PHILIP GOLDBERG: The Untold Story of Paramahansa Yogananda - Author of Autobiography of a Yogi

[@ianoian1]

I first read AOAY back in 1971 and it was, still is, one of the greatest books I have ever read. Yogananda was an inspiration back then and even today. For anyone watching this video, if you haven't read AOAY by now, then please do. It will inspire you forever!

[@awesomeisasawesomedoesyo182]

At age 16 I walked into a bookstore in Anaheim two books incongruously placed side by side. The autobiography of a yogi and “My wicked wicked ways by Errol Flynn. I bought them both. The latter set me on a wayward path for most of my life. The former has brought me moments of Devine inspiration that have in some respects redeemed me. Thank you Swamiji Yogananda. Still reading and learning from you and vivekananda age 70🙏!

[@livinginleela]

I am so happy I came across this. I just recently came across the teachings of yogananda during my spiritual journey and I am so happy and thankful for this video. Thank you 🙏

[@instilltime2014]

Phill gives a materialistic, physical view of the events of Yogananda‘s great life! He leaves out the spiritual component which is actually the core of Yogananda’s life. It’s speaking of a saint and leaving God out of the story. Watch the movie Awake: the Life of Yogananda and read Autobiography of a Yogi to get a more complete, truly inspiring picture.

[@vijayatiwari7199]

I loved the interview ! Thank you for sharing more details about my Guru,Paramhansa Yogananda. Feeling uplifted !! Thank you.

[@inspirenation]

Wonderful! And thank you for watching, Vijaya! ❤️

[@billgrady9188]

Fabulous interview, great souls. So rich...it can be watched over and over again and still provide learning and inspiration. Bravo! Keep 'em coming!

[@alanras370]

The touching part for me came as they were winding down at an hour and ten minutes, 1:10 - 1:12. Goldberg: If Yogananda could stay with his mission with all the obstacles that erupted in front of him one after another, if he could persist, if he could keep going, so can I! I even felt it while writing the book at stages when I wanted to drop the book project itself--forget this, it's too much, I'm bagging it! But I thought if Yogananda could do it, so can I. I'll stay the course on my practical dreams and ambitions. I'll keep my spiritual routine--I'll do both.

[@ETBlair]

Great interview! I learned a lot and will read the book.

[@intercept6741]

A good read for light entertainment, no doubt, but I'll settle for re-reading the Autobiography. When I do, miracles always happen.

[@himantasaikia8724]

Woaw! What kind of miracles happen?

[@intercept6741]

@@himantasaikia8724 Try it and find out.

[@hellooutthere8956]

Really? Well you can't just say something like tht and leave it...

[@intercept6741]

Can't I? -- I did.@@hellooutthere8956

[@boardsandstuff5008]

Miracles always happens. We just don’t pay attention. After meditation or a deep LSD Tripp you see the miracles around.

[@MsEmotikat]

Paramahansa Yogananda is the Truth and my Teacher 🙏

[@NtathuAllen]

Thank you. A detailed and very loving conversation.

[@aym9633]

The best books to learn about Yogananda are His own autobiography and a book called "Mejda" written by Yogananda's younger brother. Both books are available from the organization He himself founded: Self Realization Fellowship, along with many other wonderful books on his amazing teachings for the modern world. The science of Kriya yoga to know God...

[@alanras370]

I haven't read Mejda, but I find I've learned more about him day to day as a person by reading a book by one of his 1940s disciples called The New Path. It could be noted that Autobiography is so much about other teachers and saints with whom PY mingled that it doesn't shine too sharp a light into his own personality and way of relating to people.

[@rajeshwarkumarsharma5438]

@@alanras370 You are right.There is a less information about himself in auto grahy.

[@timmazumdar7167]

Mejda means middle brother in Bengali. Okay small secret my parents spoke Bengali and both of them hail from Calcutta which is the the city where Swamiji's family is form.

[@juliekongs4856]

Just read The Autobiography of a Yogi.

[@lidipops940]

That was a great interview, thank you.

[@tehminasen7830]

La he ri Maha Shai

[@elizabethblane201]

Nice photo of the San Diego Self-Realization Temple in the background.

[@intercept6741]

Yogananda's ministry in the West lasted 32 years, the same number as the life of Adi Shakara.

[@2sridhark]

Yogananda's ministry lives by the name of Ananda founded by Swamy Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramahamsa Yogananda. Ananda is the real torchbearer of Yogananda's teachings and have grown immensely in the past several decades to have a global reach today.

[@intercept6741]

It is sad that Indians also have been duped by that fraud D. Walters. Even as a T.M. only person, I can see this. SRF will thrive, while Ananda will cook in its own juice.@@2sridhark

[@BlondeOnTV]

Thank you for remembering Swamiji Kriyananda! He has served as my spiritual Grandfather- a powerful influence even from the grave... One of THE smartest things ever done was to place a camera in front of this man in the last years of his life. If you are reading this and curious- KZbin "Ask Me About Truth" Sit back and prepare to be enlightened. Now reading down, there are those who will slam Ananda and promote SRF as the resource for true learning of Paramahansa Yogananda's teaching. While I believe it was intended to "Move forward as his legacy of learned and applied yogic practices" After his death, and his direct assigned appointee in James J. Lynn (Rajarsi Janakanada) women unfortunately Sri Daya Mata and Sri Mrinalini chose divisiveness as a means to move the organization forward. While in India, in 1985 Kriyananda was stabbed in the back by these women reportedly for trying to "take center stage for the organization" He was thrown out of SRF, and while I Would have probably quit and given up, he (Kriyananda- J.Donald Walters) was SO influenced by PY that he kept at it and founded Ananda. I hope to visit there- hopefully when the tulips are in bloom, and see his place of rest- just outside of the living quarters he had there marked by a beautiful blue dome.

