Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi  is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893–March 7, 1952) first published in 1946.  The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual thought of the East, which had only been available to a few in 1946.  The author claims that the writing of the book was prophesied long ago by the nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasaya.  It has been in print for seventy years and translated into forty-five languages by Self-Realization Fellowship.  It has been highly acclaimed as a spiritual classic including being designated by Philip Zaleski, while he was under the auspices of HarperCollins Publishers, as one of the “100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century”.  (More from Wikipedia)