About this title: A classic text, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI describes the life and teachings of the Hindu monk Paramahansa Yogananda. From his childhood in India that inspired his search for a spiritual teacher, to the time that he spent in the West as a teacher himself, this book gives not only the facts of his life but also the spiritual tenets by which that life in its faith was lived.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship
Date Published: 1946-12-12
ISBN-13:9780876120798ISBN:0876120796
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship
Date Published: 1946-12-12
ISBN-13:9780876120798ISBN:0876120796
Description: Fair. Text is clean and unmarked but pages are somewhat yellowed with age. A used paperback with wear, corner bumps, creases, stains, tears, etc. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition 1972
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers, Los Angeles, CA
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780876120798ISBN:0876120796
Description: Used-Acceptable. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 592 pp. Still a good reading/work copy with tight binding and clean text. Heavy use on cover page edges. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Self-realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780876120798ISBN:0876120796
Description: B&W Photographs & Illustrations. Good. Mass Market Paperback 0876120796 Used Creasing, and wear to wraps, light browning to text. read more
"I read this book in my early twenties during a time in my life when I was trying to forget who I had been and was trying to recreate who I wanted to be. So I was very impressionable and found comfort in spiritual pursuits and drawn to spiritual people (and books). Consequently I was turned on by eastern religions and philosophy (it seems so cliche, but it's true!). So naturally this book was one that was recommended to me by a friend (it may have been my brother now that I think of it). I enjoyed it at the time, and found it inspiring and even humorous."
"Read this for local interest, as I live only 10 miles away from Yogananda's beautiful seaside retreat in Encinitas, CA, where he wrote this book. Yogananda was the Hindu swami who introduced mediation to the West, founded temples and retreats, and attracted many thousands of people to his lectures nationwide during the 20s, 30s and 40s. Whatever your faith, it certainly will be strengthened by reading this charming and interesting account. It's really quite compelling, as Yogananda's sweet personality shines through. Plenty of theological discussions that mingle Hinduism and Christianity, and long footnotes that explain much of India's religious history. Plenty of miracles are related, which Yognanda clearly believed. There is even some humor occasionally, arising from Yogananda's admission of his mistakes. Yogananda is revered as a saint in India. He certainly is someone I would like to have met. Well worth the time, whatever you may think of Yogananda's beliefs. Certainly does make me want to learn meditation, if only for the psychological benefits."
"Esse deve ser o melhor livro sobre espiritualidade que eu ja li. Escrito de maneiro linda - quase sublime - por um homem santo. Cético e racional como sou, em diversas passagens do livro, me sentia um pouco desconfortavel pela narrativa, especialmente quando seu mestre "volta do mundo astral para lhe contar como é e explica com detalhes inacreditáveis".
No entanto, a trajetória de Paramahansa, desde sua infância, até a idade adulta, contada em forma de romance, com episódios que se assemelham a uma aventura de tão inacreditáveis.
E mesmo sendo cético ao extremo não pude deixar de ser tocado pela parte final do livro, que conta o fim da vida do autor. Se você se interessa por hinduismo, yoga e espiritualidade em geral, ou se apenas procura "por onde começar", esse livro é minha dica."
"Imagine a story or script, if you will, built around a scientific theory or some invention to cater to the tastes of Hollywood audience. All the grandeur, graphics etc., Some arrant trash gets passed for knowledge so convincingly.
'Autobiography of a Yogi' is exactly that, the only difference being the subject, it is the 'mystic world of hinduism' at it's best, written specifically for the scientifically superstitious Western junta!
It is not the content that I have problems with. I do not think that 'wonders', 'supernatural powers', bizarre incidents explained by the author are impossible in the real world. In fact, probably because I am Indian, I intuitively know that they are possible. But it is the style that I have problems with. Throughout the book, it looked as if the author was trying to 'sell' something in the name of yogic powers, mysticism etc.,
This book is not going to enlighten you, of course we can't outsource enlightenment to books, one has to attain it on his own - but, thins book makes you think that being a yogi is all about gaining some supernatural powers etc., which is not going to help you!
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