Autobiografia de un Yogui / Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda
published
September 2002
by Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers
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Paperback, 613 pages
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0876120915
(isbn13: 9780876120910)
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Desde su nacimiento hace mas de cien anos, Paramahansa Yogananda ha llegado a ser considerado como una de las personalidades espirituales mas ilustres...more
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by Paramahansa Yogananda. This is the man's life story of his spiritual journey in India and America. This is Yoga with a big Y. He begins his life always knowing and searching for a higher power. His run-ins with many saints and the miracles they perform seem magical. The skeptic in me always held a splash of incredulity of some of the tales: saints with two bodies, resurrections, saint who could live without food or water, levitation, curing disease, etc. At the same time, these stories are in...more
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Read in July, 2008
I enjoyed reading this book. It is filled with insight and wisdom and a little bit of magic. I did not read this book in search of answers or direction. I already feel pretty centered in my life and I feel that I have a good relationship with the Divine (as Yogananda calls it). But Yogananda tells some beautiful stories about faith and being
centered. It is beautiful to read about someone who devotes their entire life to God and meditation. It is also beautiful to read about the amazing experi...more
centered. It is beautiful to read about someone who devotes their entire life to God and meditation. It is also beautiful to read about the amazing experi...more
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Read in August, 2008
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John Erickson
Recommended by several of my friends--thanks, John! Although overly long (almost 600 pages), this is a classic text on spiritual growth and self-realization, especially focused upon kriya yoga meditation. As Paramahansa Yogananda details his personal journey to master the self he (unlike Ekhart Tolle, who mysteriously was given the gift of enlightenment without seeking), becomes an enlightened individual committed to peacefully serving mankind through teaching meditation. The book gives glimpses...more
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Amazing book. A Spiritual Classic.
Opened my mind to the realization that there are mystics/saints living on earth today who are doing the works (performing miracles, healings, etc.) much like Jesus did, ("even the least among you could do all i have done and more"), if we could only break through our social conditioning. I hate to rant here (or maybe i don't)... I always wondered why all these amazing "facts" in the bible supposedly only occurred in our civilization 2000-...more
Opened my mind to the realization that there are mystics/saints living on earth today who are doing the works (performing miracles, healings, etc.) much like Jesus did, ("even the least among you could do all i have done and more"), if we could only break through our social conditioning. I hate to rant here (or maybe i don't)... I always wondered why all these amazing "facts" in the bible supposedly only occurred in our civilization 2000-...more
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Read in April, 2006
I know this is a "classic" of "spiritual literature, but I wonder how many people so caught up in it realized the times in which Yogananda lived and wrote. The "spirituality" he brought to America was merely a continuation of the sanitized and de-racinated version "Sanatana Dharma" (AKA "Hinduism") brought to America by Swami Vivekananda, that it bore very little resemblance to what happened (and still happens) in India, and that it was also a further...more
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My reading of this book in particular is informed by reading Borges's, Ficciones and "The Aleph just before getting to this book. So I kind of view it as a meta-fiction rather than mystical autobiography. There are etheric doppelgangers, invisible ascended masters, pseudo-prophecies, some "kicking it" with Gandhi, and a brief mapping of the astral plane.
I enjoyed this book because it works as a kind of Borgesian jaunt, New Age guidebook, historical account of t...more
I enjoyed this book because it works as a kind of Borgesian jaunt, New Age guidebook, historical account of t...more
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Read in April, 2008
I'm almost finished with this book and have found it to be very engaging, if a little intense at times. I have been religiously (no pun intended ahahaha) reading it every night. It is filled with many amazing stories, that may be unbelievable to some but that make sense to me. It has truly changed my view of yoga, and what it means to be a yogi. I have been told and have understood intellectually that yoga is more than asanas, but this book has shed a lot of light on the 'higher' levels of yoga....more
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This spiritual classic is not only absorbing and beautifully written, it is as inspiring and relevant today as it must have been when it appeared in 1946. The book is a chronicle of the life of one of India's most revered spiritual teachers, beginning with tales from his unusual childhood, accounts of his meetings with saints and sages, a description of his rigorous course of study with his guru, and a chronicle of his subsequent travels to the West to live and teach. Yogananda casts a light not...more
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I read this book ready to completely hate it. However, I found there to be a lot of wisdom in the first half, and I was very interested to learn more about the world in which Yogananda grew up, and the religion in which he was raised. I was fascinated, and excited to keep reading. But the second half of the book, when he gained fame and traveled to the U.S. was very disappointing, and upsetting. I found the book was no longer about a path to enlightenment, but more about stroking one's own ego. ...more
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recommends it for: spiritual seekers, republicans
recommends it for: spiritual seekers, republicans
sri paramahansa yogananda's text is really interesting as an account of the introduction of eastern thought into the west. he is extremely dogmatic, of course, and much of the narrative is so extremely fantastical-- although it takes place in the 20th century-- that really requires one to suspend disbelief or one will not make it all the way to the end. his own unique perspectives on the christ and the christic religions, coming from the point of view of a yogi is very fascinating to the western...more
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Read in April, 2008
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Maa Shakti Dasrecommends it for: anyone seeking
Yogananda is immaculate at intellectually explaining his youth, spiritual quest, adventures, and mahasamhadi, or last great voyage in this autobiography He is one of the highest beings to grace this planet and sought to unify all under love and compassion in the rough and tumble times of the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's and his voice can still be heard today. Through many metaphysical and spiritual adventures he vividly conveys his vision and the vision of many great yogis, sadhus, and masters. T...more
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Read in September, 2007
I've been reading on this book for several months, on and off. It's the personal story of the man who brought TM (transcendental meditation) to the USA from India. Just hearing the stories of the advanced yogi's and their experiences is enlightening. As Christians we think only of Jesus when we think of the type of miracles recorded in the New Testament--but these mentors and gurus of Yogananda also experienced those things.
