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Yogananda’s Autobiography, 1946, and Thomas Merton’s, two years later

Posted on December 29, 2012 by ashramdiary

3.    Autobiography of a Yogi, 1946: Yogananda’s song of himself in India and America; compare with Thomas Merton’s autobiography, The Seven-Storey Mountain, 1948, and with Merton’s subsequent, wide-ranging dialogue with the East. The opening lines of AY: “The characteristic features … Continue reading →

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