb

HIM AND PRAY. HE

(7)

lUAKUNDA

HAD

OrcWN

TOO

WEAK 70 EVEN RA/SE

HlS

HAND9.

gO

HE /UENTALLV

BOWED

70

LAHL?/ THERE WA5

A BL/ND/NO

FLA5H_

MOTHER.

IFEEL

MLICH BETTER

Or

OMNIPRESENT A4ASTERI

I

THANK

ALL

THE5E

SUPERNATAFAL HAPPEN/NOg

PROV/DED

/UUKaNDA'9 /NHERENTLI

DEVOTDMAL

NATURE

MTH

A

DEF.NITE

oNcE, ryHEN

/|4UKANDA WA6

AEDITATINO-WHAT 15 THAT WONDROUS LIOHT

WONDROUS

LIOHT?

17

rg

MovlNo

lN Mq

(8)

THE

L/OH7

STARTED

TAK.NO

VAEUE,

AUT

D/aCEPNIBLE

SHAPES. AM

I

WITNESSING

A

SUPERNATURAL WI{O ARE

vou?

WE ARE HIMALAVAN

voot5.

AT 7H/5

JUNCTURE,

frE

V/6/ON

OF

Tt'lE

H//vlALAqAN qOO/6

bpnppe,qnso

AND A

S/LVERq

9EArt4 OF L/OHT APPEAPED.

, Ft 15 L t(?Ft I FILLS

ME

WITH OREAT PEACE.

I

I^/ONDER WHAT

IT

15?

S'

,"/

I

LON6

TO

OOTO

THE HIMALAqAS

AND

BE LIKE

I

WANT TO BE

ONE

WITH YOU.

(9)

AFTER 77lE6E

EXPEP|ENCE5,

A4UKUNDA COULD

FEEL

5plFlTaAL

pOWEpS

OROMNG

MTH4N H//n.

ONE

DAy,

A9

HE

WAS

_STUDq/NO

W/TH

H/9

€/978R,

4/uA-I

HAVE

A

BOIL

/(

e

'e

AFTER

APPLV/NO

9O/t4E

O/NT/\4ENT ON

H/g

s/s7EJ?:O

LEO,

/nUKUNDA

ALaO APqL/ED

gn4E

_ON

_H/5

_AP/YI.

EECAU9E

TO/1/1ORROW

I

WILL

HAVE A

BOIL HERE!

I4OU HAVE CALLED ME

A

LIAR!

TOMORROI,V

qOUR

_BOIL

_WILL_BE DOUBLE

IN

gIZE!

7HE NEXT DAq,

TH/NOg HAPPENEDJU6T

AE ilUKUNDA

HAD PRED/CTED,

MOTHER, MUKUNDA CURSED

ME AND

Mq

BOIL HAS 6ROWN

BIOGER,

IT

HURTs.

ME

A LIARr

AND

THAT HURT TOO! MUKUNDATTHE pOWER

qou

_{PoggESS lS}

_A

OIFT OF EOD.

NEVER

U1E

IT

TO

HARM

(10)

A

P/CTUQE

OF

THE

DIV/NE

/,4OTHEQ,KAL/,9ANCT/F/ED THE

BALCON?

OF/rtuKuNDAtS

HO/t48.

hV

THAT

oACRED

PLACE,

/I4UKqNDA

FELT

H/5

EVERl

PRAVER

WOULD

8E WaWE,?Ea

UMA,I5N'T

IT

WONDERFUL

HOI,V THE

DIVINE

MOTHER

6IVE5 ME

WHArEVER,

>.\\

VHY ARE

10u

fr

OqIET?

I

SUPPOSE

aHE

WILL

GNE

qOU

TI@SE

TWO KITES

/I4UKUNDA EEOAN

A

9/LENT

PRAVER,

THE

K/|ES

FLOATED TOWAPD9

7HE/vl!

_!

/q\T/KUNDA

9RAEBED

THE

K/TE5 AND HANDED

THE/U

TO

H/9

_5/9TER,

TNDEEDT

THE

DtVrNt

MOTHER DOE9

LIsTEN

10 rtou

t.

