Autobiography of a Yogi and Me, Explore Autobiography of a Yogi

An Instrumental Book

Daily Life

A Letter to Ananda Members Regarding the Election

The results of the election were quite a shock to us, as probably to most people. We are entering a new era in politics and many people will be unsettled, anxious, perhaps even fear filled. At times like this we all need to be, ever more strongly, instruments for God’s light. Remember, this is God’s dream and He is in … Read More

Daily Life

Letter by Jyotish and Devi from Mumbai, India

We hope that you are all doing well. Our health and energy continue to be strong, and we’re very grateful for all your support and prayers. These past two weeks have been a break from a busy schedule of teaching and public activities. Fortunately there was a wonderful opportunity to go deeper into Master’s presence before a last big teaching … Read More

Divine Love, Thank You, God

Divine Mother’s Love for the Pilgrim

Dear Friend, In the gang-ridden Englewood neighborhood of Chicago’s South Side, a place where children playing outside can lose their lives in drive-by shootings, where a young man’s ambition is more often to be “like my big homie L.D.” than to be a teacher or a doctor—where his future is likely to be the penitentiary, or the morgue, or continuing … Read More

Autobiography of a Yogi and Me, Explore Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi and Finding the Path of Kriya Yoga

All the way up the winding staircase on the fifth floor of a brownstone townhouse in Boston, I sat in my dorm room reading about Kriya Yoga in Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. This book has been called the spark of the spiritual revolution this past century: My father had given me his copy of the Autobiography when I was home on … Read More

Autobiography of a Yogi and Me, Explore Autobiography of a Yogi

The Start of a Lifelong Search

I was seven years old when I first tried to read Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. I remember bits of it from that age, like Yogananda’s account of the Tiger Swami, but not too much. When I was 20 years old I finally read all of it. It started me on a lifelong search for God, truth, and inspired me … Read More