Paramhansa Yogananda came to the West from India in 1920, bringing a new vision of how to live. He lectured across the United States drawing thousands, and filling the largest auditoriums in the country. During the three decades he lived in America, he met many of the well-known figures of the time: President Calvin Coolidge, industrialist Henry Ford, and agricultural inventor Luther Burbank, to name just a few.
Even after Yogananda's passing in 1952, his Autobiography of a Yogi continues to inspire influential people such as George Harrison, Gene Roddenberry (creator of the Star Trek series), and Steve Jobs. He is widely known as the "Father of Yoga" in the West.
What are some of the revolutionary teachings that Yogananda brought to the American mindscape?
The Practice of Meditation Is Vitally Important
He taught that meditation is not an archaic ritual relegated to remote monasteries or caves, but that its practice can greatly improve our daily life. When he came to the United States virtually no one there meditated. Now millions do so regularly.
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