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Paramahansa Yogananda

1893 - 1952

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Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India—the only one he created to disseminate his teachings. A chief disciple of the yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread the teachings of yoga to the West. He immigrated to the US at the age of 27 to demonstrate the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to advocate for a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. His longstanding influence in the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led yoga experts to consider him as the "Father of Yoga in the West". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paramahansa Yogananda is the 268th most popular philosopher (up from 287th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from India (down from 78th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Paramahansa Yogananda is most famous for his book, Autobiography of a Yogi. This book is about his life and the yogic teachings that he learned.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 268 out of 1,267. Before him are Marsilius of Padua, Nicole Oresme, François Fénelon, Johann Reuchlin, Pat Robertson, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Sebastian Brant, Raymond Aron, Ivan Illich, Jerome of Prague, Panaetius, and Ibn al-Nafis.

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Among people born in 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 25. Before him are Lazar Kaganovich, Roland Freisler, Chaim Soutine, Harold Lloyd, Harold Urey, and Karl Mannheim. After him are Palmiro Togliatti, Walter Baade, Prajadhipok, George Grosz, Damdin Sükhbaatar, and Omar Bradley. Among people deceased in 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 16. Before him are Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, Walter Schellenberg, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan. After him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Ferenc Molnár, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jürgen Stroop, Charles Maurras, and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 93 out of 1,861. Before him are B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Jahangir (1569), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Priyanka Chopra (1982), and Augustus De Morgan (1806). After him are Maudgalyayana (-568), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Meera (1498), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), and Ramana Maharshi (1879).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 11. Before him are Padmasambhava (717), Buddhaghosa (401), Adi Shankara (788), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Kabir (1440). After him are Aśvaghoṣa (80), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Vyasa (-390), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), and Ramanuja (1017).

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