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The Second Coming of Christ: From the Original Unchanged Writings of Paramhansa Yogananda's Interpretations of the Sayings of Jesus Christ

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Hundreds of thousands of readers who were deeply moved by Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi" have been eagerly awaiting the release by Self-Realization Fellowship of his commentary on the words of Christ. The great master entrusted the editing and publication of his final writings to his closest and most advanced disciples, such as Sri Daya Mata and Mrinalini Mata, who are still living. Like their master, these wholely dedicated monastics adhere to the highest standards in preparing accurate, faithful, gorgeous editions of his great works. Examples in recent years would be the award winning "Wine of the Mystic" (ISBN 087612225X ) and "God Talks with Arjuna"(2-vol Gita)(ISBN 0876120311 ). Similar energy, loyalty and care is currently being invested in the preparation of the master's New Testament commentaries, a *portion* or which are included in the present little volume.

Unfortunately the zeal, impatience and over-confidence of some of Yogananda's former students lead them to pull together a hasty compilation without the permission of SRF, holder of copyright on all of Yogananda's writings. For years I had to *wonder* what this volume was because I couldn't countenance supporting r o g u e around-the-end efforts by purchasing. However, now having had a chance to peruse a loaner copy, I would like to assure other SRF students that THEY AREN'T MISSING MUCH. If you have studied the full 3-1/2 years of the "SRF Lessons" and subscribed to the weekly "Service Readings", you'll find that the most vital parts of this little paperback are already printed in those Service Readings.

[And if you are new to all this and *haven't* yet studied the Lessons, you'll probably benefit much more by reading Autobiography of a Yogi (ISBN 0876120834 ) and applying yourself to the study of the meditation techniques available directly from the the weekly Lessons out of the Los Angeles headquarters. If you have any questions, please feel free to e mail me.]

There is so much more to Yogananda's commentary on the words of Christ than is surveyed here. We are all looking forward to the Self-Realization Fellowship release of the full commentary. I have no doubt that it will be worth the wait!

Although the publisher mentions this as being an original work of Yogananda, one should keep in mind that the master Himself revised and improved many of his writings in the final years of his mission, when he was even more advanced. Therefore, the Best is yet to come!

This is a true spiritual gem about the life of
Jesus Christ and his teachings,interpretated
by a Realized Master.
Thank you Yogananda!

The original book edited the way Paramahansa Yogananda wanted is "The Second Coming of Christ: The Ressurection of The Christ Within You" from Self-Realization Publishers

The wisdom of Yogananda collected by Amrita foundation. This is not a light book but it is worth looking for a copy. This book seems to be original, without changings and/or additions. What is very interesting is that the size of the book is very small, whilst the new version is much bigger. The question arises spontaneously: Did SRF add material, hearsays, opinions and so on, or did Amrita omit much stuff? buy both versions and discover for yourself...