The story of the founding and building of Ananda, beginning with Swami Kriyananda’s personal training under his Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, and continuing to this day.
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Part 1
- Chapter 1: Yogananda’s Mission to the West
- Chapter 2: Master’s Commission to Me
- Chapter 3: Organizing the Work
- Chapter 4: The Third Presidency
- Chapter 5: Polarization
- Chapter 6: Six Blind Boys and an Elephant
- Chapter 7: Rights and Wrongs
- Chapter 8: I Go to India
- Chapter 9: My First Year in India
- Chapter 10: My First Leacture Tour
- Chapter 11: Fresh Water for Dirty Drains
- Chapter 12: I Return to America
- Chapter 13: The Delhi Projects
- Chapter 14: The Reaction
- Chapter 15: Retrospect
- Chapter 16: Afterthoughts
Part 2
- Chapter 17: Getting My “Sea Legs”
- Chapter 18: “Your Work Is Writing and Lecturing”
- Chapter 19: Seclusion vs. Outward Activity
- Chapter 20: A Choice Is Thrust upon Me
- Chapter 21: I Take Up Wrting Music
- Chapter 22: I Dive into the Water
- Chapter 23: “New Age” Movements
- Chapter 24: Crystal Clarity
- Chapter 25: Land Ahoy!
- Chapter 26: Domes and Self-Expansion
- Chapter 27: Ananda Retreat
- Chapter 28: Hidden Influences
- Chapter 29: Community Beginnings
- Chapter 30: Karmic Patterns
- Conclusion
- Afterword
