THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOGI By Yogananda Paramahansa

                          The book changed my life is ,”THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOGI” written by yogananda paramahansa.A book filled with spirituality and strenuously explained about the purpose of the human in this world.Many experts and businessmen in their interviews mentioned the essence of this book.This book mainly emphasize about the surprising miracles performed by great yogis, the indepth importance of kriya yoga. It clearly reveals about the power of the universe and many things which is beyond the knowledge of the human.A holy spirit which is the base or cause for the evolution of this book was MAHAVATHAR BABAJI.

 AUTHOR’S HISTORY

                 The author yoganadha paramahansa was born in Gorakhpur,India in 5th jan 1893, In this book he exhibits his spiritual blessings from his childhood to the mesmerizing miracles happened in his young age.His parents were Gyan Prabha Gosh & Bhagwati Charan Ghosh.He was the first hindu monk who introduced millions to the teachings of mediation and kriya yoga through his organization SELF- REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP(SRF)/YOGODA SATSANGA SOCIETY(YSS) of India, and who lived his last 32 years in America.He was sent by his guru Swami yukteswar Giri to spread the teachings of yoga to the west .His influence in the American yoga movement in Los Angeles, led him to be considered by yoga experts as the ,”Father of yoga in the west”.

 ABOUT THE BOOK     

                                    This book contains 48 chapters,while completing every chapter a divine protection will be surrounded to the reader.The knowledge and mysteries about the universe is extremely disclosed.In the initial chapters his helpless humiliations of infancy and his mothers’s death makes the reader more compassionate about him.The author’s actual name is mukunthan,after he entered into ascetic life he changed his name into yogananda paramahansa.Before his birth,a monk said to his mother that she will give birth to a boy who was a godly child with spiritual powers.

 TRIP TO HIMALAYAS

                 Yogananda, at his early age, has an idea  of going to Himalayas and made several attempts which ends in failure.His dream is to meet the ultimate guru lahiri mahasaya.His father told him, he was too young and need to experience life even better.In his 12th age, he met swami pranabananda.This saint divulges a thing that through perfect disciplined spiritual yoga practice a man can appear in two places at the same time.After 2 yrs of failure of Himalayan trip,he met perfume saint,tiger swami,nagendra nath bhaduri,master mahasaya and famous Bengali scientist jagadish Chandra bose.

             As the main thought of yogananda was to lead a healthy spiritual life and he was searching a guru.After completion of his secondary school,he stayed in the ashram of swami Dayananda.During his stay in that ashrama he found his guru swami yukteshwar giri.Later he became the disciple of the guru.His guru was a divine person filled with infinite spiritual knowledge.Yogananda determination towards Himalayan trip never vanished and the dream came true one day.He thought that he could find god in Himalayas. But, his guru made him believe that God is in us,within us through a miracle which is in the chapter,” an experience in cosmic consciousness”. This chapter is really mesmerizing and makes the reader’s mind extend towards the universe.

THE MAHAVATHAR BABAJI

                         There is a chapter about the lahiri mahasaya and his transmission from normal human life to  superior spiritual beginning.That part of the chapter is really inexpressible and indescribable.The Mahavathar babaji divulges mahasaya about his great spiritual history, purpose of his life and perform miracles which makes the reader feel the presence of true god.Babaji appeared to his another disciple swami yukteshwar giri,which is also a boon to the readers to read that chapter.Finally yogananda  experienced the presence of babaji, the rare & completed state for every soul in the universe. After reading these chapters the reader’s conscience will crave for the spirit of babaji and their spiritual life will be enhanced to peak.

THE KRIYA YOGA

                 Yogananda,after completing his degree in university,  became a monk of the guru’s order.His travel towards America and spreading the importance of kriya yoga to eastern and western countries evolve to begin.He initially scared to express his thoughts but the country accepts yogananda and his teachings are highly appreciated and celebrated by the peoples of that country.yogananda sensed about his guru’s death so returned to India.He met Luther Burbank – a saint and Therese Neumann – the catholic stigmatist while he returning .Yogananda and  his friend mr.wright came to India and visited his guru swami yukteshwar giri.After few days his guru enters the state of samadhi and he resurrected back at the third day of samadhi.This wonder is explained strenuously in that chapter.           

        Yogananda met Gandhiji and taught him kriya yoga.The main determination of this book is to reveal the science of kriya yoga and the law of miracles.The power of true consciousness can perform undoable things.This book changed the life of many people like superstar Rajinikanth,Virat Kholi,Ratan Tata,Steve Jobs.The true purpose of human is to find the god who was within us.Start searching.

By Dharshini