Posted by Ravi Iyengar on May 26, 1998 at 16:11:14:
In Reply to: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI posted by Fred Parente on May 22, 1998 at 20:36:27:
: Have you read this amazing book on YOGI's of India and the spiritual quest
: of PARAMANHANSA YOGANANDA??? Yogananda was a great World Teacher who was invited to speak
: in Boston in 1920 at a world religion conference. This was the Lord's way of getting him to the
: West where he inspired millions to learn the Science of Yoga Meditation.
: He was one of the 20th centuries most outstanding Spiritual Teachers. He returned to India in 1935-36
: to look after the work he began before leaving India. While there,Mahatma Gandhi asked to be initiated
: into Kriya Yoga. Few know about the great spiritual connection between these two, and the part it played
: in India's Freedom.
: When I first read the
Yes, I agree it is an amazing book. Equally amazing, people say is his translation of the Bhagavad Gita