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The Self-Realization Fellowship Encinitas Retreat, Hermitage, and Meditation Gardens is a spiritual retreat, monastic ashram, and meditation gardens in Encinitas, California, United States created by
After his return to the United States from India in 1936,
Official page of the Self-Realization Fellowship: Encinitas Temple.
Official page of the Self-Realization Fellowship: Encinitas Retreat
1936 establishments in California Gardens in California Paramahansa Yogananda Religious buildings and structures in San Diego County, California Religious organizations established in 1920
Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893March 7, 1952) was an Indian Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellows ...
. Its golden lotus towers rise above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
History
After his return to the United States from India in 1936, Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893March 7, 1952) was an Indian Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellows ...
took up residence in the SRF hermitage in Encinitas which was a surprise gift from his disciple Rajarsi Janakananda
Rajarsi Janakananda, born James Jesse Lynn (May 5, 1892 – February 20, 1955) was the leading disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and a prominent businessman in the Kansas City, Missouri area. A self-made millionaire when he met Yogan ...
. It was while staying in the hermitage that Yogananda wrote his work ''Autobiography of a Yogi
''Autobiography of a Yogi'' is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952) first published in 1946.
Paramahansa Yogananda was born as Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into a Bengali Hindu family. '' ...
'', as well as other writings and created a permanent foundation for the spiritual and humanitarian work of the Self-Realization Fellowship
Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and legally incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in 1935, to serve as Yogananda's instrument for the preservation ...
/ Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit, nonsectarian spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917 and is a part of the Self-Realization Fellowship which was founded in 1920. The current president of th ...
.
The Golden Lotus Temple lost to cliff erosion in 1942. According to Yogananda Site, it was written in the ''Inner Culture'' magazine that Yogananda announced, "The crucifixion of Golden Lotus Temple must be the cause for its resurrection and the birth of many other such temples." Two other temples were immediately "born" - the Hollywood Self-Realization Church of all Religions and the Self Realization Fellowship San Diego Temple.
See also
*Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, California. It was founded and dedicated by Paramahansa Yogananda, on August 20, 1950, and is owned by the Self-Realiz ...
References
External links
{{commons categoryOfficial page of the Self-Realization Fellowship: Encinitas Temple.
Official page of the Self-Realization Fellowship: Encinitas Retreat
1936 establishments in California Gardens in California Paramahansa Yogananda Religious buildings and structures in San Diego County, California Religious organizations established in 1920