Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi

By Paramahansa Yogananda

  • Release Date: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 362 Ratings

Description

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

Reviews

  • Inspiring

    5
    By born_lucky
    Great read. Gives us (me) a new paradigm to look at the world. Happiness comes from within is the big takeaway.
  • A Life Changing Book

    5
    By Pain Insomniac
    As a retired professional with a lifetime of reading books, taking graduate classes, and teaching college students and professionals, this one book showed me I knew nothing. I was given the Autobiography of A Yogi by a friend to read on a plane trip in 1981, and Like Steve Jobs and George Harrison, I couldn't put it down. This life changing book opened endless horizons before my once blinded spiritual vision. That airplane ride was 37 years ago and I still try to read a little of the book every evening before meditation. If you read it with an open mind and a yearning heart, God will come into your mind and heart to stay. Your life will be vastly changed for the better.
  • Autobiography of a Yogi

    5
    By ChrizieQ
    I enjoyed this book. Very grateful for its existence. It has deepened my feelings of connectedness to the spirit world.
  • Autobiography of a Yogi

    5
    By GezelleGregoria
    Great book.. Thank you yogananda!!!
  • Autobiography of a Yogi~

    5
    By AkashaOne
    Thank you Paramahansa Yogananda....For Everything :) Sincerely, Trent~
  • Autobiography of a Yogi

    5
    By Paramahansa Yogananda
    Brilliant and truly inspiring. I will read it over and over again.
  • Wonderful book

    5
    By M.H.O.
    Excellent to read, very enjoyable are the stories that are told about his life.