Solving the Mystery of Life ― new collection of talks and essays by Paramahansa Yogananda   

A new anthology of inspirational talks and essays by Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), one of the world’s most renowned spiritual teachers, is scheduled for release in June 2025. Titled Solving the Mystery of Life: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life, this latest anthology is the first major work by Yogananda published by Self-Realization Fellowship since the 2004 release of The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You — A revelatory commentary on the original teachings of Jesus.
For those familiar with Yogananda’s best-selling spiritual classic, Autobiography of Yogi, Solving the Mystery of Life is an opportunity to go deeper into the science and philosophy of yoga. In the book, Yogananda explains the spiritual laws by which yogis attain self-mastery, and provides step-by-step methods to attain true and lasting happiness.
“In deep meditation, you too will realize your Self as the transcendent soul,” said Yogananda.
As stated in the preface to the anthology, “Yogananda explains that to seek God within is to simultaneously come to the understanding that God is within everyone — all those we encounter in our daily life — friend and ‘enemy’ alike. And with that we realize what we can do to help build a better world, one based on the true source of our common humanity.”

This fourth anthology of talks and essays by Paramahansa Yogananda is a sequel to Man’s Eternal Quest (1975), The Divine Romance (1986), and Journey to Self-realization (1997). Most of the talks were given at the Self-Realization Fellowship temples Yogananda established and at the international headquarters of his society in Los Angeles, and later published by Self-Realization Fellowship in its magazine founded by Yogananda in 1925 (known since 1948 as Self-Realization). Readers will find in this fourth, 400-page anthology the intimate inspiration and practical wisdom for which Yogananda is widely known.
From one who has solved the mystery of life, Yogananda lays out the divine laws at work in the universe, reminds the reader that humans are immortal beings with infinite potential, and teaches that “Our paramount duty while on earth is to change our status from that of a mortal being to that of a divine being.” Yogananda covers a wide range of topics on the spiritual search including: harnessing the power of the mind; activating the will; cultivating divine qualities such as compassion, patience, and evenmindedness; detaching from material desires; and conquering restlessness, bad habits and moods, among many others.
Solving the Mystery of Life: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life will be available in both hard and soft cover editions in June 2025, and is available for pre-order in April.

In Yogananda’s words:
“What fear have you? Cast out all fear! There is nothing to be afraid of anymore when you have touched the Great Power of Spirit, which controls the very forces of creation, all the machinery of this universe. What greater hope could you have, what greater security could you seek, than the contact of the Infinite Being that is the essence of all that exists?”
For more information on the wisdom teachings of Yogananda, or this new volume of his work, please visit Yogananda.org