{"id":35,"date":"2017-03-30T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anandaindia.org\/online\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:54:35","slug":"ananda-sangha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anandaindia.org\/online\/ananda-sangha\/","title":{"rendered":"Ananda Sangha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b86cb65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b86cb65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3201ec8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3201ec8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2483 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/anandaindia.org\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/03\/meditation_retreat_staff2-350x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ananda Devotees Early Days\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" border=\"\" \/>Ananda Sangha means \u201cfellowship of divine joy.\u201d We are a worldwide group of individuals who share the search for higher consciousness and the ideal of service to others by following the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. These teachings emphasize \u201cSelf-realisation\u201d as direct inner experience of God. Non-sectarian, they are based on India\u2019s timeless universal truths and offer practical solutions to the challenges of modern life.<\/br><\/br>\n\nAnanda was founded in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. Ananda is head-quatered at Nevada City, California. Over the last few decades, Ananda has communities across three continents, spreading the teachings of self-realization as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda. Ananda has seven spiritual communities world-wide, hundreds of meditation groups and thousands practising these teachings and experiencing a transformed meaningful life.\n<\/br><\/br>\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2484 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/anandaindia.org\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/03\/tara_ghandi_and_swamiji-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"Swami Kriyananda in India\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/>Ananda Sangha India<\/strong>\n\nEvery Indian is familiar with the basic truths of Paramhansa Yogananda\u2019s teaching. Still, his message of Self-realisation and Kriya Yoga is a new expression of these truths. It is a spiritual revolution for India just as in the West.<\/br><\/br>\n\n\u201c<i>There are so many receptive souls in India<\/i>\u201d, Swami Kriyananda said, \u201c<i>that in time the work here will dwarf everything else Ananda is doing<\/i>.\u201d<\/br><\/br>\n\nWith a small international group of Ananda devotees, he moved to India in 2003, his 78th year, that he might dedicate his remaining life to make his guru\u2019s teachings better known in the land of his birth.<\/br><\/br>\n\nSoon after, Swami Kriyananda began a nightly TV show, A Way to Awakening (AASTHA), reaching millions in India as well as many nearby southeastern Asian countries and the USA. Ananda Sangha Publications was set up to print and distribute many of Yogananda\u2019s and Kriyananda\u2019s writings and musical recordings.<\/br><\/br>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2485 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/anandaindia.org\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/03\/photo3-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"Nayaswami Dhyana and Indian Devotees\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/>Swami Kriyananda\u2019s 1st publication in India was a correspondence course, Success and Happiness Through Yoga Principles, on applying dharmic principles to India\u2019s rising economic opportunities. It is now also available for group study and corporate seminars, and in both print and audio format. In turn came several more books, including what is often considered his crowning achievement, The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita.<\/br><\/br>\n\nThe main work of Ananda Sangha India is presenting the teachings of Self-realisation through classes and satsangs. These are held weekly at our meditation centres throughout India. Advanced students in all localities can prepare for Kriya Yoga and receive it locally or at the closest centre.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ananda Sangha means \u201cfellowship of divine joy.\u201d We are a worldwide group of individuals who share the search for higher consciousness and the ideal of service to others by following the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. These teachings emphasize \u201cSelf-realisation\u201d as direct inner experience of God. 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