
Books tied to the Dwapara Yuga 307 (2007) book and blog
Dwapara Yuga and Yogananda - Poor Richard
From the fall of Rome to the Renaissance almost nothing new was discovered. Man looked back to the great learning of classical civilization for inspiration: admiring their thinkers and architects but incapable of equaling them. In turn, those ancients looked back further, to a previous "Golden Age." Why did civilization fall and then rise again? In 1920, the Indian Yogi Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi", came to the United States with the answer. With his message of simple living and high thinking, he became the most popular speaker in the country. This short (~100 pages) book deals with Yogananda and the New Age he described: Dwapara Yuga.
Note
Poor Richard was a pen name used in the original blog and books as an homage to Ben Franklin, America's founding father. At the time of writing around 2006-7 there were a lot of trolls and personal attacks in reviews and forums due to the lawsuits between the two most prominent California-based Yoga groups. Thankfully today those tensions have subsided. Historically, any profits from the books were donated to the One Laptop per Child Charity (OLPC) funding computers for children in the developing world. Donations today are to GiveWell.
Astrological World Cycles - Tara Mata
This is the 75th anniversary edition of the tour de force series of articles in Paramhansa Yogananda's East-West magazine demonstrating the connection of the astronomical phenomenon known as the precession of the equinoxes with the great cycles of world history, astrology and ancient Hindu Scripture. Tara was an astrologer, direct disciple and chief editor of the Indian yogi Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the 1946 spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi". Tara's articles were based on the work of Yogananda's guru, Sri Yukteswar. At the time of publication in the early 30s, yoga and Yogananda were relatively unknown. Tara helped build Yogananda's organization, SRF, and indirectly inspired the creation of its largest spin-off, Ananda, formed by its vice-president Swami Kriyananda. Over the past decades interest has dramatically increased as many of the guru's predictions have been proven.
List from 2007 (Dwapara 307)
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