Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi Mini Documentary

Since its release in 1946, Paramhansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi has inspired millions all over the world with its revolutionary spiritual teachings, and has had a profound impact on the modern day spiritual culture. This video offers an overview of the far-reaching influence of this spiritual classic. www.expandingl...

[@zelenplav1701]

I love Paramahansa Yogananda.and I am a Muslim. Love and enlightenment is universal, not limited to language or religion

[@prasanthpanicker8224]

But Islam prevents people from learning not only other religious texts, but even scientific things. For that matter even Christianity does the same. But today , Christians dont listen much to those religious heads.

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

@@prasanthpanicker8224 please explain Islamic golden age where Iraq and Syria was the centre of world discoveries in science and law.

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

yoga has aspects of black magic bro, beware

[@prasanthpanicker8224]

@@user-rn3bb3dj4p , Don't expose ur ignorance. Ru a fanatic Suddappi?

[@prasanthpanicker8224]

@@user-rn3bb3dj4p , tell me one discovery which is legitimate to the so called draconic sadistic Islam? Even the so called Arabic numerals r stolen from india by Arab traders and then spread all over the world. If any prosperity has occured, it was before the satanic period of Islam and its founder, the war lord Mohammed. This cult is based on lies, hatred and violence. Still going on. Killed millions, destroyed other cultures and civilizations and then all false claims. Only idiots and morons will believe in it.

[@BANJOSAM9999]

I read the Autobiography of a Yogi in 1960, when I was 16. It became my Bible. I have been practicing the Kriya Yoga every day since 1964. What has it done for me? Remarkable inner bliss and happiness. No matter what happens in the outer, I can sit for a little while in meditation and be filled with love and peace. THANKS, Yogananda. Also, I am NOT a member of ANY spiritual or religious organization....no need: While meditating, Yogananda, Jesus, et al come to me inwardly. All people become my fellow parishioners.

[@timebender83]

That is profound brother.

[@lesliegrimes5136]

💖

[@kane4690]

Banjo_R u sure that experience after kriya yoga is eternal .Or it is just a virtual peace

[@woffordwolf2071]

@@kane4690 there is only one peace, no such a thing as unreal peace.

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

“Lord Ram gave Hanuman a quizzical look and said, "What are you, a monkey or a man?" Hanuman bowed his head reverently, folded his hands and said, "When I don't know who I am, I serve you and when I know who I am, I am you.”

[@jamescox8402]

In 1972 was living and surfing in Jeffery's Bay, South Africa when a man, out of the blue, gave me a copy of Yogananda's book. Like all who have read it, my life changed. A few months earlier I had, for want of a better word, undergone a spiritual awakening. The timing of receiving his book immediately after those experiences tied it all together and set me on the path of Love, for life. I love you Paramahansa Yogananda.

[@RajaKumar-su2nz]

James Cox Read” The second coming of Christ “ 2 volumes The Resurrection of the Christ within you By Paramahansa Yogananda Astonishing divine revelations based on Jesus Christ teachings He interpreted Jesus teachings perfectly which has hidden divine secrets in them

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

The 2 volume book he wrote on Christ, I dont think thats been changed but they made a shorter book based on that, I read it and its good. Nothing seemed too different from what yogananda was saying But it is true of autobiography, so get the original version. Not a big difference though. SRF in general sort of softened a lot of his teachings but thats not a big problem to me. The only thing I dont really like is that Yogananda authorized other americans and other people to teach and carry on the lineage, but after he died, SRF released a statement that said to pray to yogananda and that he was the last of the guru lineage, and that there would be no others after him from the organization. So the organization has been somewhat less alive ever since he passed, but organizations dont matter. The important thing is the message and that there are people alive who are carrying on this kriya tradition. See the work of Roy Eugene Davis, he is my favorite disciple of yogananda who was directly authorized to teach. Yogananda sent him off to run the PHX center early on and he ended up setting up his own center in Lakemont Georgia. The Center for spiritual awareness. Check it out, he teaches Yoganandas teachings directly as Yogananda instructed him, with no embellishment. They are not radically different from SRF though, just more getting to the point of the matter.

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

Thanks for sharing that James I surf and skate and had a very very similar experience when I was traveling and a skater friend told me to get that book after talking with me for awhile. I had been just undergoing a lot of awakening as well. Its like that book has a way of finding who it needs to!

