
Sri Pramahamsa Yogananda was undoubtedly the most
prominent enlightened person of the modern era who was able to
reawaken interest in the secret of divine principles of a
special yogic discipline, by which humans are able to burn down
the karmic deficits much faster and thus reach the liberative
stages of realization much easier. His first hand account of
encounters with the enlightened ones on the path to self
realization from childhood to the position of one of the most
respected Guru of International reputation with meditation
centers spread out all over the world, is wonderfully narrated
in the most selling spiritual auto biography of our times:
"Autobiography Of A Yogi" .
It is the
only known autobiographical account of an enlightened person from a
first hand perspective dealing with all the aspects of belief, disbelief
and it shatters all the myths or taboo of married individuals becoming
enlightened or continuing in family life after getting enlightened; as
he gives the wonderful experiences he had with quite a few family
persons who were enlightened beyond doubt. The book is a 'must read'
for general amusement over mystical things or to be pondered over for
the questions it poses before us about the real capabilities of man and
his comparative position in the universe.
The
yoga order he established has grown to be one of the most popular
spiritual societies for people who want not just happiness and peace,
but real enlightenment and permanent breakage of all the bonds of karma
which binds us to this universe. The society is the only KNOWN
organization in THIS world, which teaches the highly evolved and
scientific meditation technique of 'Kriya Yoga' and is highly
recommended for a real spiritual aspirant for the serious purpose of
emancipation.
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