AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI

In his lifetime and since his death, Paramhansa Yogananda has inspired thousands of people worldwide to adopt a spiritual lifestyle. He brought yoga to the West, where he established churches, spending nearly three decades teaching yoga and meditation. Autobiography of a Yogi tells the story of Yogananda’s search for spiritual enlightenment, his relationship with his guru, and his teachings in Kriya Yoga. The book gives a compelling insight into the spiritual leader as he takes us on his journey from his early childhood in Gorakhpur to California in the 1940s. Along the way, we are introduced to the men and women who had a lasting impact on his life – and those whose lives he changed forever.

Autobiography of a Yogi has sold over four million copies since its first publication in 1946 and has been translated into over 19 languages. This edition is a reprint of the original 1946 edition.

Quotes from the book:

“Anyone who practices a scientific technique for divine realization is a yogi. He may be either married or unmarried, either a man of worldly responsibilities or one of formal religious ties.”

“The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice.”

Comments on the book:

THOMAS MANN, Nobel Prize Winner: “This renewed contact with the Yogi-sphere, its mental superiority to material reality, and its spiritual discipline, was very instructive for me, and I am grateful to you for granting me some insight in this fascinating world.”

1.Y. EVANS-WENTZ: “As an eyewitness recountal of the extraordinary lives and powers of modern Hindu saints, the book has importance both timely and timeless. Yogananda’s unusual life-document is certainly one of the most revealing of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West.”