PARAMHANSA SWAMI YOGANANDA: Life-portrait and Reminiscences

“Sri Sailendra Bejoy Dasgupta had the great goodfortune to be accepted at the age of 19 as a disciple by SwamiSriyukteshvar Giriji Maharaj. He sat at the great Swami’s feet as aneminent and beloved student for the next six years, until Swamiji’spassing in 1936.

Sri Dasguptaji had written this very manuscriptnear the end of his life during the months of October 1983 throughJanuary 1984. He closed his eyes to this world shortly afterward, inMarch 1984.

Yoga Niketan translated the manuscript into English and first published it in 2006.

Swami Satyananda Giriji Maharaj, eminent and revered disciple of Swami Sriyukteshvar has written the

“During the time that Yoganandaji was in India [after returning from America],Sailendra Bejoy was with him practically all day every day and attendedto him in many different ways. Swamiji had a great wish that he wouldtake Sailendra Bejoy to America. Even after [Yoganandaji] went back toAmerica, he wrote to me about this many times. But at that time,Sailendra Bejoy did not particularly have much interest in thatdirection.”

And
“With him was Bishnu Charan, nephewAjit-da, Bijoy Mullick, Ananda Lahiri, Sailen Dasgupta and another oneor two people. Because of my illness, I had written to Swamiji thatSailendra should work as his attendant in my place. Swamiji had alsoreceived Sailen with truly great affection.”
~ YOGANANDA SANGA : Paramhansa Yoganandaji As I Have Seen and Understood Him by Swami Satyananda Giri

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