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Paramahansa Swami Yogananda renounced all his ownership rights in the Self-Realization Fellowship when it was incorporated as a nonprofit religious organization under the laws of California, March 29, 1935.
Since 1920, helping people worldwide realize and express the beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit through the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.
In years past, Paramahansa Yogananda's guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar, had referred to him as an incarnation of divine love. Later, his disciple and first spiritual successor, Rajarsi Janakananda, fittingly bestowed on him the title of Premavatar or “Incarnation of Divine Love.”
After living with his guru for a while, and being given the name Swami Yogananda, he decided to start a school where young boys could receive a well-rounded education. Yogananda’s educational system would include a spiritual and moral education, as well as a secular one.
In the hundred years since the birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, this beloved world teacher has come to be recognised as one of the greatest emissaries to the West of India’s ancient wisdom. His life and teachings continue to be a source of light and inspiration to people of all races, cultures, and creeds.
In this monumental two-volume work, Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the innermost essence of India’s most renowned scripture. Exploring its psychological, spiritual, and metaphysical depths, he presents a sweeping chronicle of the soul’s journey to enlightenment through the royal science of God-realization.
Swami Yogananda (Bengali: স্বামী যোগানন্দ, romanized: Sbāmī Yōgānanda) was a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, the 19th-century mystic. He took his formal initiation from Sarada Devi, the "holy mother" of Ramakrishna paramhansa Order and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna.
He founded Yogoda Satsanga Society of India in 1917 and Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920, which continue to carry on his spiritual legacy worldwide under the leadership of Sri Sri Swami Chidananda Giri, who succeeded Sri Sri Mrinalini Mata as the fifth president.
After brief trips to Europe and the Middle East, in 1935 Yogananda journeyed to India where his Guru removed his title of Swami and he was given the highest spiritual title – Paramahansa meaning “supreme swan”.
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