Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) is a non-profit religious organisation founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. Its headquarters, Yogoda Satsanga Math, is situated on the banks of the Ganges at Dakshineswar, near Kolkata, with a branch math at Ranchi, Jharkhand and many branch centres. In addition to meditation centres throughout India, there are twenty-three educational institutions, from primary through college level. Yogoda, a word coined by Paramahansa Yogananda, is derived from Yoga, union, harmony, equilibrium; and da, "that which imparts." "Satsanga" is composed of Sat, truth and Sanga, fellowship. For the west, Paramahansaji translated the Indian name as Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). In 1920, he carried Kriya Yoga to the West where, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., he established the international headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). YSS/SRF is devoted to the spiritual upliftment of mankind.