Yogananda emphasizes that the core of Indian spiritual culture is the search for ultimate truth through a "Christ-like" master.
He describes his parents as noble and spiritually advanced disciples of the Great Master Lahiri Mahasaya. autobiografia_de_un_yogui_cap_00_introduccion
The introduction frames the book's goal as proving the underlying unity of all great religions. Yogananda emphasizes that the core of Indian spiritual
It is one of the few spiritual classics written in English by an authentic Indian yogi, rather than a foreign observer. rather than a foreign observer.