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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260309
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SUMMARY:Sri Yukteswar Mahasamadhi Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:This day marks the anniversary of the mahasamadhi of Swami Sri 
 Yukteswar\, guru to Paramhansa Yogananda. Maha (great) samadhi (blissful u
 nion) refers to the conscious exit of a great master from the physical bod
 y and is a day of celebration.\n\nOn March 9\, 1936 Yukteswar left his bod
 y while Yogananda was in India\, visiting from America.  Yogananda wrote 
 of the last days of his guru in Autobiography of a Yogi: \n\n"As I stood 
 on the Puri train platform the following morning\, still hoping against ho
 pe\, an unknown man approached me.\n\n“Have you heard that your Master i
 s gone?” He left me without another word\; I never discovered who he was
  nor how he had known where to find me.\n\nStunned\, I swayed against the 
 platform wall\, realizing that in diverse ways my guru was trying to conve
 y to me the devastating news. Seething with rebellion\, my soul was like a
  volcano. By the time I reached the Puri hermitage I was nearing collapse.
  The inner voice was tenderly repeating: “Collect yourself. Be calm.”\
 n\nI entered the ashram room where Master’s body\, unimaginably lifelike
 \, was sitting in the lotus posture — a picture of health and loveliness
 . A short time before his passing\, my guru had been slightly ill with fev
 er\, but before the day of his ascension into the Infinite\, his body had 
 become completely well. No matter how often I looked at his dear form I co
 uld not realize that its life had departed. His skin was smooth and soft\;
  in his face was a beatific expression of tranquillity. He had consciously
  relinquished his body at the hour of mystic summoning.\n\n“The Lion of 
 Bengal is gone!” I cried in a daze."\n\nThe morning meditation at the An
 anda Portland Temple will focus on Yuketeswar's mahasamadhi on this day. A
 n evening event may be planned and this calendar will be updated according
 ly.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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