Trailanga

A skeptic once determined to expose Trailanga as a charlatan.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

{FN31-4} In spite of his round face and huge, barrel-like stomach, Trailanga ate only occasionally.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

By these feats Trailanga sought to teach men that a yogi's life does not depend upon oxygen or ordinary conditions and precautions.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

On one occasion her master Trailanga, forsaking his usual silence, honored Lahiri Mahasaya very pointedly in public.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

Men of God-realization like Trailanga allow the divine law to operate instantaneously; they have banished forever all thwarting crosscurrents of ego.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

He managed to edge his way close to Trailanga, whose feet he touched humbly.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

The automatic adjustments of righteousness, often paid in an unexpected coin as in the case of Trailanga and his would be murderer, assuage our hasty indignance at human injustice.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

{FN31-7} The lives of Trailanga and other great masters remind us of Jesus 'words: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name (the Christ consciousness) they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

If Christ returned to earth and walked the streets of New York, displaying his divine powers, it would cause the same excitement that was created by Trailanga decades ago as he passed through the crowded lanes of Benares.

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

The grace of the Christlike yogi, Trailanga, was once bestowed on my SAJO MAMA (maternal uncle).

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935