About Author
Born in India on January 5, 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda 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, Sri Yogananda took formal vows as a monk of India's venerable monastic Swami Order. In 1920, he was invited to serve as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals in Boston. Over the next three decades, Paramahansa Yogananda contributed in far-reaching ways to a greater awareness and appreciation i
