Autobiography of a Yogi - Hardcover

A must read for all age groups. iam not at all spritual person , even though i didn't ordered it my self 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 i a non spritual person like this book soo much that i can read it again and again.its not book aimed at converting someone,its a really intersting book to read ,full of very exicting,interesting experiences.A must read for all age groups. --student Dec 25, 2011

a must read book this book is outstanding... one should read it at-least once in their life time. its is a merger of science and spirituality, and explains alot of spiritual experiences in 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

"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)