<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="639864">
  <title><![CDATA[Autobiography of a Yogi]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0876120834]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780876120835]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176609852m/639864.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">639864</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">34</books_count>
  <default_description>This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures of our time. With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda narrates the inspiring chronicle of his life: the experiences of his remarkable childhood, encounters with many saints and sages during his youthful search throughout India for an illumined teacher, ten years of training in the hermitage of a revered yoga master, and the thirty years that he lived and taught in America. Also recorded here are his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West.    Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. The author clearly explains the subtle but definite laws behind both the ordinary events of everyday life and the extraordinary events commonly termed miracles. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.    Considered a modern spiritual classic, the book has been translated into more than twenty languages and is widely used as a text and reference work in colleges and universities. A perennial bestseller since it was first published sixty years ago, Autobiography of a Yogi has found its way into the hearts of millions of readers around the world.    This edition of Autobiography of a Yogi includes extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published, including a final chapter on the closing years of his life.</default_description>
  <id type="integer">2066960</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1971</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Autobiography of a Yogi</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:1130|5:603|4:294|3:162|2:53|1:18|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">1130</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">4801</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">1760</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">221</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.25]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[1051]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[202]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/639864.Autobiography_of_a_Yogi]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="14650">
      <name><![CDATA[Paramahansa Yogananda]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14650.Paramahansa_Yogananda]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[4.30]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[1577]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[277]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="1759">
    <review id="12924350">
    <user id="688586">
    <name><![CDATA[Phil]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Englishtown, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/688586-phil]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="spiritual-content" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 19 16:04:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 22 10:39:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I know this is a &quot;classic&quot; of &quot;spiritual literature, but I wonder how many people so caught up in it realized the times in which Yogananda lived and wrote. The &quot;spirituality&quot; he brought to America was merely a continuation of the sanitized and de-racinated version &quot;Sana...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12924350">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12924350]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12186731">
    <user id="734075">
    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tucson, AZ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/734075-dan]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="philosophy" />
        <shelf name="yoga" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[yogis, spiritual seekers of all stripes]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1963</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 15:20:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 11 07:58:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite among a number of more or less autobiographical accounts of the journey to what my generation in the 1960s called enlightenment. What we called enlightenment Swami Yogananda calls self-realization. He founded the Self-Realization Fellowship for people who want to carry on the sam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12186731">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12186731]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44137647">
    <user id="1801482">
    <name><![CDATA[Tara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Jose, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1801482-tara]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="favorites" />
        <shelf name="foreign-country-author" />
        <shelf name="read-in-2008" />
        <shelf name="spiritual" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 23 21:22:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 23:09:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a first hand account of an enlightened person on a specific spirtiual path. Yogananda came to the US in 1920 and stayed until his death in 1952 to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga, which is a practical approach to spritiuality. It gives the goal and the practices that support living the sp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44137647">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44137647]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37409744">
    <user id="1704307">
    <name><![CDATA[Norman]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Winchester, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1704307-norman-moore]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 11 06:50:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 11 06:57:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[ I'm going to go against the grain here and say that although I see Yogananda as an important figure, and someone who constantly strived, spritiually speaking - his mix of western occultism, Theosophy and New-Age-ism is just that.<br/><br/> Quote fromt he autobiography: &quot;..around the six spin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37409744">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37409744]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="26712014">
    <user id="1045774">
    <name><![CDATA[Mehrsa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1045774-mehrsa]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 08 19:40:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 12 12:07:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[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 s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26712014">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26712014]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3888185">
    <user id="242358">
    <name><![CDATA[Brandon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/242358-brandon]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 31 23:05:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 31 23:09:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[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 href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3888185">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3888185]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41945269">
    <user id="1844507">
    <name><![CDATA[Maria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oslo, 13, Norway]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1844507-maria]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 06:27:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 11:09:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[My name is Maria, and I read this book the first time in English, even though I was not really good in speaking or understanding English. But somehow I knew I had to explore this book, knowing nothing about yogis or gurus or indian culture. So I had a glossary and the book at the same time, teaching...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41945269">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41945269]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="66924969">
    <user id="1656694">
    <name><![CDATA[Violet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[India]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1656694-violet]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 10 23:25:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 10 23:26:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Well to start off I’ll say, the first thing that can be called a reaction from me was, ‘Oh, what rubbish’. How is it possible to believe that the Author, Paramhansa Yogananda, was cured by a major illness when he was young just by looking at the picture of his Guru and praying earnestly?<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66924969">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66924969]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="70902286">
    <user id="2251935">
