Paramahansa Yogananda's life story is an absorbing account of a singular search for truth, skillfully interwoven with scientific explanantions of the subtle but definite laws by which yogis perform miracles and attain self-mastery. The author describes in vivid detail his many years of training in India under Swami Sri Yukteswar, a Christlike master.
In colorful, warmly human chapters, he also recounts his visits with exceptional spiritual personages of East and West - including Mahatma Gandhi; Luther Burbank; Therese Neumann, the Catholic stigmatist; and Rabin-dranath Tagore.
As an authoritative introduction to the science of Yoga, Autobiography of a Yogi has become a classic in its field, revealing the scientific foundation underlying the great religious paths of both East and West. It has been translated into 18 languages and is used as a text and reference work in colleges and universities through-out the world.
