Influential Past Teachers
by Paramhansa Yogananda: A proud prince and his large retinue galloped into a Hindustan jungle on a hunting expedition. After bagging many game birds and animals, the prince and his party lost their way in the jungle. They had food but no water, and though they searched frantically, they found no water.
by Paramhansa Yogananda: Plain living and high thinking are among the highest teachings of the masters of India. At the very start of a student’s training, plain living is emphasized.
by Paramhansa: Find Your Goal Dear Reader, do not wander aimlessly, lost in the jungle of life, constantly bleeding your happiness with the thorns of new desires. You must find the goal of your life and the shortest road which leads you there.
by Paramhansa Yogananda: If one believes in the existence of a just God, then a belief in reincarnation can follow very readily, as the two beliefs are really dependent, one on the other.
by Dennis Hevisi: Sri Daya Mata, who for more than five decades was the leader of one of the most influential Hindu groups in the United States and an ardent advocate of the healing power of meditation, died on Tuesday at the group’s retreat for nuns in Los Angeles. She was 96.
by Daya Mata: Many in the world today are filled with tension and insecurity. This is because man has not learned the teaching of Christ: “All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.”
Part 2 of 11. A special Kirtan by SRF monks chanting “Door of My Heart” celebrated the life of Sri Daya Mata.
“A real leader is one who first learned obedience to others, who feels himself to be the servant of all, and who never puts himself on a pedestal.” – Paramahansa Yogananda.
According to reports, Elvis met Daya Mata, president and sanghamata of worldwide Self-Realization Fellowship headquartered in Los Angeles, in the 1960’s.
Conclusion of the memorial service for Sri Daya Mata.
