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Product Description Inner Reflections has gained a reputation as one of the most stunning and beautiful Inspirational Engagement Calendars available. Quotations from the universal teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda are magically blended with 53 breathtaking images from the world's top nature photographers including Tim Fitzharris, Russ Burden, Dennis Frates, Cheryl Opperman, George Ward and Dave Welling. Inner Reflections is a favorite of thousands of spiritual seekers - and a popular gift item that touches the heart.- 55 color photos- Winner of 39 gold medals- Moon phases, national & international holidays included About the Author Hailed as "the father of Yoga in the West", Paramahansa Yogananda - author of the bestselling classic Autobiography of a Yogi- is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in India on January 5, 1893, he devoted his life to helping people of all races and creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the true beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit. After graduating from Calcutta University in 1915, Yogananda took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami Order. Two years later, he began his life's work with the founding of a how-to-live school since grown to twenty-one educational institutions throughout India where traditional academic subjects were offered together with yoga training and instruction in spiritual ideals. In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. His address to the Congress and subsequent lectures on the East Coast were enthusiastically received, and in 1924 he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Over the next three decades, Paramahansa Yogananda contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. In Los Angeles, he established an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship, the n