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The Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda, takes the reader on a journey into the spiritual adventures of Paramahansa Yogananda. The book begins by describing Yogananda's childhood family life to his search for his guru, Yukteswar Giri,[4] to the establishment of his first school, Yogoda Satsanga Brahmacharya Vidyalaya[5] to his journey to America where he lectured to thousands,[6] established Self-Realization Fellowship[7] and visited with Luther Burbank,[8] a renowned botanist to whom this book is dedicated. The book then takes you on Yogananda's return visit to India in 1935 where he encountered leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann[9] in Bavaria, the Hindu saint Ananda Moyi Ma,[10] Mahatma Gandhi,[11] Rabindranath Tagore,[12] Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman,[13] and Giri Bala, "the woman yogi who never eats."[14] The reader then returns to the West with Yogananda where he continues to establish his teachings in America including writing this book.Paramahansa Yogananda
The preface was written by Walter Evans-Wentz, an Oxford scholar of anthropology, a writer who was a pioneer in the study of Tibetan Buddhism and an author of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa. In the preface he wrote, "His unusual life-document is certainly one of the most revealing of the depths of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West."
Yukteswar Giri, Yogananda's guru, told him about a significant prediction made by Lahiri Mahasaya, Yukteswar's guru.[16] Yukteswar heard him say, "About fifty years after my passing," he said, "my life will be written because of a deep interest in yoga which the West will manifest. The yogic message will encircle the globe, and aid in establishing that brotherhood of man which results from direct perception of the One Father." In 1945 fifty years after Lahiri Mahasaya's passing in 1895, the Autobiography was complete and ready for publication.Paramahansa Yogananda
In 1999, Autobiography of a Yogi was designated as one of the "100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a panel of theologians and luminaries convened by HarperCollins publishers.According to Philip Goldberg, who wrote American Veda, "... the Self-Realization Fellowship which represents Yogananda's Legacy, is justified in using the slogan, "The Book that Changed the Lives of Millions." It has sold more than four million copies and counting ..."Autobiography of a Yogi is the most popular of Yogananda's books and SRF has published the book into 45 languages.Paramahansa Yogananda
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Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863–4 July 1902), born Narendra Nath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world and was credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India and contributed to the notion of nationalism in colonial India.He was the chief disciple of the 19th century saint Ramakrishna and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech beginning with “Sisters and Brothers of America,”through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.
Born in aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family of Calcutta, Swami Vivekananda showed an inclination towards spirituality and God realisation. His guru, Ramakrishna, taught him Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism); that all religions are true and that service to man was the most effective worship of God. After the death of his guru, Vivekananda became a wandering monk, extensively touring the Indian subcontinent and acquiring first-hand knowledge of conditions in India. He later travelled to the United States and represented India as a delegate in the 1893 Parliament of World Religions. He conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy in America, England and Europe. He established the Vedanta societies in America and England.
In America Vivekananda became India’s spiritual ambassador. His mission there was the interpretation of India’s spiritual culture and heritage. He also tried to enrich the religious consciousness of Americans through the teachings of the Vedanta philosophy. In India Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint of modern India and his birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day.