[@nilapatel2386]

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[@nelsonx5326]

I'm not keen on Islam, sharia law is gross. But the moderate Muslims I've met here in America aren't to keen on Sharia either, that's why they came here. The Koran could use some weeding, get the bad ideas out of it. I'm leaving this on a thread because I want it to be read... I read 'Autobiography of a Yogi' about 30 years ago. Very interesting book. Yogananda described seeing a paranormal manifestation that I witnessed about 6 months before reading his book. I didn't doubt what I saw, it was real and amazing. I had been practicing raja yoga for a year plus before seeing the amazing thing. This is important, through Yogananda describing the exact same thing he saw I knew I had been given a blessing when I saw the amazing thing. Piqued yet about what I saw? It was a blue lightening storm inside the house, clinging to the walls like ivy. I believe now that I saw St. Elmo's fire, a phenomenon possibly related to ball lightening, and I didn't see a touch of it, it was all over the walls and I walked through it. OK, I saw what many people have accounts of seeing, including Darwin inside the HMS Beagle, Caesar saw it too. The difference between what I saw and all other accounts, including Yogananda's, is this; what I saw displayed intelligence, it reacted to something going on in the house. I believe I was contacted by God, a type of abstract writing on the wall. This was the last piece I needed to become Christian for real. Logic says that no man can rise from the dead. I have no solid interpretation of what I saw, I can only guess at it. But what I saw was so amazing that I am able to completely believe that God sent a son to Earth named Jesus on a mission to reach people like you and me with a message of love, hope and peace, and his son died and rose to life to prove he was God's messenger. Anything is possible. I can believe Jesus is God's son and God at the same time. To come back to life he sure wasn't your average bear! Jesus could have merged with God while meditating in the badlands for those 40 days he went missing. He came back to the disciples different than when he left. Jesus might be the worlds only super yogi, not just seeing the universal form, but merging with it, merging with God and staying with God and becoming God. If you think I'm crazy, then Yogi Yogananda is crazy too. If you think I'm lying, then Yogi Yogananda is lying too. I know he was telling the truth and isn't crazy because I saw the same thing. And if that bit of story is true then there is no reason to doubt anything in the rest of his book. Might be time for me to read it again, after 30 years of letting it rest.

[@jasonbourne757]

This book will find you when you're ready!

[@sean.the.survivor8730]

I think om ready now, because I keep seeing his face and people mentioning this book. I was first exposed to Swami Sivananda in 2020, then Swami Vivikananda, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharishi, Swami Prabhupada, then Robert Adams.

[@6557pras]

I failed to qualify in the NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY (KHADAKHVASLA ) coz of eye-glasses & was totally depressed that I cudnt join the Indian Army when i came across this miraculous book, it lifted my spirits & brought me on the Spiritual Path , soon i became a member of YSS SRF & after a few yrs.recd.the KRIYA DIKSHA , im eternally thankful to beloved Gurudev for transforming my life & lifting me forever from the mundane life 🙏JAI GURU 🙏 JAI SHAMBHU 🙏

[@kyhxx]

. glsbx relatabl ‘*[ -

[@anonymousguitarist9096]

Never heard of him until 2019.. the mainstream religion is the reason why people have no idea about other spiritual master... yogis and monk are unique...

[@nitefox4411]

2019 was his first time to say "hello" to you in this lifetime maybe? It doesn't mean HE is the one to give you all your answers but he also Might be the One. Stay true to the teachings and you will find your own universal truths. A guru certainly helps. Use discernment, wisdom and love if you choose a guru or they say they have chosen you. Feel from the heart. Yogananda's teachings are the safest route but you may not be into "the safest route". Karma is involved in everything. Whatever route you go, best journey to you my friend. Shanti

[@kevinw9073]

I believe, sadly, you are 100% correct. "Mainstream religion" has t roots too deep in money and not in helping others.

[@sarashbhatoolaul3413]

@Mark My intuition tells me that you may be probably right because Indians can be more God-fearing and accordingly, more honest and truthful (obviously apart from criminals), and less materialistic. I have zero knowledge of yoga, spiritual masters, yogis, spirituality, etc. They just do not hit me. I have been told that I may have faith in God in my next life!

[@kaypee4704]

When the time is right, you will find him.

