Autobiography of a Yogi

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Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography by Paramahansa Yogananda published in 1946 . It is one of the classics of esoteric and spiritual literature worldwide. It has been in print for seventy years and has been translated into 52 languages ​​(as of Jan. 2019) by his organization Self-Realization Fellowship .

content

The autobiography of a yogi guides the reader through the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures from the East and West. Such as with the scientist Chandra Bose , Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore , plant breeder Luther Burbank and the spiritual masters Ramana Maharshi and Anandamayi Ma and Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram in Wardha , India. In the autobiography Yogananda also describes the visit on July 16, 1935 to the German Catholic mystic Therese Neumann von Konnersreuth , who lived on light nutrition and is said to have been stigmatized .

reception

The book " 50 Classics of Spirituality " describes the autobiography " rightly as one of the most entertaining and instructive spiritual books ". At the Steve Jobs memorial service, all guests were given a yogi's autobiography .

expenditure

Cover German first edition 1950
  • First edition: Autobiography of a Yogi. The Philosophical Library, New York 1946.
  • German first edition: Autobiography of a Yogi. Otto Wilhelm Barth Verlag, Munich-Planegg 1950, OCLC 73610729 .
  • Current: Autobiography of a Yogi. Reprint of the first edition. Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles 2007, ISBN 978-087-612-087-3 .
  • Audiobook: Autobiography of a Yogi. 18 CDs. Read by Robert Atzorn . Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles 2011, ISBN 9780876125700 .

Web links

Commons : Autobiography of a Yogi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ librarything.com: Book awards: HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century , accessed November 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ huffingtonpost.com: The Autobiography of a Yogi: A Tribute to Yogananda , July 12, 2012, accessed November 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ wiki.yoga-vidya.de: Section: Autobiography of a Yogi , accessed on November 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c d Tom Butler-Bowden (Ed.): 50 Classics of Spirituality. From the American translation by Sabine Schilasky (2006), mvg Verlag , ISBN 3-636-06281-6 , p. 461, (Original title: 50 Spiritual Classics (2005)).
  5. ↑ yogananda-srf.org: Translations in many languages , accessed October 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ en.wikisource.org: Therese Neumann, the Catholic Stigmatist of Bavaria , accessed on November 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ Paramahansa Yogananda: Jesus' Temptation in the Desert In: The Second Coming of Christ Discourse: 8, page: 200–201, Self-Realization Fellowship, 2013.
  8. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin, May 2017, p. 106.
  9. ↑ cnn.com: Steve Jobs' last gift , accessed July 2, 2017.