ADVOCATING FOR A UNITED WORLD

Guru Paramahansa Yogananda spoke and wrote about world peace via a future United .  Paramhansa Yogananda (1893–1952) was an Indian Yoga Master, Born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India who brought the ancient path of Kriya Yoga and the teachings of Self-realization to the West, becoming one of the most influential spiritual figures in modern history.

Paramahansa Yogananda often spoke and wrote about world peace, using the concept of a future 'United World' as a spiritual vision of global unity rooted in divine consciousness. He foretold and advocated a coming age when humanity would transcend racial, national, and religious boundaries, living together as ideal world citizens established in body, mind, and soul.

He explicitly stated, “We must learn that it can no longer be Asia for Asiatics, Europe for Europeans, America for Americans, and so on, but a United World under God, in which each human being can be an ideal citizen of the globe...That would be my message, my plea, to the world”. This aspiration appears in his teachings, particularly on world brotherhood colonies and spiritual communities meant to foster unity, cooperation, and peace.

Yogananda's vision also included prayer and spiritual work toward a League of Souls and a United World, emphasizing that real peace begins with realization of God’s presence within oneself and others. 

He wrote: "Let us pray in our hearts for a League of Souls and a United World. Though we may seem divided by race, creed, color, class, and political prejudices, still, as children of the one God we are able in our souls to feel brotherhood and world unity. May we work for the creation of a United World in which every nation will be a useful part, guided by God through man’s enlightened conscience"

These themes appear in public talks such as "World Crisis" (Encinitas, 1940), his work on World Brotherhood Colonies, and are referenced in "Autobiography of a Yogi". SRF monastics and publications continue to reference his prophecies and vision for world transformation through the spread of meditation and spiritual consciousness as the foundation for peace.

You can find expanded versions and contextual references to these ideas throughout SRF/YSS literature, especially in talks about world peace, global transformation, and universal brotherhood. If you are seeking the exact statement, begin with SRF archives, the "Collected Talks and Essays of Paramahansa Yogananda" (especially "The Divine Romance"), as well as his speeches and letters on brotherhood colonies, world unity, and global citizenship. "Yoga's Universality" from SRF is a good starting point for the specific phrase.