Kriya Yoga: Spiritual Awakening for the New Age
From the Introduction
In August 1920, a young Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, set out on the long ocean voyage from his native India to America, bringing with him the ancient teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga.
When asked, “Is your teaching a new religion?” Yogananda replied, “It is a new expression of truths that are eternal.”
His simple words refer to Sanatan Dharma, the eternal truth which predates all religions.
Yogananda declared, “You are on the eve of a great spiritual awakening, a great change in the churches, where true souls will be drawn to seek the experience of God’s presence.”
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