[@Stereostupid]

Yeah I like a lot of Indian spiritually and knowledge they have recorded books about all this going 15 thousand years or more... And people are threatened by yoga it simply means union with life... I don't get the fear ..some christian woman on KZbin says I started going to yoga classes and felt all this darkness and evil forces and she was literally doing yoga classes stretching out that's all ... You mean to tell me doing some stretching caused you evil??? Lmao no more like someone brainwashed you.. I am a Christian I absolutely love Jesus Christ but I listen to other people who are Yogi's and Buddhist they have great knowledge and love for people .. it doesn't affect my love of Jesus and I know Jesus loves them and wherever the act of kindness and love exists and truth I believe God is there we need to drop the label games imo.. love to all

[@lorinsandorjenis9799]

Those who are interested in the history of spirituality should take note that Swami Vivekananda was the first Hindu guru to travel to the West. He addressed the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893, and went on to found several spiritual centers which are part of the Vedanta Society today.

[@akc1739]

I just listened to a three hour audiobook of his life and work. Not sure if Yogananda met him but I’ve seen video that Yogananda was in the company of Vivekananda’s guru, Sri Ramakrishna. All so fascinating!

[@patsiebentley111]

I was given this book 13years ago by a customer while I was living in Chicago!

[@MeenuSharma-mr9gc]

Autobiography of Yogdanand is one of the best book on spirituality. 🙏🙏

[@gratitudetouniverse3754]

I remember my husband handing me a book by Paramanhasa Yogananda at Barnes and nobles. I read in one of the pages that says " The kingdom of God is not in the clouds or somewhere out there in the sky but the kingdom of God is within you ". It somehow impacted me and it made me contemplate about what I read and made me contemplated my life in general. From then on I met many spiritual gurus with the same teachings in books and the internet. My gratitude to parahamansa who woke me up in my dream. He is truly a gift from divine consciousness that we are to wake us up from the dream.😍😊

[@andreamarr7213]

I was driving in the City, I am thinking it was around 2005, suddenly I felt like I was being directed and I started turning down back roads until I pulled up in front of a second hand store. I walked in and headed straight to a bookshelf at the back left and pulled the book right out. Paid for it and left. I had never heard of him before and was quite amazed by what I read. Even my husband was compelled to read it. I think this was my first experience with this inner voice. I still feel sadness and my eyes fill with tears every time I see his photo. I don't know why he makes me feel so sad.

[@0arjun077]

Previous lifetimes maybe. You yourself is the truth so explore the truth of yourself inside you. Every universe is covered by seven layers - earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego - each ten times greater than the previous one. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called limitless (Bhagavata Purana 6.16.37) Because You are limitless, neither the lords of heaven nor even You Yourself can ever reach the end of Your glories. The countless universes, each enveloped in its shell, are compelled by the wheel of time to wander within You, like particles of dust blowing about in the sky. The śrutis, following their method of eliminating everything separate from the Supreme, become successful by revealing You as their final conclusion (Bhagavata Purana 10.87.41)

[@johnbanach3875]

So did you become a disciple or just read the book?

[@oloruntobiowemiduadedayo6097]

My favorite guru. His book changed my life. I don't even remember how I got to know about the book but yet someone sent it to me in Africa.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

I am Yogananda. Thank you for that!! See my links...

[@oloruntobiowemiduadedayo6097]

I can't find the link

[@oloruntobiowemiduadedayo6097]

@@MadameRosaFortuneTeller drop me the link

[@MrBottledAir]

@@oloruntobiowemiduadedayo6097 do you want the link to the book? if you look up online, there are free copies that you can have, here you go! www.ananda.org/support/files/2017/11/AYEbookDownload.pdf

[@amiyanandi]

What you learnt from this book

[@rkrs1076]

Read the book just a month before. It transforms my soul. It is not a book. Energy flows through it. Vibrates my soul. Cant believe, a book has such an effect.

[@pegrosspawlak9139]

“Personal experience is more important than intellectual understanding...”. Great respect and feeling since 1980. TY for these videos.

[@Valentino-ek5vc]

100%

[@rajmehat]

My son introduced me to Parmananda's book Yogi. A gift to humanity

[@jillschuller939]

What a wonderful gift!

[@sunshinespecial]

Beautiful gift indeed. So, are you from J&K?

[@raghupati1451]

The book itself packed with miracles.One who reads the autography of a yogi, surely feels it.Thank you for the documentary.

[@JQUICK21]

Miracles?....a book packed with miracles? And this means what?

[@mortalclown3812]

@@JQUICK21 There are waves in the field of consciousness just like ones in the ocean... and it's not even hyperbole. So many ways to be the cranky old guy grumbling from the porch.

