This would be the 1970s and Kriyananda was a student of Yogananda who passed away in 2013.
Yogananda wrote "Autobiography of a Yogi" which I highly recommend for anyone to read who is on a spiritual path. I used to give this book to hitch hikers in the late 1960s and early 1970s and kept a box of them behind my driver's seat when I was in college of this book to give away then. I had experiences like Yogananda did when he was young and newly on the spiritual path to Enlightenment because I too was always clairvoyant and very spiritual all my life. So, Kriyananda lived until he was 87 years old in 2013.
I was told in the early 1970s while camping with my first wife in Siskiyou County I believe that Kriyananda was present in the county. As we were camping I realized his presence had altered the weather in a good way. This is the first time I realized that real masters changed the weather and all life around them just by their physical presence in a city or county. This really blew my mind experiencing this. However, it has always helped me ever since whenever I was in the presence of a real master in understanding Christian and Buddhist and Swami Masters from the U.S. and India and Tibet.
Here is more about Kriyananda:
Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926 – April 21, 2013) was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, [1] [2] meditation teacher, musician, ...
Swami Kriyananda (James Donald Walters) was born on May 19, 1926 in Teleajen, Romania, to American parents. He was the oldest of three boys and his father ...
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The Spiritual Science of Kriya Yoga
Swami Kriyananda,
born J. Donald Walters, May 19, 1926, was a direct disciple of the
great master Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.
Yes it is true, he was booted out of SRF for repeatedly breaking his monastic vows,made his own org called Ananda which still preaches much of the same values.
He is an internationally known author, lecturer and composer, and is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on meditation and yoga.
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Swami Kriyananda (1926-2013) was one of the last remaining direct disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.
Kriyananda
(born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926, Azuga – April 21, 2013, s a
minister for his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). Avg
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The following is an early telling of the story of Swami Kriyananda's separation from SRF (Self-Realization Fellowship), which he would later publish in ...
Swami Kriyananda ~ Ananda's Founder | Ananda Sacramento
Kriyananda
was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, meditation teacher,
musician, and author. He was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda
and founder of the spiritual movement named "Ananda". He wrote numerous
songs and dozens of books. Wikipedia
