Talk:Paramhansa Yogananda

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 Definition:  (1893–1952) one of the first Indian spiritual teachers to introduce yoga to Americans, author of the 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi. [d] [e]
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Great to have a Yogananda page here

PAT PALMER, thanks for starting this. I think it's an important entry to have in a general encyclopedia, especially one based in the United States. I like how you created an explanation for both spellings of his title, which I may add a brief word of explanation about. I think it's fairly well known that the title of Param-hansa is from the legend of a [supreme] swan. The swan [hansa] is said to have a mythical ability to only sip the cream from a mixture of milk, spitting out the watery part. The spiritual master is likewise said to be able to live in a world like a swan, and only see the divine, instead of all the evil mixed in there too, which the normal person sees. Jack S. Byrom (talk) 15:01, 1 March 2023 (CST)

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