_aur

_rHtS

_ts

TOO UNCANNY

(11)

/IIUKUNDA'5

I4'OTHER

WA5

H/g

DEAREAT

FR/END

ON

EARTH.

AND HE

LOI/ED TO

,

HEAR

HE

ETORIffi

gTE

7PLD,

PLE-E -A9E

!

ONE MORE

TALE

ArcUT

4OrHER,

LtouR,

grAq

oN

EARTH

SHALL

END

SOON.

A

SILVER

AMULET W'LL MATERI ALISE IN VOUR HANDS WHEN

qOU

MEDITAI,E.

A3K

qOUR

sON,

ANANTA,lO

OIVE IT

TO

IAUKUNDA

ONE

C/EAR'AFTER !1OL/R DEATH.

IT

WILL VANISH WHEN

IT

I.IA5

SERVED

,79

PURPOSE,

A

SILVER

AMULET.I.

JUST

A9THESADHU

PREOICTED!

(12)

l4oTHER,

^loTHER,

THEI| ARE 1'M'N6

qou

_AwAtl

FROM IAE,

cHlLD,

lr

15

I

l^/HO HAVE WATCHED OVER g/OU LIKE

A

MOTHER,

LIFE

AFTER

LIFE,g,EE IN MV

EYES

BEAUIItrUL

3LACK EqES

l4tlKUNDA

ALjO

OOT

A 6URPP/68

FRO/vt

H/9

EROTHER,

ANANTA.

ON

I.IER

DEpfrH.BED,

MOTHER

A'KED

ME TO O|VE qOU

THt9.

THE /UOA4ENT /qIUKU/VDA TOACHED THE

OH'

WHAT

A

WONDERFUL

trEELINO

_THE

_EIVE3

_MEI.

IFEEL

I

AM RECEIVINo

6U'

FROM

THE 6REAT

IAASTER,S

I

HAVE KNOWN

IN

MY PAgT

THE

UROE

TO

EECO/fiE

A

COO/

WAs

CO/vr/NuOug

LV

OROW/NO /N /Uu KUNDA.

LET

U9 OO TO

l.HE

HIMALAqAS

AND

BECOME

qOOB,

I

HEAR TI.I,Etl CAN CONTROL EVEN

(13)

I|4UKANDA

SECRETL? LEFT

HO/|4E

MTH

THE

rWO

80?6

AND BOARPED

A

TRA/N.

BUT ANANTA, /'IUKUNDA2S

ELDER

BMHER,

HAD

NOT/CED

H/9

ABaENCE.

HE

ALERTED

THE POL\CE

AND

THE

BOVS WEEE /NTEPCEPTED.

L4OU _{ARE MUKUNDA,}

_AREN'T

L/OU?

_YOU

_C4N'T

₆₀

_ANV

FURTHER.

VOUR BROTHER

HAs

SENT

A TELEoRAM.

HE

WILL SOON

BE

HERE

TO

TAKE

YOU HOME!

6OON

N4UKUNDA

WA5

EACK

/N

CALCUTTA WHERE

H/5

FAlvtLq

NOW

I/VED,

I

DO NOT

WANT TO PREVENT

YOU

FROM

_{SEEKINO OOD,}

Mg

sON.

ON THE CONTRARL4, TO

HELP

L4OU ACHIEVE L/OUR

AtMrt

HAVE ARRANeED TO TEACH qOU

N-{II

BUT

FIRST

qOU

MUST

FINISH

9OUR SCHOOL EDUCATION

A3

VOU

wlgH,

FF' I F1EK.

\r'

IT

15 COMFORTINE TO KNOW THAT

Mq

FATI{ER 15 NOT

AOAINST Mq

SPIRITUAL PURSUITS,

6r@

hr}

(14)

MTH /Fo/v

DETEP/h/NAT/ON,

/nuKuNDA Co/wNuED

To

€EEK

@D.

oNE

DAg-...THEN

WHq CAN'T

I

sEE

HIM?

