Eastern Pioneers

“Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that “something else” he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending, for those individual souls who have sought and found God, the search is over. He is that something else.” Paramahansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda is one of the (more…)

“Whatever one’s attachments were upon death, that is where one’s abode will be, precious human birth should be utilized in the form of devotion, to escape the wheel of rebirth.” Kabir In beginning this chapter I first want to say that before writing this chapter I had (more…)

“Kriya Yoga is the airplane method to God.” Paramahansa Yogananda There is one more Ascended Being who is physically incarnated on planet earth, of actual extraordinary proportion, that I would be remiss if I didn’t mention. This, of course, is the deathless Avatar, Babaji. The Babaji I (more…)

“Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.” Sathya Sai Baba There is a great master living in India at this time who is so glorious in His spiritual magnificence that words are incapable of doing Him justice. This glorious and magnificent being’s name is Sri (more…)

“By intense devotion to Ishvara (God), knowledge of Ishvara is gained.” A Yoga Sutra of Patanjali The yoga sutras of Patanjali, by the God realized saint Patanjali was given somewhere between 820 BC to 200 BC. Patanjali was the first to write down these teachings, for previous (more…)

“Happy is he who has overcome all selfishness: Happy is he who has attained peace and happy is he who has found the truth.” The Buddha The current Dalai Lama is the Buddhist monk Tenzen Gyatso. He is the absolute spiritual and temporal head of his people (more…)

“What I want to achieve, What I have been striving and pinning to achieve these thirty years, Is self-realization, to see God face to face, to attain liberation.” The Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi Without a doubt, Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most extraordinary men of the (more…)

“Know that the chanting of my name destroys all sins in this world, if the chanting is done with one-pointed devotion and complete dependence upon me.” Sri Rama The life and teachings of the Avatar Sri Rama is contained in a wonderful book called, “The Ramayana”. It (more…)

“Dear little one, I am the guru sent here by God to fulfill your urgent prayer. He was deeply touched by its very unusual nature. From today you shall live by the astral light. Your bodily atoms shall be recharged by the infinite current.” Guru of Giri (more…)

“Man is no other than the Eternal Self but he wrongly thinks of himself as a separate individual centered in his body and identified by a particular name.” Sri Anandamayi Ma Sri Anandamayi first came to the public’s attention in the West through Paramahansa Yogananda’s book, “Autobiography (more…)