[@kathrynphillips3710]

brilliant book highly recommend..amazing spiritual teacher and leader..thankyou for sharing..♥️⭐♥️⭐♥️⭐

[@MsKamalaD]

I was introduced to the book after I lost my parents. It was an eye opener .

[@zomesargentina]

Sorry, if I'm not mistaken, He was not the first one to teach, the first one was Swami Vivekananda... who was an unknown monk on the US soil on 23 September 1893 before the start of the Parliament became overnight a celebrity... Vivekananda began his journey to America from Bombay, India on 31 May 1893,with the great ship peninsula His journey to America took him to China, Japan and Canada

[@dhirendrabahadurbista]

I agree

[@jaysturges9896]

The first to teach, not the first to set foot on the soil.

[@manjunathamarabanahalli8865]

Vivekananda came here to attend religious conference. But Yogananda made yoga popular in west.

[@redpillmatrix3046]

@Sahil vivekananda didn't teach anything in usa, It was yogananda who taught yoga and meditation to the masses.

[@johnbanach3875]

Vivekananda taught Advaita Vedanta, and Raja Yoga is considered one of its tools. Swamis Abhenananda and Paramananda preceded Yogananda as teachers/residents in America, one In NYC (1897), the other in Boston (1906). But once again they were teaching Advaita Vedanta. Swami Paramananda was doing lecture tours across America before Yogananda. The current leader of Ananda Ashrama, which was founded by Paramananda in La Crescenta, CA, says that Yogananda was a great friend and visited there. It's only a few miles from SRF Mother Center on Mt. Washington in L A. Both were Bengali and devotees of Divine Mother.

[@zelenplav1701]

Paramahansa Yogananda's translation of Omar Khayam's book is an absolute gem. It was sent to me by an attorney from NY. I am forever grateful.

[@susandass-boodoosingh6044]

This book changed my life. So grateful 🙏🙏🙏

[@Orgoneemfprotection]

A profound, engulfing flame of energy comes from the vibration of this book. Universal energy. Love, understanding and peace comes through this book. Kriya Yoga is a great path to follow of anyone seeking more understanding in this world.

[@janicehofmann7694]

Every year I visit the Expanding Light at this time to experience the indescribable beauty of the tulip show. While it has been canceled this year to the public due to the virus, I will visit the gardens and the community in my mind and in my heart. Read the Autobiography of a Yogi - if you are “ripe”, it will open your heart and change your life.

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

It is a unique piece of writing Jai Lahiri Mahasay 🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏🌺

[@ortilio]

I found this book in a library and could not stop reading. I would finished before Eastern and I remember I was cycling towards a hilly area where there is a Golgotha. The sky was densly cloudy in those days and as i was cycling in that direction, the sun lit excactly on the Golgota top, nowhere else. I stopped and truly amazed. One of the top book of my life!

[@skanse]

After reading the book autobiography of yogi 'Paramahans Yoganand my Life completely changed ! ! !

[@lisasims9237]

