Paramhansa Yogananda - The Yoga of Jesus: Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels

Praise for Paramahansa Yoganandas complete commentary on the teachings of Jesus

The Second Coming of Christ:
The Resurrection of the Christ Within You

(published by Self-Realization Fellowship, 2004)

Offers startling ideas about the deeper meaning of Jesus teachings and their essential unity with yoga, one of the worlds oldest and most systematic religious paths to achieving oneness with God.It has been praised as a groundbreaking work by comparative religion scholars. Los Angeles Times

A masterpiece of spiritual revelation.As Yogananda delves into the life and background of Jesus, it becomes clear that the Gospels contain a universal esoteric message that has been awaiting full and systematic explication since the apostolic age. In Yoganandas commentary, what had been veiled, obscure, and oblique is fully disclosed. Yoga International

The publication of The Second Coming of Christ, by Paramahansa Yogananda, has all the hallmarks of an epochal offering.A majestic portrait of universality and depth. This is no ordinary work. Dayton Daily News

A remarkable new two-volume work The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You contains insights that can help Christians see their faith in fresh ways. Kansas City Star

In a world that is full of hatred, violence, anger, and darkness, the bringing out of The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You by Paramahansa Yogananda synchronizes with the need of the hour. India Post

Yogananda strips away the divisiveness and dogmatic approach that have accumulated around Jesus teachings and affirms that it is possible for every individual regardless of ones faith tradition to have the same relationship that Jesus had with the Divine. Sacred Pathways

Paramahansa Yogananda shows the universal truth of Self-realization hidden in the Gospels, which is relevant to all people and can help unify all religions in a higher awareness beyond any sectarian boundaries. This book can transform humanity at this time of global crisis today if it is sincerely studied and practiced. Dr. David Frawley, Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies

This revelatory commentarybreathes with the same heartfelt wisdom and gentle beauty that we associate with the Autobiography of a Yogi . If for any reason you may have lost touch with Jesus message, Yogananda is an ideal companion to reawaken you to its meaning and majesty. Adyar Booknews (Australia)

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Contents

Gods manifestation in divine incarnations The universal Christ Consciousness True meaning of The Second Coming

Jesus years in India The lost teachings of the Gospels Yoga: Universal science of religion

How every soul can attain Christ Consciousness Importance of the Comforter, or Holy Ghost Yoga and the Book of Revelation True Baptism in Spirit

Jesus teachings on born again Expressing the divine potentials of the soul Advancing from material consciousness to spiritual consciousness

The heavenly planes of Gods creation The esoteric science of kundalini or serpent force in the spine

Is Jesus the only savior? Dogma and misunderstanding in institutional churchianity Blind belief versus personal realization of truth

How mans life becomes blessed, filled with heavenly bliss

The two greatest commandments: Love of God first, and
serving the Divine Presence in all

The core of Jesus message: The blissful kingdom of the Heavenly Father and the method of its attainment

A note to the reader:

To assist the reader who may be unfamiliar with the concepts and terminology of Yoga and Eastern philosophy, a has been provided at the back of the book.

This gives easy-to-find definitions of most of the terms that are important to understanding Paramahansa Yoganandas exposition of the teachings of Jesus such as Christ Consciousness, Holy Ghost, Aum, the astral and causal worlds, and the various yogic terms applicable to the experience of meditation and God-realization.

Preface

Did Jesus, like the ancient sages and masters of the East, teach meditation as the way to enter the kingdom of heaven?

Were there hidden teachings given to his immediate disciples, which have been lost or suppressed through the centuries?

Did he really teach that all non-Christians are excluded from Gods kingdom? And does a literal reading of the Gospel truly probe the depths of his epoch-making message for humanity?

These and other questions are answered with reverent understanding and unprecedented insight by Paramahansa Yogananda in The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You. And his conclusions tally remarkably with contemporary religious scholars ongoing explorations of the profound esoteric and experiential dimensions of early Christianity, as revealed in the Gnostic gospels and other recently discovered manuscripts lost since the second and third centuries.

Paramahansa Yogananda is renowned as the Father of Yoga in the West and one of the preeminent spiritual figures of our time. The Second Coming of Christ his monumental work on the original teachings of Jesus was published in two large volumes (totaling more than 1,700 pages) in 2004. Taking the reader verse by verse through the four Gospels, the books 75 discourses provide in-depth discussions of the true significance of Jesus words, showing how they can only be fully understood when considered in the light of their original purpose: as a path to direct, personal experience of the kingdom of God within you.

Reporting on the release of this groundbreaking work, the Los Angeles Times (December 11, 2004) wrote: The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You offers startling ideas about the deeper meaning of Jesus teachings and their essential unity with yoga, one of the worlds oldest and most systematic religious paths to achieving oneness with God.The book aims to recover what Yogananda believed were major teachings lost to institutional Christianity. Among them was the idea that every seeker can know God not through mere belief but by direct experience via yoga meditation.