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Swami Kriyananda, the beloved founder of Ananda, passed away on Sunday April 21, 2013. For more information, click here

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Years With Yogananda

In 1948 Swami Kriyananda found Yogananda’s now famous Autobiography of a Yogi in New York City, and the next day left on a bus to meet the saint who he felt “was the truest friend I had ever known.” Responding to an irresistible longing in his heart, Kriyananda said to Yogananda, “I want to be your disciple.” This was the most important moment in Kriyananda’s life – he asked for help from one who could fully give it: a true guru, one united with God.

That day Yogananda accepted him as a disciple, and Kriyananda began a new life in search of divine joy.

“Your work,” Yogananda told Kriyananda, “is writing, editing, and lecturing.” In 1950 he asked Kriyananda to take charge of the monks, most of whom were many years older!

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