Yogi Kathamrit (Mini) Hindi is the Hindi edition of the popular Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Summary Of The Book
Yogi Kathamrit (Mini) Hindi is about the fascinating life journey of the author. It describes his childhood quest for a Guru to show him the path to spiritual enlightenment. It goes into his first meeting with his guru Yukteswar Giri, and the time he spent learning the discipline of Kriya Yoga from him.
It talks about his setting up the Yogoda Satsanga school to teach Kriya Yoga to the general public. It then focuses on the author's time in the United States of America where he spent many years giving lectures and teaching Yoga, and meditation. He established the Self-Realization Fellowship, an international extension of his Yogoda Satsanga.
He then returned to India and met many great leaders in various fields like Mahatma Gandhi, Sir C. V. Raman, Rabindranath Tagore, and Ananda Moyi Ma among others. He also describes his encounter with Giri Bala, a woman who had controlled her hunger and physique so well, she never ate.
He later went back to America where he continued to teach his philosophy and yoga to international disciples. He is credited with popularizing the Indian art and science of Yoga and Indian philosophy in the west. The book has inspired many people, including famous personalities like George Harrison and Steve Jobs. The book explains the universal laws that govern ordinary happenings and also the laws that cover the basis of some extraordinary events that are considered miracles.
Yogi Kathamrit (Mini) Hindi is another edition in translation that attests to the continuing popularity of this book. Autobiography of A Yogi has sold several million copies since its first publication in 1946. It has also been translated into many other languages.
About Paramahansa Yogananda
Mukunda Lal Ghosh, known by his spiritual name of Paramahansa Yogananda, was an Indian spiritual guru and a yogi.
His other works include How To Have Courage, Calmness, And Confidence: The Wisdom Of Yogananda, and How To Achieve Glowing Health And Vitality: The Wisdom Of Paramhansa Yogananda.
Paramahansa Yogananda was born in Uttar Pradesh, in 1893. He completed his studies at Serampore College of the University of Calcutta. Simultaneously, he had also undergone training in Kriya Yoga at his guru Yukteswar Giri's Ashram. At the behest of his master, he established the Yogoda Satsanga in India and the Self-Realization Fellowship in the West to spread the science of Kriya Yoga.