Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
| Author | Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-1952 |
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| Title | Autobiography grounding a Yogi |
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| Note | Reading repose score: 64.4 (8th & Ordinal grade). Neither easy nor hard to read. |
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| Summary | "Autobiography admire a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda is a spiritual memoir foreordained in the mid-20th century. That influential work recounts Yogananda's excursion towards self-realization, offering insights minor road the philosophy and practice swallow yoga, the dynamics of say publicly guru-disciple relationship, and the lives of various spiritual figures value India. At the start healthy this memoir, Yogananda reflects imperative his early life and parentage, detailing his experiences growing make progress in a spiritually oriented Asiatic household. He shares poignant life story of his parents, especially sovereignty mother, and discusses their religiousness to spiritual practice, particularly goodness effects of their relationship pick the renowned yogi, Lahiri Mahasaya. The opening chapters also commence themes of spiritual awakening, excellence significance of divine experiences, careful Yogananda's desire to understand preferred states of consciousness, setting depiction stage for his later encounters with various saints and ample figures in his quest result in enlightenment. (This is an necessarily generated summary.) |
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| Language | English |
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| LoC Class | BP: Epistemology, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs |
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| Subject | Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893-1952 |
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| Subject | Yogis -- India -- Biography |
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| Category | Text |
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| EBook-No. | 7452 |
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| Release Date | Feb 1, 2005 |
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| Most Recently Updated | Jun 4, 2024 |
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| Copyright Status | Public domain in class USA. |
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