Autobiography of a Yogi 
By Paramhansa Yogananda

This is not an ordinary book. It is a spiritual treasure. Rarely does a sage of Paramhansa Yogananda’s stature write a firsthand account of his life experiences.

This spiritual classic has been read by millions. Followers of many religious traditions have come to recognize Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi as a masterpiece of spiritual literature. Yet, for all its depth, it is full of gentle humor, lively stories, and practical common sense.

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• The Beginning
• Dedication
• Map of India
• Preface
• Acknowledgments

• Chapter 1: My Parents and Early Life
• Chapter 2: My Mother’s Death and the Mystic Amulet
• Chapter 3: The Saint With Two Bodies
• Chapter 4: My Interrupted Flight Toward the Himalayas
• Chapter 5: A “Perfume Saint” Displays His Wonders
• Chapter 6: The Tiger Swami
• Chapter 7: The Levitating Saint
• Chapter 8: India’s Great Scientist, J. C. Bose
• Chapter 9: The Blissful Devotee and His Cosmic Romance
• Chapter 10: I Meet my Master, Sri Yukteswar
• Chapter 11: Two Penniless Boys in Brindaban
• Chapter 12: Years in My Master’s Hermitage
• Chapter 13: The Sleepless Saint
• Chapter 14: An Experience in Cosmic Consciousness
• Chapter 15: The Cauliflower Robbery
• Chapter 16: Outwitting the Stars
• Chapter 17: Sasi and the Three Sapphires
• Chapter 18: A Mohammedan Wonder-Worker
• Chapter 19: My Master, in Calcutta, Appears in Serampore
• Chapter 20: We Do Not Visit Kashmir
• Chapter 21: We Visit Kashmir
• Chapter 22: The Heart of a Stone Image
• Chapter 23: I Receive My University Degree
• Chapter 24: I Become a Monk of the Swami Order
• Chapter 25: Brother Ananta and Sister Nalini
• Chapter 26: The Science of Kriya Yoga
• Chapter 27: Founding a Yoga School in Ranchi
• Chapter 28: Kashi, Reborn and Rediscovered
• Chapter 29: Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools
• Chapter 30: The Law of Miracles
• Chapter 31: An Interview with the Sacred Mother
• Chapter 32: Rama is Raised from the Dead
• Chapter 33: Babaji, the Yogi-Christ of Modern India
• Chapter 34: Materializing a Palace in the Himalaya
• Chapter 35: The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya
• Chapter 36: Babaji’s Interest in the West
• Chapter 37: I Go to America
• Chapter 38: Luther Burbank — A Saint Amidst the Roses
• Chapter 39: Therese Neumann, the Catholic Stigmatist
• Chapter 40: I Return to India
• Chapter 41: An Idyl in South India
• Chapter 42: Last Days with My Guru
• Chapter 43: The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
• Chapter 44: With Mahatma Gandhi at Wardha
• Chapter 45: The Bengali “Joy-Permeated Mother”
• Chapter 46: The Woman Yogi Who Never Eats
• Chapter 47: I Return to the West
• Chapter 48: At Encinitas in California