SWAMI KRIYANANDA’S NEW BOOK, Yogananda for the World, seeks to correct certain serious errors in the way Paramhansa Yogananda’s life, mission, and legacy have been presented.
Yogananda gave the world a revolutionary new teaching. He showed how people can make their religion practical, by finding inner communion with God. He taught Self-Realization, an ideal that all can embrace for their highest fulfillment.
He envisioned a world in which we can live together as brothers and sisters, children equally of our one Father-Mother-God.
Changes in Yogananda’s Work
Since his passing, so many changes have been made to Yogananda’s teachings, and his stated mission, aims, and ideals that his legacy is threatened. Even his signature has been altered, and a new signature forged in its place.
Some people may object, “The wrongs that have been done are in the past. What can we do about them today?” While it is true that past mistakes cannot be undone, the tendency toward error can be corrected. Wrong directions can be set right. Narrowness can be turned toward expansion. And the effect of past untruths can be mitigated, by telling the truth from now on.
Why This Book?
This book is not a lament for the past. It is a clarion call, for all those who love Yogananda and believe in his divine mission, to work together for future change.
Swami Kriyananda responds to criticism of the book
Additional Evidence of the Changes
Follow the links at left to read chapters and download a PDF of the 49-page book. (A paper edition is not currently available.)
Then, for more information, explore the Evidence of the Changes.
Finally, for answers to frequently asked questions, more details of the issues raised in the book, and to read previously unpublished writings by Yogananda, follow the link to Has SRF Lost Its Way? (This content was transferred from an older site called Yogananda Rediscovered, which is now inactive.)
Bonus Feature: Discover Yogananda Through His Out-of-Print Works
Includes many articles and letters by the Master that have been allowed to go out of print.
(The photo of Yogananda with arms raised was taken at a garden party in Beverly Hills on July 31, 1949. It shows him chanting AUM after he spoke with soul-stirring power of the need to create “little spiritual colonies, demonstrating that simplicity of living plus high thinking lead to the greatest happiness!” (See Chapter 13: “Master’s Zeal for Founding Communities.”)
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