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  1. DNA Clears Yoga Guru in Seven-Year Paternity Dispute

    Jul 11, 2002 · The announcement marked the latest development in a seven-year paternity dispute involving Paramahansa Yogananda, who was one of the first Indian masters to …

  2. The Facts of the Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Filed Against ... - Ananda

    In the lawsuit, SRF had claimed exclusive rights not only to the names “Self-Realization Fellowship” and “Self-Realization Fellowship Church,” but also to “Paramhansa Yogananda” …

  3. Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse Can’t Be Ignored - VICE

    Dec 12, 2014 · Last week a royal commission began investigating claims of widespread abuse at the Satyananda Yoga Ashram on the NSW central coast during the 1970s and 80s. One …

  4. Sex Scandals in Yoga - Yoga and Sexual Harassment - ELLE

    May 15, 2013 · • Paramahansa Yogananda founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)—a religious organization rooted in yoga, meditation, and celibacy—and wrote Autobiography of a …

  5. Clarification: inadvertent omission about departed Ananda …

    May 23, 2013 · Depending on who is giving the account, Kriyananda was either forced out of Self-Realization Fellowship, which follows the teachings of that same Indian guru who founded that …

  6. Paramahansa Yogananda - Wikipedia

    In 1929, Yogananda was sued by his long-time friend Basu Kumar Bagchi, who had been initiated as Swami Dhirananda by Yogananda in 1911 and had come to help Yogananda teach in …

  7. What are the allegations on Yogananda? - Hosh Yoga

    What is the Ananda Yoga scandal? The Ananda Yoga scandal refers to a series of allegations of sexual abuse against the founder of the Ananda Church of Self-Realization, Swami …

  8. ANANDA UNCOVERED: Ananda's legal problems, an overview

    In November of 1994, a lawsuit was brought against Swami Kriyananda and the Ananda Church, accusing Kriyananda of fraud and using his position of spiritual authority to sexually exploit …

  9. Expulsion from SRF - The Truth About Swami Kriyananda / J.

    Think about this from SRFs viewpoint. They are a spiritual organization trying to represent the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. That a “celibate” monk and one of their public spiritual …

  10. Power and Prana: When Yoga Leads to Abuse (SERIES)

    May 2, 2019 · However, in 1994, revelations surfaced of ongoing sexual relationships between the then-married Desai and a number of female ashram residents. These, and other abuses of …