Early Praise for The Second Coming of Christ "This is one of those rare bridge-building books that can truly change the way one sees a figure one thought one knew well. Here, it is the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, called the Christ, that are viewed anew — now through eyes well-tempered by India's deep mystical wisdom. Whether or not the reader concurs with all the author's assertions about the historical Jesus, she or he will not soon forget a far more significant matter, the image evoked of the Galilean as a spiritual master standing at the meeting of East and West, conveying the best of each world to the other. Christians and Hindus alike should read and absorb The Second Coming of Christ, and allow it to facilitate what those words mean: the resurrection of the Christ within." — Robert Ellwood, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Religion, University of Southern California and author of Many Peoples, Many Faiths   "Paramahansa Yogananda's The Second Coming of Christ is one of the most important analyses of Jesus' teachings that exists. This commentary reveals the presence of the Divine as a transformative reality that exists now, in everyone. Many interpretations of Jesus's words divide peoples, cultures, and nations; these foster unity and healing, and that is why they are vital for today's world." — Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine"   Jesus did not have a theology. He had a way of life. Read The Second Coming and allow Jesus' teachings to guide you to your authentic life and self.... You will be informed and inspired by the wisdom contained in this book, as I have been, and be able to understand the nature of life as Jesus did." — Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine and Miracles; former Professor, Yale University School of Medicine   "The significance of such a work as this is twofold. The first reason why it constitutes a landmark consists of the fact that in this work a non-Christian — and a Hindu Swami and a Yogi at that — offers his interpretation of a Christian scripture. The involvement of the Christian West in studying the scriptures of the non-Christian world is so patent as to appear pedestrian, but a role-reversal in this respect, in which a non-Christian offers his own interpretation of a Christian text in such voluminous detail, is so novel as to be revolutionary. "The second reason why this work constitutes a landmark is even more significant.... We are on the threshold of an age in which the scriptures of every tradition are going to become the heritage of the people belonging to all the religious traditions of humanity.... To me Paramahansa Yogananda stands out as the harbinger of such a future." — Arvind Sharma, Ph.D., Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, McGill University, author of Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction, and editor of Women in World Religions and Our Religions

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