YOU

CAN!

TONIoHT WE

WILL

MEDITATE

UNTIL

sRI

KRISHNA

.a\

_r'.

-'- )

_'-1, r.

t

rfi

I

,tt

I'VE

HAD ENOU6H, MUKUNDA

!

I'M

6orN6

ro

BED!

I

SHALL NEVER 6IVE

AJDDENLC

A

BL/ND/NO L/OHT F/LLED THE

KR0gfiCfllA0

/,4UKANDA OENTLq TWCHED

H/9 FP/END

ON

(15)

/N

QBED/ENCE

70 H/9

FATHERTS

MsHE1./vtuKtJNDA

D/D

h'or

o/rE

up

H/s ecHooL

EDUCAT/ON.

BUT

A

F/PE

COT,IT/NUED TO

BA,EN

lN

H/S HEART.

ALL 7HI5

I5

EARTHL\

KNOIVLEDoE. WHAT

I 5EEK E

SPIRITUAL TRUTH,

I

MU97

FIND MY

6URU,

ftOAffi

NOT 9ER/OU€LV

/NTEPEfiTED

/N

Ht€

€TUD/FI9.,

lylUKuA/DA

CO/UaLETED

H/9

#coNpAR./

&HOOL EaUAT/ON.

,

MAKE

ONE

LAgT

PLEA,

sON.

DO NOT FORSAKE

qOUR

_FAMILV.

NOW

I

WANT TO

/I4UKUNDA'€ HEAPT

WA)

TOUCHED,BUT

THE

€P/R/TUAL

CRAV/NO

WA6

I/ERq.

PLEAgE DON'T

KEEP

ME

FROM SEEKINO Ht}T WHO EAVE

qOU

TO

ME,

LET ME SEEK OOD

wtr1

qouR

BLESgIN@5,

/TIUKUNDA

WENT

TO I/ARANAS|

AND

ENTERED

AN

A5H,?AM:

(16)

lT

glD

NOT

TAKE

lvluKuNDA

LONO TO

,EENL/EE THAT THE AaHFAA4

DlD

NOT HAVE THE

@/R/14AL

AT/UOSPHEPE HE WAs

t

uKuNDAtg

EFFOFT9 AT /I'IED/TAT/ON WEPE

wHq Do

qou

SPEND SO MUCH TIME

IN

MED'TATION?

I

SEEK

DIRECT PERCEPT'ON OF

ooo,

DON'T

TRq TO REACH 6OD

TOO

gOON!

hIUKUNDA

WAS O,?EATLY

PERTaRBED

Bq

TH/o

CONSTANT

RID/CULE.

ON 5UCH

occAS/oN6,

HE

WOULD TOUCH THE STLVER A/z4ULET

WHI(H

HE KEPT /N

A

SEALED

tsOX,

THE VERLI TOUCH OF

THIg

AMULET OIVES ME

/_'

lr

ili

\

(17)

THE

A/v\ULET HAD D/5AQPEAPED

Ag

PRED/1TED

BL/

THE

6AD|/U.

I4UKUNDA

WAS ToPN

ANdJ/6H,

HE

CR/ED

TO THE

D/V/NE

hIOTHER. MEPCIFUL MOTHER.

I

BE9,EECH

YOU-TEACH

ME

LIOURSELF OR

SEND ME

A

euRu.

MUKUNDA, WE HAVE TO

BUI4

SOME THINOS

FOR THE AsF{RAM.

COME WITH

ME.

ALL

RIEHI,

(18)

/I4UKUNDA WAS LOOK/A/O

STEAD/Ly AT

THAT

gAINT Ig

DRAWINo ME TO HIM ! ARE qOU CRAZV?

50 qou

HAVE COME TO ME AT LAST!

(19)

(20)

BUT

HE SPENT

ALL

H/€

6PARE

T//t4E AT

6HR/ qUKTE€WAR,9

ASHRA/y|

AND

,?EOUL4PL?

A4UKUNDA, TRUTH CANNOT BE €RASPED WITHOUT CONCENTRATION.