[@intercept6741]

I didn't say anything about Kriyananda (nor would I) - I merely pointed out a similarity between Sri Shakara and Yogananda. You don't begrudge anyone that observation, do you?@@BlondeOnTV

[@halwarner3326]

Shakara is hot.

[@doctorjoy7333]

You can listen to audio of autobiography of a yogi🎉 look up Satyam yogi , deciple of yogabanda teaches kriya yoga😊

[@katstsupoy5181]

Love it❤

[@kristihare4424]

I want to tour India!!🎉😊❤

[@bobturano1247]

The web site for Mr Goldberg doesn't come up

[@woodsofthewoods]

Ny bible is Whispets from Eternity . I read a little bit every day.

[@turkrane12]

Could have done without the wahoo's, also Mr Goldberg doesn't present Yogananda as the Christ like figure that he is.

[@ness8802]

EXACTLY! is why I Stopped watching after ONE minute

[@sheebee8398]

Tillerman where do you think yogananda for his money? Through the depression? Not from regular people - from the international 1% He is very Christ like - because Christ was flawed too... but He deviated from the path to become a puppet of the 1% - Christ did not - Christ didn’t obtain big lands or seek riches - he sought only to bring humanity back to being humane... Both - just like us - are part of the oneness (what dome call “God”) and equally Christ like if we choose...

[@sheebee8398]

Tillerman how do you think that Yogananda was funded? Through a depression?

[@sheebee8398]

OneNess never stop watching - what are you afraid of? Yogananda was human he wasn’t special - but his message is.

[@2sridhark]

I don't think Americans have any clue as to the stature of Yogananda. He is not a Yogi in the sense of a yogi talked about today. He was a God realized Master like Jesus, Buddha and others. BTW, i am convinced the question has taken some drugs before this interview!

[@inquisitor4635]

Jesus asserted his exclusivity above all others as THE only way to God. This conflicts with people categorizing him with other "masters" or as just another teacher. The teachings of Jesus Christ cannot be intellectually reconciled with the teachings of Buddha or yoga gurus without altering what Jesus declared or rendering him a charlatan, a fraud or a liar. Jesus spoke of himself and God in absolutes regarding mercy and severity. There is no flexibility or negotiation with this. If one does not accept this, then one is considered separate from or the anti-thesis to it.

[@dharmayogaashram979]

Yogananda was a confused man.

[@alanras370]

@@inquisitor4635 I'm not sure why you used the word "intellectually" reconciled. I imagine you mean thinking carefully about what is involved leads to your conclusion. To me the real question is whether they can be spiritually reconciled. I'll leave it at that.

[@alanras370]

@@dharmayogaashram979 Maybe you could give details. I find that in most instances he was atypically clear-headed and consistent. Also, I think that anyone who comes to Earth and takes on a human body is going to experience a certain amount of normal human experiences like confusion, self-doubt, uncertainty. Yet after he became an adult there seem to be few accounts of PY having self-doubt or uncertainty.

[@alanras370]

That would explain some of his expressions

[@jesseh3806]

Yogananda’s older brother died after he returned from America a decade later, not before he left.

[@bamoffthelip]

I was disappointed by this video because it is called the untold story of yogananda but there's nothing in this video that I didn't already know from reading autobiography of a yogi.

[@jaime7621]

Sir, the drug experience has nothing to do with the genuine spiritual experience.

[@TheEleatic]

Not a single fact mentioned is “untold”.

[@alanras370]

Example: It doesn't say Dr Lewis was a Rosicrucian

[@enrico43869]

@@alanras370 dc Lewis was a seeker after TRUTH and so he tested some teaching before , for GREAT GRACE ,finD His great GURU, PARAMANSA YOGANANDAJI...

[@enrico43869]

a very very sincere seeker of the DIVINE TRUTH...AND THE FIRST kriya yogi of america...

[@colincrisp1592]

i WAS A TEACHER OF TM TOO THEN I FOUND OUT MAHESH WANTED SEX POWER MONEY I ALSO FOUND OUT INTHE VADS IT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDEN TO SELL SPIRITAL KNOWLEDGE TM TEACHERS SHOULD SEE THE DOCO DAVID WANTS TO FLY AND STOP CASHING IN ON SPIRITAUL MATTERS FLYING TO INDIA AS SPIRITAUL TOURISTS SHAME ON ALL WHEN YOU COULD TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE BY GOD THERES ENOGH THAT CAN BE DONE INTHE THIRD WORLD THIS GUY IS SICKENING

[@noname-by3qz]

I can't believe how fast Americans screw up. It's NOT A NEW BOOK (written more than 70 yrs ago)AND HES NOT THE ONLY MODERN DAY YOGI !!

Pathetic. The guy introducing the guest sounds like a REAL ASSHOLE advertising salesman. Hey, dude, FUCK OFF!!! You come across as a total huckster and denigrate this great Yogi.

[@ted_talks]

And about pencil necked geeks!

[@steve122140]

His wo whosz really annoy

[@ness8802]

Watched one minute of this then had to stop watching!! Just TOO SILLY!!!!!! Geeezzzz! Guy in Yellow TOP! too much Calm down will you!

[@dharmayogaashram979]

Yogananda like many so-called Interfaith ministers was/are very confused individuals who are actually anti-religious. Yogananda insulted both Christianity and Hinduism.

[@RooniTunes]

Nice attempt at spiritual trolling. Keep going with your sadhana. ;~))

[@dharmayogaashram979]

Interesting attempt at being educated.

[@inquisitor4635]

He had a very powerful demon.

[@vkjaswal]

Who made you swami paramatma you are bullshit idiot

[@dharmayogaashram979]

lol, how blind. Try to think a little bit higher.