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Paramahansa Yogananda
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Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)
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Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in 1893 in Gorakhpur, was an Indian philosopher, autobiographer, writer, and yogi. He was educated at the University of Calcutta and wrote in English. His notable work is the Autobiography of a Yogi. He practiced Hinduism and was a citizen of the British Raj, India, and the Dominion of India.
Yogananda died of acute myocardial infarction from natural causes in Los Angeles on March 7, 1952. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His published works include Divine Romance, Inner Reflections 2016 Engagement Calendar, and translations such as World Crisis, to Be Victorious in Life, and in the Sanctuary of the Soul.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1893 births, 1952 deaths and 20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 73
Top works
- Мировой кризис (World Crisis - Russian)
- Как сочетать физический, умственный и духl
- Отвеченные молитвы (Answered Prayers - Russian)
- Győztesnek Lenni Az életben (to Be Victorious in Life - Hungarian)
- Научне Исцељујуће Афирмације (Scientific Healing Affirmations Serbian)
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ghosh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Gorakhpur
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Notable work
- Autobiography of a Yogi
- Image
- Paramahansa Yogananda.jpg
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- Paramahansa Yogananda
- date of birth
- 1893-01-05
- date of death
- 1952-03-07
- topic's main category
- Category:Paramahansa Yogananda
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- birth name
- Mukunda Lal Ghosh
- cause of death
- acute myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
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Quotation
"You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find." – from the book The Divine Romance
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