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Paramhansa Yogananda es, sin duda alguna, uno de los más grandes maestros espirituales del siglo XX. Él le pidió a su discípulo Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) que transcribiera sus enseñanzas orales y les diera forma de libros. La esencia de la autorrealización es el resultado de ese encargo que el maestro le hizo al discípulo: la fiel transcripción del mensaje de amor y realización personal difundido por Yogananda en los últimos años de su vida ejemplar. Esta obra está dirigida a los muchos seguidores de Yogananda, pero también a todos aquellos que deseen iniciarse en la filosofía de este gran maestro. El libro resume los principios básicos de su pensamiento y es una lectura estimulante para cualquier lector, incluso para aquellos que no acostumbran a leer textos de contenido espiritual.

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Swami Yogananda, a young Hindu monk, delivered his first address, "The Science of Religion," to the International Congress of Religious Liberals meeting in Boston on October 6, 1920. He remained in America and began to attract thousands to his public lectures. In 1925, Yogananda established the headquarters of his organization, the Self-Realization Fellowship, on Mount Washington in Los Angeles. (One of his most distinguished disciples was the horticulturist Luther Burbank.) His Autobiography of a Yogi Autobiography of a Yogi was published in 1946 and has been translated into 18 languages. Yogananda and the Self-Realization Fellowship have been the means by which many Americans have been introduced to and have adopted Hindu modes of thought and religious practice. Yogananda taught that Hindu mysticism was compatible with and similar to Western and Christian mysticism. In 1935 his guru gave Yogananda the title Paramahansa, which means "supreme swan" and is a title indicating the highest spiritual attainment. His disciples regard the manner of Yogananda's death---he expired immediately after addressing a banquet in honor of the ambassador from India---as a demonstration of his supreme yogic bodily control. The Self-Realization Fellowship continues to be an important alternative religion in America, and it has a strong institutional presence in and around the Los Angeles area. (Bowker Author Biography)