Life Surrendered in God: The Philosophy and Practices of Kriya Yoga [Hardcover]

Roy Eugene Davis (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Csa Pr; 2 edition (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877072469
• ISBN-13: 978-0877072461
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,215,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Roy Eugene Davis was born in 1931 in Leavittsburg, Ohio, approximately 40 miles south of Cleveland, and grew up in a farming community. In his early teenage years he frequented the public library, reading books on psychology, philosophy, and yoga. When he was 18 years of age, he read Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi and immediately sensed a spiritual connection with Yogananda and the kriya yoga tradition. In December 1949, he traveled to Los Angeles, California, to meet his guru (teacher) and was accepted for monastic discipleship training.

Mr. Davis was ordained by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1951 and was appointed as the minister of the Phoenix, Arizona, Self-Realization Fellowship Center in March 1952. In late 1953, aware of a need to learn to live effectively in the secular world, he withdrew from the organization--but not from his relationship with the kriya yoga tradition or his commitment to serve. After 2 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Fort Riley, Kansas, he began his mission as an independent teacher. Since then, he has taught in more than 100 cities in North America and in Japan, Brazil, Europe, West Africa, and India.

Some of his books are published in 10 languages and in 11 countries. He is also the publisher of Truth Journal magazine and writes monthly lessons for CSA members around the world.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting voyage in the world of raja yoga, June 26, 1998

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This review is from: Life Surrendered in God: The Philosophy and Practices of Kriya Yoga (Hardcover)

Written by a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, this book supplies with information about Patanjali's Yoga Sutras with commentary and explains routines for meditation practices. I would suggest this book to people really interested in spiritual advancement.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yoga theory, practice and commentary on the Sutras., November 3, 2000

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This review is from: Life Surrendered in God: The Philosophy and Practices of Kriya Yoga (Hardcover)

The author has done an amazing job of bringing Kriya Yoga out from under the veil of mystery, in a manner which is consistent with and can be easily understood by the modern western mind.

Investing your heart and mind in this book, the readers who use it as a guide to and a prelude for meditation will, with a little effort, understand beyond question not only what is meant by the title, "A Life Surrendered In God", but can experience the joy of that surrender for themselves.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting book, October 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Life Surrendered in God: The Philosophy and Practices of Kriya Yoga (Hardcover)

The Author is a disciple of the great Kriya master, Paramahansa Yogananda,who was reponsible for bringing Kriya and Yoga medetation to the world beyond India in a lasting and widely effective way. For more data on Babaji and Kriya Yoga I recommend reading, "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda, from Self-Realization Publishers via Amazon.