Autobiography of a Yogi

By Paramahansa Yogananda

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality

Paramahansa Yogananda tells his life story, from a childhood in India filled with saints and seekers to years of training under his guru, Sri Yukteswar, who sent him to the West in 1920 to teach. First published in 1946, the book introduces Kriya Yoga and the spiritual teachers of India to Western readers. It recounts Yogananda's three decades of teaching in America with warmth and humor.

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