I am here, your brother and friend, Yogananda. I wish to explain the differences and similarities in meditation and prayer. These things sometimes separate, but can also be the same. In traditional Eastern meditation, one is taught to go within, to let the mind go, to find the stillness in the center of one’s being in the heart chakra area, to relax the body completely but maintain awareness. In this place there is peace, there is a oneness. In my own teaching, where I presented Kriya Yoga, learned through my teacher Sri Yukteswar, I focused on this going within and allowing the body to be a vessel of light, opening each chakra so that it was as if there was a beam of light extending from the lowest chakra all the way up through the Sahasrara (crown chakra) into the heavens. I presented this in a very scientific way and this method in the West became every well-known back in my day. Many thousands of people tried this approach with great success, finding great peace, feeling the light, feeling the oneness with the cosmic forces and the consciousness of love pervading their being. I must confess, my own meditation was a bit different. I went within and of course I experienced tremendous bliss and energies in being at one with the cosmos and often had visions (third eye - 6th Chakra) as you know. But I also spoke to God from the longings in my soul, sometimes just very simply asking for my soul to be at one with God. Other times I would have questions about my work, situations that had arisen, such as my separation from my homeland. At the beginning, my wondering why am I here? How can I possibly be successful at this mission my guru has given me? All those questions were answered in prayer. But also, my deep desire in my soul to connect with the Creator brought God’s Love into my soul and began to transform it. So I would mention to my students, talk to God, think about God all the time. I always gave credit to God, not wanting the focus to be on myself. At no time did I seek to be worshiped as God on Earth, but rather as someone who had self-realized what I call Christ-Consciousness, at-oneness with God. Where there are ashrams and monasteries and temples where devotees pray, there is often a rapport created between the heavens and those longing to connect with their Creator beyond the oneness of feeling at one with the universe, into the gloriousness of truly feeling at-one in love with the Creator. This indeed is the meaning of the words in the Gospels when Jesus says “I and the Father are one.” He did not mean he was God. In the East when they interpret that wrongly as God incarnate, with Jesus or any other teachers they are in error. For truly He was the first divine Son of God, but there have been others, although He is the greatest. Are not we all children of God, sons and daughters of our Creator who wishes us all to be at-one with His essence which is the Divine Love? So my intention today is to draw a bridge, create a bridge between the meditation of going within and being at-one with Creation and the universe and opening up in humbleness to our Creator to receive the Great Love which is given to all who ask. If we take the meditation of going within and the humble prayer of reaching out for the Essence of the Creator to be ours, we can call this a Divine Love meditation, for it is a combination of the two - prayer and meditation. I would encourage you to go within and be calm. Find that place in your heart, in your soul where there is the beautiful natural love given to all. Allow your mind to become still, your heart to be opened, your body to be at peace. Allow for the longings of your souls to reach the Creator in the humbleness that is required in the recognition of the Great One. This is truly becoming transformed in Christ-Consciousness, becoming anointed with the love of the Creator. Being transformed as a soul from the mere image of God to at-onement with the very substance of God and immortality, eternal life. This is the gift that is offered from our most loving Creator. I encourage you to ask, for you truly shall receive. I thank this one for taking the time to receive this message which I have longed to give to my students and to the world. May you all be blessed and transformed in God’s Love. I love you and I thank you. Go in peace. I am your brother and friend in the celestial heavens, Yogananda. Thank you. God Bless you. Received 2/14/2020, new-birth.net, From Jesus' Second Coming Message Series, 1914 to present.

[@HinduWarriorForever]

*Swami Yogananda ji still conveys message to his followers. Amazing.*

[@ariziman]

Sri Yogananda said, "All Masters drink from the same fountain." If there is but one God, there can be only one 'fountain'.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

trudat

[@ciaran6309]

@S C religions and theologians may disagree but the Mystics all agree,:meister Eckart

[@nityadasa5852]

​@S C God is All-Powerful, contradictions inside "Him" shows his limitlessness . All-Knowing, Omnipresent, All Powerful = God

[@HinduWarriorForever]

*Om Namah Shivay*

[@JyotirvidPawan]

"Autobiography of a Yogi" is to be studied and not just read once. This marvellous treatise contains many reference to many subtle spiritual concepts which can only be grasped by repeatedly reading it. If you do Pranayama and Meditation along with its study then some spiritual wonders also may unfold in your heart and give you fast spiritual development. Gift this precious book to anyone you truly love!

[@namratadesai4048]

Excellent autobiography - a must read for all spiritual seekers - how a simple boy coz of sheer mumukshutva became a great spiritual Guru. Pranam Swamiji🙏🙏

[@siralfrednobel]

I started reading but stopped after noticing every page has a miraculous story,once there is some miracle by someone universally presented and accepted I will open it again..

[@somebody7270]

Mr. Yogananda is a true master and gentleman.

[@64Street]

I read this 40 years ago an eventually became a Kryiaban. My copy has been displaced or I think I gave it away. Time to buy it again and re-read it.

[@bhakti7810]

Same same to me

[@chetnakailey1784]

Thank you is not sufficient to express my emotions.i got the book Mans Eternal Quest.i chewed that book don't know why make notes of that book n kept those notes in my pocket.i told my family that this book is the Geeta the Bible of my life.it changed my life.a quest started within me I bacame an intense seeker .this book is also written by PARAM HANS YOGANANDA.i am far far away from these organisations but I am surprised how he found n lucky as well that he chose me.i feel so connected to Swami KRIYANAND ji no words to express my feelings .I know you know everything.please direct my next step towards the destination that is GOD ✨🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@naturekinautankigreensbird1813]

Concentration and Life Force seminar by Yogananda ji on AUGUST 14TH, 8 PM. .... And now I'm reading this advert for the first time on the same day August 14th after a decade.

