![]() ![]() Excepting a brief return to India in 1935–1936, he remained in the United States for the subsequent thirty-two years of his life. He arrived in the United States in 1920 at the age of twenty-seven, as a presenter at the International Conference of Religious Liberals in Boston. In reality, Yogananda’s identity as a guru is rather more complex, syncretic, and modern. ![]() ![]() The text has sold over four million copies, has been translated into thirty-three languages, and has been lauded as a source of inspiration by such cultural idols as George Harrison and Steve Jobs. Known today chiefly for his classic Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda has become a global emissary of India’s ancient wisdom. 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was a teacher and popularizer of yoga and Hindu spirituality. ![]()
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