During a service to commemorate an anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s mahasamadhi (a yogi’s final conscious exit from the body), Sri Mrinalini Mata recalls her years with the Master.
Topics include:
• What it means to be a divine incarnation
• The attitude the disciple should have toward the human and divine natures of the Guru
• The bond of unconditional friendship between guru and disciple
• The human side of Paramahansa Yogananda’s divine consciousness, including his joyous, fun-loving nature
• Last moments with the Guru
Sri Sri Mrinalini Mata, one of those personally trained and chosen by Paramahansa Yogananda to carry on the mission of his society after his passing, has been president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 2011. Born in Kansas in 1931, she met the Guru in 1945, at the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in San Diego. Just a few months later, with her parents’ permission, she entered Sri Yogananda’s ashram in Encinitas, California, as a nun of the Self-Realization Order. Through daily association during the years that followed (up until the time of the Guru’s passing in 1952), Paramahansaji personally trained her to prepare his writings and talks for publication after his passing. She has made six extended trips to India to serve the Guru’s work there, and served as vice-president of SRF from 1966 until 2011. She is also editor-in-chief of SRF publications. 
