Word: mukunda
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...extremely impressive presence," said Gautam Mukunda...
...think his answers with regards to the Iraq situation were less than complete," Mukunda added...
...want the same rights that we enjoy, however, is nothing more than a betrayal of both those brave Chinese dissidents who attempt to change their country and look to us for help, and of those who have struggled to gain and preserve our own dearly bought freedom. --Gautam Mukunda...
...Essence of Life." Founder Yogananda (born Mukunda Lai Ghosh) was the son of an Indian banker and railroad executive, began preaching his Westernized version of Indian doctrines in the U.S. in 1920. A California follower recalls that when he met Yogananda, "I knew I had found the essence of life. He had the essence that showed a great peace, a great joy." Since 1955, the sect has been governed by Miss Faye Wright, 49, known in the Fellowship as Daya Mata. Daya Mata joined the sect in Salt Lake City at the age of 17, after Yogananda cured...
...Mukunda also drew inspiration from local yogis who were possessed of "miraculous powers." Among his inspirations was Gandha Baba ("The Perfume Saint") who could transform the "mundane vibrations" of the surrounding air into delicious tangerines ("The method, alas! is beyond the reach of the world's hungry hordes"). Another, Bhaduri Mahasaya ("The Levitating Saint"), often hung in the air, meditating without visible means of support. Another, called Krishnananda, shared his hermitage with a lioness, which he had taught to appreciate a strictly vegetarian diet and to utter the mystical word "Aum" (meaning "cosmic vibratory power") "in a deep, attractive...