Diary of a yogi by yogananda6/24/2023 ![]() Learning about Hinduism and its various practices was like opening a window on a windy Santa Ana day in December. ![]() ![]() Charles elementary school, we were not taught about other religions. Since I was raised Roman Catholic and attended St. I devoured the book in slow chunks and loved every chapter of it since it opened up a hitherto unknown world to me. It was rather about an Indian mystic who had come to America in 1920 to share his views on spirituality and what he had learned from his associations with various saints and sages, particularly his own guru Sri Yukestwar of Serampore. However, after I got home I soon realized my mistake. In those days (circa 1967) I was a great fan of baseball, particularly the Dodgers, and when I first spotted the book at my local North Hollywood Public library I thought it must be about Yogi Berra, the famous catcher for the New York Yankees, so I naturally picked it up for a closer reading. ![]() I first read Yogananda's, justly famous, Autobiography of a Yogi, when I was just eleven years old. ![]()
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