{"id":7181,"date":"2016-06-16T20:42:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=7178&preview_id=7178"},"modified":"2016-06-16T20:42:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T20:42:37","slug":"awake-a-documentary-film-on-paramahansa-yogananda-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=7181","title":{"rendered":"Awake: A documentary film on Paramahansa Yogananda – The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Awake, which traces the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, releases on June 17<\/h3>\n

Steve Jobs apparently had just one book downloaded in his iPad: The Autobiography of a Yogi<\/i>, according to his biography by Walter Isaacson. Lead guitarist of The Beatles, George Harrison, in his autobiography I, Me, Mine<\/i>, wrote that the song \u2018Dear One\u2019 was dedicated to Yogananda, a spiritual master, and contemporary of Swami Vivekananda.<\/p>\n

A documentary on the life of the guru who inspired millions is now releasing in India. Titled Awake: The Life of Yogananda<\/i>, it traces the life of Paramahansa Yogananda from his birth in India to when he left for the U.S. as a 22-year-old to take the teachings of the East to the West, in 1920. He later emerged as one of the most popular spiritual gurus in the world, with the Los Angeles Times <\/i>calling him \u2018the first superstar guru of the 20th Century\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny student pursuing metaphysics or spiritual studies in the West uses his lessons as a reference. It\u2019s part of their standard textbook,\u201d says Prabal Basu Roy, director, Diptish Investments And Fund Advisors, and a member of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India \u2014 the Indian arm of Self Realisation Fellowship, which carries on the teachings of Yogananda worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cYogananda used the medium of kriya yoga, which is different from hatha yoga and raja yoga. It\u2019s less about physical exercise, and more about focussing on one\u2019s inner self to be at peace with the external world,\u201d says Prabal. All his teachings have been collated into 182 lessons, which any spiritual seeker can take up over a period of three years. \u201cI took up the programme in 1995, when I was a middle-level manager. His teachings, which include thoughts from all spiritual texts, transformed my life for the better. It helps you connect to your spiritual self, even as you discharge your duties as a family man or woman. It never asks you to renounce your responsibilities and go in search of your higher self. That\u2019s why Yogananda has so many followers,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cYogananda is not as famous as Vivekananda here, mainly because he spent most of his time in America,\u201d says Prabal. But today, the Government is taking steps to make people aware about him, by releasing a stamp in his honour, and naming many roads after him, he adds.<\/p>\n

Awake releases nationwide today, and will be screened for a week. Tickets are available on bookmyshow.com<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: Awake: A documentary film on Paramahansa Yogananda \u2013 The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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