ebooks Bhagavad Gita by Mr Shri Krishna in History

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Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5; 1893–March 7; 1952) first published in 1946. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur; India; into a Bengali family. Autobiography of a Yogi introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West. The book begins with his childhood family life; to finding his guru; to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak in a religious congress in Boston; Massachusetts; USA. He then travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles; California. In 1935 he returns to India for a yearlong visit. When he returns to America; he continues to establish his teachings; including writing this book. The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual thought of the East; which had only been available to a few in 1946. The author claims that the writing of the book was prophesied long ago by the nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasaya. It has been in print for seventy years and translated into at least forty-three languages by Self-Realization Fellowship. It has been highly acclaimed as a spiritual classic including being designated by Philip Zaleski; while he was under the auspices of HarperCollins Publishers; as one of the "100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century." It is included in the book 50 Spiritual Classics: Timeless Wisdom from 50 Great Books of Inner Discovery; Enlightenment and Purpose by Tom Butler-Bowdon. According to Project Gutenberg; the first edition is in public domain and at least five publishers are reprinting it and four post it free for online reading.