tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425617523820780496.post4354170752327749310..comments2009-09-04T23:34:14.093-05:00Poor Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06958395323347049591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425617523820780496.post-30964925867809406112009-09-04T23:34:14.093-05:002009-09-04T23:34:14.093-05:00It may be.<br /><br />There are many Elvis and SRF stories in various biographies and the theme occasionally comes up in some of Swami Kriyananda&#39;s talks.<br /><br /> Some devotees have told me they have tapes of Elvis singing Yoganadaji&#39;s songs. Greg Allman used occasionally to stop into services in Florida to sing. A recent Ravi Shankar biography had a foreword by an SRF Minister.<br /><br />In some ways, like Saint Augustine, or Siddartha, exhausting the worldly pleasures of wine, women and money leaves the way clear to seek only God, the other pleasures proving only fleeting.Poor Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06958395323347049591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425617523820780496.post-32198203085577922052009-09-04T18:35:56.410-05:002009-09-04T18:35:56.410-05:00Is that the same Paramananda who became an SRF Brother?<br /><br />&quot;... Residents of the Mount Washington complex still talk about the time in the late 1960s when Elvis Presley showed up at their door. &quot;Elvis looked at one of our monks and said, &#39;Man, you made the right choice,&#39; &quot; recalled Brother Paramananda, who left a promising acting career to devote his life to the fellowship. &quot;Elvis said, &#39;People don&#39;t know my life or that I sometimes cry myself to sleep because I don&#39;t know God.&#39; &quot; Fellowship leaders encouraged him to continue singing. &quot; <br /><br />-from:<br />http://www.elvicities.com/~presleyinthepres/2006a/200608a.htmlGabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01237003029175860183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425617523820780496.post-38221795341467176292009-06-18T20:57:17.214-05:002009-06-18T20:57:17.214-05:00Guruji was so full of love and truth... whenever I hear or read his words my heart swells with love for him, my ego is humbled by his humbleness.. truly that Spirit of the Living God was so fully in Him, He is such an example for any of us looking to live a life of simplicity coupled with service. Jai Jai Jai , I bow at your feet Yogananda.Christopher T Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138046863776495679noreply@blogger.com