The Serenity and Tumult of Swami Kriyananda – A Mid-Life Conversation with Yogananda’s Beloved Disciple

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This 5th Legacy Edition features an interview I conducted in 1981 with Swami Kriyananda, direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of Ananda Village, headquartered in Nevada County, California. Kriyananda was a controversial figure in the world of yoga gurus. He was beloved and even favored by Yogananda, but fell out of favor with the organization Yogananda founded, the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) ten years after Yogananda’s death. Several years after being harshly renou...

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1. The Serenity and Tumult of Swami Kriyananda – A Mid-Life Conversation with Yogananda’s Beloved Disciple (00:00:00)

2. Featuring my 1981 interview with Swami Kriyananda (00:00:06)

3. The legacy of Paramahansa Yogananda (00:01:00)

4. Yogananda's spiritual classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi" (00:01:50)

5. Kriyananda's trouble history with the Self-Realization Fellowship (00:02:47)

6. 1981 interview begins with brief introduction of Kriyananda (00:05:59)

7. Seeking joy and meaning as a child (00:10:17)

8. Discovering "Autobiography of a Yogi'" at 22 (00:12:52)

9. Meeting Yogananda and becoming his disciple (00:15:37)

10. The devastating rift with the Self-Realization Fellowship (00:19:21)

11. After founding Ananda, now losing interest in more big projects (00:25:39)

12. Caller question: The role of women in spiritual life (00:28:41)

13. When divorce is the right decision (00:32:15)

14. Kriyananda's trip to Egypt and the pyramids (00:34:00)

15. Being a spiritual leader after Jonestown (00:37:53)

16. Is full enlightenment possible? (00:41:05)

17. Finding time to meditate (00:41:58)