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Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) Audio CD – CD, August 1, 2004

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This 15 CD boxed-set audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet.

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.

Self-Realization Fellowship's editions, and none others, include extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published, including a final chapter on the closing years of his life.

Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century", Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into more than 50 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a classic of religious literature. Several million copies have been sold, and it continues to appear on best-seller lists after more than sixty consecutive years in print.

With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda tells 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. Also recorded here are his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday life and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.

Sir Ben Kingsley came to international prominence with his Academy Award-winning performance in the title role of Gandhi. He has received high praise as well for his work in other films - among them the critically acclaimed Schindler's List. Mr. Kingsley is also known for his inspired readings of books on tape, including a series on the great religions of the world.

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Enduringly popular...a penetrating look at the ultimate mysteries of human experience. ----Library Journal

Kingsley is the perfect choice for this material...When he speaks, Yogananda speaks. Particularly moving are the chapters where Yogananda describes miracles performed by his Guru and other saints plus his own visions. They exemplify the universality underlying all religion and spiritual practice. ----Santa Fe Sun

Superbly narrated...Kingsley's distinctive voice brings Yogananda's extraordinary and colorful story to life with wit, grace, and elegance. --NAPRA Review --NAPRA Review

Kingsley is the perfect choice for this material...When he speaks, Yogananda speaks. Particularly moving are the chapters where Yogananda describes miracles performed by his Guru and other saints plus his own visions. They exemplify the universality underlying all religion and spiritual practice. -- --Santa Fe Sun

Superbly narrated...Kingsley's distinctive voice brings Yogananda's extraordinary and colorful story to life with wit, grace, and elegance. -- --NAPRA Review

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Hailed as "the father of Yoga in the West", Paramahansa Yogananda is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in India on January 5, 1893, he devoted his life to helping people of all races and creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the true beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit. After graduating from Calcutta University in 1915, Yogananda took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami Order. Two years later, he began his life's work with the founding of a how-to-live school since grown to twenty-one educational institutions throughout India where traditional academic subjects were offered together with yoga training and instruction in spiritual ideals. In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. His address to the Congress and subsequent lectures on the East Coast were enthusiastically received, and in 1924 he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Over the next three decades, Paramahansa Yogananda contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. In Los Angeles, he established an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship, the nonsectarian religious society he had founded in 1920. Through his writings, extensive lecture tours, and the creation of Self-Realization Fellowship temples and meditation centers, he introduced hundreds of thousands of truth-seekers to the ancient science and philosophy of Yoga and its universally applicable methods of meditation. Today, the spiritual and humanitarian work begun by Paramahansa Yogananda continues under the direction of Sri Mrinalini Mata, one of his closest disciples and president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 2011. In addition to publishing his writings, lectures and informal talks (including a comprehensive series of Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons for home study), the society also oversees temples, retreats, and centers around the world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Self-Realization Fellowship; Unabridged edition (August 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0876120958
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0876120958
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.69 x 2.35 x 5.32 inches

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1893 – 1952 Hailed as the “father of Yoga in the West,” Paramahansa Yogananda is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in northern India, he came to the United States in 1920, where he founded Self-Realization Fellowship, to disseminate his writings and teachings worldwide. Through his best-selling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, and his numerous other books, he has introduced millions throughout the world to the spiritual principles of yoga meditation and the universal truths underlying all world religions.

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Leonardo Mills

Wow. Just wow.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2023

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A profoundly inspiring book with the potential to expand the limited reaches of ordinary human potential—IF you have the will to entertain vaster possibilities than what common societal standards dictate as feasible.

Within the first chapter, my beliefs were severely tested. If this is your first time reading about Hindu saints and mystics, yours might be too...

But to those who persevere with a sincere spirit of inquiry, desire to understand, and a willingness to leave behind limiting beliefs; this book might just be the greatest blessing you'll ever receive—a call to discover your Soul's infinite potential by the practice the Kriya Yoga science described in these pages.

Since I read this book 5 years ago during my freshman year of college, I have set aside my past mode of life and dived deep into the experiment of Kriya Yoga in the laboratory of my own daily meditation practice under the guidance of Yogananda's SRF (Self-Realization Fellowship) Lessons.

I can declare after years of sincere practice that the Kriya Yoga methods discussed in this book, and the joy professed to be attainable in the stories of the saints and sages of India herein, are true. I know it by my own experiential practice, and it has become clear to me that anyone who practices with an open mind and resilient spirit, can know it to be true within themselves also.

I hope you give it a chance.

