The Making of an American Yogi
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The Making of an American Yogi puts you into the life of a person that had the grace of God. Swami Parameshananda was a very typical person but through the miracle of God he transcended mundane life and was place on the road to salvation. His innate lifelong craving for salvation beckoned the glory of God in the form of Guru Swami Pranavananda. His initial and subsequent spiritual experiences will bring you face to face with the workings of God. The making of an American Yogi takes you to pilgrimages of different countries, especially India. It will demonstrate clearly the workings of a true guru or spiritual master, Swami Pranavanandaji. Although Swami Parameshananda never before seen Swami Pranavanandaji (as He left his mortal coil in 1941), or a glimpse of His photo he was led to America Sevashram Sangha , Jamaica New York, a branch of the Sangha. Reading this book will inspire you to rethink your existence especially the need to live a spiritual life.
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Our thoughts are our greatest assets. Divine thoughts will liberate us while pleasure seeking thoughts will keep us in bondage. It is for this reason that spiritual individuals do not reflect on the past as it takes away from ones spiritual progress. At the time of initiation into monkhood it is a Hindu tradition that the inductee performs the last rites, the ritual done at the time of passing of himself, his parents and ancestors. This way he becomes a born again soul, fully detached from all relations.
Swami Parameshananda is an accountant. He lived a full life and reached mundane saturation in late 1991. It seemed that his life was a speeded up process as he was not comfortable doing the some task over and over. This is evident in his monk life as he is always creating new avenues to spread and expand the work of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, the monastic order he belongs to. He has completely surrendered to the will of his Guru Swami Pranavanandaji, God in form of man, and the founder and Lord of Bharat Sevashram Sangha