“Swami Sriyukteswar Giri was born in Serampore, on the bank of India’s holy Ganges River, in the district of Hooghly in Bengal in 1855, on the last  Friday of the first month of the Bengali Calendar, Baisakh, which fell on May 10 in that particular year.”*

“It is the Spirit of God that actively sustains every form and force in the universe; yet He is transcendental and aloof in the blissful uncreated void beyond the worlds of vibratory phenomena. Those who attain Self-realization on earth live in a similar twofold existence. Conscientiously performing their work in the world, they are yet immersed in an inward beatitude.”**

“The Lord has created all men from the illimitable joy of His being. Though they are painfully cramped by the body, God nevertheless expects that men made in His image shall ultimately rise above all sense identifications and reunite with Him.”**

*Kebalananda and Sriyukteswar biographies, page 34, by Swami Satyeswarananda Giri

** Quotes of Sriyukteswarji, Autobiography of a Yogi, pages 168 & 169, by Paramahansa Yogananda