KETtrAI

EVEKY WORD 9OU SA|DtgURUOEV,

I

KNOW,

1UT

ttOU ARE

DREAMIN€

OF THREE

lNSTrruTroNS.

t/ouR

DREAMS WILL MATERI.

ALISE LATER, BUT

NOW

qOUR,

_HEART'S

DE9IRE

SHALL gOON

BE

FULFILLED !

AT

SHp/

qUKTE€WAR

tg

TOUCH, /UUKUNDA

ENTEPED

THE

STATE

OF

6A/I4ADH/-THE COg/t|/C CONSC/OUSNE65

OF

7HE

(21)

qou

_Musr

_NoT

GET

LOST

IN

ECSTASV; MUCH WORK REMAINS '

FOR

VOU IN

THIS

A4UKUNM SPENT

IIAN?

BLE66ED

"EAR6

/N H/9

6URL/r9

CO/|4PANq.

SO/YIE

T/I/IE

LATEP, aHRl

qqKTEgWAR APRANOED

70

TAKE OUT

A REL/oloL/g PRocEgsloN

/N

R]R/

TO CELEBRATE THE €U/14/V1ER

@L67/CE.

ouquDev

!

How

CAN

WE

WALK

BARE.

FOOT OYER THOSE

FIERq

sAND5?

MUKUNDA, PLEASE

LEAD

THE

DISCIPLE3

ACROs5

THE

TOWN

AND

ALON6

THE

l-:'---'-=

//\

\l/ -t I

!@Y

.,r.,,-/rZ

T,HE

LORD WILL SEND

AN UMBRELLA

OF

CLOUDSi

C/OU

_WILL

_{ALL WALK}

_IN

A3

frON

AE

THE

OROUP

LEFT

THE

A1HRAM,

CLOUDS

F/LLED

THE

6Kq,

A9

/F

Bq IAAO/C,

'

#-..-jl*"\-IT'5

A

(22)

THE /UOA4ENT THEq PETURNED

THE C(PUDS D/OAPPEAPED

AND

7HE RA/N STOPPED,

YOU

sEE

HOW

6OD

CARES FOR

US.JUST A5

HE

9EN7

RAIN AT IAL/

PLEAr

SO

DOES

HE

LIgTEN TO ALL

Wrc

APPROACI{ I{IM

wlTt{

TRq97.

,UUKUNDA

WENT

AT&/CE

TO gH,E/

qUKTESWAR.

MUKUNDA,

A

MONK's

LIFE

15

VERq

HARD. WILL YOU NOT MISS THE

COMPANIONSHIP OF

A

W'FE

AND CHILDREN

IN

YOUR

ouRuoEv,

Mq

FATHER, WANTg ME TO TAKE UP A JOts

BUT

I

WANT

TOBE

NOTGURUDEV. OOD

WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE

(23)

THE

PE

qOOA _NA_{NDA DEV/ 6 ED}_{A PROOFAI4/t4}

_E

FOR

TEACH/NE

AAP/CULTAPAL, 1NDU9.

7R|AL,

CO/n/UERC4AL AND ACA2AT'4C

aUEJECTO, AND

/NIADED

qOO/C

ilEATAT/ON

/N

THE

COURaE,

-THROUOH

THE

qOGA

TECHN|QUE,

_A

PERSON

MAV CONSCIOUSLg AND INSTANTLV RECHAREE

HIS

LIFE

-FORCE.

fu,'&[,1

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THE CORRECT EDUCAT/ON

FOR

THE

DEVELOP-IUENT

OF

BOD?, /n/ND AND @UL

HAD

ALWAqS

BEEN

Au

tOent

CTOSE TO gWA/14/

q2aANANDA'S

geeer.

/N

/g/7,

HE

FOTJNDED

THE

qOGODA

_SAT5ANOA

_{aOC/ETq AND}

E6TAAL/5HED

7HE

ERAH/UACHARCA V/DYAI

A

SCHOOL FOR

BOq€ A7

RANCH/.

