![]() Professor Ashutosh Das, Ph.D., D.Litt., of Calcutta University, declares, “ Autobiography of a Yogi is regarded as an Upanishad of the new age.It has satisfied the spiritual thirst of truth-seekers throughout the world. By any measure, Autobiography of a Yogi has played a major role in introducing the science of yoga to the modern world. It is still appearing on spiritual and inspirational best-seller lists seventy-five years after it was first published - a rare phenomenon! Available in many translations, it is now being used in colleges and universities all over the world in courses ranging from Eastern philosophy and religion to English literature, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and even business management. With the passing years “thousands of readers” became millions, and the enduring and universal appeal of Autobiography of a Yogi has become increasingly apparent. Their comments, and the fact that the book has been translated into many languages, encourages me to believe that the West has found in these pages an affirmative answer to the question: ‘Has the ancient science of yoga any worthwhile place in the life of the modern man?’” “I have been intensely moved,” Sri Yogananda wrote in an Author’s Note to the 1951 edition, “to receive letters from thousands of readers. ![]()
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