Swami Yogananda (Bengali: স্বামী ষোগানন্দ) was a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, the 19th-century saint and mystic, although he took his formal initiation from Sarada Devi, the holy mother of Ramakrishna Order and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna.
Swami Yogananda (Bengali: স্বামী ষোগানন্দ) was a direct monastic disciple of Ramakrishna, the 19th-century mystic. He took his formal initiation from Sarada Devi, the "holy mother" of Ramakrishna Order and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna.