~Gurudevi Shri Swami Maha~Shaktiananda

~Shri Swami Maha-Shaktiananda; affectionately called Gurudevi; is a direct disciple of ~Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. Swami (Sw.) is primarily a Hindu honorific title, for either males or females. It is derived from Sanskrit and means "owner of oneself", or "free from the senses". It is a title added to one's name to emphasize learning and mastery of Yoga, devotion to God, and devotion to the Swami's spiritual Master (a Guru or another Swami). In the Bengali language, the word (pronounced SHA-mi), while carrying its original meaning, has a dual meaning of 'husband'. The Shakti is wed to the Shiva within one's own being; therefore the Swami has attained Self-Realization and Oneness with the I Am That I Am; is wed to God and may still maintain the dharma of householder and be "in the world but not of it". Swami is also a surname shortened from Swaminaryan, a small branch of Hinduism. This name was given to the Swamis by one of the previous Swaminaryans of Hinduism.

~Gurudevi, Shri Swami Maha-Shaktiananda
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~Guru, Premavatar Paramahansa Yogananda
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This is a verbatim reproduction of the original 1946 edition, complete with the original photos, many of them not seen in later editions. Subsequent printings, which contain revisions made after the author's death in 1952, have sold over a million copies worldwide. The few thousand of the original printings, however, have long since disappeared into the hands of collectors.

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