  
by Paramahansa Yogananda
With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda narrates the inspiring
chronicle 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 hermitage of a revered yoga master, and the thirty years that he lived and taught in America.
He records as well his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the
Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West. Also included is extensive
material that he added after the first edition came out in 1946, with a final chapter on the closing years of his life.
Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a delightful account of an exceptional life and a profound
introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. Clearly explaining the
subtle but definite laws behind the natural events of everyday life as well as the extraordinary
events considered miraculous, the author reveals the scientific foundation underlying the great
religious paths of both East and West. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a
penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.
"There has been nothing before, written in English or in any
other European language, like this presentation of Yoga."
--Columbia University Press
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