Autobiography of a Yogi | 
 enlarge | Author: Paramhansa Yogananda
Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 1039962
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 481
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 156589734X
Dewey Decimal Number: 109
EAN: 9781565897342
ASIN: 156589734X
Publication Date: January 25, 2003
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Product Description
Designated One of the 100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th century, here is a verbatim reprinting of the 1946 first edition, with all its inherent power intact.Read about real-life saints and masters, how yogis perform miracles, the science of kriya yoga, and much more.
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 No Way! April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will have to go against the flow, here. So, some people can actually perform "miracles" like talking and seeing gods, teletransporting themselves, materializing objects and even entire castles out of thin air, appearing in two places at once, bringing back people from death, fighting and taming wild tigers armed with only their kindness, levitating, predicting the future, healing wounds and fatal diseases with only their will, reading minds, etc, etc? Sorry, I don't think so.
I am almost finishing the book and if it were sold as a fiction piece I would give it more credit. But since it is the author's "biography" and all the fantastic events in it described as truth... sorry again, I just can't.
As a philosophycal way of life it is still very interesting, though.
 Explore the Spiritual April 10, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Understand spiritualism and see the larger picture of life and existence through this autobiography, which breaks down barriers between religions.
 Recommend the footnote version February 13, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yogananda's message is potentially world changing. However, I got more out of the Autobiography of a Yogi published by Self-Realization Fellowship because it was full of added footnotes which I found just as important and meaningful as the text. Many explaining the essential oneness of western and eastern religions through biblical passages, etc.
A book worth reading in a lifetime November 9, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book. This book is valuable to me than all other books that I have read put together. This book has so much of wisdom that I cannot explain here in few words. This book is NOT about religion or is biased to any religion. Yogananda tells about the universal truth that everybody must be aware of. Please do not try to judge this book without reading, and you will know why after you read it. I am sure lot of your inner questions will be answered after you read this book. This book will definitely be an inspiration to seek the ultimate truth which can be attained by each and everyone of us.
 Unbelievable but thought provoking October 11, 2006
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Unbelievable I say not as a skeptic, but as a true rational person. This same skepticism opens up other horizons in one's thinking - is this all true? Yogi Paramahamsa, the author, renders in this charming and lucid storytelling, facts he came across in his life - like his Master being able to 'know' that they will have guests arriving in the middle of the night; another yogi predicting the author's arrival and telling him of what he did miles away and many more such incidents.
All this makes one ask - is this all true or is the author lying? I would want to think, given the book's and the author's reputation, this is all true. Believing so also opens up different realms of possiblities defying all rationality. Who wouldn't want to attain a state where they can exists without eating or sleeping for days together OR having the ability to read clearly and correctly into another's mind? Knowing the power of meditation myself, I won't doubt the power of an absolute calm mind.
Aside from the skepticism, I totally am enjoying reading this book. The storytelling abilities is that of a master and an erudite author. Just seeing photos of sages in the 19th century is itself inspiring. The book provides a great understanding of a young man's mind who seeks out and believes in spirituality. The power of written expression is to be truly found in this book. There is a charming nature about this book you won't regret reading it.
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