A Handbook of Discipleship: Based on the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda

by Swami Kriyananda

Overview

This Handbook on Discipleship explains why a guru is needed, what a true guru is, and how to follow the guru. It also clears up many common misunderstandings on the subject that are prevalent in current spiritual thinking.

These lessons offer a rare opportunity to learn about discipleship from a lifelong disciple of a fully realized Master. Swami Kriyananda has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda for over sixty years. For all of the extraordinary accomplishments of Swami Kriyananda's life - over one hundred books, over four hundred pieces of music, successful spiritual communities all over the world, and more - he gives full credit to Yogananda and to what he has gained as his disciple.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565891784
Publisher:	Crystal Clarity Publishers
Publication date:	11/15/2017
Series:	The Path of Kriya Yoga , #5
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A prolific author, accomplished composer, playwright, and artist, and a world-renowned spiritual teacher, Swami Kriyananda (1926-2013) referred to himself simply as a close disciple of the great God-realized master, Paramhansa Yogananda. He met his guru at the age of twenty-two, and served him during the last four years of the Master's life. He dedicated the rest of his life to sharing Yogananda's teachings throughout the world. Kriyananda was born in Romania of American parents, and educated in Europe, England, and the United States. Philosophically and artistically inclined from youth, he soon came to question life's meaning and society's values. During a period of intense inward reflection, he discovered Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, and immediately traveled three thousand miles from New York to California to meet the Master, who accepted him as a monastic disciple. Yogananda appointed him as the head of the monastery, authorized him to teach and give Kriya initiation in his name, and entrusted him with the missions of writing, teaching, and creating what he called "world brotherhood colonies."Kriyananda founded the first such community, Ananda Village, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California in 1968. Ananda is recognized as one of the most successful intentional communities in the world today. It has served as a model for other such communities that he founded subsequently in the United States, Europe, and India.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart 1: Lessons in Discipleship • Understanding the Need for a Guru • The Disciple’s Part • Attunement With the Guru • Life with a Master • Paramhansa Yogananda: Incarnation of Divine Love • The Guru as Divine FriendPart 2: Taking the Step of Discipleship • A New Dispensation • Becoming a Disciple of Paramhansa YoganandaAppendixSpiritual RootsAnanda Sangha WorldwideResources