Paramahamsa Prajnanananda was born as Triloki Dash in the village of Pattamundai in Orissa, India. Raised in a pious and spiritual atmosphere, he began searching for a spiritual mentor in early childhood. In 1980, while…
Paramahamsa Hariharananda, a realized Kriya Yoga master, was born as Rabindranath Bhattacharya in the hamlet of Habibpur of Nadia in Bengal, India, the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, on May 27, 1907. He was born into…
Manmohan (Swami Satyananda) was born to Mohini Mohan Majumdar and Tarabasini Devi on the 17th of November, 1896, in his maternal uncle’s house in Bikrampur (Bangladesh). He was a philosopher, singer, composer, poet, social worker,…
The prophecy of Lahiri Mahasaya came true when Mukunda Lal Ghosh was born to Gyana Prabha and Bhagabati Charan Ghosh on January 5, 1893. Mukunda would later become adored worldwide as Paramahamsa Yogananda, a prophet…
A boy of sixteen, initiated into Kriya Yoga, stood before the great master Lahiri Mahasaya with a handful of flowers, a moistened heart, and tears streaming down his face. The great master entreated him to…
A worthy disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya, Priyanath Karar, constantly absorbed in God consciousness, deep in the shambhavi state, and introverted, was none other than the world renowned Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri. What ancient sages and saints had practiced…
On September 30, 1828, on the auspicious seventh bright moon day of dasahara, while the villagers of Ghurani in the holy land of Nadia, in West Bengal, were ecstatically immersed in the worship of Divine Mother…
Mahavatar Babaji Maharaj is both ageless and eternally young. Sometimes he is formless, while at other times, he appears before his disciples in any form he wishes to liberate humanity from its worldly fetters. Adoringly…