In Swami Vivekananda’s own words, he was “condensed India”. William James, the Harvard philosopher, called Vivekananda the “paragon of Vedantists”. Rabindranath Tagore’s suggestion (to Nobel Laureate Romain Rolland) was– “If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is positive and nothing negative.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Leave It To God…………………..3
Chapter 2 – The Highest Prayer………………..5
Chapter 3 – The Religion Of The Soul…………..7
Chapter 4 – The Spiritual Side Of Life………..12
Chapter 5 – The Mysteries Of The Kingdom………19
Chapter 6 – The Secret Of Spiritual Power……..27
Chapter 7 – The Use Of Spiritual Power………..30
Chapter 8 – The Light Of Inner Consciousness…..32
Chapter 9 – The Power Of Spiritual Transparence..35
Chapter 10 – Upon The Path Where All Is Good…..42
Chapter 11 – The I Am Is The Way……………..51
Chapter 12 – I Go Unto The Father…………….57
Chapter 13 – I Am With You Always…………….65
Chapter 14 – It Is Well With The Soul…………73
Chapter 15 – The Spiritual Borderland…………78
Chapter 16 – When God So Wills……………….83
Chapter 17 – Regions Of Infinite Repose……….86
CHAPTER 1 – Leave It To God
When you are confronted with problems that you cannot solve, or find yourself in the
midst of conditions that are distressing and adverse, do not permit yourself to become
disturbed for a moment. There is a simple secret that will invariably set you free and
change everything for the best. And the secret is this – “Leave It To God.” When you
do not know what course to pursue, leave it to God. When you do not know where to
turn, or how to dispel the darkness that may surround you, then leave it to God. When
you do not know where the path to the greatest good may lie, and have not become
conscious of that supreme light of the soul through which all things may be discerned
- rest serenely in the faith that you can leave it all to God. In His hands everything is
safe; and whatever we place in His hands, will be disposed of in the best conceivable
manner.
It is remarkable how soon darkness takes flight, how soon confusion is stilled, how
soon conditions adjust themselves and how soon adversities change into blessings,
when we can say, in perfect faith, and in perfect sincerity of soul – “Leave It To God.”
For thus we place everything in the keeping of a Wisdom that knows what should be
done, and in the hands of a Power that can do what is best for all concerned.
It is the best for everybody that we all desire; it is the happiest outcome of everything
that we pray for as the most perfect ideal of visible existence; and we know full well
that such an ideal will surely be realized when we leave it to God. The Infinite can
solve our problems, and so arrange all things in life, that the greatest good will come
to pass, regardless of time, place or circumstances. And we should not hesitate to seek
the superior guidance of the Infinite in this regard, whether our p
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0. Foreword
1. Right Beginnings
2. Small Tasks and Duties
3. Transcending Difficulties and Perplexities
4. Burden-Dropping
5. Hidden Sacrifices
6. Sympathy
7. Forgiveness
8. Seeing No Evil
9. Abiding Joy
10. Silentness
11. Solitude
12. Standing Alone
13. Understanding the Simple Laws of Life
14. Happy Endings
There is, indeed, a spiritual influence in the early morning hour, a divine silence and an inexpressible repose, and he who, purposeful and strong, throws off the mantle of ease and climbs the hills to greet the morning sun will thereby climb no inconsiderable distance up the hills of blessedness and truth.
The right beginning of the day will be followed by cheerfulness at the morning meal, permeating the house-hold with a sunny influence; and the tasks and duties of the day will be undertaken in a strong and confident spirit, and the whole day will be well lived.
Then there is a sense in which every day may be regarded as the beginning of a new life, in which one can think, act, and live newly, and in a wiser and better spirit.
“Every day is a fresh beginning;
Every morn is the world made new,
Ye who are weary of sorrow and sinning,
Here is a beautiful hope for you,
A hope for me and a hope for you.”
Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today. Begin today aright, and, aided by the accumulated experiences of all your past days, live it better than any of your previous days; but you cannot possibly live it better unless you begin it better. The character of the whole day depends upon the way it is begun.
Another beginning which is of great importance is the beginning of any particular and responsible undertaking. How does a man begin the building of a house? He first secures a plan of the proposed edifice and then proceeds to build according to the plan, scrupulously following it in every detail, beginning with the foundation. Should he neglect the beginning – namely, the obtaining of a mathematical plan – his labour would be wasted, and his building, should it reach completion without tumbling to pieces, would be insecure and worthless. The same law holds good in any important work: the right beginning and first essential is a definite mental plan on which to build. Nature will have no slipshod work, no slovenliness, and she annihilates confusion, or rather, confusion is in itself annihilation. Order, definiteness, purpose eternally and universally prevail, and he who in his operations ignores these mathematical elements at once deprives himself of substantiality, completeness, success.
“Life without a plan,
As useless as the
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