Sure, I don't think it was a negative tension. I think it was a subtle philosophical one. And not between him and Ramana. Yogananda is reported to have said that Ramana's brother had tried to engage him in philosophical discussion. I don't believe there was any exchange of ill-will, obviously. Thanks for "telling me that story". You mentioned it once before.
i am not a specialist on philosophy, although from what i have seen and know about philosophy is that it is based on thought and the mental approach and constructs taken in an approach to life. Spirituality and meditation is that process of letting go of thought. That is why when Jesus was asked by Pilot 'What is truth' there was silence. So perhaps Paramahansa Yogananda saw where this conversation was going. He has already reached that state which is beyond thought. In my experience philosophy does not have the goal of no thought. If there were philosophers that had that goal and a means to it I am unaware of it.
Jitendra
