{"id":2197,"date":"2016-12-09T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2016-12-09T19:51:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:21:12","slug":"notes-from-reading-autobiography-of-a-yogi-by-paramhansa-yogananda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/09\/notes-from-reading-autobiography-of-a-yogi-by-paramhansa-yogananda\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from reading: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autobiography of a Yogi <\/span><\/a>\u00a0was in my reading list for the past few months. \u00a0Last week I was able to finish reading it. The book as the title says is an autobiography of Paramhansa Yogananda.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paramhansa Yogananda<\/span><\/a> with his teachings and \u00a0Kriya Yoga \u00a0changed life of many of us. He spent most of his time in spreading meditation practice via Kriya Yoga to the western world. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Content of the book is divided into various stages of Yogananda\u2019s life, his meetings with auspicious sadhus, trip to Europe, self realization and<\/span> guru\/sishya relationship<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I enjoyed reading the book and especially the part where he encounters various sages like the lady who survives on air, a saint who had a vegetable eating tiger as pet etc. It also provides glimpse of India & \u00a0pre-independence era.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to add my notes from the chapter where Yoganandaji \u00a0met \u00a0<\/span>Mahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. The perfect state on non-violence is reached when only the mind, body & speech are in proper coordination.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Someday people will learn that material things do not bring happiness and are of little use in making men and women creative and powerful.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Forgiveness is holiness: by forgiveness the universe is held together.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. It appears that misery, starvation and diseases are whips of our karma that ultimately drive us to seek the true meaning of life.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Death is not a blotting out of existence, a final escape from life, nor is death the door to immortality. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I understand we are too busy with our life but if you could spare some time buy this book & read it, you don’t have to thank me for the advice. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Autobiography of a Yogi \u00a0was in my reading list for the past few months. \u00a0Last week I was able to finish reading it. The book as the title says is an autobiography of Paramhansa Yogananda. Paramhansa Yogananda with his teachings and \u00a0Kriya Yoga \u00a0changed life of many of us. He spent most of his time … <\/p>\n

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