Paramahansa Yogananda - Demystifying Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda as Presented by his Direct Disciple, Swami Kriyananda

The original 1946 unedited edition of Yoganandas spiritual masterpiece Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the best-selling Eastern philosophy titles of all time, with millions of copies sold, and named one of the best and most influential books of the twentieth century. This highly prized reprinting of the original 1946 edition is the only one available free from textual changes made after Yoganandas death. Yogananda was the first yoga master of India whose mission was to live and teach in the West.

In this updated edition are bonus materials, including a last chapter that Yogananda wrote in 1951, without posthumous changes. This new edition also includes the eulogy that Yogananda wrote for Gandhi, and a new foreword and afterword by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yoganandas close, direct disciples.

This edition of Autobiography of a Yogi is also available in unabridged audiobook (MP3) format, read by Swami Kriyananda.

In the original edition, published during Yoganandas life, one is more in contact with Yogananda himself. While Yogananda founded centers and organizations, his concern was more with guiding individuals to direct communion with Divinity rather than with promoting any one church as opposed to another. This spirit is easier to grasp in the original edition of this great spiritual and yogic classic.David Frawley, Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, author of Yoga and Ayurveda

Paramhansa Yogananda

A Biography with Personal Reflections and Reminiscences
by Swami Kriyananda

Paramhansa Yoganandas classic Autobiography of a Yogi is more about the saints Yogananda met than about himselfin spite of the fact that Yogananda was much greater than many he described. In this biography, one of Yoganandas closest, direct disciples relates the untold story of this great spiritual master and world teacher: his teenage miracles, his challenges in coming to America, his national lecture campaigns, his struggles to fulfill his world-changing mission amid incomprehension and painful betrayals, and his ultimate triumphant achievement. Kriyanandas subtle grasp of his gurus inner nature reveals Yoganandas many-sided greatness. Includes many never-before-published anecdotes.

Swami Kriyanandas biography is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Paramhansa Yogananda. I especially like the authors chapter on Yoganandas legacy where he quotes Yogananda on his concept of world brotherhood colonies. I am astounded to find that a consciousness-based theory of evolution predicts the evolutionary necessity of such colonies. Yogananda was a true seer and indeed, his words shall not die.

Amit Goswami, PhD, quantum physicist and author of The Self-Aware Universe, Creative Evolution, and How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization

Also available in unabridged audiobook (MP3) format

The New Path

My Life with Paramhansa Yogananda
Swami Kriyananda

Winner of the 2010 Eric Hoffer Award for Best Self-Help/Spiritual Book
Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for Best Spiritual Book

This is the moving story of Kriyanandas years with Paramhansa Yogananda, Indias emissary to the West and the first yoga master to spend the greater part of his life in America. When Swami Kriyananda discovered Autobiography of a Yogi in 1948, he was totally new to Eastern teachings. This is a great advantage to the Western reader, since Kriyananda walks us along the yogic path as he discovers it from the moment of his initiation as a disciple of Yogananda. With winning honesty, humor, and deep insight, he shares his journey on the spiritual path through personal stories and experiences.

Through more than four hundred stories of life with Yogananda, we tune in more deeply to this great master and to the teachings he brought to the West. This book is an ideal complement to Autobiography of a Yogi. Reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda was a transformative experience for me and for millions of others. In The New Path, Kriyananda carries on this great tradition. Highly recommended.

Dean Ornish, MD, Founder and President, Preventative Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, author of The Spectrum

Completely revised and updated, The New Path is filled with profound reflections, insights, experiences, challenges, and spiritual wisdom. Required reading for every spiritual seeker. I heartily recommend it.

Michael Toms, Founder, New Dimensions Media, and author of True Work and An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms

Also available in unabridged audiobook (MP3) format

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda
As Remembered by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda

Rarely in a lifetime does a new spiritual classic appear that has the power to change peoples lives and trans form future generations. This is such a book.

This revelation of Indias best-loved scripture approaches it from a fresh perspective, showing its deep allegorical meaning and its down-to-earth practicality. The themes presented are universal: how to achieve victory in life in union with the divine; how to prepare for lifes final exam, death, and what happens afterward; how to triumph over all pain and suffering.

It is doubtful that there has been a more important spiritual writing in the last fifty years than this soul-stirring, monumental work. What a gift! What a treasure!

Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God

Also available in unabridged audiobook (MP3) format.

Revelations of Christ

Proclaimed by Paramhansa Yogananda
Presented by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda

The rising tide of alternative beliefs proves that now, more than ever, people are yearning for a clear-minded and uplifting understanding of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

This galvanizing book, presenting the teachings of Christ from the experience and perspective of Paramhansa Yogananda, one of the greatest spiritual masters of the twentieth century, finally offers the fresh perspective on Christs teachings for which the world has been waiting. This work offers us an opportunity to understand and apply the scriptures in a more reliable way than any other: by studying under those saints who have communed directly, in deep ecstasy, with Christ and God.

Kriyanandas revelatory book gives us the enlightened, timeless wisdom of Jesus the Christ in a way that addresses the challenges of twenty-first-century living.