Yogananda's Admission of Mistakes

Yogananda's Admission of Mistakes - Handwritten documents regarding organizations

Violating Mahamuni Babaji and Lahiri Mahasay’s injunction, Yogananda founded his organizations. He admitted his mistakes. We produced some portions of his letters in his own handwriting. It is reproduced from the author’s Babaji O Tnar Parampara (the Bengali version of Babaji and His Legacy); Chapter 40 Guruvraktagamya (Learning from the living lips of a Guru), page number 821.

In page 200 of the Bengali dictionary Sangsad Bangla Abhidhan (by Sailen Biswas and Dr. Sasi Bhusan Dasgupta, head of the Bengali department of Calcutta University), the definition of the Bengali word Gukhuri (the word is rarely used, as it is uncultured-slang) written by Yogananda in the above quotation, is given three ways. The sentence (though erroneous) can be translated into English in three ways:

“I have done such a horrible act like eating feces by starting an organization.”
“I have performed an absolutely foolish act by starting an organization.”
“I have committed a great blunder by starting an organization.”