Daily Book Review: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Travel with Paramahansa Yogananda and meet ascended masters, reincarnated Gurus, Babaji, prana breathing, meditation, and yoga. This seminal text by the first Yogin to be invited to the White House, Yogananda, marks the beginning of a large influx of Eastern Mysticism to the Western World in the early part of the 20th Century. Written in 1946, Autobiography of a Yogi, demonstrates the ideals of Self-Realization Fellowship, a Kriya Yoga Foundation established throughout the world. Disseminating teachings from Master Sri Yukteswar via bildungsroman, the reader grows to understand the mysteries and complexities of Kriya Yoga with Yogananda through stories and vivid memories. Yogananda's gentle demeanor with his disciples and masters demonstrates embodiment of cosmic consciousness as realized through this reincarnated master's life. Other books by Yogananda: Man's Eternal Quest, The Second Coming of Christ, The Bhagavad Gita.