It opens up the reality that spiritual connectedness is the key...more
It opens up the reality that spiritual connectedness is the key...more
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I loved this book! His warmth, humor & insight is compelling reading as a boy is lead to a different path from his well-to-do, large family in India to spiritual greatness. Reveals his own humaness, what we really are capable of, life after life, karma, the connection between East & West religions & his respect of Jesus, his conversations with Gandhi, etc.
A glimpse at the unimaginable mysteries of God and our own spiritual journey.
Movie Tie-in- Gandhi with Ben Kingsley. If you h...more
A glimpse at the unimaginable mysteries of God and our own spiritual journey.
Movie Tie-in- Gandhi with Ben Kingsley. If you h...more
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Read in April, 2008
I read this book years ago and decided to reread it this past week. It is not as sophisticated as some of the spiritual memoirs and literature today but Yogananda still has some interesting things to say.
Yoganada was one of the first major teachers from India to arrive in the west. He came to the United States in the 1920's and set up his Self-Realization Fellowship which is still in operation today.
He mixes his brand of yoga with personal insights into his own life as well as insights ...more
Yoganada was one of the first major teachers from India to arrive in the west. He came to the United States in the 1920's and set up his Self-Realization Fellowship which is still in operation today.
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Read in January, 2008
Oh dear. I have been laboriously plowing my way through this book. It's such a famous book, in print for so many decades, but I can't say it held my attention. There are some lovely reflections on yoga philosophy, interesting insights into the guru-disciple relationship, and interesting elements from a historical perspective. Some chapters are more readable than others, but somehow my overall attitude toward reading the book became rather like a burdensome duty. One interesting element is how no...more
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Read in January, 1977
I read this ages ago, but clearly remember it as a book that showed me the inconsistencies of the eastern religions, particularly the modern eastern movements in the US in the 70's. He chronicles his life and talks with Gandhi and many sages. At times he quotes Jesus. Most of the quotes are not in full. They are also taken out of context. He twists the teachings of Christ to say what he wants to say. I started picking up the Bible and checking his quotes of Christ. This made me curious about the...more
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Read in December, 2005
recommends it for:
spiritual seekers, mystical types
this book was great for me to read at the time. i've since became less enamoured with hinduism, mysticism, and religion in general, but it's still a great book for all spiritual seekers. it helps explain christianity in an understandable way as well.
it's a pretty epic book, and if you're into spirituality, mysticism, different religions, hinduism, etc, it's a wonderful and very crazy read. if you're into the science/mysticism/what the bleep do we know kind of stuff you should like this bo...more
it's a pretty epic book, and if you're into spirituality, mysticism, different religions, hinduism, etc, it's a wonderful and very crazy read. if you're into the science/mysticism/what the bleep do we know kind of stuff you should like this bo...more
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i learned about this from some guy on SoulSeek a long time ago. he was an indian who had some good music and we got to talking. he said he went to this yogis old room in calcutta and had such a weird feeling overwhelm him and he became much more spiritual after. so i read the book and well, it's crazy. yogananda tells of some pretty far fetched things. bodies being in two places at once, mind reading, immortality...but it makes for a good read. and i like that kind of stuff and like to believe i...more
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Read in January, 2001
A story about the life of a young Indian man who seeks out his destiny though listening and praying to Spirit. As you probably know, his destiny was to be a great guru and to bring his wisdom from India to the USA. You will read about miracles, perseverance, challenges in the face of societies expectations about what is "the right thing to do" and Indian society back in the 1940s... For anybody on the path to spiritual awakening, you will find kinship with this wonderfully brilliant ...more
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Versi yang saya baca adalah edisi terbitan Gramedia dengan catatan Anand Krishna. Siapapun yang serius dengan hal spiritualitas selayaknyalah membaca buku ini. Siapapun yang sudah membaca buku ini dengan pikiran terbuka dan dengan lapang dada, tentulah tak akan ambil peduli apakah suatu kelompok kepercayaan itu sesat atau suci atau hantu belau sekalipun. Siapapun yang membaca buku ini akan mulai merasakan kerinduan akan sebuah pengalaman yang hanya 'kita' dan 'DIA' yang tahu dan merasa.
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