Roy Eugene Davis

Roy Eugene Davis is the founder and Director of the Center for Spiritual Awareness. One of the few remaining direct disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, he grew up in a farming community in Ohio and, at age 18, read Yogananda’s iconic Autobiography of a Yogi in a public library. Sensing a spiritual connection with Yogananda and the Kriya Yoga tradition, he soon traveled to Los Angeles, met his guru, and was accepted for monastic discipleship training. He was ordained by Yogananda in 1951 and was appointed minister of the Phoenix, Arizona, Self-Realization Fellowship Center in 1952. After two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he began his mission as an independent teacher. Since then, he has taught in more than 100 cities in North America as well as in Japan, Brazil, Europe, West Africa, and India. His books, including Paramahansa Yogananda as I Knew Him, have been published in ten languages. He is also the publisher of Truth Journal magazine and writes monthly lessons for students around the world. Learn more about Roy Eugene Davis here,
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