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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 the organization Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS).
Yogananda expressed this intention again in 1939 in his magazine Inner Culture for Self-Realization that he published through his organization: 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.
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
Paramahansa Yogananda Mrinalini Mata (born Merna Loy Brown , May 8, 1931 – August 3, 2017) was the fourth president of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (SRF/YSS), the only church founded by Paramahansa Yogananda to care for and disseminate his teachings.
The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, California. It was founded and dedicated by Paramahansa Yogananda , on August 20, 1950, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and is owned by the Self-Realization Fellowship . [ 5 ]
Tara Mata, born as Laurie Pratt, was a direct disciple for forty-five years and served Yogananda's SRF work until her death in 1971. She took a final, lifelong vow of renunciation in the Self-Realization Fellowship Order from Yogananda and was given the name Tara which means a name for God in the aspect of Divine Mother. [8]
In 1920, Yogananda migrated from India to the United States, where he founded Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). During the Great Depression, Yogananda argued that the permanent solution to the Depression was for individuals to "destroy selfishness" by reducing consumption and greed. [1]
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.