Translator's Note_Kim Jeong-woo
Recommendation_Evan Wentz

01 Parents and Childhood
02 Mother's Death and the Mysterious Amulet
03 The Saint with Two Bodies
04 Passion for the Himalayas is frustrated
05 The Saint Who Creates Fragrance
06 Tiger Swami
07 The Leaping Saint
08 India's great scientist Bose
09 Ambassador Mahasaya and the Cosmic Romance
10. Meet Master Sri Yukteswar
11 Two Penniless Boys of Vrindavana
12 Days spent at the Master's hermitage
13 The Saint Who Never Sleeps
14 Experience of Cosmic Consciousness
15 Cauliflower Thieves
16 Understanding the Messages of the Stars
17 The Master's Prophecy and the Three Sapphires
18 Islamic Masters Who Practiced Mysteries
19 The Master of Calcutta Appears in Serampur
20 The far, far Himalayas
21 Finally Traveling to the Himalayas
22 Smile of the Statue
23 Receive a bachelor's degree
Becoming a monk of the 24 Swami Order
25 Brother Ananta and sister Nalini
26 Kriya Yoga for Spiritual Evolution
27 Establishing a yoga school
28 Kashi's Reincarnation Proves Reincarnation
29. Meet the Saint Tagore
30 Laws of Miracles
31 Interview with the Holy Mother
32 Rama rises from the dead
33 Babaji, the Yogi-Christ of Modern India
34 Materializing the Golden Palace in the Himalayas
35 The Life of Lahiri Mahasaya
36 Babaji's Interest in the West
37 Crossing to America
38 Saint Luther Burbank in the Rose
39 The Miracle of Saint Therese and the Stigmata
40 Return to India at the Master's Call
41 Pastoral Landscapes of South India
42 Last Days with the Master
43 The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
44 With Mahatma Gandhi, the saint of nonviolence
45 Saint Filled with Joy
46 A female yogi who fasted for 56 years
47 Returning to the West
48 At the Ashram in Encinitas, California
49 Beyond the Age of Science to the Age of Spirituality

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The only book stored on Steve Jobs' iPad
The wisdom of intuition and insight that opens up a world of infinite creativity.

Walter Isaacson, who wrote the biography of Steve Jobs, was unexpectedly impressed by Jobs' iPad.
That's because the device of the person who created the iPad that took people all over the world by storm had only one book stored on it.
It was 『Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi』, which Jobs first read in his teens and then encountered again during a trip to India in his twenties, and which he reads once a year thereafter.
Jobs stayed with this book his entire life.
In particular, the wisdom of intuition and insight gained through meditation was a great inspiration to him.
When Jobs's humanistic sensibility and scientific talent combined through intuition, innovative products that changed the world were born.
The intuition that comes from intense concentration and the insight that penetrates the essence have created a world of infinite creativity.


A profound and enriching spiritual pilgrimage leading to ultimate freedom and happiness.

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian spiritual master who walked the path of truth throughout his life.
Yogananda, Autobiography of a Soul, which contains his entire life, is a record of a true seeker's enlightenment and an in-depth guide to India's yogic science and age-old meditation tradition.

It is filled with wisdom that will fill our minds, including fundamental questions of life and death, how to shed the shell of the narrow ego and find our true self, and the path to ultimate freedom through union with God.
Yogananda leads us to a life based on truth.
It is a life where the fundamental misfortune of human existence is eliminated and where life shines with love, happiness, joy, delight and peace.
It is a life of spiritual progress, free from attachment to sensual desires.
Yogananda says that only by living this kind of life can we experience the divinity within us and realize the truth that the essence of humanity is God and the universe itself.
And all this, they teach, can be achieved through the Indian practice of yoga and meditation, which control the mind.
Selected as one of the best spiritual books of the 20th century, this book will awaken the ignorant souls sleeping in the darkness and serve as a bright beacon for all who wish to live a life closer to their essence.


A spiritual leader who led the era of spirituality beyond the age of science.
The greatest envoy who introduced India's yogic science and age-old tradition of meditation practice to the West.

Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, India in 1893.
A famous Taoist, seeing him in his mother's arms, prophesied that he would become a yogi and lead the spiritual locomotive, taking countless souls to the kingdom of God.
The prophecy came true.
Yogananda, who had been seeking out saints since childhood, entered the path of spiritual enlightenment in earnest at the age of 17, devoting himself to meditation and yoga practice at the ashram of a teacher he had met by fate.
And after five years of training, he finally fulfills his long-held desire to become a monk.
He founded a yoga school for boys and began teaching there before moving to the United States at the age of 27.
The goal was to spread India's yoga philosophy and meditation practices to the West, and to serve as a foundation for spiritual exchange and harmony between the East and the West.
It was a mission like destiny for him.

