[1] According to the book America's Alternative Religions by Timothy Miller, Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder "living fully in the world".

[2] A part of Lahiri Mahasaya's face is pictured on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt.

[4] In 1832, a flood killed his mother and destroyed their home, after which his family moved to Varanasi, where he received education in philosophy, Sanskrit, and English.

[1] On 27 November 1861, Lahiri Mahasaya met Babaji in Ranikhet.

[1] Babaji taught him a meditation technique called Kriya Yoga,[2] which Lahiri Mahasaya then taught to many others, including his wife,[1] Paramahansa Yogananda's parents, and Sri Yukteswar Giri, guru of Yogananda.