The need for a complete biography in English of
Yogiraj Shri Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashaya has
been very strongly felt. There are chapters on Shri Shri
Lahiri Mahashaya in the English Autobiography of a
Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda, his spiritual grandson.
But all the other biographies of this Great Saint are
written in Bengali or Hindi.

The present volume is an outcome of a Gracious
Command of my beloved Gurudeva Yogiguru Shrimat
Brahmachari Anilanandaji Maharaj. How else could I
dare to go into the mystery of an astounding spiritual
personality like Shri Shri Lahiri Mahashaya?

The main outlines of the life of the Yogiraj are
the same in all the available versions of his biography.
There, are, however, a few minor differences in details.
In such cases I have followed the descriptions of his great
spiritual descendants whose insight can be absolutely
relied upon.

Let the fruit of this labour be offered to the
Lotus Feet of Shriguru. "Hari Om."