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Son of Surya

A wonderful book, highly recommended for anyone interested in the spiritual path

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2009

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Autobiography of a Yogi was recommended to me by various sources as one of the basic books any spiritual seeker should read. The moment I picked it up I already wholeheartedly agreed and after reading the book in its entirety, I think it is one of the best spiritual books written in the last century. I certainly agree that it should be included in the library of all spiritual persons.

I was not familiar with Yogananda before, so reading an autobiography of someone unknown to you might seem a bit strange. But it really reads like a novel. Swami Yogananda had a lovely, narrative writing style which makes the book very pleasurable to read. Yogananda recalls his early childhood and his search for a guru. A large part of the book is spent recalling anecdotes about the time with his guru, Sri Yukteswar, and Yogananda's spiritual development. Being a westerner with virtually no knowledge about Yoga (apart from knowing some people practicing 'Hatha Yoga' - most of whom are focusing on the physical aspects and practising yoga for 'relaxation' and 'well being' only), I think the book does a good job at explaining the purpose and different practises / variants of Yoga. All concepts (unknown to many westerners) are explained clearly, also many footnotes are included, among which are many from the publisher to update the information after Yogananda's death.

What surprised me is the great number of references to the life of Jesus and/or the christian Bible. I didn't expect to find this in a book about a Yogi. But this only strengthens my conviction that there is only one true, underlying spiritual path to the various religions. Also, later I learned that Yogananda had a high degree of Christ consciousness. Maybe the numerous references were also included to make the book appeal more to the western mind, as it was Yogananda's life-long mission and divine plan to bring Yoga to the west. Anyhow he does a great job. In the second half of the book, Yogananda's successful effort to bring yoga to the west is described in detail, of course also with many inspiring, uplifting and wonderous anecdotes.

In the book there are many descriptions of 'miraculous' happenings by the Yogis. These stories are fun to read and makes one wonder at the powers of these great masters. I'm sure the average western mind will be fascinated with these stories and this may be a reason to include them (I reckon that in India this is less regarded as extraordinary).

All in all I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in spirituality, as it really contains many deep truths about life and its purpose. Of course it is not necessary for everyone to begin practising yoga (although it made me consider it), it is written in such a way that the truths are universal.

Yogananda has written many books, and I think this would be the perfect book to start with as it lays a nice fundation explaining his life and many concepts.

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Robert G Yokoyama

The Autobiography of a yogi is a thought provoking book about spirituality.

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2011

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The Autobiography of a yogi has sparked my interest in reading spiritual books like the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita for the insightful pearls of wisdom they contain. These insights really make the book enjoyable to me. The Gita is India's most important spiritual text. The goal of the science of yoga is stated in Psalms 46:10 in the Bible. The goal of yoga is to achieve inner stillness so that a person can know God. I am not an overly religious person, but I do think inner stillness can be a worthy goal for every person. This book is filled with quotes from the Bible and the Gita. There is a passage from the Bhagavad Gita that talks about how the nature of man is to be active and not lazy.

The writing in this book is very vivid. Yogananda's description of how beautiful Kashmir is makes me want to book a flight just to see the beauty of nature there. I would love to see the caves and cathedrals in southern India described in this book.

This autobiography is not easy to read, but the information is valuable. Some of the names and words in the book are hard to pronounce. One thing is certain. Paramahansa Yogananda had a fascinating life. There is one photo in the book that shows him addressing a crowd of people. The caption under this photo states that in thirty two years in the West, he taught 100,000 people the practice of Kriya yoga. Kriya yoga is a form of yoga that relaxes a person senses and organs. It can improve concentration and quality of sleep.

Several miracles are described in this book that are hard to believe. There is a picture of a woman who did not eat or drink anything for over fifty years. There is another incidence of a miracle where the author suddenly has the ability to speak English just by praying to his guru. This book suggests that anyone is capable of performing a miracle if their belief in the Divine is strong enough.

The beliefs of Paramahansa Yogananda influenced a diversity of people like Gandhi and plant scientist Luther Burbank. Millions of regular citizens all over the world continue to be influenced by his form of meditation. One of the beliefs of his self realization fellowship is that yoga can liberate a person for physical disease and improve mental and spiritual health. This is a very hopeful message that makes this book so appealing to me. I highly recommend this book.

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andrea CC

Very Good Read Spiritual & Inspirational

Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2024

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This is a book that makes you think. You need to take your time to read it. I am still reading it.
It is very spiritual and at the back of the book is the contact for Self Realization Group. They have free meditation videos on youtube from this group. Enjoy. This book will change your life.