Paramahansa Yogananda

also modest; white walls with gold accents. There are small colored-glass pained windows around the entire room, unlike what I have seen in Christian churches, these were beautiful depictions of lotus flowers, with no hint of spiritual stories or leaders depicted in them. Though there were many lights in the ceilings, and few small windows around the room, the feeling overall was that of open natural light. The altar consists of three dome like cutouts in the wall that hold 6 gold frames, containing from left to right the images of Babaji (Lahiri Mahasaya’s guru), Lahiri Mahasaya, Jesus, Krishna, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Sri Yukteswar. Six tall candles sit in front of the pictures on a mantle that also has gold accent. A beautiful flower arrangement sits on a table in the front of the altar, and off to the left is a chair that is roped off and a framed picture of Paramahansa Yogananda at the shrine. On the right is a podium from which the lecture is…

But how is it possible to achieve it with so little cooperation? Let’s start off with the basic by creating harmony in our relationship with others. Paramahansa Yogananda states that "The greatest of all happiness, next to divine happiness, is to be at peace with one’s immediate relations, those with whom one must live every day in the year. When people try to handle the extremely complicated machinery of human feelings without any training whatsoever, the consequent results are often…

e a n d H i n d u i s m . T h e B e a t l e s m e m b e r h a s s a i d , “ T h e p e o p l e o f I n d i a h a v e a tremendous spiritual strength which I don 't think is found elsewhere. The spirit of the people, the beauty, the goodness­­that 's what I 've been trying to learn about.” (G reene, n.d) In an interview done by Henley­On­Thames in 1982, Harrison commented on his Hindu spirituality by quoting: "I always felt at home with Krishna. [...] I 'd rather be one of the devotees of God…

been totally useless throughout the whole book. Ben Gunn, another character within the book finds the treasure and removes it from the hole, Silver follows the map and eventually arrives at the hole where the treasure should be, but it is too late. There was a uselessness for spending so much time looking for satisfaction within an object. There is a difference between wanting and needing something, and humans don’t always recognize that difference. “It is a great mistake to regard a certain…