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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 3,204,331 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Paramahansa Yogananda is the 269th most popular philosopher (up from 305th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from India and the 13th 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 269 out of 1,081. Before him are Roger Garaudy, Hans Jonas, Xenocrates, Andronicus of Rhodes, Julius Evola, and Pherecydes of Syros. After him are William Godwin, Georges Sorel, Alain Badiou, Raymond Aron, Alexander of Aphrodisias, and G. E. Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 21. Before him are Draža Mihailović, Karl Mannheim, Harold Lloyd, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Damdin Sükhbaatar, and George Grosz. After him are Andrés Segovia, Palmiro Togliatti, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Harold Urey, Omar Bradley, and Chaim Soutine. Among people deceased in 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 18. Before him are Walter Schellenberg, Elena of Montenegro, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Sven Hedin, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Ferenc Molnár. After him are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jürgen Stroop, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Robert Guérin, and Charles Maurras.

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In India

Among people born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 71 out of 1,493. Before him are Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Ghalib (1797), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), and Samudragupta (335). After him are Ravi Shankar (1920), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), and Mumtaz Mahal (1593).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Paramahansa Yogananda ranks 13. Before him are Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), Padmasambhava (717), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772). After him are Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramanuja (1017), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), and Buddhaghosa (401).

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