1942

Yogananda gave a talk at Hollywood Temple which was later included in the book Journey to Self-Realization as “Realizing God in Your Daily Life.”

1948

On New Year’s Eve, Yogananda led a midnight meditation at Mt. Washington where he softly beat a large gong, telling his disciples: “Imagine this as the sound of Aum, spreading outward to infinity.” Later, disciples who were a hundred miles away in Encinitas reported hearing the gong at the same time that Yogananda struck it, “as though someone were beating it in the hallway just outside the room.”

1927

Yogananda gave a talk in Buffalo, New York, that was later included in the book Journey to Self-Realization as “Quickening Human Evolution.”

1926

Yogananda was in Cleveland, Ohio for a series of Twelve Practical Lessons in Yogoda.

1932

Daily meditations for December by Swami Yogananda published in the East West Magazine: “Teach me to behold Thee as the only friend, helping me, encouraging me, through all my friends.”

1926

Yogananda was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a month of lectures and classes.

Yogananda reading a book on a train (date unknown).

1926

Yogananda was en route from Los Angeles, California for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to begin a series of lectures there.

1926

Yogananda was en route from Los Angeles, California for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to begin a series of lectures there.

1926

Yogananda was en route on the train from Cleveland for a five day visit to Los Angeles.

1924

Famous horticulturalist Luther Burbank wrote this letter in support of the Yogoda system and the “how-to-live” schools that Paramhansa Yogananda had founded in India and wanted to start in America.

Yogananda with Ananda Moyi Ma — a painting of Sananda Lal Ghosh’s, based on a photograph

1935

Yogananda met with the great Indian saint Ananda Moyi Ma in Calcutta, India.

1946

Yogananda gave a talk at Hollywood Temple on “How to See Jesus Christ.”

1937

A Special Convocation was held in Los Angeles, where Yogananda addressed the students in a talk that was later included in the book The Divine Romance as “How You Can Approach God.”