march utc well i was thinking in terms of those who believe in the avatarship of hariakhan baba and his being the same as lahiri mahsaya's guru he was already teaching long before yogananda was even born in fact even before lahiri mahasaya started his ministry there are accounts of panchanon bhattacarya as well as tincouri and ducouri lahiri handing prayaschitta money directly to babaji and also a personal visit of babaji to the house of lahiri mahasaya witnessed by pranavananda so it is somewhat safe to conclude that mahavatar babaji was a normal human being intermingling with people in civilization though probably exaggerated thru time so what we need here is a book published before autobiography of a yogi saying that the baba of hariakhan is lahiri mahasaya's guru what if i can provide that i mean maybe not verbatim but clearly implying that idea