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[edit] Image needed
This article badly needs an image of this subject. Any contributions to improve the quality of this article would be most welcome. --Siva1979Talk to me 19:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hindu Person
Sri Daya Mata is Italic textnotItalic text the first woman to head a religious organization. That could well be Mary Baker Eddy who founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts in 1879 and headed that institution for many years.
"Related Links" states "This article is about a Hindu person.." Not so; the article does not support the statement and it is factually incorrect. Sri Daya Mata and the SRF organization follow and promote the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, which have at their core the principles of scientific meditation, not Hinduism. While it is true that Paramahansa Yoganda was himself a Hindu swami he came to the U.S. to teach Kriya Yoga, not Hinduism. The subject of the article, Sri Daya Mata was born in Utah, and is not a "Hindu person".
Seaofmirth 07:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps a more accurate statement would be "This article is about a Yogi...". That is what Paramahansa Yougananda was, and it is my understanding the a yogi uses scientific principles of meditation in the search for direct experience of God, which would also make Sri Daya Mata a "Yogini" (female of "yogi").
Seaofmirth 08:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, Sri Daya Mata is an ordained Swamini. She received ordination from Jagad Guru Bhagwan Shankaracharya Bharati Tirtha of Gowardhan Math in May 27, 1959 (source books/path/40). This makes her not only a Hindu but a duly-ordained Hindu authority. And not only her, since 1959 all Self-Realization Order brothers and sisters were recognized as Swamis and Swaminis. While in American they are referred to as brothers or sisters (e.g. Brother Mitrananda) in India they are referred to as Swamis and Swaminis (e.g. Swami Mitrananda). "Paramahansa Yogananda himself belonged to India’s ancient monastic Swami Order founded by Adi Shankaracharya many centuries ago, as do monks and nuns of the Self-Realization Fellowship Order who take their final renunciant vows." (source aboutsrf/srf_monastic). Hope this helps! - Watchtower Sentinel 11:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
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This text is moved here so that it can be added to another article, as it does not seem to be about this person. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:18, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Other notable disciples came to Yogananda on these dates in the US [1]:
1920 Boston, Dr. Lewis
1924 Seattle, Sister Gyanamata
1924 San Francisco, Tara Mata
1925 Kamala Silva (left SRF)
1929 Detroit, Durga Mata
1930 Detroit, Yogacharya Oliver Black (left SRF)
1931 Salt Lake City, Daya Mata
1932 Kansas, Rajarsi Janakananda
1933 Washington DC, Rev. John Lawrence (left SRF) [3]
? Peggy Deitz (left SRF)
...
1945 Daniel Boone (left SRF) [4]
1947 Los Angeles, Norman Paulsen (left SRF)
1948 Los Angeles, Swami Kriyananda (left SRF)
1949 Los Angeles, Rev. Roy Eugene Davis (left SRF)
1951? Bob Raymer (left SRF) [5]
The majority of these disciples wrote and published their experiences.
