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i love Sri Yoganandas "autobiography of a yogi", its a fantastic book.
you should also check out "babaji and the 18 siddha yoga tradition"

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These gurus (including this guy yogananda) had/have been practicing business under the guise of spirituality.
Don't get shocked and/or start admonishing me...please read my say before you make your stand.

It seems you didn't think for once even, "why your guru (in this case this guy yogananda) has put up a copyright notice in a business way in his book?"
I am not against spirituality BUT I am against making business of spirituality. And I see that many of the today's gurus are making business out of spirituality.

Please read the following thread for details of my view on this issue.
Stallman and Torvalds are more spiritual than 'such' Gurus

Regards,
-Damodar

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The copyright has probably soemthing to do with the fact that he was in the US. In someways, it is good, you know in America, how things work without a copyright.

We cant strictly compare everything with olden times, but if such money from books and stuff really go in charity I dont have complaints. If a swamiji has a bank account, it does look very suspicious because it violates the very basic dharma of a sanyasin - non possession. In modern times, some liberty may be allowed given the conditions of life.

These swamijis can cheat men, but they have to answer God..