Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda, born J. Donald Walters, is a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, and spent many hours with him during the last three years of Yogananda's life (1948 – 1952). During this time Kriyananda became a minister for Self-Realization Fellowship, an organization set up by Paramahansaji himself and was asked by Yogananda to teach Kriya Yoga, which Yogananda called the highest technique of Self-realization.

Books and Music

Swami Kriyananda has said that he felt he was meant in part to help bring Yogananda's teachings into practical application. To this end has written on such varied topics as "marriage, education, leadership and success, spiritual communities, yoga, self-healing, art, architecture, astrology, and philosophy, as well as editions of Yogananda's teachings and writings on the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, and other scriptures." http://www.ananda.it/en/kriyananda/swami-kriyananda.html

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In music, Kriyananda has written chants as well as the music and lyrics for instrumental and choral pieces, including the Christ Lives! oratorio. He also composed the music for Mystic Harp 2, a solo harp CD performed by Derek Bell, member of the Grammy award-winning Irish group The Chieftans. Kriyananda humorously calls his lyrical music "painless philosophy" ? that is, the teachings (and vibrations) of his guru made more accessible through song.

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Derek Bell - The Chieftans

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