Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Namaste, When the posts about why Amma has left her hair long appeared, I knew I couldn't help with that one, but did recall having read something about why Paramahansa Yogananda left his long. It took a while to find it, but here's Yogananda's explanation for keeping his hair long. I love it! "After I understood that few American men wear a beard, I was willing to abandon mine; but I resolved to keep my hair long, because my guru, Sri Yukteswarji, wore his hair long. So no one was able to influence me to cut my hair short. If I were to cut off my long hair now, the same people who ridiculed its length years ago would laugh at me now for having short hair, and would feel that the stature of the inner man also had been shortened." (Man's Eternal Quest, p. 414). Your sister in Amma, Snehalata ---------- Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release 2/14/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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