Yogananda blessing Rajarshi Janakananda.

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About Rajarsi Janakananda

Rajarsi Janakananda, born James Jesse Lynn (May 5, 1892 - February 20, 1955) was the leading disciple of the yogi Paramhansa Yogananda and a prominent businessman in the Kansas City, Missouri area. He was a self-made millionaire when he met Yogananda in 1932.

In spite of his material success Lynn was unhappy, and acknowledged that he had a short temper and nervous problems.In January, 1932, his life changed when he attended a series of classes given by Paramahansa Yogananda. Lynn felt instantly transformed in Yogananda's presence:

"On the second night of the class, I became aware that I was sitting upright, my spine straight and I was absolutely motionless. I looked down at my hands, which were so restlessly moving before and which were now perfectly still… I knew I had found the path that gave me inner peace and satisfaction and that I had found that something tangible I was seeking, a guru."

During the following twenty years, Lynn paid frequent visits to Yogananda at his main residence in Los Angeles, eventually moving to an apartment at Yogananda's retreat in Encinitas, California. The two spent long hours together over the years, meditating and discussing spiritual matters. Lynn said of his relationship with Yogananda:

"One of the blessings I have received in my friendship with Paramahansa Yogananda has been permanent relief from a state of nervousness, a state of strain, an inward state of uncertainty. I have gained calmness, peace, joy, and a sense of security that cannot come to anyone until he has found the true security of the soul.^"

On August, 22, 1951, Yogananda gave Lynn the spiritual title Rajarsi Janakananda. Yogananda said that Janakananda was his most spiritually advanced disciple. Yogananda was also frequently heard to say that he passed his spiritual mantle, or power, to Janakananda. After Yogananda's death in March, 1952, Janakananda became president of Self-Realization Fellowship. Janakananda died on February 20, 1955 in Borrego Springs, California.

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