    <name><![CDATA[Monica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oceanside, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2251935-monica]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 11 17:55:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 16 18:44:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Read this for local interest, as I live only 10 miles away from Yogananda's beautiful seaside retreat in Encinitas, CA, where he wrote this book. Yogananda was the Hindu swami who introduced mediation to the West, founded temples and retreats, and attracted many thousands of people to his lectures n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70902286">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70902286]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38300947">
    <user id="1637831">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bettendorf, IA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1637831-andrea]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone interested in religion/spirituality]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 07:17:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 21 07:24:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[After reading this I feel cheated by my American public school upbringing. Why are we so sheltered from Eastern religions? There is so much more out there - so many more experiences of God than the very limited and narrow interpreation of God in this culture. This book is really an eye-opener - I hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38300947">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38300947]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="69920213">
    <user id="2449733">
    <name><![CDATA[Christian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rio De Janeiro, 21, Brazil]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2449733-christian-dechery]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 03 08:27:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 03 08:39:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Esse deve ser o melhor livro sobre espiritualidade que eu ja li. Escrito de maneiro linda - quase sublime - por um homem santo. Cético e racional como sou, em diversas passagens do livro, me sentia um pouco desconfortavel pela narrativa, especialmente quando seu mestre &quot;volta do mundo astral p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69920213">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69920213]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="36681035">
    <user id="1059291">
    <name><![CDATA[Laurie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Union, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1059291-laurie]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="biography" />
        <shelf name="spiritual" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 01 09:37:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 29 08:01:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It took me a few months to read this book, but it was definitely not for lack of interest.  It seems you just need time to absorb many of the great guru's teachings before reading on!  Definitely an amazing read for anyone interested in meditation and the lives of great yogi saints.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36681035]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50311970">
    <user id="1715505">
    <name><![CDATA[Inkling]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Camden, TN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1715505-inkling]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 24 12:47:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 16 12:06:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I had a hard time deciding between three and four stars for this book. Individual chapters vary between the sublime and thought-provoking, to seemingly self-serving &quot;advertisements&quot; for the author's brand of yoga. Of course, one would expect a book titled <em>Autobiography of a Yogi<em> to be abou...</em></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50311970">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50311970]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68180839">
    <user id="2647700">
    <name><![CDATA[Yogirk]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hyderabad, 02, India]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2647700-yogirk]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 08:15:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 21 00:04:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Imagine a story or script, if you will, built around a scientific theory or some invention to cater to the tastes of Hollywood audience. All the grandeur, graphics etc., Some arrant trash gets passed for knowledge so convincingly.<br/><br/>'Autobiography of a Yogi' is exactly that, the only differ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68180839">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68180839]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38316800">
    <user id="1738518">
    <name><![CDATA[Christine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vancouver, Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1738518-christine-rondeau]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 10:47:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 21 10:48:33 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book as supposedly changed lives... I'm not sure that it did anything for me. I thought that it dragged on enormously and felt like a very large pamphlet. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38316800]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="63532654">
    <user id="1950574">
    <name><![CDATA[diana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[South Pasadena, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1950574-diana]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 14 20:10:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 14 20:14:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[kind of a classic, i've heard, written in a very boring style, i think it's a translation of hindi, and they use the  word 'ejaculated' to mean 'exclaimed', which makes me giggle because i'm not very mature . . . <br/><br/>anyway, it's all about this guy's life, and it's crazy - miracle miracle mira...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63532654">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63532654]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75362762">
    <user id="2364514">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2364514-rebecca]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 07:39:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 07:39:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in my early twenties during a time in my life when I was trying to forget who I had been and was trying to recreate who I wanted to be.  So I was very impressionable and found comfort in spiritual pursuits and drawn to spiritual people (and books). Consequently I was turned on by ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75362762">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75362762]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49273758">
    <user id="63721">
    <name><![CDATA[Tanuja]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/63721-tanuja]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 15:35:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 15:41:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I give this book a very poor review.  It gets one star for being a 'classic'.  Other than that I found it highly conservative, fundamentalist and --as I read it-- anti-body, anti-flesh, anti-life as I know and have grown to love it.  Makes 'scientific' claims that are not sufficiently supported with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49273758">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49273758]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="28712183">
    <user id="1375017">
    <name><![CDATA[Carl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Malden, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1375017-carl]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 29 23:51:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 02 12:10:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Amazing book.  A Spiritual Classic.<br/>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, (&quot;even the least among you could do all i have done and more&quot;), if we could only...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28712183">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28712183]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18219574">
    <user id="1002825">
    <name><![CDATA[Sirpa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orem, UT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1002825-sirpa-grierson]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="autobiography" />
        <shelf name="inspiration-spiritual" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[John Erickson]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 15:12:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 25 20:58:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[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 Toll...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18219574">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18219574]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="spirituality" />
        <shelf name="yoga" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
        <shelf name="spiritual" />
        <shelf name="biography" />
        <shelf name="religion" />
        <shelf name="india" />
        <shelf name="autobiography" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=639864</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>