Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of the Philosophical library 1946 First Edition) by Paramhansa Yogananda Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of the Philosophical library 1946 First Edition)
Book Review: Ready To Launch?
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book several years ago for the first time, after many years of reading somewhat similar and associated material. Since then I have heard and read so many accounts of what this book has done for people, and it's true for me as well. For so many it has been a launch vehicle into a kind of magical world of unlimited possibilities. A world where reality is not set in stone, but is a product of the individual, and limited only by the individual's willingness and capacity to hold more. And once you have entered this world there's no turning back, even if you tried, but you won't. However, this is a very limited review intended only for those who are ready and waiting to launch. This book is a long proven and reliable space ship.Book Review: Named one of the top hundred spiritual books of the twentieth century
Summary: 5 Stars
Autobiography of a Yogi is the life story of the first yoga master of India who made it his mission to teach in the West, Paramhansa Yogananda, as written by his own hand. A reprint of the first edition published in 1946, Autobiography of a Yogi presents the original unedited text, with a final chapter presented free from changes other editions made after Yogananda's passing, and a new foreword and afterword by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda's best-known direct disciples. Gentle anecdotes, spiritual insights, and a treasury of plain and simple sensibility distinguish this masterpiece. "The life of an advanced Kriya Yogi is influenced, not by effects of past actions, but solely by directions from the soul. The devotee thus avoids the slow, evolutionary monitors of egoistic actions, good and bad, of common life, cumbrous and snail-like to the eagle hearts." Named one of the top hundred spiritual books of the twentieth century, Autobiography of a Yogi distinguishes itself with insight and compassion, and is especially recommended for religious and spiritual studies shelves.Book Review: Role model for the Way
Summary: 5 Stars
Very accessible story of how one being found the Way. So much humanness revealed rather than only showing his calling. And incredible references to more familiar western works makes it even more relevent to a Traveler from a different heritage. My teacher said it was a must, and he was right.Book Review: A book for life
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book that a friend lent me and as I read it, I realised I wanted a copy of my own because it was not a book that one could "digest" in one sitting, or maybe even in a couple. I think it is a book that starts to sink in as we go through life. Everyone should read it at least once.Book Review: Finally, a yogi with emotions
Summary: 5 Stars
Of all the books by and about spiritual leaders that I have read, this is the one I come back to again and again. Paramhansa Yogananda does not come from ego or judgment when he writes about his spiritual experience. He is not above feeling emotions such as grief and joy, nor does he believe that emotions are something to be surmounted or tamed. This is the only "saint" I have ever been able to digest and trust.