Sri Daya Mata

Sri Daya Mata, current president and sanghamata (Mother of the Society) of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA) and the YSS (Yogoda Satsanga Society in India).

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Born Faye Wright on January 31, 1914 at Utah in America, her interest in spirituality was apparent since childhood. It reached a point of craving when she first met Paramahansa Yogananda in 1931. Braving reluctance from her family, she joined Yogananda's ashram a few weeks later. After the passing away of Yogananda and his successor Rajarsi Janakananda, Daya Mata became the third president of YSS/SRF in 1955.

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She has written three books - Only Love, Finding the Joy within you and Enter the Quiet Heart.

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Self-Realization Fellowship: The Self-Realization Fellowship is a religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. The group carries on Yogananda's teachings, including Kriya Yoga, a form of yoga the group claims originated millennia ago in India. To this end, it conducts correspondence courses in this disciplin...

Yogoda Satsanga: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit religious organisation founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. In 1920, he carried India?s sacred soul liberating science of Raja Yoga to the West where, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., he established the international headquarters of Self...

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