Autobiografia de Un Yogui - by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paperback)

About the Book

Considered one of the 100 best spiritual books of the 20th century, this work is the only autobiography of a yogi written by a yogi himself. With sincere wisdom and captivating humor, Paramahansa Yogananda sheds light on the greatest secrets of life and the universe, opening our minds and souls to the joy, beauty, and unlimited spiritual potential that lies dormant in every human being. Yogananda guides us with humility and wisdom along the paths of yoga, Kriya, and self-realization. These pages feature saints with amazing powers, enlightened sages, and supernatural experiences that defy materialistic logic. But beyond the wonders, the true strength of the book lies in its calm and sincere voice, which speaks to the reader's heart without dogma or impositions. First published in 1946, Autobiography of a Yogi has become a key work of modern spirituality, read and loved around the world.

About the Author

Born in India on January 5, 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda 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, Sri 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 Daya Mata, one of his earliest and closest disciples and president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 1955. 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.