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This is a verbatim reproduction of the original 1946 edition, complete with the original photos,many of them not seen since earlier editions. Although subsequent printings, reflecting revisions made after the author's death in 1952, have sold over a million copies and have been translated into more than 19 languages, the few thousand of the original have long since disappeared into the hands of collectors.Now, with this online version, the 1946 edition is widely available, with all its inherent power, just as the great master of yoga first presented it.
Astrological
Quotes from Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramhansa Yogananda
Chapter 16 -- Outwitting the Stars
Autobiography of a Yogi is not an ordinary book. It is a spiritual treasure. To read its message of hope to all truthseekers is to begin a great adventure.
" Astrology is the study of man's response to planetary stimuli. The stars have no conscious benevolence or animosity: they merely send forth positive and negative radiations. Of themselves, these do not help or harm humanity. but offer a lawful channel for the outward operation of cause-effect equilibriums that each man has set into motion in the past. " -Sri Yukteswar
" A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with one's individual karma. His horoscope is a challenging portrait , revealing his unalterable past and it's probable future results. " -Sri Yukteswar
" All human ills arise from some transgression of universal law. The scriptures point out that man must satisfy the laws of nature. While not discrediting the divine omnipotence. He should say: "Lord, I trust in Thee and know Thou cans't help me. but I too will do my best to undo any wrong I have done!. By a number of means-by prayer, by will power by yoga meditation, by consultation with saints by use of astrological bangles-the adverse effects of past wrongs can be minimized or nullified. " -Sri Yukteswar
"The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate-the result of past good and evil--- but to arouse man's will to escape from his universal thralldom. What he has done he can undo. None other than himself was the instigator of the causes of whatever effects are now prevalent in his life. He can overcome any limitation, because he created it by his own actions in the first place and because he possesses spiritual resources that are not subject to planetary pressure." - Sri Yukteswar