This award-winning work brings to light the deeper truth and beauty of a well-loved but long-misunderstood masterpiece?the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
With an in-depth commentary on every quatrain, Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the profound kinship between the Rubaiyat's hidden metaphysical philosophy and India's ancient science of Yoga. He presents as well a fascinating exploration of the mystical experience and such subjects as: the mystery of destiny and free will, the intricacies of karma, the perfecting of human love, and the role of meditation in attaining lasting joy.
Book Award Honours:
1995-Received the Benjamin Franklin Award for the best book of the year in the field of religion.
1996-Chosen for an Award of Excellence by Body Mind Spirit magazine, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to personal growth and spirituality.
About the Author: Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952), hailed as The Father of Yoga in the West, is widely revered as one of the preeminent spiritual figures of our time. Born in northern India on January 5, 1893, he took formal vows as a monk of India 's venerable monastic Swami Order soon after graduating from Calcutta University in 1915. Two years later, he began his life's work with the founding of a "how-to-live" school?since grown to twenty-one educational institutions throughout India ?where traditional academic subjects were offered together with yoga training and instruction in spiritual ideals.
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