{"product_id":"autobiography-of-a-yogi-by-paramahansa-yogananda-9788172345365","title":"Autobiography of a Yogi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Yogi\u003c\/em\u003e is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) first published in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India into a Bengali family. \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of a Yogi\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with his childhood family life, finding his guru, becoming a monk, and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak at a religious congress in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He then travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, he returns to India for a yearlong visit. When he returns to America, he continues to establish his teachings, including writing this book. The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual thought of the East, which had only been available to a few in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author claims that the writing of the book was prophesied long ago by the nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasaya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(Excerpt from Wikipedia)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000248250604,"sku":"9788172345365","price":17.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788172345365-autobiography-of-a-yogi.jpg?v=1784978136","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/autobiography-of-a-yogi-by-paramahansa-yogananda-9788172345365","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}