Paramhansa Yogananda’s Journey to Self-Knowledge in Autobiography of a Yogi

Abstract

Since the beginning of their knowledge system, Indian society has always emphasized spirituality as an important issue to discuss. Spirituality has been an important source of inspiration for philosophy, religion, psychology, and ethics throughout history. Spirituality has also affected Indian writers who have written in English, notably active novelists during the nationalist era. This study investigates Paramhansa Yogananda's journey to self-knowledge in his book "The Path of the Warrior Autobiography of a Yogi. This study not only demonstrates that the ego plays an important role in Indian spiritual practices, but it also demonstrates that writing, specifically writing about one's life, may be considered a spiritual activity. In the field of humanities study, the spiritual reading of texts is a relatively new endeavour; as a result, this dissertation provides some unique techniques and validations. In addition, being spiritual is not inherently anti-rational, even though its deductions and conclusions may be more reasonable than traditional ones. The investigation leaves room for fortuitous discoveries and discoveries that illuminate previously unknown connections.