Biography Of Yogananda Paramahansa
Biography of Paramahansa Yogananda
I became interested in finding out more about the life of Paramahansa Yogananda while reading Erich Shiffman's book, Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness. Erich seemed so moved by the teachings of Yogananda that I wanted to experience his writings for myself. A quick trip to the library garnered Yogananda's most well-known writing, Autobiography of a Yogi, a book considered primarily responsible for bringing the teachings of Kriya Yoga to the West. Yogananda spent a majority of his adult life working and traveling in the United States, disseminating information about yoga and mediation practices through lectures and the establishment of his Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles. His years of service as an "Ambassador of Yoga" to the West were the culmination of years of fervent searching for a teacher among India's saints and sages, beginning as a very young child.
Paramahansa Yogananda (originally named Mukunda Lal......
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