Self-Realization Fellowship
Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India is a global spiritual organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda . It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California .
description
To this day, the group, which wants to bring about a better understanding between people, manages Yogananda's humanitarian life's work. The community not only has its roots in the Christian religion, but a. also committed to Hinduism , Islam , Buddhism and Judaism .
Affiliated temples and meditation centers around the world are maintained .
After the founder's death in 1952, Rajarsi Janakananda (James J. Lynn), a close confidante of Yogananda, headed the organization. He was followed in 1955 by Daya Mata (Faye Wright), one of the first and closest disciples of Yogananda, as president. Mrinalini Mata was President from 2011 to 2017. Her successor is Brother Chidananda.
Trivia
Elvis Presley has frequently visited SRF facilities unnoticed by the public and used them as a place of rest and reflection. He had a close friendship with Daya Mata.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Self Realization Fellowship. About SRF ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (dated February 9, 2008) Mara Carrico in Yoga Journal 's Yoga Basics (1997) from Holt Paperbacks says that it was founded in 1925.
- ^ SRF Biography
- ↑ Autobiography p. Xv: Sri Daya Mata entered the order in 1931 that Yogananda had founded on Mount Washington , Los Angeles. At that time, Yogananda asked her to “keep” the first completed chapter of the autobiography - in the book then Chapter 6, The Tiger Swami.
- ↑ Elvis Presley: the man, the life, the legend by Pamela Clarke Keogh
