How to Pronounce Kriyananda
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May 19, 1926 Romania Died on 21 Apr 2013 (aged 86)
disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda
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About Kriyananda
- Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926, Azuga – April 21, 2013, Assisi) was a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, and the founder of Ananda, a worldwide movement of spiritual intentional communities based on Yogananda's World Brotherhood Colonies ideal.
- Yogananda made Walters a minister for his organization, the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF).
- He authorized him to teach Kriya Yoga while with SRF, and appointed him the head monk for the SRF Mount Washington monks only.
- After Yogananda's death, Walters was given final vows of sannyas in 1955 by then SRF President Daya Mata and given the name Kriyananda.
- In 1960, upon the passing of M.W.
- Lewis, the SRF Board of Directors elected Kriyananda to the Board of Directors and to the position of Vice President.
- In 1962, the SRF Board of Directors voted unanimously to request his resignation.Kriyananda is the author of about 150 published books/booklets and the composer of over 400 pieces of music, which altogether have sold over three million copies.
- A few of the books have been published in 28 languages and a few are sold in 90 countries.
- He lectured in different countries throughout the world.
- In addition to English, he spoke Italian, Romanian, Greek, French, Spanish, German, Hindi, Bengali, and Indonesian.
- He established a new Swami order in 2009: the Nayaswami Order.
- A jury in a court of law found Kriyananda aka Donald Walters guilty of fraudulently representing himself as a celibate religious leader or swami even though he had sex with several of his devotees during 30 years at the helm of Ananda.
- Several women came forward during the civil trial to testify that Walters had sexually exploited them.
