Kriya Yoga
(Swami Sri Yukteswar and
Paramahansa Yogananda)
Paramahansa Yogananda was born January 5, 1893. His parents were Bengalis of
the Kshatriya caste. He studied Kriya Yoga under Swami Sri Yukteswar who
later encouraged him to carry this belief system to the West. (The word Kriya
means "action" or "to do.") In 1920 he came to the United States,
eventually establishing the Church of All Religions and the Self-Realization
Fellowship, building a large headquarters and yoga center in 1949 in Los
Angeles, California. Since then Self-Realization Fellowship Centers have sprung
up all over the world. Yogananda was one of the first Indian gurus to receive
widespread recognition in the Western world. One of his most popular and
well-known works is the book entitled, The Autobiography of a Yogi. He
died in 1952.
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