[@danchaneyufosuapsaliencontact]

I have this book & read it many times, love it. Thank you!

[@nitefox4411]

Hello Muslim friend. I was raised strictly Southern Baptist in the deep South. We really CAN ALL get along if we celebrate our sameness as human Beings under the same God. Shanti

[@andrew8394]

A Most Pleasant Documentary Of A World Class Saint. Thanks For Sharing.

[@sarvgrover]

He taught power of Meditation.Thanks The Expanding Light Retreat

[@dayanand8919]

My humble Namaskar to my humble and Divine Parents my Initiate Guruji, gyan Guruji Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Jesus Christ, AC BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA, Valmik Muni, Tulsi Dass ji, Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yogananda and my wife who is in Heaven who was and is my better half, Pranaam to ALL. In 2002 Lord gave me Srimadbhagavad Gita by Paramahansa Yogananda at the flea market it is Amazing, I also have An Autobiography of a Yogi and have read books by Paramahansa Yogananda and also distributed to my relatives and friends I promote Humanity through Srimadbhagavad Gita as it is by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Lord also gave me THE HOLY SCIENCE by Swami Sri Yukteswarji where it is stated that we are living in 319 years in ascending Dwapar Yuga, I think it is very Very special. Thanks for this nice , superb and Divine video. AUM. RUDRA Mahakaal Ki Jai. Love All SHIVOHUM SHIVOHAM.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

I will help bridge any gaps. I am the reincarnation of YOgananda. Namaste'....follow my links to a profound awareness....

[@shivaninarula4327]

feel so many goose bumps .. listening to all... so much 💕💕💕

[@scottherf]

Yogananda's contribution is very hard to measure. When Lady Frieda Harris released her paintings of the Thoth tarot deck she gave a speech in the gallery calling each card 'a mediation' piece. While not as widespread meditation, prayer and concentration existed in London during the 1920s.

[@memphispancho]

Ultimately it's all part of the Luciferian system that includes Wiccans, occultists, spiritualists, Buddhists, ancient Babylonian & new-age teaching. H. P. Blatvatsky brought it west in the 1880's.

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

No one is saying the word meditation did not exist before him, its just there was before yogananda and after and it is a big huge canyon like difference in our culture as a result. I think it is very measurable but not down to the inch, no.

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

You have not read his book it clearly seems. That is nonsense. I know all about what you speak of but lumping Yogananda in with that is just laughable, please do not be so disrespectful about things you dont know about.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

@@memphispancho Sadly, you misjudge and generalize to the extreme. That is a no no.

[@avijitpal1990]

Everytime I watched this documentry I feel very positive vibes.

[@DrChandraSkeekhar]

It was a great book I purchased and gave free to many ....now the cost has increased ....I had a personal acquaintance with him while meditating he was a great helping hand for all who search..stating there is enough room for all ....he respected all other thinkers

[@govind2434]

he was a great yogi and this book changed my friend he become spritual

[@PremPrakash-tw2gi]

Covered the different aspects of premavatar yoganand ji and his influences on modern great personalities in unique way.🙏🙏

[@TheCherylish1]

my mom introduced me to him~I lived in San Diego near The Self-realization retreat centers. She visited me one time and said "can we go to visit that pair of pajamas place?" lol 🤣 she could not ever figure out how to say his name .

[@JR-vs1zl]

These masters do exist. I did meet one of them. It was just like he described his guru. They remain out of the public view. I didn't continue I wasn't ready for that type of discipline.

[@YogiLab]

Read the book quite a while ago, it was great! This was a great reminder of the story, thanks!

[@vijayakumarp7593]

Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings are very scientific, above all religions ( he said to love saints and sages of all religion) and based on love. This is very unique of his teachings. Any religious followers can follow his priceless teachings.

[@ridiculousrecords1]

Actually, Vivekananda was the first to live and teach in the west in 1893.

[@MrRatherino]

ain't that the truth....

[@justlynn3734]

He's just not the first that the westerners acknowledge 😉

[@crazyminachi8525]

first? what does that mean? like a winner?

[@oliviergautreau8175]

God was the first :)

[@ridiculousrecords1]

First as in the original bringer of this information to the west.

[@David-ln5ql]

Kriya yoga has opened my mind and life to ancient sacred historical knowledge .. iam Hawaiian , we call this = kapu ike sacred knowledge ..

[@DanielGlenTimms]

I love that book and Paramahansa. I miss being able to go to the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, when I use to live in LA. Thanks for posting this.

