Autobiography of a Yogi - Softcover

Paramahansa Yogananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8172345364 ISBN 13: 9788172345365

Publisher: Prakash Book Depot, 2014

Synopsis

"Autobiography of a Yogi" is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893 March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India into a Bengali family. "Autobiography of a Yogi" introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West. The book begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak in a religious congress in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He then travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles, California. In 1935 he returns to India for a yearlong visit. When he returns to America, he continues to establish his teachings, including writing this book. The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual thought of the East, which had only been available to a few in 1946. The author claims that the writing of the book was prophesied long ago by the nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasava. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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A must read for all age groups. I am not at all a spiritual person , even though I didn't order it myself,but my mom did. I just found this book in my home or now can say the book found me.I opened it to move some pages but happened to read it and can say that although I'm a non spiritual person, I like this book so much that I now read it again and again.It's not a book aimed at converting someone,its a really interesting book to read ,full of very exciting,interesting experiences. A must read for all age groups and cultural back grounds. --Student Dec 25, 2011

A must read,this book is outstanding... one should read it at-least once in their life time. it is a merger of science and spirituality, and explains a lot of spiritual experiences in A scientific way. those who are seekers will be benefited in their own individual growth as it is highly recommended by many spiritual masters. --Neetu Jul 3, 2014

A beautifully authored book and a timeless classic. More of an enthralling adventure rather than some faux-religious book. Doesn't enforce any particular form of worship and very secular in approach. --Dr. Aditya Dec 16, 2012

About the Author:

Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India to a devout family. According to his younger brother, Sananda, from his earliest years young Mukunda's awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. In his youth he sought out many of India's Hindu sages and saints, hoping to find an illuminated teacher to guide him in his spiritual quest. Yogananda's seeking after various saints mostly ended when he met his guru, Swami Yukteswar Giri, in 1910, at the age of 17. He describes his first meeting with Yukteswar as a rekindling of a relationship that had lasted for many lifetimes

About this edition

• Publisher: Prakash Book Depot
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 8172345364
• ISBN 13: 9788172345365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464