Beyond Autobiography of a Yogi: Yogananda and his Teachings

Millions of spiritual seekers consider Paramhansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi their Gita-Bible of self-realization―a journey to discover our body, mind and soul's oneness with God's omnipresence. Oswald Pereira in this book captures both the essence of the autobiography and Yogananda’s core teachings. Oswald analyses the autobiography in the first part of the book. The second part evaluates Yogananda's philosophy of universalism, unity and oneness of people and of religions; discusses the parallelisms between Krishna and Christ's teachings; the difference between the kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of God; and Kriya Yoga’s scientific technique of God-contact. The book unfolds an esoteric discourse on God, among various spiritual concepts of interest to today's generation. In addition, the book compares Sri Ramakrishna and his disciple Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy of universalism with that of Yogananda. While Yogananda’s metaphysical gyan helps us to renew God-contact and rediscover the joy within, lost by delusion, his philosophy of universalism and oneness is very relevant in today’s environment of communal disharmony and discord.