(24)

TWO

CEAR6 LATER,

RAA/NDRANATH TAOORE

/N//TED

H/14

70

6HANT/N/KETAN.

I

AM VER9

HAPPL/

70 N

TE

THATOUR VIEWS

ARE

SO SIMILAR. A CHILD 15

IN HIs

NATURAL SETTINE WHEN AMIDgT FLOWERS AND , ,1 ,

ONE

DAq'

WH/LE I|49D/TAflNO

/N

RANCH/

/N

THE SECLU5\ON

OFA

67ORE-ROOfuI, VOAANANDA HAD

A

V/9/ON,

AMERICAI,

SURELq

THESE PEOPLE AR,E

AMERICAN9!

AMERICA'

I

SEE

MANL,I

6R,EAT

3OUL5

THER,E

WAITINO TO

BE

SPIRITUALLq

THE

LORD 15

CALLIN€

ME

TO

,\_

SHORTLq A

FTERWAPDE,

COaANANDA

RECE/VED AN /NV/TAT/ON TO

V/5/7

AA4ER/CA.

HE

CONaULTED

gHRl

VUKTE5WAR,

FIPST

I

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A

VI5ION AND

NOW

I

RECEIVE

AN INVITATION

TO A?PRESE

THE

INTERNATIONAL CONoRESS OF RELIGIOU9 ALL U(JUK|' ARE OPEN TO YOU NOW!

(25)

BUT H/5

FATHER

D/DN'T

WANT

H//V

TO HOW CAN qOU

GO?

WHO

WILL

FINANCE

flA

7I1E l3EO

WILL FINANCE

ME,

PEPHAPS THROUOH

ME!

NEVER!

I

HAVE OTHEP

HERE

15 THE A4ONEY FOR

YOUR

TRIP.

Ag A

FA|THFUL

DIgCIPLE

OF

LAHIRI MAHASAYA,

I

WANI YOU TO CARRT/

THOUAH

YOOANANDA

HAD

SET H/5

HEART ON OO/NO

rO

A/|4ER/CA,

HE HE5/TATED.

O

OOD,

PLEASE

ESSUPE

METHAT

I

WILL

NOT

BE

LOST

IN

THE

FO65

OF

MODERN UTILITA

@/UE

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llt

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IT

BE.

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I

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WANT

TOBE

pErueeep!

(26)

t

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penvee.

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10

AMERICA-.

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RCE

THE

ONE

I

HAVE

CHO9EN TO SPREAD

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SPREAD

TO ALL LANDg.

EABAJI

6AVE

LlOOANANDA

SqUE

PER^ONAL

INaTRUCT/ON' AND

UTTERED

A

FEW SACRED

Prcfl4EClE?,

WHAT

L'ES

AHEAD?

LOR4

PLEASE

BE Mt/

SOLE

INSPIRATION.

oN

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ilo6r

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A

SWA/,4/ BEFORE.

NO,

I

TELL

PEOPLE

HOW TO

MEND

THEIR

FORTUNES!

ARE

qOU

A

FORTUNE-,l

I

(27)

ON OCTOBER6,

/92O,

qOOANANDA _/|4ADE

₄

SPEECH

AT

THE

REL|O/OU5 CONOPEa5

WH|CH CAPTIYATED THE

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AUD/ENCE.

RELIoION

15 UNIVERSAL

AND IT

15

ONE.

WE CANNOT UNIVERSALIsE

PARTICULAR CU57OM5

AND

CONVENT'ONS...

luts

wews,oN"THE

sc/ENcE oF REL/o/oN" uERE

go

uELL REIE/zED

THAT.

FoR Foup

I

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HE

LECTURED

/N

THE EASTEPN PART

OF

THE

{JN/TED

STATE',

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IS

ONE.

THE

PATHS

TO

HIM

MAL/

DIFFERI

BUT

THE

ACTUAL EXPERIENCE

OI

OOD 19

THE

SAME

EI/EN

THE

S/NFUL WERE

/NFLUENCED

Bq

H/5

PERSONAL/Tq.

