Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda
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Book Reviews of Autobiography of a Yogi
Book Review: Someone has opened his heart for all
Summary: 5 Stars
In fact I read this after I read the book ""God Talks to Arjuna"by Paramhansa Yogananda. The variuos terminology given in the book and the Kriya Yoga has attaracted me to become a member of the Yogoda Satsang Society and get the lessons. I have never read any other Auto Biography so vivid and truthful account of what transpires the young man seeking God. Though I was at the age of 49/50 at the time of reading this book in the year 1997 the details are still very much deeply imprinted on my mind as if I have read it now. This shows as to how much this book has the powerful grip of the Author and one has to read only once.
I strongly recommmend this book to those who wants to do something different than eating , sleeping , producing kids and vanishing away like any other insects than Human.
Ramamrat Iyer
Book Review: Enjoyable Entertaining Enlightening Inspiring Motivating
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the VERY best books I have ever read. The first time I read it I was inspired and motivated, but the realities of life soon brought me to believe it must be a fairy tale. The second time I read it I got more out of it and still questioned could all of these miraculous events really have occurred? But by the third time I had read it I had many of my own miracles occur in my life and they came due to the wisdom contained in this book and others like it. I knew Yogananda was reporting truth and was very accurate in what he presented. We can come to have control over our own life experience, including our own deaths.
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story
Book Review: A bunch of Hype to sell Kriya Yoga Lessons!!
Summary: 3 Stars
This books starts off with a hint or two about this mysterious "Kriya Yoga"... probably to spark your interest it. About halfway through the book it seems like you can't read a single paragraph without the author mentioning Kriya Yoga. In this book, everyone successful in the pursuit of Yoga is of course a follower of this Kriya Yoga path. Although I enjoy the stories in the book and feel there is valuable information in it for spiritual pursuits, I don't appreciate the sales pitch. It distracts from the story and makes it seem more like hype to sell the authors Lessons which are available for purchase by mail order after being "initiated" online. I'm so sick of commercialized strip mall Yoga here in the Americas and was hoping this book, due to it's age and popularity, wasn't part of the sickening trend!Book Review: A great book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book. After I read this book, I felt less alone in a way that is hard to describe, and I hope you feel the same- it can help so much as we go through our lives one step at a time. Yogananda is a spiritual master and I feel that even some of his photographs convey great energy. Yogananda came to earth and then the west to bring a message of peace and love, and much like other spiritual teachers, mystical events surround him. You will only benefit from a personal relationship with his concepts.
Many may have doubts about the "supernatural" events. If you don't experience such events, it will only take one to help you understand, and I hope you have such an event in your life- it will be great!
Book Review: Well Done!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am of the Christian faith. This autobiography has made me aware of the great value of meditation which is not mentioned in my church. It is another dimension in worship beyond prayer of which I am glad to learn. English is a second language for Paramahansa Yogananda and I am impressed with his beautiful turn of words that are often poetic.
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Since writing the previous paragraph, I have subscribed to the lessons on meditation offered by the Self-Realization Fellowship which was founded by Yogananda. I find no conflict with my Christian teachings; instead these lessons build more understanding about the God-Connection. Meditation is now incorporated into my daily prayer time.