Autobiography of a Yogi: In 1946, Paramahansa Yogananda published his life story, , which was instrumental in introducing vedic philosophy to the West.

It has since been translated into eighteen languages and remains a best seller. It includes Yogananda's and Sri Yukteswar's attempts to explain certain verses and events of the Bible such as the Garden of Eden story. Further, it provides descriptions of Yogananda's encounters with leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann, the Hindu saint Sri Anandamoyi Ma, Mohandas Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, noted American plant scientist Luther Burbank, and Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman.

Notes:

1) Autobiography of a Yogi is "Dedicated to the Memory of Luther Burbank, An American Saint".

2) Wikisource link: s:Autobiography of a Yogi

3) The 1946 ed. of Autobiography of a Yogi is in the Public Domain and can be downloaded from: