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Yogananda Podcast — 262 episodes

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Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 4: Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 3: Yogananda’s beloved India

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Autobiography Chapter 32, Part 2: Rama Lives

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 6: Shankari Mai Jiew

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 5: Transcending Reincarnation

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 4: Skip sleep

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 3: The mysticism of Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 2: Guruhusband Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 31, Part 1: Being awoken by Angels

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 7: Don’t be tricked by the Cosmic Magician

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 6: Why is there suffering?

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 5: Wake, my children wake!

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 4: The sun shineth in his strength

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 3: Energy is the mass multiplied by the square of velocity

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 2: God does not throw dice

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Autobiography Chapter 30, Part 1: The Three Hermits – with full disclosure

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Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 3: Rabindranath Tagore’s universal song

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Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 2: Rabindranath Tagore’s glorious blood line

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Autobiography Chapter 29, Part 1: Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel chanting

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Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 3: Yogananda makes certain we stay true

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Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 2: Yogananda’s eternal promise

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Autobiography Chapter 28, Part 1: Yogananda’s morbid field trip with Kashi et al

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Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 4: Swami Pranabananda’s glorious mahasamadhi

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Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 3: Yogananda’s teachings on life and death

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Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 2: Yogananda’s How to Live Schools

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Autobiography Chapter 27, Part 1: Service and Schooling

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Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 5: Outward rituals vs inner realisation

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Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 4: All aboard the Kriya Express

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Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda and Kriya Yoga

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Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 2: The Aum vibration vs. tinnitus

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Autobiography Chapter 26, Part 1: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga

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Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar heals through astral mathematics

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Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 2: Yogananda heals through sheer will power

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Autobiography Chapter 25, Part 1: Yogananda’s vision of Ananta’s eternal sleep

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Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 4: Carl Jung

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Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 3: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

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Awake Minute 8: Why we need a Guru

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Awake Minute 4: My Sweet Lord

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Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 2: I am He, Shivoham

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Autobiography Chapter 24, Part 1: The most sacred initiation

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Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 4: Dear Guruji, you inspire me because...

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Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 3: Brother Sun, Sister Moon

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Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 2: Follow the guru

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Autobiography Chapter 23, Part 1: “Mad Monk” Yogananda

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Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 3: The Divinest of Romances

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Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 2: Who is in my temple

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Autobiography Chapter 22, Part 1: Yogananda’s guide to family inspiration

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Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 4: Asoka, Akbar and the divine mercy

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Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 3: The Christlike ways of Sri Yukteswar

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Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 2: The best sites for a Divine Gypsy

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Autobiography Chapter 21, Part 1: Don’t smoke and lie

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Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 4: Parvati Shankari

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Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar finally exposes his hand

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Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar’s subtle influencing hand

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Autobiography Chapter 20, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar’s art of diplomacy

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Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 3: Sri Yukteswar’s kindergarten for gifted boys and girls

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Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 2: The secrets of teleportation

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Autobiography Chapter 19, Part 1: The secret art of telepathy

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Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 3: The life and times of Afzal Khan and Hazrat

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Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 2: How not to follow your guru’s teachings

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Autobiography Chapter 18, Part 1: Breaking past life limitations

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Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 4: Yogananda’s how-to-live schools

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Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 3: Academic excellence vs. spiritual ascent

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Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar and the butterfly effect

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Special: Kumbh Mela 2025

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Autobiography Chapter 17, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar prolongs the life of a doctor

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 9: Yogananda’s Second Coming of Christ

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 8: Adam and Eve consciousness

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 7: Sri Yukteswar’s theory of Everything

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 6: Sri Yukteswar’s mastery of world scripture

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 5: The Yuga debate, as stirred up by Sri Yukteswar

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 4: The cremation of doubt

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 3: Gurudeva and the planetary Devas

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 2: Where free-will ends and destiny begins

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Autobiography Chapter 16, Part 1: Sri Yukteswar’s Astrology 101

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 8: Yogananda’s life of tireless service

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 7: Yogananda’s cosmic drum

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 6: Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants and Ragas

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 5: Yogananda’s favourite festivals

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 4: Don’t compartmentalise Sri Yukteswar

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 3: Paramhansa Yogananda’s fine tuning techniques

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 2: Sri Yuktewar’s Wi-Fi range extender

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Autobiography Chapter 15, Part 1: Crazy for Cauliflower

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Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 5: Paramahansa Yogananda teaches us how to quantify our progress in meditation

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Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 4: Samadhi, by Paramahansa Yogananda

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Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 3: Yogananda sweeps the balcony of his mind

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Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 2: Paramahansa Yogananda describes Samadhi

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Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 7: Overcoming our limitations, supported by SRF YSS Gurus

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Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 6: Yogananda finds bliss in a remote jungle

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Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 5: In the temple of my heart

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Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda’s trials

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Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 2: Sacrosanct and sacred customs

