I'm currently reading the Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda and I really recommend this to any yoga enthutiast! It gives such a good insight into what yoga really is, including historical and philosopical material. Today I was reading about the part when Yogananda becomes a part of the Swami order. There are ten subdivisions of the Swami Order, they are Giri (mountain), Sagara (sea), Bharati (land), Purt (tract), Saraswati (wisdom of Nature), Tirtha (place of pilgrimage) and Aranya (forest). Sri Yogananda belonged to to the Giri Order.
Yogananda sang a chant of Shankara after his Guru, Sri Yukteswar, for the first time pronounced his new name (Yogananda) that was given to him when he became a Swami. One of the verses were given in the book and I really like this verse:
Mind, nor intellect, nor ego, feeling;
Sky nor earth nor metals I am.
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
No birth, no death, no caste I have;
Father, mother, have I none.
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
Beyond the flights of fancy, formless am I,
Permeating the limbs of all life;
Bondage I do not fear; I am free, ever free,
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
Yogananda sang a chant of Shankara after his Guru, Sri Yukteswar, for the first time pronounced his new name (Yogananda) that was given to him when he became a Swami. One of the verses were given in the book and I really like this verse:
Mind, nor intellect, nor ego, feeling;
Sky nor earth nor metals I am.
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
No birth, no death, no caste I have;
Father, mother, have I none.
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
Beyond the flights of fancy, formless am I,
Permeating the limbs of all life;
Bondage I do not fear; I am free, ever free,
I am He, I am He, Blessed Spirit, I am He!
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