{"id":12968,"date":"2010-07-30T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=12968"},"modified":"2010-07-30T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T13:33:15","slug":"paramahansa-yogananda-worldconvocation-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/paramahansa-yogananda-worldconvocation-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramahansa\u00b4s Worldconvocation 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Autobiography of a Yogi <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

WORLD<\/span> <\/span>CONVOCATION 2010, LA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\ufeffIt isn’t academic education alone that makes people happy. It is „how-to-live“ education \u2014 how to develop a harmonious, moral life, stronger will power, and spiritual understanding \u2014 that will bring happiness.\u201d \u2014 Paramahansa Yogananda<\/span><\/p>\n

Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: \u09aa\u09b0\u09ae P\u00f4romoh\u00f4ngsho Joganondo<\/em>, Sanskrit: \u092a\u0930\u092e\u0939\u0902\u0938 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0902\u200d\u0926 Paramaha\u1e43sa YogÄ?na\u1e43da<\/em>; January 5, 1893\u2013March 7, 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (Bengali: \u09ae\u09c1\u0995Mukundo Lal Ghosh<\/em>), was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi<\/em>. Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India to a devout Bengali kshatriya family. <\/sup>\u00a0According to his younger brother, Sananda, from his earliest years young Mukunda’s awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. In his youth he sought out many of India’s Hindu sages and saints, hoping to find an illuminated teacher to guide him in his spiritual quest. <\/sup>Read more: <\/span><\/strong>> <\/span>HERE <<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thousands of SRF members and friends from around the world\u00a0 participated in our annual World Convocation.\u00a0 SRF monks and nuns joined them to lead group meditations, kirtans, classes on the SRF techniques of meditation, and inspirational talks on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paramahansa Yogananda in New York \/ On February 2, 2002, Roy Eugene Davis, founder and spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Awareness, visited Paramahansa Hariharananda, a brother disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, at his ashram in south Florida. Mr. Davis was asked to speak to the ashram residents about some of his experiences as a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Programs for Youth<\/strong> – Paramahansa Yogananda felt deeply for the welfare of children and took a lifelong interest in their all-around education. Carrying on in this tradition, Self-Realization Fellowship continues to offer programs that teach young people how to live a balanced life of meditation and right activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

SRF Sunday Schools, teen programs, and summer youth programs provide children with a solid spiritual and ethical foundation on which to build throughout life. Emphasis is given to the practice of the science of meditation taught by Paramahansa Yogananda for personal experience of God. Children are shown how to develop moral character and the noble qualities exemplified in the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, such as faith in God, respect, kindness, consideration for others, courage, and evenmindedness.<\/span><\/p>\n

These qualities then act as spiritual building blocks for the right development of a child\u2019s character and help to establish positive habits such as self-discipline, service to others, truthfulness, and the use of common sense \u2014 as countless participants over the decades have attested. Read more: <\/span>> <\/span>HERE <\/strong><<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n