A Place Called Ananda: The Trial by Fire that Forged One of the Most Successful Cooperative Communities in the World Today

by J. Donald Walters, Kriyananda

J. Donald Walters wanted to serve the organization. He believed in it deeply. However, he wouldnot endlessly compromise his beliefs. This book tells the age-old story of institutional demandsversus individual conscience. The story is told with courage and with charityfrom his trainingspent under the great spiritual master, Paramhansa Yogananda, to years in India, to SanFrancisco during the sixties and his own encounters with some of the leading figures of theday, to the community he gradually evolved.

442 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2004

About the author

See also: Kriyananda

Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926, Azuga – April 21, 2013, Assisi) was a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, and the founder of the Ananda, a worldwide movement of spiritual intentional communities based on Yogananda's World Brotherhood Colonies ideal. Yogananda made Walters a minister for his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF).

Reviews

[Jared Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing book by Swami Kriyananda :)