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 20: Sri Yukteswar’s leela

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 19: Sri Yukteswar transforms a cynical magistrate

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 18: Sri Yukteswar tells us to be less bookish

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 17: Sri Yukteswar’s challenge to phoney philosophers

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 16: Bending Rules

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 15: Conquering Lust

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 14: The Curious Case of Kumar

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 13: Sri Yukteswar’s dissections cut deep

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 12: Contrasting a parent with a Guru

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 11: Letting Sri Yukteswar destroy your ego

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 10: Yogananda and the East-West hybrid

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 9: Sri Yukteswar’s chelas

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 8: The Silent Revolution of Self-Realization Fellowship

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 7: Paramahansa Yogananda vs. Restlessness

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 6: Yogananda’s Scientific Healing Affirmations

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 5: Swami Sri Yukteswar’s mastery over mosquitos and cobras

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 4: Swami Sri Yukteswar’s minute mannerisms and divine qualities

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 3: Paramahansa Yogananda’s Own Kriya Initiation

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 2: Sri Yukteswar’s Serampore Hermitage

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Autobiography Chapter 12, Part 1: Is Sri Yukteswar’s training that hard?

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Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 3: Yogananda in Krishna’s childhood abode

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Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 2: Paramahansa Yogananda’s best meal

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Autobiography Chapter 11, Part 1: Faith or Dare

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 9: Shankara and our glorious lineage

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 8: The harsh duality of life

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 7: Sri Yukteswar’s brevity

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 6: Finding “My Own” Sri Yukteswar

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 5: Keep the faith

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 4: The Wisdom of Fasting

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 3: Adjusting to ashram life

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 2: “God as the Friend of friends”

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Autobiography Chapter 10, Part 1: Right Attitude, Faith and Gratitude

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 7: What is important and the unimportant

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 6 – Drowning yourself, in your Self

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 5: The devotee proposes, Divine Mother disposes

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 4: Yogi-Christ Ramakrishna Paramahansa

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 3: Humble “M” and Haloed Mukunda

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 2: A Vision of Divine Mother

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Autobiography Chapter 9, Part 1: Two blissful devotees

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Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 5: Oh, to be ahead of your time

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Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 4: Does tin feel pain?

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Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 3: The benefits of an ideal education

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Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 2: Bose’ discoveries and the opening of his Institute

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Autobiography Chapter 8, Part 1: Experiment and discover

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Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 4: Relying on the Divine Insurer

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Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 3: Mirabai and Yogananda

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Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 2: The candour of God, Krishna, Christ, Gurus

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Autobiography Chapter 7, Part 1: Floating on superconsciousness

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Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 4: The Tiger Transformation

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Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 3: Cooch Behar Snare

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Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 2: Taming wild passions

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Autobiography Chapter 6, Part 1: The Tiger reigns supreme (only in your mind)

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Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 3: Hypnosis, Abu Said and working for God Alone.

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Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 2: Mukunda meets the “Perfume Saint”

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Autobiography Chapter 5, Part 1: Om Kali

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 6: Thousands of Suns and Moons

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 5: Restful deliberation and graceful motion

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 4: Detective Ananta

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London's SRF Monastic Visit Reflections

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 3: The transformed police officer

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 2: Keep on keeping on

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Autobiography Chapter 4, Part 1: The deep elation extracted from breaking rules

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Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 5: Truth shall prevail (in silence)

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Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 4: Lahiri Mahasaya’s divine intercession

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Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 3: Point of view

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Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 2: Second pension with a second body

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Autobiography Chapter 3, Part 1: Mukunda goes to Banaras (Varanasi)

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Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 5 The Mammoth Footnote

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Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 4: The Strange Sadhu

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Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 3: The Spiritual Engine

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Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 2: You can’t be a (Himalayan) swami

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Autobiography Chapter 2, Part 1: The Mystery of Death

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 6: Mukunda’s Minor Miracles

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 5: The Miraculous Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 4: Blessings from Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 3: Beholding Lahiri Mahasaya

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 2: The Ideal Parents

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Autobiography Chapter 1, Part 1: The Disciple-Guru Relationship

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Autobiography of a Yogi Eternal Law of Righteousness and SRF Introduction

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Autobiography of a Yogi Legacy, Acknowledgements, Contents and Preface

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Autobiography of a Yogi Title, Cover, Editions and SRF Logo

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Introduction to Autobiography of a Yogi: Line by Line Podcast

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Awake Finale Minute: For our Guru Paramahansa Yogananda, who helped us become Awake

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Awake Minute 80: Hamara Guru Yogananda, Paramahansa Sadhgurudeva

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Awake Minute 79: Guru-ness

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Awake Minute 78: An ode to Yogananda’s blessed bodily temple

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Awake Minute 77: Paramahansa Yogananda’s glorious Mahasamadhi

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Awake Minute 76: Paramahansa Yogananda prepares for Mahasamadhi

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Awake Minute 75: Shaping the 20th Century

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Awake Minute 74: Actualize Yourself

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Awake Minute 73: Pranam Brother Chidananda

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Awake Minute 72: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting

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Awake Minute 71: I think, therefore I am

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Awake Minute 70: Matter, Energy and... Consciousness?

