Autobiography of a yogi
Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-19522007
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Paramhansa Yogananda was the first great master of India to live in the West for an extended period. Sent to America in 1920, he introduced tens of thousands of Americans to yoga. This is his autobiography. This edition includes a final chapter on the closing years of Yogananda's life. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Main title:
Autobiography of a yogi / by Paramahansa Yogananda ; with preface by W.Y. Evans-Wentz.
Author:
Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-1952, authorEvans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965, writer of preface
Work:
Edition:
Thirteenth edition.
Imprint:
Los Angeles, California : Self-Realization Fellowship, [2007]©2007.
Collation:
xxiv, 580 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
My parents and early lifeMy mother's death and the mystic amuletSaint with two bodiesMy interrupted flight toward the HimalayasPerfume Saint displays his wondersTiger SwamiLevitating SaintIndia's great scientist, J. C. BoseBlissful devotee and his cosmic romance (Master Mahasaya)I meet my master, Sri YukteswarTwo penniless boys in BrindabanYears in my Master's hermitageSleepless saintExperience in cosmic consciousnessCauliflower robberyOutwitting the starsSasi and the three sapphiresMohammedan wonder-workerMy master, in Calcutta, appears in SeramporeWe do not visit KashmirWe visit KashmirHeart of a stone imageI receive my university degreeI become a monk of the Swami orderBrother Ananta and Sister NaliniScience of Kriya YogaFounding a Yoga school in RanchiKashi, reborn and discoveredRabindranath Tagore and I compare schoolsLaw of MiraclesInterview with the Sacred Mother (Kashi Moni Lahiri)Rama is raised from the deadBabaji, Yogi-Christ of modern IndiaMaterializing a palace in the HimalayasChristlike life of Lahiri MahasayaBabaji's interest in the WestI go to AmericaLuther Burbank-a saint amid the rosesTherese Neumann, the Catholic StigmatistI return to IndiaIdyl in South IndiaLast days with my guruResurrection of Sri YukteswarWith Mahatma Gandhi at WardhaBengali "Joy-permeated mother" (Ananda Moyi Ma)Woman yogi who never eatsI return to the WestAt Encinitas in CaliforniaYears 1940-1951Paramahansa Yogananda: a yogi in life and deathCommemorative stamp issued by government of India in honor of Paramahansa YoganandaLine of self-realization fellowship gurusAims and ideals of self-realization fellowship.
ISBN:
9780876120798
Dewey class:
294.5092B/YOG
Language:
English
BRN:
508391