The melodyof human brotherhood

O Divine Mother,lift us on Thy lap of universal love.Break Thy vow of silence and sing to us the heart-melting melody of human brotherhood.-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Healing affairmation

O Divine Spirit,Thou didst create my body.It is well,for Thou art present in it.Thy Being is perfect.I am made in Thine image.I am perfect.-Yoganandji in "Whispers from Eternity'

The circumstances

The bludgeon of circumstances may bruise you,but keep your head erect.Always try once more,no matter how many times you have failed.-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

My taper of remembrance of Thee

I may lose my way and roam in darkness,but O Divine Mother! see that the tiny taper of my remembrance of Thee be never extinguished by gusts of disbelief.
I sought all earthly things,finally to discover that I crave only Thee.Come,be with me always!
-Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda

Prayer at night

In the peace of night I worship Thee.The sunlight that revealed a myriad earthly allurements have vanished.
One by one I shut the doors of my senses,lest the fragrance of rose or the song of nightingale distract my love from Thee.
LIke night,I adore Thee in hiddenness and silence.Within the shrine of darkness I invoke Thee ,Blessed and Beloved!-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Meditation and devotion

O Spirit,teach me to pray with deep concentration, and imbue scientific meditation with devotion.May my heart daily become more pure by all-surrendering love for Thee.-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Unbroken oneness

Teach me ,O Father,to find my oneness with Thee in the peace within and the tumult without.I care not whether silence or noise surround me,if at all times and in all places I may feel Thine enveloping presence.-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

I am a wave of joy

I am a sea foam spumed from the deeps of joy.I am a wave of joy,seeking to dance in all billows of joy,struggling to be the ocean of joy.May the ripples of my laughter spread endlessly,finally subsiding on the bosom of infinite joy.-Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda

A prince of peace,sitting on the throne of poise

Father,teach me to be calmly active and actively calm.May I be a prince of peace,sitting on the throne of poise and directing the kingdom of activity.-Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda

O Lord ,our first duty is to Thee

O Spirit!teach us to consider no other duty to be more important than our sacred duty to realize Thee,since work of any kind is possible only because Thou hast given us the power for its performance.
May we love Thee above everything else,because,without the grace of Thy life,Thy love,we could not live or love at all.-Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda