Autobiography of a Yogi.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Internet Bookwatch | Date: June 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramhansa Yogananda

Crystal Clarity, Publishers

14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City, CA 95959

1565892127, $14.00 www.crystalclarity.com 1-800-424-1055

Autobiography of a Yogi is the life story of the first yoga master of India who made it his mission to teach in the West, Paramhansa Yogananda, as written by his own hand. A reprint of the first edition published in 1946, Autobiography of a Yogi presents the original unedited text, with a final chapter presented free from changes other editions made after Yogananda's passing, and a new ...

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