Author

Books by Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) was a Bengali Indian yogi and guru who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in bringing yoga and meditation to the West. Born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, he trained under the yogi Sri Yukteswar Giri and arrived in the United States in 1920 to speak at an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. He spent most of the rest of his life in America, establishing the Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920 and founding an ashram in Los Angeles. Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, has been continuously in print and has been cited as a transformative influence by figures ranging from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.