Yogananda achieved remarkable results in a foreign land where he knew no one.
Thousands of Americans, dreaming of freedom, filled auditoriums to hear him speak, and requests for large-scale speaking engagements followed, even leading to transcontinental speaking tours.
His teachings have had a profound influence on people in various fields, including economics, science, art, and politics.
He was invited to the White House to give a special lecture, and major media outlets reported on his activities with interest.
Many people became Yogananda's disciples and received Kriya Yoga, the culmination of India's ancient yoga science.

Yogananda founded the Self-Realization Society, a non-denominational spiritual practice that transcended religion, ideology, race, and culture, and established meditation centers in major cities across the United States, opening the door to inner enlightenment for many people.
He spent his life carrying out his mission as a guide who leads people into a profound spiritual world, conveying the essence of profound religion that experientially recognizes God.
These efforts earned him the acclaim of being "the greatest ambassador to the West for India's yogic science and age-old tradition of meditation practice."

In his pursuit of truth, Yogananda associated with many great teachers.
Mahatma Gandhi, the saint of non-violence; Rabindranath Tagore, the poet known to us as the light of the East; and Luther Burbank, the American horticulturalist who scientifically proved that the waves of love promote plant growth, are all souls of the century who influenced their times.
Yogananda, nourished by his encounters with these outstanding intellectuals, was reborn as a spiritual leader who would lead the age of spirituality beyond the age of science.


Walking the Path of Truth with the Greatest Yogi of the 20th Century
“Free yourself from illusion and realize that you are the truth and the universe.”

For Yogananda, there was only one truth: the realization that each of us is God, light, and the universe.
He believed that all religions fundamentally share the same truth.
Therefore, the distinction between Hinduism and Buddhism, Christianity and Islam was meaningless.
The distinction between humanities, science, and art was also unnecessary.
It was important for us to become aware of God ourselves.
It is the process of recognizing and experiencing that I myself am the universe.
Yogananda says that to do this, one must first break free from the illusions of the universe.
The illusion that the body is mine, the misunderstanding that the fluctuating emotions are mine, the dream that the world unfolding before my eyes is real.
This is welcome.
Yoga and meditation practices give us the intuitive eye to see through these illusions.
By calming your mind and focusing your mind in meditation, you will develop the power of intuition that goes beyond the five senses, and through this, you will gain the ability to see through the essence behind illusions.
When you learn to distinguish between illusion and reality, truth and falsehood, you will be free from attachment and attain ultimate freedom.
It teaches that those who discover their true self will live a life of spiritual progress and ultimately reach the ultimate happiness of becoming one with God.


Hitting the target of essence with scientific and clear language

This book also vividly records eyewitness accounts of the extraordinary lives and miraculous abilities of modern Indian saints.
They can appear in more than one place at a time, resurrect the dead, pluck food from the air, and live for 56 years without taking a sip of water.
He builds a golden palace at the foot of the Himalayas and then makes it disappear in an instant.
These amazing miracles, which are difficult for ordinary people to understand, do not sound like lies or myths, but rather as stories that are completely possible in reality, thanks to Yogananda's scientific and friendly explanations.
Yogananda's language is that clear.
No matter how profound the content, it elicits empathy through an interesting and clear narrative.
Even when explaining the difficult-to-imagine afterlife or the experience of cosmic consciousness, it strikes the mark of essence and portrays it persuasively.


Meet Yogananda, the Buddhist monk and Beatles philosopher George Harrison
A classic of the spiritual world that sparked wisdom and love in the lives of 6 million readers worldwide.

Yogananda, Autobiography of a Soul has ignited a spark of wisdom and love in the lives of not only seekers but also countless creative individuals.
It was first introduced in Korea in 1984 by Jeongshinsegye Publishing Company under the title “Yogananda the Seeker,” and has now been republished by Tran Publishing Company with a new translation by the same translator.

Whenever the Venerable Pomnyun visited California, USA, he stopped by the meditation center founded by Yogananda.
Facing the vast Pacific Ocean, this ashram is a beautiful blend of meditation caves carved into steep cliffs, rose gardens, eucalyptus forests, and sparkling lakes, creating a special atmosphere that naturally draws all who visit.

George Harrison, the 'philosopher of the Beatles', kept a stack of Yogananda's autobiography at home and gave a copy to everyone who visited.
I read this book to people when they wanted to redesign their lives.
Because I believed that it contained the truth that runs through the core of all religions.

First published in 1946, this book has been selected as one of the best spiritual books of the 20th century, and has been translated and published in over 30 languages ​​worldwide. It has also been adopted as a textbook for courses on Indian philosophy and yoga by over 100 of the world's leading universities.
It has also sold over 6 million copies, earning it a place as a modern classic and still remains a bestseller in the spiritual world to this day.