Kirtan and Meditation for Birth Anniversary of our Gurudev, Paramhansa Yogananda

The ashram is open all day, come by and meditate at any time. Between 6 – 8 pm in evening, we’ll honour our Guru with prayer, group chanting and meditation, including recordings and readings.

Paramhansa Yogananda (1893-1952)

The vibrations of many spiritually seeking souls come floodlike to me. I [Babaji] perceive potential saints in America and Europe, waiting to be awakened.” To Yogananda he said, “You are the one I have chosen to spread the message of Kriya Yoga in the West.
—Paramhansa Yogananda, “Autobiography of a Yogi”

From Swami Kriyananda’s book on his discipleship to Yoganandaji, The New Path:
Mukunda Lal Ghosh, later known to the world as Paramhansa Yogananda, was the son of a senior executive in the Bengal-Nagpur Railway; as such, he faced the prospect of wealth and high worldly position when he grew up. But it was not this world that attracted him. From earliest childhood he had longed for God as intensely as others long for human love, or for worldly recognition.