ONE

DAq_

RA|SE

qOUR

THE SWA/vt/

WENT

/NTO

A

STATE OF TRANCE

NE

DOES NOT HATE

t/9

EVEN !\HEN

WE

| -AA

t, rv\./, t4t\ FEEL

(28)

WE BEO

LIOUR

PARDON'

BUT WE

CAN'T

ROB

HlS

LOVE

WAi

EXPERIENCED

B'/

uIULT/TUDE5

AND

60

COOANANDA

WA5

CALLED

PBENNUETER-

THE INCARNAT/ON OT LOVE,

/tt

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METO

AMERICA P

(29)

/N

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THE

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UP

TO

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TOP OF /I4OUNT WASH/NOTON.

tr

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FOR

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HE

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THEN WE HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT

BUILDINO,

BUT

WE DO NOT HAVE TIIE 5WAMIJI

,

ARE qOU

NOT OOINO TO EST

LISH

A

MATHI

IN LO5 AN6EIES?, THE AN5WER TO M\1 PRAqER9I.

ooo

aLESs

I

AM

MOST GRATEFULTO

qOU

_{FOR HEALINO}ML1

HUa3AND.

WILL L4OU

ACCEPT

THIS

DONATION

TO HELP

TOWARDS

THE

PURCHASE?

9UT

EVEN ON THE

DAq BEFORE

THE PAq/UEA/T

wAs

DuE,

HE

D/D

/'7

HAVE ENOUOH l4ONEq.

NS

LORD,

r9

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WHO

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A

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OPEN

AND

A

OUST OF /4//ND

917 H/9

FACE.

HE

TURNED

AND

H/5

EqEs

trELL

UruN

THE

AH!

I'VE

SUDDENLV

REMEMBERED A

STUDENT WHO MI6HT

(30)

t{E3, SWAMIJI,

I

HAVE

UN-\

EXPECTEDL'| RECEIVED

so//.e MoNEv.

t^/lLL

t/ou

I

wtLL,

INDEED

t

-PLEASE

gEATTHEPEAL

ESTAIE

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AT

NOON TOMORROW OPPORTUNITq

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ie

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I

WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED THAT AT

A

PUBLIC MEETINO IN AMERICA THE AUDIENCE COULD

SIN6

TI{E

NAME OF

THE IORD

FOR T'{REE

MAN?

WERE

8IE59ED

AND /U/RACULOIELq

HEALED

OF CHRON/C

D/9EA6ES

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THE aWAM4J/. ONCE /N

9AL7

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W'.{AT 15 qOUR NAME!

WHq

ARE qOU

₉₀

FAC|E WRI6HT. FOR THE

I

HAVE BEEN SUFFERINO Feo,rn

n

BLooD

DI3EASE,

(31)

OO qOU BELIEVE

THAT

6OD

CAN

HEAL

qOU?

YEifr

WITHOUT A

DOUBT.

FROM THIS MOM

YOU ARE HEALED,

aa

r0

A

FEW

WEEK6

LATEF,

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ENTERED

THE

OUTU,6

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AND

SELF.REALISA7/ON FELLOWAH

P,

VOGnNnNPntS

At/A

W,qS

TO

TEKH

SC(EN

TECHNIQUES

FOR

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OF

ooP.

FROtrr

1920

TO

793Ot

THOUSANPS OF

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70

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70

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I

LEAVE ALL I$q ASHRAMS

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TI|E

HIOI|EST APIRITUAL

(32)

SHORTLC AtrTERWARDS,

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THREE /tl ONT//5 LATER, COoANANDA

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qE3,,-/O6ANANDA.

I

I,V/LL NOI,V R,EVEAL

F/NAL 9ECRE15 OF

LIFE

AND DEATH.

/N

OC TOBEP /936, PAFAiUAHANSA qOOANA/UO'q

RETURNED 70

A,UER/G.

