In a letter to John Weldon, SRF declared that these former disciples have not been affiliated with SRF “for many, many years and their activities are not related to those of our Guru’s society.” They also believe such splinter groups are being disobedient to the divine will. Note: Two modern offshoots of Self Realization Fellowship (SRF) include sects established by two of Yogananda’s disciples, Swami Kriyananda (Melvin Higgins), founder of the Yoga Fellowship, and Roy Eugene Davis, founder of the Center for Spiritual Awareness in Lakemont, GA (a.k.a. “We worship only Brahman, Spirit,” Paramahansa Yogananda, Man’s Eternal Quest, p. “If you want to know Jesus, meditate on the Christ Consciousness in him,” Paramahansa Yogananda, SRF website. Issued in some twenty languages, according to the SRF website it is “used as a text and reference work in numerous colleges and universities.” It is also considered by many to be a spiritual classic for example, the website cites Columbia University Press as stating that “there has been nothing before, written in English or any other European language like this presentation of yoga.” Self-Realization is the principal periodical. This latter 600 page book was released in 1946 and is the best known publication of the movement. Occult dynamics: Incorporates spiritism and psychic meditation occult yoga practice to activate “psychic centers” (chakras).Įxamples of key literature: Yogananda’s Man’s Eternal Quest and Autobiography of a Yogi.
Source of authority: The writings of Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda, Daya Mata and other qualified leaders, but principally those of Yogananda.Ĭlaim: To possess and disseminate “a knowledge of definite scientific techniques to attaining direct personal experience of God.”
Purpose: To reveal the divine nature of mankind, abolish religious division (such as to reveal the unity of the teachings of Christ and Krishna) and provide direct experience of God through kriya yoga.įounder: Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952). Self Realization Fellowship attempts to reveal the divine nature of mankind, abolish religious division and provide direct experience of God through kriya yoga
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