With engaging candour, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda narrates the inspiring of his life - the experiences of his remarkable childhood, encounters with many saints and sages during his youthful search throughout India for an illumined teacher, ten years of training in the ashram of his God-realized Guru, and of the many years that he lived and taught as spiritual preceptor to truth-seekers all over the world. Also recorded are his meetings with Ramana Maharshi, Ananda Moyi Ma, Master Mahasaya (the saintly disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa), Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Jagdish Chandra Bose.
Considered a modern spiritual classic, the book has been translated into twenty-one languages and is widely used as a text and reference work in colleges and universities. Thousands of readers have declared Autobiography of a Yogi the most fascinating reading of a lifetime.
Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honoured tradition of meditation. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday lie and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.
"Autobiography of a Yogi is regarded as an Upanishad of the new age…It has satisfied the spiritual thirst of hundreds of thousands of truth-seekers throughout the world…The immortal nectar of India's Sanatana Dharma, the eternal laws of truth, has been stored in the golden chalice of Autobiography of a Yogi."
- Professor Ashutosh Das
"As an eyewitness recountal of the extraordinary lives and powers of modern Hindu saints, the book has importance both timely and timeless."
-W. V. Evans-Wentz
"Pages that will enthral the reader, because they appeal to the aspiration and longings that slumber in the heart of every man"
-Il Tempo del Lunedi, Rome
"The Autobiography of this sage makes captivating reading."
-The Times of India
"We must credit this important biography with the power to bring about a spiritual revolution."
-Schleswig-Holsteinische Tagespost, Germany
"A book that opens windows of the mind and spirit."
-India Journal
"The reader of our present times will seldom find such a beautiful, deep, and truthful book as Autobiography of a Yogi....full of knowledge and rich in personal experiences….One of the most dazzling chapters of the book is the one that deals with the mysteries of life beyond physical death."
-La Paz, Bolivia
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