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As a longtime member of the Self-Realization Fellowship, Billy knew what was at stake: the lush meditation gardens open to all, the historic houseboat where his guru lived and wrote while ...
Sunburst, also known as Brotherhood of the Sun, [1] is an intentional community founded in 1969 by Norman Paulsen in Santa Barbara, California. [1] Sunburst began in the late 1960s, inspired by an idea for self-sustaining World Brotherhood Colonies envisioned by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian yogi and author of the 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship.
YSSI Headquarters, Dakshineswar, India Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Math, Ranchi, India Temple at Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Math, Dwarahat, India. Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit, nonsectarian [6] spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917 and is a part of the Self-Realization Fellowship which was founded in 1920 to care for and disseminate his teachings.
He also gave weekly classes in Boston that would consist of a half-hour exposition of the Bhagavad Gita, a half-hour exposition of the Gospels, and a half-hour discourse demonstrating their unity. [9] [10] A preliminary serialization of Yogananda's talks had started in Self-Realization Fellowship’s magazine in 1932. It was completed during ...
The "Energization Exercises", a vital part of Ananda Yoga, are Yogananda's contribution to yoga. He first developed them in 1916, within his organization then called Yogoda, which he changed to Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India in the 1930s. [15] He eventually expanded them into a set of 39 exercises.
[6] [7] Davis's relationship with Self-Realization Fellowship remained cordial, [7] [8] but some criticized him over the years, claiming that he did not have the authority to initiate people into the "secret" kriya yoga technique of Yogananda's lineage. He rejected these claims in his 1986 autobiography, God Has Given Us Every Good Thing. [7]
Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide religious organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian guru who authored Autobiography of a Yogi. Before moving to the United States, Yogananda began his spiritual work in India in 1917 and named it Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS).
The film, directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman who are independent American filmmakers, was commissioned by Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. It includes interviews with disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as with Ravi Shankar , George Harrison , Krishna Das , and others.