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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-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 prove the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to preach a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paramahansa Yogananda has received more than 3,454,395 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Paramahansa Yogananda is the 287th most popular philosopher (down from 269th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from India (down from 70th in 2019) and the 12th 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 287 out of 1,267. Before him are Cleobulus, François Fénelon, Synesius, Bruno Bauer, Bruno Latour, and Mazdak. After him are G. E. Moore, Francisco Suárez, Johann Reuchlin, Crates of Thebes, Roscellinus, and Alain Badiou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 22. Before him are Roland Freisler, Harold Lloyd, Palmiro Togliatti, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Karl Mannheim, and Albert Szent-Györgyi. After him are Omar Bradley, Prajadhipok, Hattie McDaniel, George Grosz, Harold Urey, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. Among people deceased in 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 21. Before him are Sven Hedin, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Kiichiro Toyoda, and Ferenc Molnár. After him are Hattie McDaniel, Robert Guérin, Jürgen Stroop, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Charles Maurras, and George Santayana.

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In India

Among people born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 78 out of 1,861. Before him are Sri Aurobindo (1872), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Gerald Durrell (1925), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), and Maudgalyayana (-568). After him are Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Samudragupta (335), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and Lawrence Durrell (1912).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 12. Before him are Kabir (1440), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Padmasambhava (717), and Sri Aurobindo (1872). After him are Ramana Maharshi (1879), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Ramanuja (1017), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Buddhaghosa (401), and Abul A'la Maududi (1903).

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