Swami
Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters)
A longer biography, as well as online books, music, and videos, are available at the official Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) website.
 Swami
Kriyananda is a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda
and the founder of Ananda. Ananda is recognized as the most successful
intentional community in the world. Today, over 800 people reside in six
Ananda communities throughout the U.S. (Seattle, Palo Alto, Portland,
Sacramento and Dallas) and in Europe. The European retreat and community
located in Assisi, Italy, also serves Ananda meditation groups in Europe,
Croatia, and Russia.
Both the Nevada City
and Assisi communities have world-renowned guest retreat facilities where
thousands of visitors annually visit for renewal or instruction in many
aspects of meditation, yoga, and the spiritual life. Kriyananda has also
established "Living Wisdom" schools for grades K-8 in Nevada
City, Sacramento, Portland, and Palo Alto.
Swami Kriyananda spent
3 1/2 years living closely with his Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, the great Indian
master and author of Autobiography of a Yogi . He went on to become vice-president
of Self-Realization Fellowship, the organization Yogananda founded. After
leaving SRF, he founded Ananda in 1968.
Swami Kriyananda and Paramhansa Yogananda |
Kriyananda's books
and music have sold over 3 million copies worldwide and been translated
into 24 languages. He is the author of 80 books on a variety of topics
including leadership, education, creativity, and moral values. His best-selling
titles include Meditation for Starters, The Path - A Spiritual Autobiography,
Money Magnetism, The Essence of Self-Realization, Affirmations for Self-Healing,
Education for Life, and his best-selling Secrets gift books.
A composer since
1964, Kriyananda has written over 400 musical works. His music is soothing,
uplifting, and inspiring. Many of his new albums are instrumental works
that contain brief affirmations or visualizations. Chuck Dilberto
of Awareness Magazine says, "Kriyananda's words and music are full of
his life and light. His sole intention is to heal, something we could
all use during these chaotic times."
His recent albums
include Secrets of Life, Mantra, Life is a Quest for Joy, and I, Omar.
As a composer, Walters is best known for the top-selling albums Mystic
Harp and Mystic Harp 2, featuring the legendary harpist Derek Bell, of
the 5-time Grammy Award-winning group The Chieftains.
Streaming
Audio and Video
View
RealPlayer
videos of Kriyananda, including a talk on Yogananda's
mission, and much more.
Swami Kriyananda
talks at other Ananda community websites:
Articles,
Books, and Music
Articles
by Swami Kriyananda at Clarity Online Magazine.
Complete
Online Books by Swami Kriyananda, including The Path, his
autobiography.
All of Kriyananda's
books and music can be ordered online at Crystal
Clarity Publishers.
A short biography,
with links
to recent Swami Kriyananda articles, audio, and video through
Ananda India.
Other
Pages
Fifty
Years of Discipleship
Written on the occasion
of the fiftieth anniversary of Kriyananda's first meeting with his Guru,
Yogananda. Includes an excerpt from The Path recounting their
meeting.
Testimonies
of Light
Stories of Swami Kriyananda by many friends. These stories share
insight into who Swami Kriyananda is and what he has done to spread
the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
What Others
Say About Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters)
"J.
Donald Walters is the kindest man I've ever met. Walters is a
born, great teacher. His books are gentle masterpieces."
—Louise Hay, best selling author of You Can Heal Your Life
"J.
Donald Walters has been one of the most important Western exponents
of yoga in the past 30 years."
—Dr. David Frawley, renowned authority on yoga and author
of Ayurveda and the Mind and Gods, Sages, and Kings
"J.
Donald Walters is wise teacher whose words convey love and compassion.
Read and listen, and allow your life to change."
—Larry Dossey, best selling author of Healing Words
"I
feel I can recommend this man of love and his sparkling teachings
without reservation."
—David Alan Ramsdale, Meditation Magazine
"J.
Donald Walters is perhaps the most respected non-Indian exponent
of yoga in the world."
—Justine & Michael Toms, New Dimensions Foundation
"Your
openness, your undeviating devotion to life and service, and your
joyous good humor express themselves in your book.it came to an
end too soon!"
—Ken Keyes, Jr. best selling author of Handbook to Higher
Consciousness
"J.
Donald Walters has an ability to uncover countless unusual aspects
of a subject, and to reveal them in an unexpected and original
light. When he turns the spotlight of his concentration on any
given subject, he leaves no aspect of it uncovered. What we have
in J. Donald Walters, then, is an unusual and powerfully magnetic
mind, and also one whose judgment is always fair. He is truly
one of the great men of our time."
—Derek Bell, 5-time Grammy Award-winning harpist of The Chieftains
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