Many people share theories on reincarnation, or karma, or what happens at death. Paramhansa Yogananda, a master of yoga, writes from his own true knowledge and experience. Coming through Yogananda?s words, above all, is the deepest encouragement to every reader: the reassurance that God loves us, and that all of life is designed to help us move toward our own highest fulfillment. Included in the book are such subjects as: * Why do we see a world of suffering and inequality? * How should we handle the challenges in our lives? * What happens at death, and after death? Is there a heaven? * What is the origin and purpose of reincarnation? * This book offers fascinating answers for life?s great mysteries, but, more importantly, it tells you how to make the most of every day of the life you?ve been given. * As Yogananda explains the operation of karma, death, and reincarnation, he also shares the deeper purpose of existence for every soul. Understanding these truths can bring clarity, confidence, and inspiration into your life. The Wisdom of Yogananda series features writings of Paramhansa Yogananda not available elsewhere. These books capture the Master?s expansive and compassionate wisdom, his sense of fun, and his practical spiritual guidance. The books include writings from his earliest years in America, in an approachable, easy-to-read format. The words of the Master are presented with minimal editing, to capture the fresh and original voice of one of the most highly regarded spiritual teachers of the 20th century.
Karma and Reincarnation - The Wisdom of Yogananda
Paramhansa Yoganada
"Life needs variety to be interesting. If a novel makes us laugh or cry, we appreciate it." "If you don't like the plot, remember, the freer you are inside, the greater will be your ability to change it." "Change and contrast are inevitable, and are what make the great game possible. View them dispassionately, and never allow them to define who you are, inside." "Blame no one for the evils that beset you. Accept responsibility for your own life, and for whatever misfortunes you encounter. Do your best, with firm resolution, to eliminate the harmful tendencies on your own nature." "Accuse no one, not even yourself. Blame and accusation won't erase what has been done; it will affirm, rather, your dependency on circumstances over which, truly, you have lost control. Seek God in the inner silence. Reconcile yourself to what is, and to what needs to be done about it." "Most human beings refuse to be guided from within, by higher wisdom." "If unexpected fortune and misfortune in your life confuse you, seek the only solution there is to life's endless puzzle; deep meditation, and increasing attunement with wisdom through daily contact with the ever-free, Infinit Spirit." "The Hindu scriptures teach that the first duty of man is to keep his body in good condition; otherwise his mind is unable to remain fixed in devotional concentration." "Make it a point always to keep your most important of all engagements: your daily appointment with the Lord. Twice daily, enter the inner silence." "Acquire the power of meditation and the treasures of intuitional perceptions and ever-new peace and joy, which will be of greater use to you on your last journey. Forget the delusions of today. Get ready for death, by making your acquaintance with God every day." "The immortal soul must win several prizes in order to maintain Spirit-endurance: self-control, detachment, morality, calmness, and spirituality - and must pass all grades in the earthly school in order to become free." "Therefore, perform all good deeds not for yourself but for God. In this way, the responsibility for your actions and for their results will not touch the soul." "The egotist, who works only to please himself, becomes caught in an endless net of desire, from which he can extricate himself only after many incarnations. Therefore, never be idle, absent-minded, or egotistically ambitious, but be divinely ambitious to work and play on earth with the right attitude of mind, as the Divine Director wishes of you." "To renounce the world without the inner conquest of desires produces hypocrites." "Consciousness directs all material creation." "Fear of sickness, and a desire for physical health, fear of poverty, and a desire for opulence, and the feeling that we lack knowledge as well as the desire to know everything: all these belong in the domain of ignorance. Of course, if we are stricken with ill health, failure or ignorance, we need not continue to remain so. We should strive for health, prosperity, and wisdom without fear of failure. But we should remain non-attached and even-minded, throughout."
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