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Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-1952

"Autobiography of a Yogi"


{FN12-6} DHAL is a thick soup made from split peas or other pulses.
CHANNA is a cheese of fresh curdled milk, cut into squares and
curried with potatoes.
{FN12-7} The omnipresent powers of a yogi, whereby he sees, hears,
tastes, smells, and feels his oneness in creation without the use
of sensory organs, have been described as follows in the TAITTIRIYA
ARANYAKA: "The blind man pierced the pearl; the fingerless put a
thread into it; the neckless wore it; and the tongueless praised
it."
{FN12-8} The cobra swiftly strikes at any moving object within its
range. Complete immobility is usually one's sole hope of safety.
{FN12-9} Lahiri Mahasaya actually said "Priya" (first or given
name), not "Yukteswar" (monastic name, not received by my guru
during Lahiri Mahasaya's lifetime). (See page 109.) "Yukteswar" is
substituted here, and in a few other places in this book, in order
to avoid the confusion, to reader, of two names.
{FN12-10} "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have
them."-MARK 11:24. Masters who possess the Divine Vision are fully
able to transfer their realizations to advanced disciples, as Lahiri
Mahasaya did for Sri Yukteswar on this occasion.
{FN12-11} "And one of them smote the servant of the high priest,
and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye
thus far. And he touched his ear and healed him.


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