Question from Nirmal: I just wanted to know your opinions on having pets at home. Does one get, for instance, “bad karma” for keeping a bird in a cage as a pet, even if it is allowed to often fly around the house? Also, we recently got kitten but a relative has advised us that keeping a cat may be against certain Hindu…
Question from DOLON DAWN: Dear Sir / Madam , I have gone through Autobiography of a Yogi and other books. But I still have a question about God. If I want to communicate with God, how do I do it? Do I tell Him once, or over and over again until I receive the answer? I am utterly confused. Please help me. Dolon
Question from Jerry: Is Yogananda understood to have been infallible?
Question from Paul Smith: I have have a tremendous desire to know God. Unfortunately, my life circumstances have not been so helpful in aiding me in this direction, many of these, of course, are the result of my own wrong actions or decisions in the past. Often I could cry at my own ignorance and lack of effort in knowing God. Often I have…
Question from rajesh: I am in the process of reading “Autobiography of a Yogi”. “…Face fear in its face….it will not trouble you…” conversation of Sri Yukteshwarji with Sri Paramahamsa yoganandaji. How to face temptations? Is there any such simple and effective thumb rule for the same? — — — — — — — — — -Pranams
Question from Janine Johnson: Hi!!!! Oh this is so great! I have been a PY student for a few years now. Although I meditate at least once a day, I do not do the Energization Exercises but I do try to do yoga at bare minimum every other day. I have many q’s about meditation though. Lately I have been feeling distracted. I try…
Question from jon: Dear friends Is there any good information about Yogananda in Thai language? I want my wife to know a little about him because she asks me, but I can not find anything on the internet.
Question from Prashant Malik: For the past 4 months I am practicing the hong sau technique(not regularly) but I am continuously facing a problem. Each time I concentrate on my breath I become very restless. I have to force air to get in my lungs I feels as if something inside me is resisting the flow of air & as soon as I start…
Question from Casey: I know we are supposed to chant or meditate without focusing on anything of material concern, however, is it considered wrong to ask for help for others who are suffering during meditation or japa? (I use the Hare Krishna mantra.)A friend is battling anorexia at this point, and simple prayer is difficult, because I am unsure what to pray for.
