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The Way of Ananda Sanghis

Those who are inspired by the ideals expressed by Ananda are also welcome to become members of Ananda Sangha, a worldwide spiritual work. Membership entails no obligation or cost.

For more information see The Way of Ananda Sanghis

What Is Ananda?

Listen to a brief Welcome (streaming audio)
from Swami Kriyananda

 

Joy is Within You!Ananda Sangha is a worldwide movement based on the nonsectarian Kriya Yoga techniques of Self-realization taught by Paramhansa Yogananda. Through the scientific discipline of yoga and through loving, divine, cooperative service, we seek to realize the bliss (Satchidanandam) of our own true Self, the Self of all.

All are welcome at Ananda.

 

Paramhansa Yogananda

 

Paramhansa Yogananda came to America in 1920 bringing a new dispensation of the timeless wisdom of India’s rishis and the practical and nonsectarian practices of meditation, especially Kriya Yoga. He is perhaps best known through his life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, now a spiritual classic in 18 languages.

Swami Kriyananda

 

Ananda was founded in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. Swami Kriyananda has devoted a lifetime of service (books, music, lectures, and by example) showing how the precepts of Self-realization apply to all aspects of daily life.