| Names |
SWAMI KRIYANANDA (Born James Donald Walters) |
| Date of
Birth |
May 19, 1926 |
| Date of
Death |
April 21, 2013 |
| Identity |
A
direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. |
| General |
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He was the founder of Ananda, a worldwide
movement of spiritual intentional communities based on Yogananda's
World Brotherhood Colonies ideal.
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Paramahansa Yogananda made Walters a minister for
Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), Yogananda's
organization.
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He authorized him to teach Kriya Yoga, and
appointed him the SRF head monk for Mount
Washington monks.
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After Yogananda's death, Walters was given final vows of sannyas in
1955 by then SRF President Daya Mata and given the name
Kriyananda.
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