Autobiography of a Yogi Documentary: Nina Simone
The One Book on His iPad
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
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
How I Came to Live in a Spiritual Community Called Ananda Village
Part 1: In UK Yesterday marked my one year anniversary since I moved, from Los Angeles, into the spiritual community of Ananda Village, in the foothills of Northern California. This is the story of how reading the Autobiography of a Yogi made that happen. It all probably started with this Facebook post of mine, of June 28, 2013. It read: … Read More
Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools
About two years after founding the Ranchi school, I received an invitation from Rabindranath [Tagore] to visit him at Santiniketan in order to discuss our educational ideals. I went gladly…
The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
For the first time in my life I did not kneel at his feet in greeting but instantly advanced to gather him hungrily in my arms. Moment of moments! …
Trailanga Swami
Lahiri Mahasaya had a very famous friend, Swami Trailanga, who was reputed to be over three hundred years old. The two yogis often sat together in meditation. Trailanga’s fame is so widespread that few Hindus would deny the possibility of truth in any story of his astounding miracles…
I Meet My Master, Sri Yukteswar
“Merciful Mother of the Universe, teach me Thyself through visions, or through a guru sent by Thee!”