This episode covers the last 12 paragraphs (and footnote) of the chapter 3 from: 
“Pranabananda’s face was suffused with divine light.” 
to 
“...Alas, two bodies are not yet for me!” 

Swami Pranabananda elucidates more of his exchanges with the divine Lahiri Mahasaya and subsequently blesses Mukunda and reveals, to his utter delight, that he will indeed become a Paramahansa Yogananda. In between there are important topics of discussion such as the Pranab Gita, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and our first “ask us anything” topic: Astral Bangals.  

8:55 Truth and honesty in the workplace;

15:50 Sabikalpa Samadhi and Nirbikalpa Samadhi;

29:07 Retiring into silence;

37:00 The redundancy of the spoken word of niceties;

46:27 Does Kedar Nath Babu consider this a joke?;

1:00:27 The importance of gratitude;

1:06:56 Reflections of the chapter;

1:09:03 Pranab Gita:

1:20:38 Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the bilocation technique;

1:25:22 Astral Bangles – raison d’etre;

1:40:43 Looking forward to Chapter 4.

Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the first 8 paragraphs of the chapter 4 from: 
“Leave your classroom on some trifling pretext...” 
to 
“... straps from my English-made sola topee (helmet).” 

Links referenced in this episode: 
https://yogananda.org/blog/awakening-the-spine-through-kriya-yoga-by-brother-chidananda 
https://yoganiketan.net/reader/books/pranab-gita-volume-1.html 
https://yoganiketan.net/reader/books/pranab-gita-volume-2.html 
Patanjali: https://www.arlingtoncenter.org/Sanskrit-English.pdf 
Astral Bangles: https://www.astrogems.com 

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