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Autobiography of a Yogi





By Paramahansa Yogananda





Read by Ben Kinglsey








15 cds | 17.8 hrs | unabridged | Self-Realization Fellowship | 1946, 1996








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Amazon customer reviews: 4.5/5 (>230) (for the book)


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Read by Ben Kinglsey | 15 cds | 17.8 hrs | unabridged |


Self-Realization Fellowship | 1996 | isbn 0876120958 |


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About the book


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For the audio edition | from Self-Realization Fellowship:





This audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda’s life story. Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century," Paramahansa Yogananda’s 'Autobiography of a Yogi' has been translated into 20 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a classic of religious literature. Several million copies have been sold, and it continues to appear on best-seller lists after more than fifty consecutive years in print. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining—warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.





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For the book | from Self-Realization Fellowship:





When Autobiography of a Yogi first appeared in 1946, it was acclaimed as a landmark work in its field. The New York Times hailed it as "a rare account." Newsweek  pronounced it "fascinating." The San Francisco Chronicle  declared, "Yogananda presents a convincing case for yoga, and those who 'came to scoff' may remain 'to pray.'" Today it is still one of the most widely read and respected books ever published on the wisdom of the East.





With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda narrates the inspiring chronicle of his life -- the experiences of his remarkable childhood, encounters with many saints and sages during his youthful search throughout India for an illumined teacher, ten years of training in the hermitage of a revered yoga master, and the thirty years that he lived and taught in America. He records as well his meetings with Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Luther Burbank, the Catholic stigmatist Therese Neumann, and other celebrated spiritual personalities of East and West. Also included is extensive material that he added after the first edition came out in 1946, with a final chapter on the closing years of his life.





His guru, Sri YukteswarAutobiography of a Yogi is at once a delightful account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. Clearly explaining the subtle but definite laws behind the natural events of everyday life as well as the extraordinary events considered miraculous, the author reveals the scientific foundation underlying the great religious paths of both East and West. His absorbing life story thus becomes the background for a penetrating and unforgettable look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence.





Considered a modern spiritual classic, this book has been translated into eighteen languages and is used as a text and reference work in numerous colleges and universities. A perennial bestseller since it was first published fifty years ago, Autobiography of a Yogi has found its way into the hearts of millions of readers around the world.








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From AudioFile





More than the story of the life of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), this autobiography offers an insider's view of many of the great teachers, saints and traditions of yoga. Ben Kingsley's smooth, articulate performance makes the formal writing style accessible to the listener. Kingsley never falters with the Indian individual and place names. The individual case for each tape increases portability and slips into a package sized to fit comfortably on any bookshelf. The slipcase also provides an outline of chapter headings included on each tape, which is a great aid for those using this volume as a reference. Footnotes are omitted from the reading but presented in a separate chapter notes. J.E.M.





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Midwest Book Review





Yogananda's autobiography has long been regarded as a spiritual classic, revealing the sentiments and teachings of one who helped spread Eastern knowledge in the West. British actor Ben Kingsley's voice embellishes this audio edition, which provides the complete text of the Yogi's life story, sans footnotes (available in an accompanying booklet to the audio package). Prepare for 18 hours of listening on 12 audio cassettes - but Kingsley's voice is excellent in enlivening the Yogi's account.





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David Frawley, Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies





"In the original edition, coming from the period of Yogananda's life, one is more in contact with Yogananda himself. It is prior to his institutionalization that often follows many great personalities once they have passed on. While Yogananda founded centers and organizations, his concern was more with guiding individuals to direct communion with Divinity rather than with promoting any one church as opposed to another. This spirit is easier to grasp in the original edition of this great spiritual and yogic classic."





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From Library Journal





After half a century in print, this widely acclaimed autobiography is now available in a superb audio translation narrated by Academy AwardR-winning actor Ben Kingsley. The work is enduringly popular because it introduces millions of readers to Eastern spiritual thought. Yogananda's masterly storytelling epitomizes the Indian oral tradition with its wit, charm, and compassionate wisdom. The yogi begins by showing how his childhood experiences in turn-of-the-century India produced a spiritual youth in search of an enlightened teacher, continues with an account of his years of training in the hermitage of a revered master, and concludes with the highlights of a period, beginning in 1920, during which he lived and taught in America. Yogananda sensitively interprets not only his own spiritual evolution but also his relationship with elements of the West's spiritual tradition, such as the story of Adam and Eve, providing a penetrating look at the ultimate mysteries of human existence. Bibliographical footnotes, which would have interrupted Kingsley's magnificent narration, are thoughtfully included in an accompanying booklet. This extraordinary work will greatly enrich any library. --James Dudley, Copiague, N.Y.


Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.








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Hailed as the "father of Yoga in the West," Paramahansa Yogananda is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in northern India, he came to the United States in 1920, where for more than 30 years he taught the ancient science of meditation and the art of balanced spiritual living. That same year he founded Self-Realization Fellowship, to disseminate his writings and teachings worldwide. Through his best-selling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, and his numerous other books, he has introduced millions throughout the world to the spiritual principles of yoga meditation and the universal truths underlying all world religions.





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From the paperback edition:





Born in India on January 5, 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda devoted his life to helping people of all races and creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the true beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit. After graduating from Calcutta University in 1915, Sri Yogananda took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami Order. Two years later, he began his life's work with the founding of a how-to-live school since grown to twenty-one educational institutions throughout India where traditional academic subjects were offered together with yoga training and instruction in spiritual ideals.