[@chamikamalshan6636]

can you tell me what is name of this book

[@kssubramanian4793]

Practice, Realize and Merge

[@atmanand5802]

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[@Ameljor]

I have the book, I bought it a few years ago and I just couldn’t read it, it didn’t resonate with me. I am holding the book again in my hand and now I know the time is right. Thank you for your message. 😘

[@djsmithermannewsmedia7866]

And how goes it so far???

[@mohamadreazabdullah1702]

Indeed, Autobiography of a Yogi is the spark that lit the hearts of millions of people in the world, and launched them on a pursuit of the infinite Supreme Consciousness. For serious seekers who wish to delve deeper into the mysteries of spirituality, I would recommend another extraordinary book entitled "Shri Shri Anandamurti: Advent of a Mystery" by Pranavatmakananda.

[@SamuelAlder]

thanks for making this, i'm reading through the book and it's tough to keep going sometimes (difficulty sticking at things in general), but you just motivated me to keep going

[@saiumashiva6388]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 million Pranaams to this greatest of the Divine SOUL the Land of Bengal produced.. India is ever in Gratitude to this Divine incarnation.. a gift to this planet.. nowadays there are many new upcoming GURUS and sargurus who also have been influenced by these Divine saints but they never are in gratitude for the guidance they got and instead making their own so called new systems of yoga or kriya yoga.. like nitya kriya or art of living or inner engineering etc etc etc different names given by different gurus but the basics and ABCD is the same old coming from even before Paramhansa Yogananda's guru taught him.... 🙏🙏 Blessings to all..

[@shivanandm.j3017]

Autobiography of yogi Each words are powerful Spiritual,divine.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

thank you. I wrote that book in my past life

[@zarkokohucz731]

@@MadameRosaFortuneTeller Have you done something significant in THIS life?

[@dhh488]

I'll have to buy a copy and read it, it sounds very inspiring. Another good book is The Life of Milarepa by Lobsang P. lhalungpa, another must-read.

[@JaceJacobs]

✋🏼👊🏼😃❤️Beautiful documentary. I've had the book in the Audible wishlist for a year now. I think it's time I go purchase. Sending you good vibes, light, and love. Namaste 🙏🏼☮️

[@shareeffahmy7061]

Buy it! Make sure you get Ben Kingsley narration. Best thing ever listen to it daily.

[@anjo902]

Yes, buy Ben Kinglsley narration. It's really really good

[@Pks5821]

Indeed it changed my life.

[@PushpaSharma-cm2jy]

simply awesome!!!! my Guruji , my Mukunda !!!

[@yshkviswanatham172]

I have 45 years back. 75 yogasnas full practice pranayam , meditation practice 30 years teaching experience after retirement now comes in spiritually works doing now 18 games and sports certificates I have the book I have to wrote I. Six days perday 14 hours spend on writing. This is God help I prepared myself it presented usA they are ten differ language 165 countries circulated it is my heart full design the book on Earth every human can read the book before 15 years before he can moved as greatful personality . Life is in your hands make it comfort.

[@manjarichatterji9349]

He was not the first yogi in USA. Vivekananda spoke at the Parliament of World Religions in 1890s Chicago. His stature as a spiritual leader is unquestioned

[@malliarjun2958]

I love my guru yogananda

[@arnabroychoudhury8064]

You forgot SWAMI VIVEKANANDA..😥😥 He was the first yogi of West..

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

Yes thats true, but neither of them were opposed to each other. Vivekananda spent 4 years in the west and went back to India and then came back for a few more years, and he definitely paved the way. But Yogananda moved to America and lived there his whole life, doing all Vivekananda did and much more, only going back to India for one year. Im sure this book and its amazing stories is also why he got more influence, but they were both wonderful teachers who are still remembered and respected to this day! I love them both dearly.

[@sanjitdutta4520]

Proud of Bengali after swamiji.

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

@@EyeOfTheVeda , Vivekandanda is a friend of mine (his reincarnation is). See my photo gallery and links. Much Love to you.

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

@@MadameRosaFortuneTeller Thats cool! As an astrologer I would love to check out your friend's chart! Will you ask them if thats ok? I am working on a study on reincarnation and using the charts to analyze them.

[@kevinjoseph517]

native americans? other unknown ones? vivekananda disciples?

[@liurodriguez5964]

Beautiful video. 💝Peace and Love

[@AP-kj6lq]

I loved it to every second. Thank you so much for making this video. Also thanks to KZbin for suggesting.

