The autobiography of a yogi, the book of kriya yoga
Autobiography of a yogi is a remarkable book of yogic tradition and the content of life leading meditation, written by Paramahansa Yogananda. The book is the real account and a brief outline of the yogic traditon and spiritual figures of India. The book mainly consists of the journey of a boy from the city of Bengal to the pinnacle of wisdom and salvation. The journey includes the wonder-full sages and saint from not only from the east but also from the western societies. He also shares her experience with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Luther Burbank, etc. this is the story of the mixture of both the miracle and life.An Indian yogic tradition is an ancient group of wisdom that mainly focuses on the structural development of our own soul and its embodiment towards the universal soul.
autobiography of a yogi is a wonderful spiritual and yogic book which
shows the strength and power of the wonder-full community of Indian yogi and their journey of enlightenment.the book is considered to be the bible of kriya yoga. he books consist of 49 chapters with a small and wonder-full description of his life events mainly focused on the kriya yoga tradition derived from the immortal yogi of Himalaya called Babaji and her student, guru Lahiri...
What is kriya yoga, actually kriya yoga is the version of yoga mainly focused on our inner development, because our life and its meaning mainly related to our soul because the soul is the ultimate reality of our life. The book begins with the early childhood experience in Kolkata city, in India. then the journey turns to the journey of his spiritual curiosity and he began to search the meaning of his life. But the main obstacle is the needs of a guru. Then he began to find her guru after a long span of time he found her, guru sri yukteswar Giri, the author of the holy science and student of yogi Lahiri. His extraordinary vision of life and outstanding wisdom in the field of yoga and the philosophical text, Yogananda began to full fill her spiritual enlightenment.
The first part is the spiritual journey and the second part is the spiritual explosion. Yoganand went to America, to explore the new pinnacle of life. He continuously teaches kriya yoga and Vedic and yogic tradition to American people .he build self-realization fellowship, a society in the heart of leading American city to know and aware about the kriya yoga tradition.then he began to written a book about the Indian spiritual life and kriya yogic tradition.
the book is a remarkable account of self-awakening and to find our supreme reality. the book is not the theory and fact the book conveys its ides through the descriptive manner of life lesson. the book crosses the boundaries of spirituality because this is a pellucid explanation of the soul and its meaning.
the book Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the
Twentieth Century," Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into more than 35 languages and is regarded worldwide as a classic of religious literature. Several million copies have been sold, and it continues to appear on best-seller lists after more than sixty consecutive years in print. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.
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