ppt of first nine chapters

1. Autobiography of
a Yogi

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: My Parents and Early Life
• Chapter 2: My Mother's Death And The Mystic Amulet
• Chapter 3: The Saint With Two Bodies
• Chapter 4: My Interrupted Flight Toward The Himalayas
• Chapter 5: A 'Perfume Saint' Displays His Wonders
• Chapter 6: The Tiger Swami
• Chapter 7: The Levitating Saint
• Chapter 8: India's Great Scientist, J.C. Bose
• Chapter 9: The Blissful Devotee And His Cosmic Romance

3. Introducti
on
Autobiography of a Yogi
By Paramhansa Yogananda

4. My Parents
and Early
Life
• My parents were both Bengalis of the
kshatriya caste
• Father was kind, grave, at times
stern, and an outstanding
mathematician and logician
• Mother was a queen of hearts, and
taught us only through love
• Father's position was similar to
that of a vice-president, in the
Bengal-Nagpur Railway
• His work involved traveling, and
our family lived in several
cities during my childhood
• Mother held an open hand toward the
needy, while Father was also kindly
disposed, but his respect for law
and order extended to the budget
• Once, Mother spent more than
Father's monthly income on
feeding the poor

5. A Mother's Desire
and Her Passing
• Mother's greatest desire for elder
brother's marriage
• Elaborate preparations for the
wedding
• Mother's passing and its impact
• Profound grief and longing for God
• Irreparable loss for the family
• Father's devotion to Mother
• Assuming the role of Father-Mother
• Refusal to accept ministrations
from any other woman
• Mother's momentous message
• Disclosure delayed by elder
brother

6. A Trip to Benares
• Boy's father allows him to take a sight-seeing trip to Benares
• Boy is given a round-trip pass, rupee notes, and two letters
• Boy is to locate Kedar Nath Babu for his father through Swami
Pranabananda
• Boy meets Swami Pranabananda
• Swami greets boy as an old friend and surprises him with his
clairvoyance
• Swami tells boy that Kedar Nath Babu will arrive in half an
hour
• Boy meets Kedar Nath Babu
• Kedar Nath Babu explains how he came to be there through Swami
Pranabananda
• Both are amazed at the swami's abilities

7. Escape to
the
Himalayas
• Instructions for Amar Mitter
• Leave classroom and engage a hackney carriage
• Stop in lane where no one in the house can see you
• Precautions necessary due to Ananta's vigilant eye
• Ananta determined to foil escape plans
• Family living in Calcutta at 4 Gurpar Road
• Small attic room for daily meditations and preparation
for divine search
• Memorable morning arrived with inauspicious rain
• Hastily tied together a blanket, sandals, picture,
Bhagavad Gita, prayer beads, and loincloths
• Threw bundle from third-story window
• Drove to Chadni Chowk to buy English clothes
• Deep elation possessed hearts

8. The Wisdom of
Solomon
• Search for a guru
• Encounter with the Perfume
Saint
• Discussion on the
complexity of nature and
God
• Self-scrutiny leads to wisdom
• Compassion for one's
fellows
• Turning to the Creator
• Visit to Kalighat Temple
• Encounter with an old
acquaintance
• Introduction to Gandha

9. The Tiger Swami
• Chandi and I visit the Tiger Swami
• He fought tigers with his naked hands
• He was a saint with a tremendous body
• The Tiger Swami's Philosophy
• Mind is the wielder of muscles
• Body is manufactured and sustained by mind
• Overcame weakness through persistency in thoughts of health and strength
• The Tiger Swami's Life
• Earliest ambition was to fight tigers
• Changed from tamer of wild tigers to tamer of wild passions
• Believed in the just law of retribution

10. Chapter 7: The
Levitating Saint
CHAPTER: 7

11. Chapter 8: India's Great
Scientist, J.C. Bose
• CHAPTER: 8
• India's Great Scientist, J.C. Bose

12. Chapter 9: The Blissful Devotee And
His Cosmic Romance
• CHAPTER: 9
• The Blissful Devotee And His Cosmic Romance