Autobiography of a Yogi (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. Kriya Yoga from Bengal to Boston: saints, Sri Yukteswar's lineage, and a bridge between yogic discipline and modern reason
Jan 2026 · Quickie Classics
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Autobiography of a Yogi traces Yogananda's path from a spiritually ardent youth in India to a world teacher of Kriya Yoga, weaving his meeting with Sri Yukteswar, portraits of saints such as Lahiri Mahasaya and Anandamayi Ma, and visionary episodes into a lucid, devotional narrative. Its prose, alternately anecdotal and analytical, balances humor with metaphysical exposition and seeks to reconcile yogic discipline with modern rationality. Published in 1946, it stands in a transnational modernist milieu, introducing Hindu mysticism to Western readers without sacrificing traditional rigor. Yogananda (1893–1952), shaped by the devotional and reformist currents of the Bengal Renaissance and trained by Sri Yukteswar in the lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya, came to Boston in 1920 as India's delegate to the International Congress of Religious Liberals. He soon founded the Self-Realization Fellowship and lectured across America to a technologically confident yet spiritually searching public. This encounter with Western modernity, joined to rigorous Kriya discipline and a comparative interest in science and scripture, impelled a memoir that would serve as both testimony and method. Recommended to seekers, scholars of religion, and historians of modern yoga, this classic offers an accessible doorway to yogic practice and an enduring map of cross-cultural spirituality. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Autobiography of a Yogi traces Yogananda's path from a spiritually ardent youth in India to a world teacher of Kriya Yoga, weaving his meeting with Sri Yukteswar, portraits of saints such as Lahiri Mahasaya and Anandamayi Ma, and visionary episodes into a lucid, devotional narrative. Its prose, a...
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Paramahansa Yogananda(1893 –1952) was an Indian guru, monk, and yogi who introduced the Hindu meditation tradition and the teachings of Kriya Yoga to the Western world. He was a disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. The teacher gave him a commission to spread the teachings of yoga to the West and help people find a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. In twenty years of his activity in the United States, he became the first yogi to be hosted in the White House by President Coolidge, founded several organizations and monastic orders, bought the property for his schools throughout the country, and established over 100 centers of his organization Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) in the United States and India.
Paramahansa Yogananda(1893 –1952) was an Indian guru, monk, and yogi who introduced the Hindu meditation tradition and the teachings of Kriya Yoga to the Western world. He was a disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. The teacher gave him a commission to spread the teachings o...
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