Paramahansa Yogananda (the founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and the main disseminator of Kriya Yoga) is the author of the seminal book, “Autobiography of a Yogi.” If you are at all interested in Indian spirituality you should definitely read this great work:
Here are some quotes from Yogananda:
Success lies within the seeker.
Rejoice in God’s bliss and [...]
There is a Zen koan (questions posed by the Zen master to move the student’s consciousness to enlightenment) which asks, “What is the sound of a single hand clapping?”
I’m not a Zen student so I won’t try to answer. However, the other day was one of the few cold days in Southern California (like a [...]
I was walking in the gated development and noticed a neighbor whom I did not know drive by. Automatically I smiled and noticed that she had a frown and acted as though she had not noticed me. At first I was about to get peeved. Then I realized that it was not my problem. In [...]
There is a loud gardening noise outside my office as I write this. At first I was annoyed and this alone got me into a negative vicious cycle and I started getting angry (letting myself be angry) and then I thought this is good. It lets me write about it. So I accepted the noise [...]