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Awake Minute 69: I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds (sic)

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Awake Minute 68: To serve, scribe and strive for Guruji

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Awake Minute 67: Pranam Sri Mrinalini Mata

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Awake Minute 66: A surprise turn

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Awake Minute 65: War and Peace

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Awake Minute 64: Home is anywhere, everywhere and nowhere

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Awake Minute 63: Sri Yukteswar’s Mahasamadhi and Resurrection

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Awake Minute 62: Pranam Anandamayi Ma

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Awake Minute 61: Taking Darshan of Paramahansa Yogananda

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Awake Minute 60: Pranam Mahatma Gandhi

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Awake Minute 59: Yogananda’s return route to India

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Awake Minute 58: Psychiatry vs Guruchiatry (C)

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Awake Minute 57: Pranam Brother Anandamoy

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Awake Minute 56: Neuroplasticity

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Awake Minute 55: Mt. Washington Monastery

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Awake Minute 54: Pranam Ananda Mata, Sri Gyanamata and Durga Mata

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Awake Minute 53: Pranam Sri Daya Mata

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Awake Minute 52: Supporting your sadhana

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Awake Minute 51: Yogananda’s darkest hour

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Awake Minute 50: Basu Kumar Bagchi sues Guruji :(

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Awake Minute 49: Swami Dhirananda leaves Guruji

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Awake Minute 48: Difficult times for Paramahansa Yogananda

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Awake Minute 47: Yogoda Wedding Vows

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Awake Minute 46: Swami Dhirananda scandal

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Awake Minute 45: Indian Independence and American Civil Rights

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Awake Minute 44: President Greets Swami Yogananda

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Awake Minute 43: Vedic Philosophy

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Awake Minute 42: Change your brain grooves

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Awake Minute 41: The Supernatural

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Awake Minute 40: Willpower and volition

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Awake Minute 39: SRF, YSS and Life Lessons featuring Vivek Atray

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Awake Minute 38: Jagadguru on tour in the USA

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Awake Minute 37: Swami Dhirananda aka Basu Kumar Bagchi

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Awake Minute 36: Prima Voce and discovering resonance

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Awake Minute 35: The Kundalini

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Awake Minute 34: Energization

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Awake Minute 33: What is Yoga?

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Awake Minute 32: True Christianity

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Awake Minute 31: Mt. Washington SRF HQ

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Awake Special: The art of the possible with Yuri and #YoganandaBrasil

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Awake Minute 30: Pranam Rajarsi Janakananda

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Awake Minute 29: The Power of Initiative

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Awake Minute 28: Bostonian Yogananda

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Awake Special: Chi Kri, going spiritually off-piste

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Awake Minute 27: Swami Yogananda

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Awake Minute 26: The Brahmachari Life

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Awake Minute 25: Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri

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Awake Minute 24: Wait, was that my Guru?

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Awake Special: Yugas and the meaning of time, with Walter Cruttenden

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Awake Minute 23: Would my real Guru please stand up

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Awake Minute 22: Have you ever had a dream, Neo...

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Awake Minute 21: Why Cosmic Mother

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Awake Minute 20: Tragedies are sometimes blessings

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Awake Minute 19: I give you three books, one will be your Guru

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Awake Minute 18: The yogic rite to Write DNA

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Awake Minute 17: Not dogma, but science

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Awake Special: Professor Wadhwa

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Awake Minute 16: Dr Lewis, the first western Kriyaban

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Awake Minute 15: I could do better, he’s an Avatar

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Awake Minute 14: How Yogananda took passage and raison d'être for USA

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Awake Special: Professor Clooney

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Awake Minute 13: America – To be, or not to be

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Awake Special: Dr. Varun Soni

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Awake Minute 12: I sensed this is my place and since then I never stopped

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Awake Special: Philip Goldberg

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Awake Minute 11: Yogananda's Visions

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Awake Special: Mas Vidal

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Awake Minute 10: Himalayan yogi

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Awake Minute 9: Every soul is on a (Indian train) journey

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Awake Minute 7: Lahiri Mahasaya

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Awake Minute 6: Mahavatar Babaji

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Awake Minute 5: There is no reason not to follow your heart

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Awake Minute 3: Sing along

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Awake Minute 2: Run the meditation experiment, you might surprise yourself

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Awake Minute by Minute Podcast Introduction

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Awake Minute 1: Memories from prenatal realms