[@sukeshkapoor3104]

Yes I possess this book.Yogi.and read it often..very spiritual and interesting.Yoga can do wonders and miracles.Read the book.

[@janice8804]

How can i make sure that i am getting the original literature of this book....i want the real deal. I would love to have read a book that someone else has already read. I dont mind the cost however; i just want the real deal because; i have a spiritual connection and desire to read it. I read about his death and how there was an absence of any visual signs of decay and no physical disintegration visible in his body even twenty days after his death......No odor of deacy emanted from his body at anytime- Mr. Harry T. Rowe, Los Angeles Mortuary Director, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, sent Self-Realization Fellowship a notorized letter regarding him entering mahasamadhi( a yogi's final conscious exit from the body). This was enough awakening for the hunger and thirst for his Autobiography!!!

[@citizen3902]

Now reading. Delightful, indeed!

[@disciple1119]

The longing to return to the SOURCE is an innate part of our being. Human beings often work against this tendency rather than cooperating` with it. The path is not necessarily an easy one nor does it have to be difficult.

[@muralidharankv169]

Excellent. Thank you sir.

[@Marginal391]

Thanks a lot. Namaste 🙏.

[@garycummings6709]

great book so far! half way through 🙂

[@mariameere5807]

Thank you! 🙏 namaste🧘‍♀️

[@DannyWohl]

I have been practicing Vipassana (taught by the Buddha) for about half a year now, 2 hrs daily. Also, I have recently read and re-read Yogananda's Autobiography, and have been deeply resonating with what he was teaching. It seems I am stuck at a crossroad, not knowing exactly what path to take....

[@imadeyouwaste1.84secondsre6]

Vipassana wasn't taught by Gautam Buddha. It already existed. In fact, the word vipassana is a mispronounciation of 'vai upasana'

[@healthytalks_food]

Jai guru ji 🧿🙏🏻Bless us al

[@brijeshmandavi6795]

I am going to buy this book, am 34.. let's hope its not too late for me

[@arunade1168]

Outstanding 🌹🙏🌹

[@MadameRosaFortuneTeller]

Namaste'....follow my links to a profound awareness

[@randallpaul7791]

yes a gift to life

[@kristihare4424]

Wonderful. Thank you!

[@KumarSambhhav]

LOVE YOU ALL !! KEEP LOVING. That's all is there. LOVE.

[@raymonddmonte6899]

I have read all his books 📚 in landmark book store..in chennai His books have great wisdom 👏 👍

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

An excellent piece of writing reading it fulfills the soul one of the best books of all times.Jai Lahiri Mahasaya

[@muskannaroliya5154]

"Tears of Devotion & Joy ! "

[@theguyinthevideo]

Just looking at his face alone enough is a bliss.. who agrees

[@gtanj]

Great book. No surprise, it is a bestseller.

[@Drfine22]

You are blessed sir.

[@meaux8]

Exquisitely Done ~ Tathastu ~

[@hansludwig4732]

I love the Sargent Pepper part! didn’t know Yogananda and all his teachers were on that cover 🙏👍👏

[@zelenplav1701]

He brought me back to the SPIRITUAL path

[@venkateshwarraoj8258]

Super documentary

[@nerinavshrestha3338]

He was God's messenger. Thousands of lost souls may have emmigrated to the kingdom of God after being inspired by Yogananda's legendary book. The book destroys all your skepticism. But after that you are never alone...... Grace!

[@David-ln5ql]

My life has Extremely changed since becoming an devotee

[@tinahurley743]

Thank you

[@sangeeta963]

Im always surprised to see people don't Ask Why AM Born..Where will I go on departure of the Soul..what is the soul..how can i prove Yoganandajis books true within me.. Done it as perhaps Ma was v v kind..my Gurus blessings n non stop kriya ❤ got to taste the honey to know it .. describing it needs words ,n words don't always resonate with others ,but in As Silence ond Expands as energy into Energy as greater more profound Silence n Space , and Jesuses peace that passeth all understanding is experienced ❤ love ❤️ is God ❤

[@spirituallife1713]

This book impresses every reader just because it is based on total truth. Paramhansji didn't write even a single lie in it to impress the reader, as it is common for writers. Every time I read it, it looks new to me. Thanks to him that because of him I visited babaji's cave in dwarahat this year.

[@mutualink]

The master ushered in a spiritual era.