![]() Later that month Jon becomes fascinated by a footnote on page 83 and begins writing 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' Cholo-goth icon credits the book with saving his life and opening him to spiritual self-awareness. March 3rd 1973, Jon Anderson is given a copy of 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Jamie Muir at Bill Bruford's wedding. The footnote describes four that cover religion, art, social life, medicine, music and architecture. In the preface he wrote, 'His unusual life-document is certainly one of the most revealing of the depths of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West.' The preface was written by, an scholar of anthropology, a writer who was a pioneer in the study of and an author of The and Tibet's Great Yogi. ![]() The book then takes you on Yogananda's return visit to India in 1935 where he encountered leading spiritual figures such as in Bavaria, the Hindu saint, -winning physicist Sir, and Giri Bala, 'the woman yogi who never eats.' The reader then returns to the West with Yogananda where he continues to establish his teachings in America including writing this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins by describing Yogananda's childhood family life to his search for his guru, to the establishment of his first school, Brahmacharya Vidyalaya to his journey to America where he lectured to thousands, established and visited with, a renowned to whom this book is dedicated. Looking north along Swami's beach in, showing part of the 's ashram on the point, including (on the left) the hermitage where wrote Autobiography of a Yogi The Autobiography of a Yogi takes the reader on a journey into the spiritual adventures of Paramahansa Yogananda. According to Project Gutenberg, the first edition is in public domain and at least five publishers are reprinting it and four post it free for online reading. ![]()
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