Swami Sri Yukteswar

Swami Sri Yukteswar (May 10, 1855 – March 9, 1936), a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya, and guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, established three ashrams in India, wrote commentaries on the scriptures, organized conferences, promoted inter-religious harmony and trained disciples in the Kriya Yoga tradition.

Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transforming touch of pure love. All souls are inherently inclined to aspire to realize eternal, conscious, blissful, existence.

-Swami Sri Yukteswar