In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. His address to the Congress and subsequent lectures on the East Coast were enthusiastically received, and in 1924 he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Over the next three decades, Paramahansa Yogananda contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. In Los Angeles, he established an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship the nonsectarian religious society he had founded in 1920. Through his writings, extensive lecture tours, and the creation of Self-Realization Fellowship temples and meditation centers, he introduced hundreds of thousands of truth-seekers to the ancient science and philosophy of Yoga and its universally applicable methods of meditation.





Today, the spiritual and humanitarian work begun by Paramahansa Yogananda continues under the direction of Sri Daya Mata, one of his earliest and closest disciples and president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 1955. In addition to publishing his writings, lectures and informal talks (including a comprehensive series of Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons for home study), the society also oversees temples, retreats, and centers around the world.








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About the narrator


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From Wikipedia > Ben Kinglsey:





Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE, (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.





Kingsley's first film role was a supporting turn in Fear Is the Key, released in 1972. Kingsley continued starring in bit roles in both film and television, including a bit part on the soap opera Coronation Street and regular appearances as a defence counsel in the long-running British legal programme Crown Court. He found fame only years later, starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi in 1982, his best-known role to date. The audience also agreed with the critics, and Gandhi was a box-office success. Kingsley won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal.





Kingsley has since appeared in a variety of roles. His credits included the films Turtle Diary, Maurice, Pascali's Island, Without a Clue (as Dr. Watson alongside Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes), Suspect Zero, Bugsy--which led to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Sneakers, Dave, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Schindler's List, Silas Marner, Death and the Maiden, Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, Sexy Beast, for which he received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and House of Sand and Fog, which led to yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor.





In July 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for his performance in the made-for-TV film Mrs. Harris, in which he played famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower, who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris. In 2007, Kingsley appeared as a Polish American mobster in the Mafia comedy You Kill Me, and was also slated to act out a Middle East oil minister to be assassinated in War, Inc. An Indian Express story reported that Kingsley would appear as the "sex guru" Osho in a film, of then-unknown title, due to be released in 2008.








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Contents | Track titles (54)


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0101 _ SR Fellowship _ Autobiography of a Yogi _ Paramahansa Yogananda


0102 _ Preface by W Y Evans-Wentz _ Narrated by Ben Kingsley





0103 _ Ch 01 _ My Parents and Early Life


0112 _ Ch 02 _ My Mother's Death and the Mystic Amulet


0117 _ Ch 03 _ The Saint With Two Bodies (Swami Pranabananda)


0121 _ Ch 04 _ My Interrupted Flight Toward the Himalayas


0206 _ Ch 05 _ A 'Perfume Saint' Displays His Wonders


0212 _ Ch 06 _ The Tiger Swami


0219 _ Ch 07 _ The Levitating Saint (Nagendra Nath Bhaduri)


0223 _ Ch 08 _ India's Great Scientist, J C Bose


0305 _ Ch 09 _ Blissful Devotee and His Cosmic Romance (Master Mahasaya)


0311 _ Ch 10 _ I Meet My Master, Sri Yukteswar





0319 _ Ch 11 _ Two Penniless Boys in Brindaban


0401 _ Ch 12 _ Years in My Master's Hermitage


0413 _ Ch 12 _ Years in My Master's Hermitage


0501 _ Ch 13 _ The Sleepless Saint (Ram Gopal Muzumdar)


0507 _ Ch 14 _ An Experience in Cosmic Consciousness


0512 _ Ch 15 _ The Cauliflower Robbery


0601 _ Ch 16 _ Outwitting the Stars


0610 _ Ch 17 _ Sasi and the Three Sapphires


0615 _ Ch 18 _ A Mohammedan Wonder-Worker (Afzal Khan)


0619 _ Ch 19 _ My Master, in Calcutta, Appears in Serampore


0621 _ Ch 20 _ We Do Not Visit Kashmir





0701 _ Ch 21 _ We Visit Kashmir


0708 _ Ch 22 _ The Heart of a Stone Image


0713 _ Ch 23 _ I Receive My University Degree


0718 _ Ch 24 _ I Become a Monk of the Swami Order


0801 _ Ch 25 _ Brother Ananta and Sister Nalini


0805 _ Ch 26 _ The Science of Kriya Yoga


0813 _ Ch 27 _ Founding a Yoga School in Ranchi


0819 _ Ch 28 _ Kashi, Reborn and Discovered


0901 _ Ch 29 _ Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools


0904 _ Ch 30 _ The Law of Miracles





0914 _ Ch 31 _ An Interview With the Sacred Mother (Kashi Moni Lahiri)


1001 _ Ch 32 _ Rama Is Raised From the Dead


1007 _ Ch 33 _ Babaji, Yogi-Christ of Modern India


1013 _ Ch 34 _ Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas


1101 _ Ch 35 _ The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya


1110 _ Ch 36 _ Babaji's Interest in the West


1117 _ Ch 37 _ I Go to America


1201 _ Ch 38 _ Luther Burbank, A Saint Amid the Roses


1205 _ Ch 39 _ Therese Neumann, the Catholic Stigmatist


1213 _ Ch 40 _ I Return to India





1219 _ Ch 41 _ An Idyl in South India


1303 _ Ch 42 _ Last Days With My Guru


1313 _ Ch 43 _ The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar


1405 _ Ch 44 _ With Mahatma Gandhi at Wardha


1418 _ Ch 45 _ The Bengali 'Joy-Permeated Mother' (Ananda Moyi Ma)


1422 _ Ch 46 _ The Woman Yogi Who Never Eats (Giri Bala)


1508 _ Ch 47 _ I Return to the West


1511 _ Ch 48 _ At Encinitas in California


1514 _ Ch 49 _ The Years 1940 to 1951





1524 _ Afterword


1525 _ SR Fellowship _ Autobiography of a Yogi _ Paramahansa Yogananda
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