The ISBN 9788121268646 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. The Title 'Autobiography of a Yogi written/authored/edited by Paramahansa Yogananda', published in the year 2023. His long-standing influence in the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led him to be considered by yoga experts as the "Father of Yoga in the West. About The Author : Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh 1893- 1952) was an Indian Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India, and who lived his last 32 years in America A chief disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread the teachings of yoga to the West, to prove the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to preach a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. When he returns to America, he continues to establish his teachings, including writing this book.The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual wisdom of the East, which had only been available to a few in 1946. In 1935, he returns to India for a yearlong visit. He then travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles, California. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak at a religious congress in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The book begins with his childhood family life and follows-on to his finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation.
430 About The Book : Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader to his life and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the Eastern and the Western world.
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