/N H/5

A'EW ASHRA/Y1

AT ENC/N/TA5,

A

O/FT FFO/'4

_RAJARS|

JANA-KANANDA )h,

HE

WROTE AN /NTERPRETAT/ON

OF THE TEACH/NAg OF CHR/OT

,N

E9SENCE 7I.IE NEW TESTAMENT ADVOCATES THE SAME 'IOOA TEACHINOS A5 OF BHAOAVAN KRISHNA IN T']E BHAOAUAD-G'TA,

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A

/UA59

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/./TTLE

T/AE WA9

LEtrT

70 H//,1 TO CO/n|PLETE

H/5

WR/7/A/O9. HE

DlCATED

AN /NTERPRETAT/ON OFTHE

NO /\,1A

TER

HOW

BAD A MAN 15, HE WILL tsE

FOROIVEN

IF

IlE

LOVEg

lN /948,

P4RAIUAHANSA ENTEPEO /V/RV/KALPA

A4/UAPH/, THE H/AHE5T aP/T/TUAL 5TATE.FOT

T4OPE THAN TWELUE HOUR6, HE COIVVEPAED

MTH

NlE

D/V/NE

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THE D/aC/PLE9 WERE

BLESaED

TO HEAR REPLII|NO

/N

D/FFERE/\/7 TONE THROUAH

H/9

VO/CE,

'S

FlR6T SP/,?/7UAL €UCCESSOR

(33)

ONTTH/UARCH

/952t

PARA/UAHANOA

I&ANANDA

WAs

/NI//nED

70 SPE4KATA BANAUET

70

HONOUP

gHR/

8.R.SEN,

THE

t/R€T

/ND/AN

A/|1AA55A@R

70 A/\|EF/CA.

EARL/ER

THAT

DA</-6URUJ|,

HOW SHALL WE CARRI/

ON

WITH-our

qou?

DAVA

MA'A,

'N

A

FEW

HOUre J WILL BE

@NE

FROM TI+E EARTH,

ONLq LOVE

CAN TAKE MLI

\aa

I

r-'

JZ

\-2,

l

s

AT

ntE

EANAUET,

45

HE HAP OFTEN PPED/i

L/OOANANPA',

LA€T

WORDS WEPE OF'OOD

...WHERE

_€AN6A..,

WOODg. ,.HIMALAL/AN

CAVES...

AND

MEN

PREAM

OOD,,.

I

AM

HALLOWED; M4

BODL/ TOUCHED

AFTER CONCLUD/NO

H/9

6PEECH,

A

BEfr|/F/C

5N4/LE

L/7 H/5

FACE AND HE

AVT&EP

l4AHAgAlrlAAil-A

6REAT

q&/'6

F/NAL CONaC/OU,

EX/7 trrcI4

THE

ffiHAT

DEATH,

(34)

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(35)

e.

dI

!

SAY,NGS

OF SNI

SRI

PARAMAHANSA

YOGA,NANDA

,

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

within

!

The answer

to

every

problem comes

to

you

straight

from

the

Infinite. The Truths

that

I

perceive

within

by

meditation

reveal

the

truth

that science

is

discover-ing 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.

Allthose

you

loved and

lost

in death

are

with

you again

in

the

Eternal

Life. You don't

know

whom

to

consider

your

"ownj'

any

more,

because

everyone

is yours.

Knowledge

prepares

the

way

to

love.

You

ca-nnot

love

that which

you

do

not

know.

Knowledge of

God

must therefore

precede love

for

Him...

When you

know

God, you

will

love Him; and when you

love

Him,

(36)

FOR

OUR YOUNG READERS

The

Gita

*J

d*

1r.,"

-

l-

_{li ' ,}

_\l

_;

,-*$

:}-}sfi

BHAGAVAD

GITA or

the

song

of the

Divine

One, has

inspired

Indians

for

centuries.

lts

teachings

are as

relevant

today

as

they

were

when

Krishna

gave

his

discourse

to

Arjuna

on

the battlefield

of

Kurukshetra.

Now for the first

time, an

introduction

to

this

great poem

has

been

provided

in

the Chitra

Katha

form-continuity

pictures

full

of colour

and

action-which

makes

the

message

of the

Gita

intelligible

to

one and

all.

,l

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