An Informal Talk By Paramahansa Yogananda : Awake in the Cosmic Dream [Audio CD]

Paramahansa Yogananda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 2007

Number 2 in our "Collector's Series" of rare archival talks by Paramahansa Yogananda, this particular talk was recorded in 1952, at the Self-Realization Fellowship headquarters in Los Angeles, on the occasion of Paramahansa Yogananda's birthday - just two months before his passing. In this spontaneous outpouring of his heart, he touches on the entire spectrum of spiritual living. Through personal stories and practical guidance, he explains why finding God is the only permanent solution to the enduring problems of human existence. The outstanding quality of the recordings in this series brings Yogananda intimately close to the listener. His wise and oft-times witty counsel make these recordings a must for admirers of Yogananda's works. The entire "Collector's Series" is now available on CD.

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About the Author

Hailed as "the father of Yoga in the West", Paramahansa Yogananda is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in India on January 5, 1893, he devoted his life to helping people of all races and creeds to realize and express more fully in their lives the true beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit. After graduating from Calcutta University in 1915, Yogananda took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami Order. Two years later, he began his life's work with the founding of a how-to-live school since grown to twenty-one educational institutions throughout India where traditional academic subjects were offered together with yoga training and instruction in spiritual ideals. In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. His address to the Congress and subsequent lectures on the East Coast were enthusiastically received, and in 1924 he embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. Over the next three decades, Paramahansa Yogananda contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation in the West of the spiritual wisdom of the East. In Los Angeles, he established an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship, the nonsectarian religious society he had founded in 1920. Through his writings, extensive lecture tours, and the creation of Self-Realization Fellowship temples and meditation centers, he introduced hundreds of thousands of truth-seekers to the ancient science and philosophy of Yoga and its universally applicable methods of meditation. Today, the spiritual and humanitarian work begun by Paramahansa Yogananda continues under the direction of Sri Daya Mata, one of his earliest and closest disciples and president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India since 1955. In addition to publishing his writings, lectures and informal talks (including a comprehensive series of Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons for home study), the society also oversees temples, retreats, and centers around the world. Autobiography of a Yogi - Yogananda's riveting life story - continues to appear on bestseller lists more than sixty years after its composition, and is regarded worldwide as a spiritual classic.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Self Realization Fellowship; abridged edition edition (August 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876125240
• ISBN-13: 978-0876125243
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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