Considered a modern spiritual classic, this is a delightful account of a life and introduction to the ancient science of yoga Considered a classic in its field since it was first published in 1946, this perennial bestseller has introduced countless readers to the science and philosophy of yoga meditation. This edition includes a final chapter on the closing years of Yogananda's life. List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii W. Y. Evans-Wentz Introduction xv My Parents and Early Life 3(13) My Mother's Death and the Mystic Amulet 16(10) The Saint With Two Bodies 26(8) Swami Pranabananda My Interrupted Flight Toward the Himalayas 34(16) A ``Perfume Saint'' Displays His Wonders 50(10) The Tiger Swami 60(10) The Levitating Saint 70(7) Nagendra Nath Bhaduri India's Great Scientist 77(11) J. C. Bose The Blissful Devotee and His Cosmic Romance 88(11) Master Mahasaya I Meet My Master 99(13) Sri Yukteswar Two Penniless Boys in Brindaban 112(10) Years in My Master's Hermitage 122(35) The Sleepless Saint 157(8) Ram Gopal Muzumdar An Experience in Cosmic Consciousness 165(9) The Cauliflower Robbery 174(13) Outwitting the Stars 187(13) Sasi and the Three Sapphires 200(8) A Mohammedan Wonder-Worker 208(7) Afzal Khan My Master, in Calcutta, Appears in Serampore 215(4) We Do Not Visit Kashmir 219(7) We Visit Kashmir 226(14) The Heart of a Stone Image 240(7) I Receive My University Degree 247(9) I Become a Monk of the Swami Order 256(11) Brother Ananta and Sister Nalini 267(8) The Science of Kriya Yoga 275(12) Founding a Yoga School in Ranchi 287(10) Kashi, Reborn and Discovered 297(6) Rabindranath Tagore and I Compare Schools 303(6) The Law of Miracles 309(14) An Interview With the Sacred Mother 323(12) Kashi Moni Lahiri Rama Is Raised From the Dead 335(10) Babaji, Yogi-Christ of Modern India 345(11) Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas 356(15) The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya 371(16) Babaji's Interest in the West 387(12) I Go to America 399(12) Luther Burbank---A Saint Amid the Roses 411(7) Therese Neumann, the Catholic Stigmatist 418(11) I Return to India 429(12) An Idyl in South India 441(16) Last Days With My Guru 457(18) The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar 475(22) With Mahatma Gandhi at Wardha 497(21) The Bengali ``Joy-Permeated Mother'' 518(7) Ananda Moyi Ma The Woman Yogi Who Never Eats 525(14) Giri Bala I Return to the West 539(5) At Encinitas in California 544(5) The Years 1940-1951 549(28) Paramahansa Yogananda: A Yogi in Life and Death 570(1) Commemorative stamp issued by Government of India in honor of Paramahansa Yogananda 571(1) The Line Self-Realization Fellowship Gurus 572(1) Aims and Ideals of Self-Realization Fellowship 573(4) Index 577