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SUMMARY:Lahiri Mahasaya Birthday Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the great kriya ava
 tar\, Lahiri Mahasaya. Our morning meditation will be dedicated to this ev
 ent\, with special readings and chants to help us draw on his presence.\n\
 nAll are welcome.\n\nExcerpt from Autobiography of a Yogi\, by Paramhansa 
 Yogananda:\n\n"The eternal bond of guru and disciple that existed between 
 John and Jesus was present also for Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya. With tend
 er solicitude the deathless guru swam the Lethean waters that swirled betw
 een the last two lives of his chela\, and guided the successive steps take
 n by the child and then by the man Lahiri Mahasaya. It was not until the 
 disciple had reached his thirty-third year that Babaji deemed the time to 
 be ripe to openly reestablish the never-severed link. Then\, after their b
 rief meeting near Ranikhet\, the selfless master banished his dearly-belov
 ed disciple from the little mountain group\, releasing him for an outward 
 world mission. “My son\, I shall come whenever you need me.” What mort
 al lover can bestow that infinite promise?\n\nUnknown to society in genera
 l\, a great spiritual renaissance began to flow from a remote corner of Be
 nares. Just as the fragrance of flowers cannot be suppressed\, so Lahiri 
 Mahasaya\, quietly living as an ideal householder\, could not hide his inn
 ate glory. Slowly\, from every part of India\, the devotee-bees sought the
  divine nectar of the liberated master."\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\
 n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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