Stories of Lahiri Mahasaya

Watch these inspiring stories from the great avatar Lahiri Mahasaya come to life from Paramhansa Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi". Shared by Nayaswami Dharmarajan from Ananda Chennai (https://anandachennai.org/) Lahiri Mahasaya is best known for bringing back the ancient and powerful technique of Kriya Yoga from his guru Mahavatar Babaji. Through his example as a householder he showed that God can be realized also in normal daily life. His best known disciple was Swami Sri Yukteswar, who was the guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. Shyama Charan Lahiri was the birth name of the great yoga master. His disciples lovingly added “Mahasaya,” which means “great-minded one.” Born in Bengal, India, to a pious brahmin family, Lahiri Mahasaya was the one who made the ancient science of Kriya Yoga available not just to those who had renounced the world, but to all sincere souls. Lahiri Mahasaya was a married householder with two sons. He held a job as an accountant to support his family. A yoga master of the highest achievement, his entire life served as an example of how to live “in the world, yet not of the world.” Unknown to society in general, a great spiritual renaissance began to flow from a remote corner of Benares [home of Lahiri Mahasaya]. Just as the fragrance of flowers cannot be suppressed, so Lahiri Mahasaya, quietly living as an ideal householder, could not hide his innate glory. Slowly, from every part of India, the devotee-bees sought the divine nectar of the liberated master. —Paramhansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi ABOUT ANANDA WORLDWIDE Ananda is a worldwide movement to help individuals realize the joy of their own higher Self. Ananda is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and was founded by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda in 1968. Learn more at https://ananda.org. ___ HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH Subscribe to our YouTube channel:    / anandaworldwide   Follow on Instagram:   / anandaworldwide   Like on Facebook:   / ananda.org   Follow on Pinterest:   / anandasangha   Follow on Twitter:   / anandaworldwide   Take classes on our virtual spiritual community: https://www.ananda.org/online-classes/ Learn to meditate with our Online Lessons in Meditation course: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/less... Download the FREE Ananda Meditation app and watch guided meditations https://www.ananda.org/meditation/app/ Visit the beautiful Ananda Meditation Retreat in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas: https://meditationretreat.org/ Visit "The Expanding Light", Ananda's guest retreat: https://www.expandinglight.org/ Find an Ananda Near You: https://www.ananda.org/find-ananda View Upcoming Live Events Around the World: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/live... If you have been touched in your own journey by Ananda and our videos please consider making a donation so that we, as a spiritual family, may all continue to reach and inspire souls everywhere: https://www.ananda.org/support/ #lahirimahasaya #yogananda #paramhansayogananda #paramahansayogananda #autobiographyofayogi